Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) Initial Setup

Rakesh Sarak - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Consultant at Swan Solutions & Services Pvt Ltd.

Most deployments are on a hybrid cloud. Some of the deployments are on a private cloud. Our clients have Azure. They also have Nutanix Cloud.

The initial setup is very simple. You only need to get your foundation VMs set and then you can have it deployed. You need to get your appliance switch and connect all your client's servers to that switch. It is very simple. You can even start it and leave it. It will format all those nodes and make them ready. The networking part is also easy. Whether it is a plain network or you are putting in a VLAN, it is very easy. There are only a few commands, and then you can deploy it. 

For a 24-node cluster, it took us only about six hours, which is not the case with the three-tier architecture. It takes six hours just to plan how to position or get those nodes up and running in production. That is at the very initial level, and then it takes about a month's time to get the node cluster into production. That time is saved with Nutanix. In just six to seven hours, you can get it going in production.

We have a single person for deployment. I myself go to DC and do it. There is one more person to do the rack stacking of all the hardware. A single person is enough to get the clusters ready and put them in production.

In terms of maintenance, it does not require any maintenance that requires any downtime. It is very simple. If some new features get added, it will show them on your dashboard, and then you can upgrade to the newer version.

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Sisir Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Addiotinal manager at a recreational facilities/services company with 10,001+ employees

In terms of the deployment model, we have an on-prem cloud. In terms of the initial setup, the Nutanix team took care of building the clusters. For such a solution, we create a service request, and they set up the entire cluster. After the cluster is ready, they hand it over to us for creating VMs and migrating applications to those VMs.

Its maintenance is easy. You can do it with a few clicks. There are interfaces, and you need to do checks for those interfaces. You need to look for the long-term support version and follow the procedure. Overall, it is smooth.

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ES
Senior Advisor PH Facility, IT Consultant

We've used multiple deployment models. We start with a private cloud and then move to a public cloud. We can make a hybrid solution for final customers. 

I've been involved in implementations as a consultant and also at approval levels.

The initial setup is really complex. However, we expected the complexity. It was clear at the outset that it would be so. However, we started with the right team and took the right steps. While it was complex, there were no surprises. 

We started with non-critical DBs and moved to more critical DBs from there. Critical data stayed with Oracle. The rest was moved and we've moved 60% of the workload so far. We expect to end at the end of 2024.

The solution does require maintenance. We have four people from Nutanix and 12 integrators, then 20 internal people all handling maintenance. 

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JA
Manager IT at SunTec Business Solutions

We use all of the major cloud providers. Everyone is moving more towards cloud-based solutions and away from VMware and legacy infrastructure. 

I deployed the solution. It only takes a few minutes to implement. Setting up a cluster may take half a day. 

The solution does not require much maintenance. There might be hardware maintenance.

It's easy to upgrade. We can easily enable updates or do a manual upload via a single click. 

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Faisal Shaheen - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administration Manager at Elsewedy Technology

The initial deployment was easy.

We installed Nutanix in multiple locations: at three sites in Egypt and one in Indonesia. We have the main site and a DR site in Egypt. There are three people on our IT team who administer the four clusters.

We have had to do maintenance on the hard disk two times in the last four years. And upgrading our Nutanix servers takes one click. We have upgraded our firmware and AHV and it is so easy. It's also very easy to add compute and storage. We just click to expand a cluster and add new nodes.

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Sudheer Narayanan - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President Technology at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial deployment was straightforward. It took less than a week, including doing the application migration. It was quite easy to create an image of the existing bare-metal infrastructure and migrate that image to the new solution. We always did it on a weekend or during a window of downtime at night.

We have it deployed in a single data center and we have under 100 users.

There is minimal maintenance. Upgrading is quite easy. Adding compute or storage on demand is also quite easy because we get a compute-only node or a storage-only node and add the nodes to meet requests for the CPU or storage requirements. These tasks are managed by the IT infrastructure team.

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SM
Evangelist / CTO at FGNext / FGN GmbH

In terms of the deployment model, there are options for on-premises or on the cloud. You are free to choose. A lot of customers start with on-premises and add a cloud later on, but we do have customers who started directly in the cloud.

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure offers a variety of cloud operating models across on-premises, edge, as well as multiple hosted, managed, and public clouds. On the strategic consulting level, this is one of the key benefits because you do not have to run or select different cloud vendors. You can have one platform that helps you to run applications everywhere. However, most customers we work with still come from the approach of making their own IT infrastructure and not buying it. They are moved to the buy model, from the make model, by the C-level to reduce the cost. C-level mostly thinks that the cloud is cheaper. Another reason for the move is to get rid of multiple technical levels in their IT organizations.

