We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Rubrik based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Nutanix, VMware and others in HCI."Starwind support is excellent. They are very fast and have very good knowledge of Starwind and Hyper-V Cluster software."
"We are running Hyper-V on twin servers in failover, and being able to manage servers from anywhere I need to, virtually, has been a game changer."
"Immediately we noticed huge performance gains, even on older hardware and once we implemented a 10GB link between both servers, the sync was near-instant after the initial sync was complete."
"The best part is the easy way it operates with a very clear GUI without any unnecessary items."
"The best feature is its ease of installation and integration within a current infrastructure."
"The most important feature is the ability to experience the loss of one node or one storage device, and not lose the entire cluster."
"The most useful aspect is the hyper-converged SD SAN and the ease to expand it by just adding cheap SSD or NVME disks."
"The top-notch support before, during, and after deployments are better than any other vendor I have come across."
"It has seamless expandability."
"The best feature of Nutanix Acropolis AOS is the central management of all of our resources. Additionally, it is easy to use"
"It's much easier and faster even when you want to create a server from a template or clone."
"One of the main features of the solution is that it works on many hypervisors. It is a big advantage. Additionally, the solution is compatible with VMware and Hyper-V, and the management interface, which is called Prism, is very intuitive and user-friendly."
"I like NCI's dashboard. If there are any infrastructure issues, we'll get alerts inside the dashboard. NCI provides a single platform for managing all of our databases. We are running SQL and Linux databases."
"It is 100% stable. It's the most stable infrastructure that we have."
"It has solid performance and provides data locality."
"I have found the solution to be stable."
"The most valuable feature is the Instant Recovery, where we can restore a VM or SQL database or any server or application, and have it up and running on their appliance within a few seconds."
"Rubrik is stable and easy to use."
"I don't know if it is the best or the worst but it's very easy to install and very easy to balance. Sometimes that it's a problem because the installer of these data gets extremely scared because it's so easy. The product is easy to install, easy to balance, and easy to work with. Another really good point is the instant recovery."
"It has the ability to test DR in a controlled, inexpensive way and to restore between environments."
"Replaces legacy tapes and disk backups which are unreliable, expensive and space consuming."
"We had some VMware issue as VMware did some changes on the AHCI drivers. Rubrik saved our environment those times."
"What I like about Rubrik is its strong focus on security, particularly in combating ransomware threats."
"It works with VMware and Hyper-V without agent installation."
"They recommend RAID10 for HDD, which reduces the usable storage capacity."
"Besides not being able to use any filesystem, I do not have any additional cons."
"It would be nice to see a new UI for the windows client, as it is not the easiest to find settings."
"The system failovers properly on its own without too much worry."
"It would help if the manufacturer provided clearer and more detailed documentation, with explanations of how the application can be installed in various HA configurations."
"When you will cease your contract with StarWind (for support) your product won't be updated and that is a big selling point, especially for us, as we have loads of products from StarWind."
"vSAN's free version does not have a graphical user interface."
"I'd love to see more clarification for us folks who are smart enough to do some damage yet not smart enough to use CLI."
"Compatible with third party hardware, but it's still very limited."
"The solution doesn't support older systems, which can be a problem for some organizations who wish to implement it. It became a problem for us due to the fact that some of our systems are older."
"I would have liked it if Nutanix were a hardware as well as a software platform."
"The reporting feature isn't very good."
"They have offered some new features that I have not deployed so I assume that these issues might have been addressed already, but, at my time there was a networking problem."
"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."
"Lacks sufficient integration with other vendors and public clouds."
"Setup can be a little difficult"
"The solution needs to be more secure and needs to better protect against ransomware."
"I would love to be able to just get from the dashboard to a file that I need, or a system that I need."
"I hope to see enhancements in areas like data governance and the incorporation of new features in future updates."
"I would like for unmanaged backups to be able to be saved in a separate policy."
"Global management of multiple systems is lacking, as is reporting across multiple installed units."
"In terms of what could be improved with Rubrik, we need to improve the backup for remote sites. The competitors are stronger in terms of their remote office back up. Rubrik needs to improve to be stronger for backup. This is the main thing."
"Collecting logs in Rubrik is very difficult compared to other tools."
"When errors do occur, it can be a somewhat painful process to get to the bottom of issues."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 194 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 82 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while Rubrik 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 Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain).
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