We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Tintri VMstore 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."The StarWind products have enabled our organization to modernize stations where larger and more expensive equipment was not an option."
"Integration with virtualization platforms helped us to resolve many issues we were facing while using the physical storage."
"One of the most valuable features is the way it sets up the virtual SAN, because we don't have to buy a separate appliance for storage. It uses the existing storage on the servers, which is definitely a cost savings for us."
"Training is also easy as it is just one system to learn."
"StarWind allows us to move virtual machines from one physical host to another, which greatly reduces the downtime required for maintenance."
"This solution made it possible to deploy a new infrastructure in the shortest amount of time, at a low cost without purchasing expensive hardware storage, and use unused servers."
"VSAN works great; it's very easy to install, configure, and manage."
"The best part is the easy way it operates with a very clear GUI without any unnecessary items."
"The solution is well integrated with other vendors."
"I definitely find the reduced power consumption very valuable."
"Its low maintenance is a key feature. It is easy to install, upgrade, and scale by adding more blocks."
"It gives us a single dashboard to control multiple sites and multiple zones. It helps to do things on a single platform and data sharing is quite easy. The network and the security are easy to manage."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS is stable. We didn't receive any concerns regarding any problems, The customers have no concerns about the reliability."
"It's much easier and faster even when you want to create a server from a template or clone."
"One-Click Upgrade and Foundation is the most valuable feature. One-Click Upgrade makes upgrades and LCM a breeze. Prior to Nutanix One-Click Upgrade, upgrades and LCM were overly cumbersome and time-consuming. Foundation provides an easy, yet very structured, approach to cluster modification (adding or removing nodes)."
"Prism Central allows managing the cluster from a single pane of glass, and it allows a deeper dive into the solution."
"We have been able to scale up to ten VM storages and 500 VMs through a single pane of glass."
"Simplicity of installation and management, high IOPS, management per VM, QoS, power and space saving."
"Upgrades are super easy and can be done during business hours without interruptions in production."
"A very good support team that is available 24/7. They have real technical staff with strong knowledge."
"I've worked on both EMC and NetApp SANs, and this is by far the easiest system to maintain"
"Fast deployment for virtual machines"
"Its VM-aware features have been excellent to use and integrate with XenServer as well."
"It is a set and forget environment with a very good tooling to view performance and delivers the IOPS we need for our VDI environment."
"Having more support plan options would be nice."
"If it's possible to make a driver/solution that does not make use of the iSCSI targets of Windows, that would be great. I don't know if that's possible, however, it could make the configuration a little easier."
"Being able to run StarWind vSAN on top of any free UNIX operating system to build a resilient iSCSI/FTP/SMB storage system would be useful."
"For someone entering the IT sector with little knowledge of storage, iSCSI, and virtual disks, they might not find the GUI immediately obvious."
"The most disappointing side of the application is the free edition. There used to be GUI attached. That has recently changed to only CLI management of the application."
"Ongoing improvements in read and write performance would help meet increasingly demanding workloads."
"I'd prefer it if a remote console was provided."
"A central management console may be nice to see all nodes."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's cloud platform management software could be improved so that I can manage my load between the cloud and on-premises."
"They should support more VM, which is not currently supported."
"Lacks sufficient integration with other vendors and public clouds."
"The new features are not free. You need to pay for each feature."
"Notifications could be improved as they're not currently very useful."
"Limits on increasing space with the inability to have or attach external storage."
"The GUI of Nutanix Acropolis AOS could be improved that can be done from the OEM side. It's a very basic stable web browser that they're using. It is not very inclusive."
"I would like to see official compatibility with Red Hat in the future."
"The biggest area for improvement, and there has been some roadmap work in this area already, is cloud integration... Tintri has been investing in this area and I'm sure will continue to, but cloud integration has been the biggest area that we've been crossing our fingers and hoping for quick development around."
"I would love more insight into each virtual machine statistic."
"The Tintri Analytics site is excellent for long-term trending, but more data would be great."
"The solution is already good but the brand name is not so popular here."
"Speed of our VDI machines. We have a very high log in and log out ratio and machines are being refreshed instantly so we have a constant boot storm on our storage."
"What I feel would be nice, in terms of a wishlist, is scalability. Rather than replacing the whole appliance, I would like to be able to just add another unit and scale it like that."
"Active/active cluster between two Tintris on Hyper-V cluster."
"Technical support is an area where we had several issues, and it was hard to get some support in a specific case we had. I'm not very satisfied with them."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 192 reviews while Tintri VMstore is ranked 15th in All-Flash Storage with 61 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while Tintri VMstore is rated 9.4. 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 Tintri VMstore writes "Enables us to increase our retail sales and margins while decreasing the amount of time spent managing the solution". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V, whereas Tintri VMstore is most compared with Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell PowerStore, HPE Nimble Storage, VMware vSAN and Pure Storage FlashBlade. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. Tintri VMstore report.
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