In terms of maintenance, everything you run needs maintenance, so there are updates going on. Most of these updates are done with a simple click, but you should know what is running in the backend, and you should know what you are doing. A fool with a tool is still a fool. It is not as simple as the marketing statements are, but it is much simpler than the old traditional way of running IT infrastructure.

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AG
IT Operations at a engineering company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The initial deployment was very straightforward because everything was set up and clearly set out in a non-production environment. We tested every parameter before starting the implementation in the actual production environment.

From the time of deployment to when we put on the full load and mixed the full utilization of the infrastructure, it took approximately three months. Overall, the deployment took five to six months.

Including design, implementation, operations, and licensing, we had a total of 20 resources involved.

NCI requires regular maintenance. We need to check for upcoming versions and patches. It's very easy to upgrade, once we get complete information. Adding compute, storage on demand, and scaling are very easy, step-by-step processes. There is documentation and there are case studies and a lot of templates. We have 10 people involved in its maintenance. They have different types of technical capabilities and are well-trained with complete knowledge and certification to implement, operate, optimize, troubleshoot, and monitor the complete Nutanix platform.

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FL
Business Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is straightforward, and the deployment is quick, taking only a few days to complete.

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VinodYadav - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at Cyfuture India Pvt Ltd

The initial setup is not complex. It is straightforward. How long it takes to deploy depends on the requirements. We can deliver 100 servers or VMs within half an hour. Generally, implementation takes about 24 hours. The client can go with a physical model or a fixed cost. Cloud services usually take 24 hours to deploy.

You only need one or two people to deploy the solution. 

There isn't really any maintenance necessary.

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YL
System Administrator at Holon Institute of Technology

Nutanix Acropolis AOS initial installation was simple.

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Nagendra Nekkala. - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager ICT & Innovations at Bangalore International Airport Limited

My team executed the initial setup.

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Giovanni SHOLAY - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at MUA`

I was involved with the deployment. There were five people involved. The deployment itself was pretty straightforward. That said, it did take some time. We gradually moved the servers. We kept both operating to make sure everything was running, then moved off the older servers slowly.

In the case of hardware failures, we'd inform the supplier. Otherwise, the software is upgraded every six months. There is very little maintenance required beyond that. 

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Janak Bhatt - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Manager at a consultancy with 201-500 employees

The initial setup was straightforward.

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Bhupal Ghimire - PeerSpot reviewer
Officer at YETI

NCI is easy to implement. You can deploy NCI with one or two staff members. That's typically enough to deal with any issues that may arise. We haven't needed any maintenance so far, but the vendor is responsible for replacing or upgrading memory, hard disks, and other hardware. 

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KK
Owner at a computer software company with 1-10 employees

The setup is automated and very easy. The time it takes to deploy depends on the project, but in most cases it will take several hours. One person is enough to do the deployment.

Our deployment is on a private cloud, but you can use public cloud because Nutanix has agreements with Azure, Amazon, and other public cloud services.

In terms of maintenance, it's easy to update Nutanix because you can download hardware/firmware upgrade sets and deploy all of them. I worked with VMware for at least 15 years. You can upgrade VMware products, but you can't upgrade hardware firmware with VMware. You need to contact the hardware vendor or support sites. They are separate things. But with Nutanix, you can deploy hardware firmware and software updates together.

It is also very easy to add compute and storage on demand with Nutanix. You can put a disk into an empty slot and, in several minutes, it's working.

In addition, you can get training very easily with Nutanix University and there are certifications. When you complete Nutanix University courses, they provide free certification exams. If I can compare it with VMware, I attended a conference and I passed a VMware certificate exam, but they didn't give me a certificate and said I had to attend a VMware class that costs about $2,500.

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MJ
Senior Director - Technology at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The initial deployment is pretty straightforward. One person can handle it.

There isn't much downtime due to maintenance. And updates are pretty easy, they're just plug-and-play. It's not complex. Adding compute and storage on demand is not a problem for me because my deployment is on-prem.

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BM
IT manager at a transportation company with 51-200 employees

The initial setup was done by Lenovo at delivery, but it seemed to be quite easy. There is always some setup in the beginning, but once the setup's done, it will only take a few minutes to add an extra node or anything. It's done almost automatically—you don't have to do anything, just put them in and then they're up and running. 

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Steffen Hornung - PeerSpot reviewer
Administrator at Neuberger Gebäudeautomation GmbH

My advice is to get your first cluster up and running with a partner experienced to do so. We got lucky with our Nutanix partner company but ask for their level of experience. Don't get me wrong: it is not hard to set up but you should have support from experienced consultants who are familiar if something goes south.
If anything goes south, call in to Nutanix support. Your partner can help with that

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MF
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at VertitechIT

It was straightforward.

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AB
Senior Manager at RP Sanjiv Goenka Group

Installation is pretty straightforward. It was initially done by the vendor, but now we are adding more code and our in-house team handles those installations. 

