We performed a comparison between Hyper-V and Nutanix AHV Virtualization based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Hyper-V came out on top in this comparison. It is easy to manage and customize, and has very low resource usage, resulting in very little downtime. It is robust, stable, and provides many desired next-generation features. As a Microsoft product, it integrates well with many solutions in the Microsoft ecosystem, in addition to many other popular third-party solutions.
"The most valuable feature is that it is user-friendly and easy to use."
"It's a very manageable product."
"We appreciate how easy this solution is to implement on standalone severs."
"It is an affordable platform."
"Hyper-V improved the infrastructure drastically, not only from a performance perspective but from a control/administration view as well."
"I like that Hyper-V is like a virtual environment. I like to use VMware because of the resource requirements. In Sri Lanka, most of the customers use the Hyper-V GUI. When installing the interface with the Windows version, we also install the Hyper-V feature on the server. This is because they require more features and memory. There are so many features that they have embedded in Hyper-V that are useful."
"It is a great advantage for any company that is using a Microsoft Windows server."
"The solution allows us to take advantage of our physical environment."
"If we want to move the virtual machine from one host to another, it's simple, straightforward, and stable."
"You don't need any other instruments for control, AHV. You only need to look at the prism to control all infrastructure."
"For our markets here in Morocco, we are mainly working with server virtualization, and the most valuable feature is the software-defined storage and hyper-converged infrastructure."
"The interface is very good, and quite user-friendly."
"Nutanix AHV's most valuable feature is NetFlow."
"It's user-friendly."
"The storage features and volume system are great."
"Nutanix is good for new implementations on the VM side. It's very good for disaster recovery and final storage."
"I would like Microsoft to put more effort into the Admin Center interface and make it much easier. It is customizable, but you have to be a PowerShell expert to customize these things. That is a limitation."
"I'd like to see better predictive diagnostics, so I know what's going on with the machines."
"It should be deployed with OS so there is no need to install OS separately, only select the OS and get it ready."
"I encounter issues such as mouse cursor problems, dependencies, lagging, freezing, and unresponsiveness using Hyper-V."
"The the only challenge for us was moving existing physical machines to virtual machines."
"ometimes a server or machine shuts down and doesn't automatically restart."
"I have found it difficult to manage more than one virtual machine."
"Many vendors, such as Cisco and HPE, are discontinuing support for Hyper-V as they believe it does not have a significant market share."
"It's not a very scalable product."
"The initial installation is complex. It took approximately four days."
"If we have to opt for a high level of capacity planning and need more analytics—like deciding on new purchases or budgeting, or if we need additional resources in the near future—we need to pay for Prism Central. I would suggest that Nutanix improve a bit on the analytics part of Prism Element so we can calculate those kinds of things within that flavor."
"The solution should work to improve its stability."
"There is room for improvement in the USB mapping."
"Lacks integration with the cloud or other solutions."
"The solution is very expensive."
"The software based controller has high consumption. This could be improved."
Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 134 reviews while Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 44 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 8.0, while Nutanix AHV Virtualization is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Hyper-V writes "It's a low-cost solution that enabled us to shrink everything down into a single server ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix AHV Virtualization writes "Lightweight, integrates well, and the technical support is responsive". Hyper-V is most compared with VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation, Proxmox VE, Oracle VM VirtualBox and Citrix Hypervisor, whereas Nutanix AHV Virtualization is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, KVM, Citrix Hypervisor and Oracle VM. See our Hyper-V vs. Nutanix AHV Virtualization report.
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