We performed a comparison between NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I use all the features of this solution and I find them to be easy to use and functional, such as the compression and capacity to expand."
"The compression and deduplication features help to make the best use of the capacity."
"The simplicity of it. The performance is good, but the simplicity is the best thing. Storage management is quite complex, but Pure Storage is easy to manage."
"The support team is available all the time and they seem to know what they are doing."
"The top-tier support and reliable storage are the most valuable features of this solution."
"They have really good baked in analytics to show you trends for growth history, so it does help with future planning for data growth."
"Having fast storage allows actual servers to perform in high capacity so we don't have slowdowns on our applications."
"Because of the encryption, we have different storage and the encryption can go over both."
"The stability, speed, and reliability are the solution's best features. The information is also very secure."
"This storage solution is both stable and scalable, and it works for our needs."
"One of the most valuable features is the overall performance it provides. You're able to throw a pile of IOPS at it and it will handle that without much issue."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to set a specific margin of performance to a specific workload."
"Having the option of such high-speed storage in the data center is what makes it valuable."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"Compared to Dell Unity XT, what I see as an advantage in NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is the fact that it is more scalable...The performance of the product is good."
"The management of it is very simple. that is the most valuable feature."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's most valuable features are all the cloud facilities or benefits it provides for my data center."
"SRM capabilities for replication have been proven reliable and very useful for our organization."
"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."
"Acropolis' main advantages are high performance and availability."
"Acropolis AOS is scalable to nodes and the cloud."
"The product is easy to manage."
"The most valuable features of Nutanix Acropolis AOS are storage and hyper-converged. The solution is easy to use and the administration is very good."
"The administration console, automation, and the first cluster are all valuable features."
"I would like some form of QoS implemented. As a service provider, it would be beneficial to have it."
"The GUI could improve, it could be more intuitive. There is hidden functionality."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"Pure Storage support could be a little better."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"I’d love to view the average, minimum and maximum performance in the reports (Analysis tab - Performance) but it is only graphics and you need to export data in CSV to find this information."
"Most of our upgrades have not been as smooth as they should have been."
"The setup needs to be improved the most. They can do a little more with the user interface, but the setup is what I would like to see made a bit easier."
"It needs a better management tool."
"This solution does not have any compression or deduplication."
"They could improve overall scalability through performance. Denser capacity, which is doable, it is what the competition is doing."
"It was difficult to implement and lacks some additional features that would be useful, but as a solution fits a particular need for our organization."
"As far as the manageability, being able to port between the two and have to do less training in-house from a customer point of view, that would be the part to improve."
"There could be an improvement when it comes to SLA support, it could be faster."
"Their problems are on the software and the controlling of the storage where they lack segmentation and federation."
"The dashboard could be simplified."
"In terms of the IT different categories, I would like for the governing sections to be able to use it in the IT department. If they can have something like a one view management portal or software similar to VMware that would be an added value."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure lacks compatibility with certain older processors."
"Benchmark testing indicated that workloads did slightly better on our Vblock by a few percentage"
"We have a team that does the implementation of the solution for our customers, it is better to have professionals handle the process."
"The name of the solutions offered by Nutanix does not indicate what the tool does."
"While the customer support is truly incredible, for Spanish speakers it would be appropriate to have support in their native language to further improve problem-solving conditions."
"They could improve the graphical user interface."
"It does not have good backup feature tools, like having templates or being able to back up every two or three days."
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NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is ranked 23rd in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 194 reviews. NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is rated 8.6, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays writes "A storage solution that offers great stability, resilience, and support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is most compared with NetApp AFF, Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, Huawei OceanStor Dorado and HPE Primera, whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V. See our NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays vs. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) report.
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