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HA
Senior IT Manager at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's initial setup is straightforward and very easy. An experienced engineer assisted and guided us through the best practices.

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Mithun Nidiyenga - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at NCS Pte Ltd

It is very straightforward because there is a foundation option. From the foundation, we mount the devices on the rack and get the network to be connected. That is it. Then, we can use the foundation to configure and push the AOS and the hypervisor. The cluster spins up very quickly. It seems like everything is in a single window. 

Within one day, we can configure a complete cluster. It might not even take a day, but four to five hours to configure it.

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GJ
IT Manager at Q4 Fuel

The initial setup is straightforward.

In South Africa, we've got this saying for the test principle, keep it straight and simple. That is the principle that I followed with it.

Our deployment took us longer to get all the cabinets prepared for the servers or for the nodes than it actually took to set up the entire Nutanix system. I think it took us about half an hour to 45 minutes since we started, and we started installing our first VM on the system.

In the setup, there are literally two people responsible.

I am the IT manager and we've got my 2IC, and we're the only two that work with the servers on all six primary sites.

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Lipaz Hessel - PeerSpot reviewer
Integration Manager at Gilat Satellite Networks

The initial setup is very simple. You turn on the servers, enter the IP configuration, and that's it. You're good to go. The whole deployment—fixing the cables, mounting the equipment under the rack, setting up the cluster—is simple and once the equipment is plugged in, it's up in 15 minutes. 

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AY
Chief Manager Corporate IT at Reliance Communications

The initial setup is easy. Not complex.

The deployment was within four-five days. Our deployment strategy was that it is the right move from physical to virtual.

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Atif Najam - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Information Officer and Program Lead at Gatron Industries Ltd

Its setup is very straightforward. You just have to plug in the nodes and power them up. That's it. It will automatically rebuild itself and be available. It is shipped pre-configured.

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it_user545409 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Consultant at Neuberger

Initial setup was in a half workday. This means the first VM was up and running.
And it would be half on hour without racking and cabling.

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RK
Business Unit Manager at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Initial deployment is straightforward. We have implemented hundreds of deployments. For example, in one deployment, we consolidated a physical and virtual environment that existed on a three-tier architecture and physical server onto a complete virtualized infrastructure on Nutanix Cloud.

Two people were required for deployment.

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VS
Nutanix Lead Administrator at Kyndryl India Pvt. Ltd.

Our deployment is on-prem. There are discussions happening about moving a part to private cloud, but that's future planning. As of now, it's just on-prem. We have it in multiple locations. It started with South Africa, then we added Germany, Italy, and Singapore. So it's now in multiple data centers.

The initial deployment was slow, to be honest. Before the day of deployment, there were a lot of tasks to be done, prerequisites that had to be fulfilled. But on the day of deployment, it went very smoothly.

We started with keeping vCenter in place, so at first, it was just deploying the hardware and getting the foundation set up done. It didn't take much time, although there was a lot of hardware to add. But it didn't take not more than three or four hours for the actual deployment part.

We did a lot of planning, obviously, even before purchasing the solution, regarding how much hardware and how many resources would be required. That was the most important consideration and, in the backend, there was the networking. We wanted to keep everything on the same network. We added the hardware, the engineers helped to deploy and move things so that everything was on the same network. The virtualization technology itself was the same. It wasn't a very difficult task for us to migrate our VMs from the old hardware to Nutanix hardware. We used the basic migration tools, either vMotion or SvMotion of vCenter. At a later stage, we moved to Nutanix virtualization and we're still migrating but we are now using the Nutanix Move tool.

Nutanix Move is one of the very good tools I've come across. I've been using it quite a lot for the last few months.

There were different tracks and technologies involved in the deployment, including the networking and data center guys, and we needed to have somebody from offshore with access to all the infra. Other than the Nutanix engineers, there were not more than seven or eight people on our side. One person was part of the planning, and one or two people from the networking, server, and virtualization teams. I was part of the virtualization and server teams.

We now have one person dedicated in each region to taking care of the solution. We do regular upgrades of the hardware. It has never incurred any downtime because it's always in the cluster. One of the best parts about Nutanix is that it automatically does all the upgrades and firmware one by one, so we don't have to bother about it. We just initiate it and go for a tea break or lunch. I've done it three times and I haven't found any challenges. It's quite easy and very smooth. It shouldn't be made so easy for such an experienced analyst like me. People like me could lose their jobs, that is how easy it is.

We did come across one scenario two years back in which we had to get additional storage. We are using iSCSI technology and it wasn't that difficult from a technical point of view. We had to purchase additional hardware because the demands from those specific applications were quite high.

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Sisir Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Addiotinal manager at a recreational facilities/services company with 10,001+ employees

The implementation was straightforward and we are currently only using a fixed node cluster. 

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HT
IT Specialist at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

The implementation process was easy for this product.

