We performed a comparison between Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two HCI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."StarWind vSAN is a great solution to create a redundant two-node-only Hyper-V cluster, both for domain or workgroup scenarios."
"With an uptime of 384 days, StarWind has improved overall server reliability."
"The management was very easy and I was able to find all that I need in the software dashboard."
"Their support staff is comprised of true experts who can also communicate clearly."
"The instant failover, with vSAN copying data to the second node, allowed for the continuous availability of our applications."
"The solution is also quite flexible. As an example, other vSAN solutions that we looked at had more stringent requirements regarding mixed HDD/SSD storage which wouldn't have worked in our environment."
"The StarWind products have enabled our organization to modernize stations where larger and more expensive equipment was not an option."
"It's quite easy to install."
"The initial setup is simple. We were able to deliver the hyper-convergence solution in a very good time."
"The most valuable features of the Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series are the ease of use and simple configuration."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the product's deployment phase is pretty easy."
"The architecture of Nutanix is the best, and the virtualization we get, out of the box, is an advantage. Also, dedupe and compression are done natively, inside the platform, so there are no additional licenses. That adds value to it."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is its software Move, which we use to migrate virtual info from another platform to the Nutanix platform."
"It is a good solution and it is easy to work on their platform."
"Its low maintenance is a key feature. It is easy to install, upgrade, and scale by adding more blocks."
"The stability is good. This is the number-one product in that regard."
"Some of the most valuable features of Nutanix Acropolis are that it's free from Nutanix and it's very stable."
"It is very easy to clone systems using the solution."
"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."
"With data verification, I would like to know how does the solution perform validation of data being synced between two VSANs."
"There is no Italian-language version of the software available."
"Feature-wise we are only waiting for the release of a "planned disaster" feature that would allow us to patch a hypervisor node without having to take the full storage offline."
"StarWind offers the Enterprise-level high availability (HA), deployed and easily configured .maintain and update and with little to no fuss, even the free version is incredibly capable whilst it brings a the cost of a Highly Available HCI solution down to a very cost effective point" Having used Starwind Virtual SAN for many years both for clients and for internal systems it has always done exactly what it set out to do, provide a cost effect way to run a HCI storage platform for almost any hypervisor, but it is most effective with Hyper-V, simple, easy to use, -.software monitoring should be web based to be reachable from any workstation in VLAN."
"It took a bit of knowledge and support to put in place but once installed it works fine. Migration (HyperV) from one server to another sometimes takes longer than expected but there is no data loss even if the host crashes."
"The GUI deserves a little love."
"The documentation could be better."
"There should be publicly available tutorials on YouTube or other platforms that help the users to integrate this solution with other platforms, for example."
"There is a delay in the availability of similar versions of firmware from both the products, which are VMware and Nutanix for Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series, due to the delayed releases from both products, maybe by a quarter or so."
"Here in Nigeria, the only challenge that we have, which I think is also experienced globally is the delay in bringing in the spare parts. This is a challenge facing our country, such as the Forex market. However, this is beyond the control of Lenovo themselves."
"Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series could improve by having better integration with the solutions from VMware and vCenter"
"It's lacking in some features but overcompensating in others."
"The name of the solutions offered by Nutanix does not indicate what the tool does."
"We'd like to have more resource management."
"There should be a little more access to Nutanix files."
"I would like them to update their licensing to provide more features with their basic license."
"We could always use a performance upgrade, or simplified management."
"Setup can be a little difficult"
"The reporting section of the dashboard could be improved to include more detailed reporting about the servers."
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Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series is ranked 18th in HCI with 3 reviews while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in HCI with 194 reviews. Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series is rated 8.0, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series writes "With an easy deployment phase, the tool offers good scalability and stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series is most compared with Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node, Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure, VxRail and HPE Alletra dHCI, whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, VMware vSphere, HPE SimpliVity and Dell PowerFlex. See our Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series vs. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) report.
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