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CTO Enterprise Cloud at Amanox Solutions (S&T Group)

What you might not know about Nutanix that makes it so unique

As a system integrator, Nutanix offers a highly standardized solution which can be deployed in timely fashion compared to legacy three-tier,... Read more »

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Information Not Available	Pricing varies greatly between license and editions.They should lower the price. If they did they would fall into a more competitive market because the price does scare a lot of potential customers away when they get the quote.There are a lot of features included with Nutanix that cost a lot with other companies. More Nutanix Pricing and Cost Advice »

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11th out of 42 in Modular SAN Views 728 Comparisons 507 Reviews 0 Average Words per Review 0 Avg. Rating N/A	1st out of 42 in Modular SAN Views 115,865 Comparisons 82,083 Reviews 14 Average Words per Review 605 Avg. Rating 8.6
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IBM FlashSystem vs. IBM XIV Compared 59% of the time. NetApp FAS Series vs. IBM XIV Compared 22% of the time. HPE 3PAR Flash Storage vs. IBM XIV Compared 19% of the time. See more IBM XIV competitors » + Add more products to compare	VMware vSAN vs. Nutanix Compared 27% of the time. VxRail vs. Nutanix Compared 24% of the time. HPE SimpliVity vs. Nutanix Compared 14% of the time. Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series vs. Nutanix Compared 10% of the time. NetApp HCI vs. Nutanix Compared 5% of the time. See more Nutanix competitors » + Add more products to compare
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Overview
IBM XIV is a high-end, grid-scale storage system that excels in tuning-free consistent performance, ease of use and exceptional data economics, including inline, and IBM Real-time Compression. IBM XIV is ideal for hybrid cloud, offering predictable service levels for dynamic workloads, simplified scale management, including in multi-tenant environments, flexible consumption models — and robust cloud automation and orchestration through OpenStack, RESTful API and VMware. It offers security and data protection through hot encryption, advanced mirroring and self-healing and investment protection with perpetual licensing.	Nutanix delivers invisible infrastructure for next-generation enterprise computing, elevating IT to focus on the applications and services that power their business. Nutanix’s software-driven Xtreme Computing Platform natively converges compute, virtualization and storage into a single solution to drive simplicity in the datacenter. Using Nutanix, customers benefit from predictable performance, linear scalability and cloud-like infrastructure consumption. For more information visit: www.nutanix.com.
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Sample Customers
Celero, NaviSite, Technische Universit_t Mªnchen, Netflix Inc., Muhr und Bender KG, Pelephone Communications	St. Lukes Health System, the City of Seattle, Yahoo! Japan, Sligro, Empire Life, Hyundai AUS, and many others.
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No Data Available	REVIEWERS Energy/Utilities Company13% Financial Services Firm13% Healthcare Company13% Manufacturing Company10% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Computer Software Company35% Comms Service Provider14% Government6% Media Company5%
Company Size
No Data Available	REVIEWERS Small Business35% Midsize Enterprise35% Large Enterprise30% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business11% Midsize Enterprise25% Large Enterprise64%

IBM XIV is ranked 11th in Modular SAN while Nutanix is ranked 1st in Modular SAN with 15 reviews. IBM XIV is rated 0, while Nutanix is rated 8.6. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix writes "What you might not know about Nutanix that makes it so unique". IBM XIV is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, NetApp FAS Series and HPE 3PAR Flash Storage, whereas Nutanix is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series and NetApp HCI.

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