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JH
Solutions Engineer at Grainger

The initial setup was straightforward. Nutanix pretty much brings somebody along for the foundation of your system, which makes it really nice. This is one of the features we liked in Nutanix.

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GJ
IT Manager at Q4 Fuel

The initial setup was really straightforward. We had a little trouble with the nicks. Also, under the software setup, it doesn't give you the version of the software. It only shows as 'unknown'. So we had to dive into the setup to find out which version it was to update correctly. The entire setup took us half a day. We used a consultant for the deployment. The service I received from them is unbelievable.

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AS
Business Development Manager at Thakral One (Pvt) Ltd

The initial setup of Nutanix Acropolis AOS is quite easy it takes about three days.

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PN
IT Project Manager at United Conveyor Corporation

The initial setup was quick. Previously, the operations involved three days of downtime but, with the solution, the initial migration from traditional architecture to Nutanix lasted three hours, instead of three days. It was so much quicker. 

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budiezeddin - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at Metrodata Electronics Tbk PT

Initial setup is very straightforward.

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MC
AVP-Datacenter Practice at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure is deployed on-premises in Mumbai. The Nutanix professional services team deployed the solution. The deployment was straightforward but required some upfront planning. We need to design a solution for our environment. We completed the deployment in under a week. It took us one week to plan and another to execute. Only one person is required to administer and maintain the platform. 

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it_user343836 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at PBG Networks

Five years ago, the setup was complex (everything was more manual, like upgrading the operating system), but today a large part is automated; for example, the OS upgrade is now a one-click upgrade.

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it_user516468 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator at CityServiceValcon

Initial setup was easy. We could have set it up ourselves; however, Nutanix flew a technician out to use to set up the environment for us. All we had to do was mount our ESXi data pool on Nutanix and vmotion the VMs over to Nutanix, and we were up and running on the new cluster in under a week.

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TH
Manager IT Security & Infrastructure at Currimjee Jeewanjee & Co. Ltd.

Installing Nutanix Acropolis was quite easy. It took one day.

There was no downtime.

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it_user537774 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Program Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

My engineers raved about the ease of setup and configuration, especially when compared to a Vblock.

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Karim Elwardany - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Sales Account Manager at BMB

The initial setup of Nutanix Acropolis AOS is simple.

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SK
National Sales Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I'm an owner of the company, and I don't actually do the implementations, but you'd want a partner to help you set it up, or you need to be familiar with the environment. Once it is set up, it is very easy to use. We hear that over and over again from our customers.

In terms of maintenance, the great thing about it is that you can have one person, but it also depends on the size of the organization.

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Michael Tsang - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup can be difficult. It's not exactly straightforward. If you get anything wrong, you need to completely start over and begin again. It's not easy to troubleshoot problems either. 

I'd rate the overall setup process at a two out of five due to the level of difficulty involved. 

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MI
FD at Alpha 55

The initial setup is straightforward. We have worked on many products, including VMware and others. It is not complex. I would even say the portal is not so complex.

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it_user199092 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup is somewhat complex and needs to be coordinated with a support engineer. Given the amount of proprietary technology (NOS, features, and Nutanix has their own optional hypervisor solution (Acropolis)), it isn't surprising nor a frustration.

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CB
Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

The initial setup is not overly complex or difficult. It's straightforward and takes about two hours to deploy.

The deployment for my company, and we're a smaller company, with a total of 60 VMs at most, took about a week total. That involved moving off of VMware to HV including the migration of the virtual machines. That was just done due to the timeframes. You could do those at night. Ultimately, the cluster and everything was set up within a day and ready to go. Then, the move process for those VMs just took a little bit of time to move into. I have other customers who are running migrations that take a little bit longer, however, you're talking 2,500 to 3000 VMs. That's more of a two to three-month process to get those moved. That said, the migration goes pretty quickly and that's pretty small from a migration perspective with a whole new platform.

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it_user300495 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior DevOps Engineer at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees

It's straightforward.

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DS
Especialista en ventas de productos at Adistec

The initial setup is not complex at all. it's very easy and straightforward. The onboarding process is also nice and simple. We've had a good experience.

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reviewer1439661 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator at U.S. Naval War College

Straightforward. I was new to Nutanix but felt completely comfortable diving right in and taking lead.

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CK
Head - UICT and Associate Professor at MIT Pune

The Nutanix Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is easy to install. Initially, it took around one and a half days to understand the complete setup, but now once we understand the setup, we can install the complete setup within two to three hours.

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it_user276675 - PeerSpot reviewer
Unix Systems and Storage Manager with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial deployment with Nutanix was quite simple. You just provide IP addresses, pick your virtualization platform (VMWare, Hyper-V, Acropolis) and in about an hour, you have a cluster online and ready to deploy workloads.

