We performed a comparison between NetApp NVMe AFF A800 and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is all-flash. This makes it a lot faster than the rest of what we have, as it is able to drive high I/O loads, which is big for us."
"I like the speed, and I like the API and how programmable it is."
"The initial setup was straightforward in the way that it was a database vacuum storage."
"The stability and performance are the best things about the solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"Their REST API is wonderful, well-documented, and easy to use."
"Pure Storage FlashArray's overall speed is its most valuable feature."
"We're getting good performance, and the compression ratio is also very good in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"NetApp NVMe AFF A800 is easier to use than some other solutions and the UI is very good to use for day-to-day activities. Overall, the solution has good technology."
"We find the product to be very flexible."
"Low latency is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are stability and performance."
"During the use cases of the solution, its reliability and suitability are the best."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a product that is fast and provides a fast I/O."
"You can easily scale up, and scale-out."
"The product can be scaled vertically as well as horizontally."
"Ease of deployment"
"In the world of IT operations, there is a lot of noise. Traditionally, systems would generate a great deal of alerts, events, and notifications, often leading to the operator either a) not seeing critical alerts since they are lost in the noise or b) disregarding the alerts/events."
"There are a lot of features in Nutanix that are different from other hyper-converged solutions, such as site-to-site replication. VM-based site-to-site replication is bundled with the software licensing. For the DR, it has the availability groups, which is one of the key features that Nutanix provides."
"It has been stable so far."
"The administration console, automation, and the first cluster are all valuable features."
"Single click actions is definitely the most important. They were not even aware that they wanted this."
"The interface is very good. Before we used this solution, we had separate storage and switches, but with the hyper convert, it's all in one."
"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."
"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray could be better."
"The price could be better."
"We would like to be able to connect to data tape for backup, specifically to the LTO backups."
"The price should be lower."
"I would like some performance analytics which go deeper than today. It should be specific to some hosts and applications. This would be good."
"I would like to migrate to the cloud in the future and know how that would actually work with this product."
"This product has only two active controllers, whereas other solutions can have more. This is something that needs to improve."
"I had to contact customer support when a drive failed as I was doing a couple of OS upgrades."
"The initial setup should be easier, and more like a plug-and-play approach."
"The cost of the solution is quite high. It would be ideal if they could adjust it so that it's a but less."
"Sometimes, it takes a while to get somebody competent on the other end of the line. They do have engineers in multiple time zones around the world. However, their level-one support is not always the best."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"The product’s UI could be better."
"Increasing the RAM, and including physical cords would be beneficial."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The product's performance has some shortcomings, making it an area that could be a little better."
"USB dongle-based licenses do not allow us to directly locate the USB ports on Nutanix."
"The reporting feature isn't very good."
"I would like to see more Kubernetes and container-related workflows and multiple cloud-partner management. I would also like to see how they will synergize all these AI/ML functionalities that are available on other platforms."
"We had a few problems with the foundation machine that you can use to build your systems out. We've got it working now, but it should be improved."
"The productivity and work efficiency of Nutanix Acropolis AOS could improve."
"I would like to see official compatibility with Red Hat in the future."
"The product could be improved with more security. The product needs a bit more experience in the market. I think you don't have the possibility to add other hardware. It could be improved with the ability to add and extend."
"We have a team that does the implementation of the solution for our customers, it is better to have professionals handle the process."
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NetApp NVMe AFF A800 is ranked 7th in NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays with 10 reviews while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 194 reviews. NetApp NVMe AFF A800 is rated 8.8, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of NetApp NVMe AFF A800 writes "Very easy to manage, highly stable and offers robustness of the CLI, API, and GUI ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". NetApp NVMe AFF A800 is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, Huawei OceanStor Dorado, Dell PowerMax NVMe and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V. See our NetApp NVMe AFF A800 vs. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) report.
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