We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Virtualize and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The SVC gives excellent performance with tiered storage behind it."
"Using SBC, a valuable feature is the mirroring, which is the virtualization of the disk between disparate places."
"We can failover easily, because a lot of our data is replicated from family to the second replication."
"The most valuable features are the simplicity of use, the flexibility, and the options included. I mean, it's just a big time saver."
"The abstraction flair and the abstraction layer. We had a mixture of different storage arrays, and the wonderful thing about SVC is is that it normalizes all it into a single driver. A single view that all hosts see simultaneously."
"It has the ability to seamlessly move hardware in and out as we refresh technology."
"We acquire companies (and things), so we end up with odd hardware. We bring it behind the SVC and it allows us to migrate stuff off of it seamlessly. SVC can also cover up a host of defects of the underlying storage."
"One of the main features of Spectrum Virtualize is it virtualizes the servers from the storage. We have a very large infrastructure. A major advantage is when you get the aged storage arrays and you have to replace all of those."
"Management is simple"
"The most valuable aspect of Nutanix is the performance of the storage, which is excellent. And controlling compute, storage, the network, and security all together in one box is very efficient for us. It gives us a single platform to manage our all infrastructure."
"It is all-in-one. The compute processing, storage, and network altogether make it convenient. We don't have to have different modules for expansion."
"Prism Central allows managing the cluster from a single pane of glass, and it allows a deeper dive into the solution."
"It has been stable so far."
"The most valuable features are the RBAC, role-based access control, and the reporting. NCI also provides a single platform, a single pane with a dashboard, to manage the entire infrastructure. We have complete information about overall utilization, performance, and a forecast for our platform in that single pane."
"I definitely find the reduced power consumption very valuable."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS is flexible and has helped people to work from home during the pandemic."
"In general, the migration is complicated. Though, it is case-by-case."
"For improvement considerations, I would probably say multiple sites."
"Anything which improves performance and the ability of our systems would be a nice."
"NBME support and support for a higher Fibre Channel lengths could be improved, but those are already on the roadmap."
"The integration would be an option that we would like, but I understand that's not how it's going to be implemented."
"t is limited in terms of a single system to eight nodes or four, what they call IO groups."
"GUI should be developed in HTML5 as opposed to Java."
"The Storwize port is not so stable."
"Limits on increasing space with the inability to have or attach external storage."
"I would like to see official compatibility with Red Hat in the future."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS could improve by having an auto-update feature. At this time I have to update each system manually. However, I bought the standard license and I did not buy the maximum license they have available. There could be a certain license that does the updates automatically."
"I'm sure there are a lot of things that could be improved, but I'm actually very satisfied with this product. There may be some possibilities to move the virtual server dismounting points or to move the server from one group to another, but I can't think of any special improvements or update features."
"Usually, there are separate administration teams that take care of servers, but in our organization, servers are usually looked after by the application owner. However, the application owners cannot reinstall the software, OS, and other things. That only aligns with the role of the HCI administrator. If these rights can be provided, it will be very easy."
"There is room to enhance the micro-segmentation."
"Regarding third-party backup solutions, the only agentless option is Commvault, which is expensive, complex, and requires intensive vendor training."
"The technology has a lot of room for improvement. For example, when they want to segment applications in conjunction with NSX, which VMware uses, Acropolis is not compatible with the competitors. The integration in the security layer is not compatible with NSX for the application segmentation that uses VMware."
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IBM Spectrum Virtualize is ranked 15th in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 36 reviews while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in Software Defined Storage (SDS) with 194 reviews. IBM Spectrum Virtualize is rated 8.8, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Virtualize writes "A highly scalable product that is relatively easy to use and set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". IBM Spectrum Virtualize is most compared with Dell VPLEX, VMware vSAN, VxRail and IBM Spectrum Scale, whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V. See our IBM Spectrum Virtualize vs. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) report.
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