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it_user234780 - PeerSpot reviewer
Virtualization Architect, Office of the CTO at API Systems, Inc.

Setup is very straightforward. Once racked and cabled, all I need is an IPv6 capable machine with a web browser. The Nutanix wizard guides me through the setup and configuration of the cluster in minutes.

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mikkisse - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief IT Engineer at a cloud provider with 10,001+ employees

Setting up a new cluster is easy and the documentation covers this process.

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OS
CEO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The initial setup takes about one hour and then you are done.

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it_user504840 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees

The setup of Nutanix is done in one hour. They say: “Start small, start quick, and pay as you grow”. That is really very easy.

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CI
Pre sales manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Nutanix has the simplest deployment no matter the type of environment you are setting up. 

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FK
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

The initial setup was straightforward. It's not overly complex.

The migration from Vblock to Nutanix took two days. I remember that didn't take a long time in regards to setting up the hardware or changing the configuration from Vblock to Nutanix. The migration is easy. There is a tool from Nutanix to migrate the servers from Vblock to Nutanix which simplified everything.

We have three people that handled the deployment and maintenance tasks. 

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Ryan Uy - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Strategic Synergy Inc

Deploying Acropolis is straightforward. I can implement it by myself in one day. 
After installation, we do some preventative maintenance, like checking the hardware and upgrading the firmware and software for the hypervisor as well as the OEM hardware, whether it's Dell, Supermicro, or Lenovo.

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LP
CEO at ISG

The initial setup is very easy. The length of time required for deployment depends on the packages and functionality. In some instances, we have deployed in one minute, whereas in others, it has taken 30 minutes.

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NT
Information Technology Security Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup for this solution was straightforward.

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AK
Civil Engineer at gieco

The initial setup was straightforward and we completed it with a Nutanix partner. The installation took four hours.

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MS
IT Infrastructure Manager at a retailer with 11-50 employees

The installation for Nutanix was not easy. We needed to do many interactive things in order to install it, and there were many controllers. You will need a technical engineer to help with installation. Installation takes about two days, maybe three days, maximum. 

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HB
Head Of Hardware Department at a university with 201-500 employees

When comparing Nutanix Acropolis AOS installation to the traditional solution, you have to bring the servers, deploy the operating system, and then attach them to SAN storage. This newer solution was much easier than the old technique that we used, the installation is very straightforward.

Once you start it up from out of the box you can start creating virtual machines and migrate your servers. It is very straightforward. The virtual concept is simple, you create the virtual machines and book the resources.

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VA
Senior Manager -Datacenter Planning and Operations at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is not straightforward to install, you need to follow the installation steps. The installation took about one to two months to complete the entire process as it took workloads from our existing developer platform.

We have about 25 people managing the application deployment.

The maintenance software is straightforward because you do not need to do any configuration.

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PS
Owner at a computer software company with self employed

It was really straightforward. We were up and running in hours. It was really easy.

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ET
IS Assistant Manager at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees

I have support from vendors, so it was not too complex for us. We actually enjoy a good supporting and working relationship with Nutanix.

It was actually quite a straightforward implementation because it was a brand new setup. The migrations were done by our application team and infra team. The complex portion was that they are very dependent on how the network was being set up. Prior to that, our network infrastructure was quite old, so some of the requirements were not met in the first place, but we managed to sort things out.

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AJ
Executive Vice President with 201-500 employees

Deployment is pretty easy because once the hypervisor is loaded, the Nutanix team carries out the deployment. Once you have the prism of the queue, then it becomes very easy to work on the Nutanix box.

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PA
Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The initial installation is straightforward. That said, for the first time, there may be some instruction needed, and some prep work so that you understand what's going on. However, for a new installation, it's quite easy and not overly complex.

The deployment is quick. It doesn't take more than two hours. That includes the hardware installation, not just setup and configuration.

We just need one person (an engineer) to perform maintenance tasks.

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reviewer1439442 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Engineer at Secure Meters Limited

The entire setup took us half a day. We used a consultant for the deployment. The service I received from them is unbelievable.

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it_user323556 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Deployment is simple and does not take much time. As long as your network infrasturuture is set up correctly, creating new LUN containers is just two steps. Adding another block only takes a few clicks as well.

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KT
IT Manager at BEST VALUE CHEM PVT LTD

The initial setup was straightforward. We have over 100 users and their roles are in sales, operations, supply chain and production.

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Ricardo Daniel Machuca Welcomme - PeerSpot reviewer
Coordinador Data Center at INFRAESTRUCTURA UNIFICADA SA DE CV

In some cases, the setup could be more simple. However, it's important to view the network process surrounding the customers as this is the first problem we face when we try to implement for the first time. Once you've gotten past the initial process, the other processes are simpler. 

We have two to four people that can implement the solution.

