Nutanix Reviews

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What you might not know about Nutanix that makes it so unique
Pros and Cons
  • "Nutanix has several unique capabilities to ensure linear scalability."
  • "There is a need is to be able to consume Nutanix storage from outside the cluster for other, non-Nutanix workloads."

What is our primary use case?

As a systems integrator we use Nutanix on a daily basis since 2013 as our main, strategic and only infrastructure solution for virtualization and it's our related storage component. We can offer most use cases today on Nutanix including VDI, server virtualization, big data and mission critical.

How has it helped my organization?

As a system integrator, Nutanix offers a highly standardized solution that can be deployed in a timely fashion compared to legacy three-tier, generation one converged, and most competing hyper-converged solutions. This allows us to move quickly with a small team of architects, and implementation specialists for large projects.

What is most valuable?

Some years ago when we started working with Nutanix the solution was essentially a stable, user-friendly, hyper-converged solution offering a less future-rich version of what is now called the distributed storage fabric. This is what competing solutions typically offer today and for many customers, it isn't easy to understand the added value (I would argue they should in fact be a requirement) Nutanix offers today in comparison to other approaches.

Over the years Nutanix has added lots of enterprise functionality like deduplication, compression, erasure coding, snapshots, (a)-sync replication and so on. While they are very useful, scale extremely well on Nutanix and offer VM granular configuration (if you don't care about granularity do it cluster wide by default). It is other, maybe less obvious features or I should say design principles which should interest most customers a lot:

Upgradeable with a single click

This was introduced a while ago, I believe around version 4 of the product. At first, it was mainly used to upgrade the Nutanix software (Acropolis OS or AOS) but today we use it for pretty much anything from the hypervisor to the system BIOS, and the disk firmware and also to upgrade sub-components of the Acropolis OS. There is, for example, a standardized system check (around 150 checks) called NCC (Nutanix Cluster Check) which can be upgraded throughout the cluster with a single click independent of AOS. The one-click process also allows you to use a granular hypervisor upgrade such as an ESXi offline bundle (could be a patch release). The Nutanix cluster will then take care of the rolling reboot, vMotion etc. to happen in a fully hyper-converged fashion (e.g. don't reboot multiple nodes at the same time). If you think how this compares to a traditional three-tier architecture (including converged generation 1) you do have a much simpler and well-tested workflow which is what you use by default. And yes it does automatic prechecks and also ensures what you are updating is on the Nutanix compatibility matrix. It is also worth mentioning that upgrading AOS (the complete Nutanix software layer) doesn't require a host reboot since it isn't part of the hypervisor but installed as a VSA (regular VM). It also doesn't require any VMs to migrate away from the node/host during and after the upgrade (I love that fact since bigger clusters tend to have some hiccups when using vMotion and other similar techniques especially if you have 100 VMs on a host) not to mention the network impact.

Linearly scalable

Nutanix has several unique capabilities to ensure linear scalability. The key ingredients are data locality, a fully distributed metadata layer as well as granular data management. The first is important especially when you grow your cluster. It is true that 10G networks offer very low latency but the overhead will count towards every single read IO so you should consider the sum of them (and there are a lot of read IOs you get out of every single Nutanix node!). If you look at what development is currently ongoing in the field of persistent flash storage you will see that the network overhead will only become more important going forward. 

