We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Pure FlashArray X NVMe 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 was very easy to integrate into our system and ran flawlessly during our entire use time."
"The solution provides great performance for the price it is listed with."
"The StarWind Virtual SAN provides a clever and unique solution to the Computing Split Brain problem."
"We like their high availability. It reduces the downtime for our entire organization's environment."
"The license price is one of the cheapest in the market."
"It is easy to use and can monitor system synchronization and check Storage status. StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) combines flash and disks of the cluster and forms a virtual shared storage “pool” accessible by all hosts. StarWind cuts down virtualization cost and complexity by eliminating the need for a physical shared storage (SAN). -StarWind offers the Enterprise-level high availability (HA), deployed and easily configured . we get technical support from star wind team when implementation software and after setup if we face any issue."
"The StarWind tech support is extremely helpful, especially during the initial setup."
"It allows me to configure High Availability and failover clustering with some fault tolerance, at a cost point that doesn’t break the bank for a small business budget."
"It's easy to use and has a very smooth onboarding process."
"This is a complete, very user-friendly product."
"SRM capabilities for replication have been proven reliable and very useful for our organization."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Acropolis AOS is it has centralized management."
"Most beneficial feature is simplicity, ease of use."
"Nutanix does a superb job with technical support."
"Being able to upgrade our entire cluster with the click of a button during business hours with zero downtime has made managing our infrastructure so easy."
"The initial setup was quite straightforward."
"Overall stability is very good. It is a very stable solution."
"One of the best features is the support, which is excellent."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."
"Offers excellent features like efficient data reduction, a reliable SafeMode, and a great support model for continuous assistance and updates."
"FlashArray has some fresh efficiency features. I've never seen a storage solution with a compression rating this high before. It's at least 4-to-1 on Oracle databases. It's the best flash storage for Oracle."
"Pure has signature security technology, which cannot be deleted, even if you are an administrator."
"Pure FlashArray X NVMe will quickly overcome all the hurdles you face, including network and latency issues."
"The initial setup was extremely simple and straightforward."
"I would like to see an extensive set of cmdlets that could allow for easier automation as well as status management."
"It should be improved in the way it detects the right filesystem image after a complete shutdown of the system or in the case of disaster recovery."
"The cluster configuration is time-consuming and tedious."
"A central management console may be nice to see all nodes."
"I am expecting to see it more user-friendly in the future."
"This is a great product."
"Some configuration options still demand service restarting."
"It would be great to have more automated tooling around managing the iSCSI connections in Windows"
"In the future, I would like to see multi-tenancy in Nutanix Acropolis AOS."
"Could have better visibility with the main OEM backup integrators."
"Make it easier to manage."
"The GUI for this solution needs improvement."
"The file services that they also provide need some more features, like on the Windows file server."
"We could always use a performance upgrade, or simplified management."
"Areas for improvement would be the memory setting and the CPU setting reserve features, which are not available on Acropolis. I also feel that the DR solution, the reporting, and the component that is combined with the Nutanix OSP need to be improved."
"In the future, I would like to see integration with external storage using the fiber channel"
"Every time I think of something that needs to improve, they're one step ahead, which I love. The only area I wish to see improve, I believe is coming, is in the FlashBlade product. Blade implementation fell short on a few of the services."
"We've seen that when we create a POD in synchronous mode, it increases the latency."
"I'd like to see the product implement active replication for vehicles such as VMware."
"In the future, I would like to see integration with enterprise backup systems."
"You cannot tag a LUN with a description, and that should be improved. What I like on the Unity side is that when I expand LUNs or do things, there is an information field on the LUN. This is the Information field that you can tag on your LUNs to let yourself know, "Hey, I've added this much space on this date". Pure lacks that ability. So, you don't have a mechanism that's friendly for tracking your data expansions on the LUN and for adding any additional information. That's a downside for me."
"I want to see Pure Storage not only be for fast storage, but I want to see it be for the entire data center."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing of the product."
"The UI for this solution needs to be improved."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 194 reviews while Pure FlashArray X NVMe is ranked 5th in NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays with 27 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while Pure FlashArray X NVMe is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pure FlashArray X NVMe writes "Works well, is easy to implement, and has upgrade analysis capabilities". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V, whereas Pure FlashArray X NVMe is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, Pure Storage FlashArray and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. Pure FlashArray X NVMe report.
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