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DA
Cloud Sales Executive at Laberit

I don't have a lot of hands-on experience with Acropolis because I'm a sales executive, but I can say Nutanix solutions are easy to deploy. The only hang-up is compatibility with other solutions like OM, Lenovo, HP, Supermicro, etc., because sometimes the drivers change.

For example, sometimes you could have a different release of the driver that isn't compatible with the latest release of the software, so you need to match the release with the nodes that support the Nutanix software. You could also have problems with the support and matching all the nodes to the software release that makes the work correctly. I've had a lot of problems with customers trying to match the software with the hardware layer. You have to choose the right vendor for the hardware to avoid problems. Otherwise, the setup is straightforward. 

However, you always need someone with technical expertise. We usually handle the deployment ourselves, but we occasionally ask for support when we have to deploy an uncommon configuration, like Oracle. For example, Acropolis has different ways to support Oracle databases, so we sometimes need Nutanix support to configure the Oracle rack.

We only need a small team of around 10 people to deploy and maintain because 

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Sergio Simao - PeerSpot reviewer
Analista de Storage at Columbia Storage

The initial setup was a little difficult - I used Foundation VM to image the nodes, and it was difficult to use this feature.

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GJ
Project Manager Estonian Government Cloud at State Infocommunication Foundation (RIKS)

The initial setup was not complex. We built it for a five-year period and we will need to replace it with something similar when it is ten years old. It takes approximately one day to implement the solution and then you can use it.

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MS
Co Founder & Chief Operating Officer Executive at S2 Consulting Services

The solution takes a few hours to deploy, and we finish it in a three node cluster, within four to five hours. That's maximum.

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DT
IT Director at Elite Semiconductor Memory

The initial setup was fairly straightforward, mostly because we didn't handle it ourselves.

Our implementation only took about a week.

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GT
Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I don't remember how complex the setup was. In terms of deployment time, it depends on the nodes. I bring solutions with ACP on HTTP and it takes about the 45 minutes and once I had the chance to deploy on an all-flash solution and it was very fast.

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MA
Direction Générale des Impôts at a sports company with 201-500 employees

The initial setup was easy, although we had one problem related to synchronization with the NT servers. We created a technical support ticket, and they helped us to fix the issue. It was very easy.

The deployment took not more than two or three weeks, including the migration of the servers. It is difficult to say because we acquired Nutanix with other solutions, but I think that Nutanix was faster. Not more than two weeks.

Our IT team will be maintaining the solution, and if we ever have an issue then we can call the integrator. If they cannot fix the problem then we will open a ticket to the Nutanix support.

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Farhan Parkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Consultant (Presales) at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Foundation of the system initialization is provided by Nutanix. They take care of the complete installation and initial configuration, while you take a sip of coffee.

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CB
IT administrator at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

Nutanix Acropolis AOS is very easy to migrate. You can migrate from other storage into Nutanix with ease. I deployed VMware to Nutanix Acropolis AOS and I did not have a problem.

The deployment time can vary depending on how large the server is and what kind of storage is being used. The full process did not take long.

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Andres Arenilla - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is quite easy. 

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SR
CTO Enterprise Cloud at Amanox Solutions (S&T Group)

It used to be more work about one and a half years ago. Today, the whole installation process is fully automated and orchestrated. Since NOS 4.5 everything needed is pre-installed at the factory and only the desired hypervisor image (ISO files) need to be uploaded. Then, the cluster will stage itself automatically. The size of the cluster is secondary to the implementation time except for rack and stack of course.

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it_user941724 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Technical Consultant at Datacentrix (Pty) Ltd

The initial setup was very straightforward. I've only been in enterprise as a technical consultant and presales for eight years, which is not so much time relative to a lot of people. The initial setup was simple for me. I never ran into anything that was too complicated. I didn't spend that much time learning the software. I just decoded twice with one of the representatives and that was as much as I needed.

They gave one week to deploy to allow enough leeway for complications, delay and whatsoever. I was finished in three business days. That goes from unboxing each and every device, racking, inspecting and setting it up to walking out of your environment and telling the customer they can take over.

We only require two staff members for the deployment and maintenance, a technical colleague and me.

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it_user747537 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees

It is very straightforward. The deployment process is extremely easy thanks to the 'foundation' process. A simple WebUI that guides you through the deployment process and imaging of your new nodes.

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DJ
System Administrator for virtual platforms at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Initial setup was straightforward.

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it_user292611 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Technical Manager with 51-200 employees

I would say that the deployment is quite simple and straightforward. In fact, it was very straightforward, they have their own installation VM which has just a few simple steps to get the whole system up. It took no more than one hour.

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MM
Senior System Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

The initial setup is very straightforward. Installment, configurations, and performing detailed network design takes about three weeks, depending on the complexity.