The second key point is the fully distributed metadata database. Every node holds a part of the database (the metadata belonging to its current local data for the most part and replica information from other nodes). All metadata is stored on at least three nodes for redundancy (each node writes to its neighbor nodes in a ring structure, there are no metadata master nodes). No matter how many nodes your cluster holds (or will hold) there is always a defined number of nodes (three or five) involved when a metadata update is performed (a lookup/read is typically local). I like to describe this architecture using Big O notation where in this case you can think of it as O(n) and since there are no master nodes there aren't any bottlenecks at scale. The last key point is the fact that Nutanix acts as an object storage (you work with so-called Vdisks) but the objects are split into small pieces (called extends) and distributed throughout the cluster with one copy residing on the local node and each replica residing on other cluster nodes. If your VM writes three blocks to its virtual disk they will all end up on the local SSD and the replicas (for redundancy) will be spread out in the cluster for fast replication (they can go to three different nodes in the cluster avoiding hot spots). If you move your VM to another node, data locality (for read access) will automatically be built again (of course only for the extends your VM currently uses). You might now think that you don't want to migrate that extends from the previous to the now local node but if you think about the fact that the extent will have to be fetched anyhow then why not save it locally and serve it directly from the local SSD going forward instead of discarding it and reading it over the network every single time. This is possible because the data structure is very granular. If you would have to migrate the whole Vdisk (e.g. VMDK) because this is the way your storage layer saves its underlying data then you simply wouldn't do it (imagine vSphere DRS migrates your VMs around and your cluster would need to constantly migrate the whole VMDK(s)). If you wonder how this all matters when a rebuild (disk failure, node failure) is required then there is good news too! Nutanix immediately starts self-healing (rebuild lost replica extends) whenever a disk or node is lost. During a rebuild, all nodes are potentially used as sources and targets to rebuild the data. Since extends are used (not big objects) data is evenly spread out within the cluster. A bigger cluster will increase the probability of a disk failure but the speed of a rebuild is higher since a bigger cluster has more participating nodes. Furthermore, a rebuild of cold data (on SATA) will happen directly on all remaining SATA drives (doesn't use your SSD tier) within the cluster since Nutanix can directly address all disks (and disk tiers) within the cluster.

Predictable

Thanks to data locality a large portion of your IOs (all reads, can be 70% or more) are served from local disks and therefore only impact the local node. While writes will be replicated for data redundancy they will have second priority over local writes of the destination node(s). This gives you a high degree of predictability and you can plan with a certain amount of VMs per node and you can be confident that this will be reproducible when adding new nodes to the cluster. As I mentioned above, the architecture doesn't read all data constantly over the network and uses metadata master nodes to track where everything is stored. Looking at other hyper-converged architectures you won't get that kind of assurance especially when you scale your infrastructure and the network won't keep up with all read IOs and metadata updates going over the network. With Nutanix a VM can't take over the whole cluster's performance. It will have an influence on other VMs on the local node since they share the local hot tier (SSD) but that's much better compared to today's noisy neighbor and IO blender issues with external storage arrays. If you should have too little local hot storage (SSD) your VMs are allowed to consume remote SSD with secondary priority over the other node's local VMs. This means no more data locality but is better than accessing local SATA instead. Once you move away some VMs or the load on the VM gets smaller you automatically get your data locality back. As described further down Nutanix can tell you exactly how much virtual disk uses local (and possibly remote) data, you get full transparency there as well.

Extremely fast

I think it is known that hyper-converged systems offer very high storage performance. There is not much to add here but to say that it is extremely fast compared to traditional storage arrays. And yes, a full flash Nutanix cluster is as fast (if not faster) than an external full flash storage array with the added benefit that you read from your local SSD and don't have to traverse the network/SAN to get it (that and of course all other hyper-convergence benefits). Performance was the area where Nutanix had the most focus when releasing 4.6 earlier this year. The great flexibility of working with small blocks (extends) rather than the whole object on the storage layer comes at the price of much greater metadata complexity since you need to track all these small entities throughout the cluster. To my understanding, Nutanix invested a great deal of engineering to make their metadata layer extremely efficient to be able to even beat the performance of an object-based implementation. As a partner, we regularly conduct IO tests in our lab and at our customers and it was very impressive to see how all existing customers could benefit from 30-50% better performance by simply applying the latest software (using a one-click upgrade of course).

Intelligent

Since Nutanix has full visibility into every single virtual disk of every single VM it also has lots of ways to optimize how it deals with our data. This is not only the simple random vs sequential way of processing data but it allows to not have one application take over all system performance and let others starve (to name one example). During a support case, we can see all sorts of crazy information (I have a storage background so I can get pretty excited about this) like where exactly your applications consumes their resources (local, remote disks). What block size is used random/sequential, working set size (hot data), and lots more. All with single virtual disk granularity. At some point, they were even thinking of making a tool that would look inside your VM and tell you what files (actually sub-file level) are currently hot because the data is there and just needs to be visualized.