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VB
Technical Presales - Server & Storage at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

The initial setup is straightforward. The time for the process depends on the size of the cluster.

I rate the initial setup of Nutanix Acropolis AOS a three out of five.

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JM
Director of Information Technology at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The initial setup was not overly complex or difficult. It was a straightforward process and easy to manage. 

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it_user748716 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Systems Technical Specialist at a government

It is very straightforward, two clusters in four hours.

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it_user748257 - PeerSpot reviewer
Development Engineer at a university

Very straightforward.

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it_user245241 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Initial setup was complex. Our costumer has multiple clusters for production, development & testing. Each of them were use a different network segment. They also use multitenancy features to serve other departments.

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RV
Presales Consultant at taktik

I've found the product to be absolutely easy to install.

However, for this particular system, it's hard. It takes longer to do the hardware. Physically it may take about three hours.

You do not need a lot of people for the deployment or maintenance. It's a one-man show. The person also does not need to be overly technical or specialized in Nutanix to be able to handle the implementation or maintenance. 

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PJ
Global Manager at a mining and metals company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup was client-based and it was easy.

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it_user478728 - PeerSpot reviewer
AGM IT Delivery at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The installation is simple. You can more or less plug and play.

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CM
Chief Executive Officer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

In terms of the implementation process, the process is pretty simple and straightforward. It's not overly complex or difficult. A company shouldn't have any issues with it. 

I didn't have too much exposure to the setup, however, my understanding was that the deployment didn't take long, and it only takes less than half an hour for a single node.

For us, it required two managers and eight engineers in one team to handle the deployment.

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AB
Manager, Operations at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The initial setup is not straightforward. On our team, for example, we had to get to know Nutanix extremely well before we could master it. Only then would we be able to prepare the solution for different clients. If you have knowledge of the solution, the setup will be much easier. Still, it's complex.

I'm not sure how long the average deployment takes.

However, the project may not just include Nutanix. There may be other interventions that have to happen simultaneously. Typically, a project from end to end may take about three months to complete.

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YN
Senior Information Technology System Engineer at State Informatics Limited

The initial setup was straightforward, not complex. We followed all their guides, and you just have to go through them and install them. The initial deployment took less than half a day.

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it_user1104888 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr IT Consultant at Vision Insurence

The initial setup is straightforward and not complex. It is easy. It's the firewall only. Initial deployment takes less time. We have around four data centers here. 

Starting up takes around two days, plan for an extra day per data center.

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KS
Enterprise Systems & IT Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was very easy.

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it_user298428 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a government with 501-1,000 employees

The initial setup was more about migrating between hardware than actually having complexity problems. Almost any systems engineer would be able to understand and administer Nutanix infrastructure in just a few days.
I’m confident that there is no infrastructure on the market now that is as simple to implement and configure as Nutanix.

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it_user232989 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer II at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

The setup was complex and required Nutanix to provide a resource to assist with it. The networking requirements, storage/file system layout and rack space layout added to the level of complexity.

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FG
Senior Account Executive - All Things Software Defined at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The implementation process is extremely straightforward. It's no more than two to three days to do entire migrations for VMware. We utilize the Nutanix move tool to help us with our processes as well.

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TL
System Engineer at Cloud Vision

The initial setup is very simple and straightforward. I wouldn't describe the process as overly complex or difficult.

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RG
CEO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The initial setup was amazingly fast and very straightforward. The deployment didn't take long because we are currently running four different clusters. Less than a day after the box containing the program was delivered to our offices, the first cluster was up and running. 

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it_user749733 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

It was complex, as we needed to move from a Xen environment to Acropolis. The migration process was not easy.

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it_user692262 - PeerSpot reviewer
Ingegnere it senior at a tech services company

Setup was simple, but we did not prepared the appliance (it was configured by our partner).

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FH
IT Admin at Felda Prodata Systems Sdn Bhd

Initial setup was straightforward. It takes only one day or less to build up the cluster and provision the virtual machines.

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MC
AVP-Datacenter Practice at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

The initial setup was straightforward, with deployment taking an hour and a half.

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LA
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I do not have experience with the installation process with Nutanix, but I believe that it would be pretty easy - similar to VMware or SimpliVity.

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IZ
Lead Engineer at IBS Platformix

Setting up Acropolis is straightforward.

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AP
Nutanix ,Vmware & AWS Admin at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup is easy, especially when compared with other products.

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AG
Senior Program Officer at a non-profit with 5,001-10,000 employees

The installation difficulty depends on the environment but it typically is simple.

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it_user768270 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of IT at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees

Very straightforward; no issues.

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it_user600720 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The setup was handled by our local IT vendor hence you can say it's convenient.
However I was there to observe how it was done and I can say that you need network experience to link the hardware together as the nodes inside the hardware communicate using TCP/IP.

The software is set up on the get-go (off-the-shelf) but due to my project requirements I have to customize the software, hence the complexity.

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it_user692274 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Architect at a wellness & fitness company with 501-1,000 employees

I did the setup myself in less than 45 minutes from box to data.

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it_user388365 - PeerSpot reviewer
Hyperconverged specialist with Nutanix & CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Initial setup was too simple. Our datacenter was on in two hours.

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it_user327513 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It is small but complex. Howerver, if you have a good skills with virtualization solutions, and Linux systems, you can install it without any problems.

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it_user302127 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

It was very easy.

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OE
Enterprise Solutions Executive (AWS Certified Solutions Architect) at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The initial setup of Nutanix Acropolis AOS is straightforward. The whole process took no more than one day.

We have added a couple of servers each month onto our platform and it's very straightforward.

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it_user292980 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

It's very straightforward. It makes a complete workflow and software for operation. In fact, it's so easy it will make implementation engineers obsolete.

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JE
system administrator at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

The initial setup was very simple. You only need to deploy the clusters and Nutanix configures all the clusters. In one day we were in production. When comparing the process to the VMware solution, it is less complex.

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VH
Technical Manager at ISIT AE FZ LLC

This version of the solution is easy to install compared to the previous one. Additionally, configuring data storage, such as EMC or NetApp, has become a lot easier.

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MA
Consulting Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The initial setup was straightforward. The deployment took less than two weeks.

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MA
Senior System Engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

The initial setup was straightforward and it took a few hours to deploy.

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MM
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The initial setup is very easy. It didn't take more than three days to implement this solution.

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it_user653052 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

Initial setup was straightforward.

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AA
Expert System Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

It is straightforward to deploy. The documentation available online makes it very clear.

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RL
Driftchef at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Deploying Acropolis was quite easy. It took a little bit of light tinkering to get everything to work with the VLANs and isolate all the networks in the beginning. I and my colleague went into our data center and put everything into place then configured everything, so it was straightforward. Also, you only need one person to maintain these nodes. 

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AT
Managing Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The initial setup is not complex. It's very straightforward.

How long deployment takes depends on the number of nodes and the type of deployment that you're doing. How long it takes is a bit of a strain, really. A simple deployment might take a couple of days.

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JS
Infrastructure Architect at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

It was straightforward. We used their professional services to assist with the deployment.

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RW
Solution Sales Manager at I-net globalindo

My tech team handled the setup so I can't comment on that, but it took about a week. Maybe five staff members would be enough for deployment and maintenance.

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CB
Senior EVP at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.

The setup was straightforward, taking between 15 days and a month.

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MA
Senior Pre-Sales Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I'd say the initial setup falls somewhere in the middle. It's not that complex, but it's not easier than the others, for example. Deployment took a couple of hours.

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it_user517800 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chef du service informatique at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees

Simple move, two to three days max.

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it_user303024 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Systems Engineer and Tech Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It was very easy, and very smooth.

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it_user290346 - PeerSpot reviewer
Account Executive with 51-200 employees

A Nutanix engineer helped in all phases of the installation, and it was very easy.

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it_user630414 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Sometimes I had to install it twice to put on the solution. Errors in the middle of installation require you retry, then it goes well. Other than that, it is very simple and does not requires deep knowledge.

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SP
Presales Engineer at VSS Myanmar

The installation is simple.

I would rate the initial setup a four out of five.

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MS
Technical Head at eSky IT

Setup was very straightforward. We deployed our own service implementation deployment for four years. I am the consultant. We have a team for deployment, with five engineers.

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it_user772293 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Analyst with 51-200 employees

The initial setup was not complex at all. It was very simple. I was monitoring the entire racking, stacking, cabling and all of that stuff. I was there while my team was doing that and we had, every day, two to three meetings while doing that and I learned that it's quite simple but it's not easy. 

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SK
System Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The initial setup was straightforward.

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it_user756093 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Engineer

Initial setup was little bit troublesome, but we received very good technical support from Nutanix

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it_user8178 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

It's simple, just a few clicks are needed to configure it.

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TS
Enterprise Account Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The initial setup is easy, and deployment takes around a week.

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TS
Sr. Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The initial setup was very straightforward.

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it_user692310 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The setup was very simple. It was simpler than any other solution.

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RS
Senior Director at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees

The solution is easy to install.

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RR
Presales Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The initial setup is straightforward and it takes about 45 minutes to deploy.

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it_user511536 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Engineer at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The installation was straightforward.

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SP
System Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The initial setup was simple.

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it_user1052997 - PeerSpot reviewer
IS Manager with 51-200 employees

The initial setup was straightforward. It wasn't complex; it was easy to setup. Deployment took about 2 to 3 hours maximum. We require five people for deployment and maintenance.

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it_user692268 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Setup was very easy. With a few steps and a nice wizard, you have your infrastructure up.

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