Extensible

If you take a look at the upcoming functionality I wrote about further down you can see just some examples of what is possible due to the very extensible and flexible architecture. Nutanix isn't a typical infrastructure company but is more comparable to how Google, Facebook, and others engineer and build their data centers. Nutanix is a software company following state-of-the-art design patterns and uses modern frameworks. Something I was missing when working with traditional infrastructure. For about a year now they heavily extended what they call the app mobility fabric which comes on top of the distributed storage fabric I mentioned above. This layer allows moving workloads between local hypervisors (currently KVM<->ESXi) and soon between private and public clouds as well. You can for example use KVM-based Acropolis Hypervisor clusters for all your remote offices to get rid of high vSphere licensing costs without losing the main functionality and replicate the VMs to a central vSphere-based cluster. The replicated VMs can then be started on vSphere and Nutanix takes care of the conversion. The hypervisor is a commodity just like your x86 servers.

Visionary

When Nutanix released version 1 of its hyper-converged product in 2011 it was a great idea and a good implementation of the same. Most people in IT didn't however expect that it will become the approach with the highest focus throughout the industry. Today the largest players in IT infrastructure push their hyper-converged products and solutions more than any other and while there are still other less radical approaches (e.g. external all-flash storage), it is foreseeable that they will be less and less important for the big part of IT projects. Nutanix is the leader in the hyper-convergence space but having converged storage within your x86 commodity compute layer is by far not the only thing Nutanix has done since then. Their own included hypervisor is a pretty interesting alternative for all those who don't want to spend lots of dollars on vSphere licenses. While it will not yet suit all of your use cases you might actually be surprised at how much of the functionality vSphere offers today (distributed switch, host profiles, guest customization, HA etc.) you care about is already included out of the box with the added value of greatly reduced complexity (yes I am calling vSphere complex compared to Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor).

Standardized

Since Nutanix is purchased solely as an appliance solution (even though they are only making the software on top). You are always dealing with a pretested, preconfigured solution stack. You do have a choice when it comes to memory, CPU, disk, and GPU and you get to select from three hardware providers (Nutanix directly, DELL, and Lenovo) but they are all predefined options. This allows to guarantee a high level of stability and fast resolution of support cases. As a Nutanix partner this is worth a lot since the experience we get from one customer is valid for any other customer as well. It also allows us to be very efficient and consistent when implementing or expanding the solution since we can put standardized processes in place to reduce possible issues during implementation to a minimum. Once the Nutanix hardware is rack mounted at the customer their software automatically installs the hypervisor of choice (KVM, Hyper-V or ESXi) and configures are necessary variables (IP addresses, DNS, NTP etc.). This is done by the cluster itself, the nodes stage each other over the local network.

And last but not least: With outstanding support

The support we get from Nutanix is easily the best from all vendors we work with. If you open a case you directly speak to an engineer who can help quickly and efficiently. Our customers sometimes open support cases directly (not through us) and so far the feedback was great. One interesting aspect is the VMware support we receive from Nutanix even if the licenses are not sold by them directly. They analyze all ESXi/vCenter logs we send them. If the bug isn't storage related we also open a case with VMware to continue investigating. They do have the possibility to directly engage with VMware by opening a support case directly (Nutanix->VMware) which we saw on multiple occasions. The last case we witnessed was a non-responsive hosted process (vCenter disconnects) where the first log analysis by Nutanix pointed out a possible issue with the Active Directory Integration Service. We then opened a VMware case which was handled politely but after two weeks when there wasn't much progress other than collecting logs and more logs we remembered what the Nutanix engineer suggested and there was our solution. Disabling Active Directory Integration did the trick. I wouldn't say VMware support isn't good as well but we are always glad that Nutanix takes a look at the logs as well because at the end of the day, you are just happy if you can move on and work on other things, not support cases. 

Note: I strongly encourage you to take a look at the Nutanix Bible (nutanixbible.com) where all mentioned aspects and many more are described in great detail.

What needs improvement?

Nutanix has the potential to replace most of today's traditional storage solutions. These are classic hybrid SAN arrays (dual and multi-controller), NAS Filers, newer All-Flash Arrays as well as any object, big data etc. use cases.

For capacity, it usually comes down to the price for large amounts of data where Nutanix may offer higher-than-needed storage performance at a price point that isn't very attractive. This has been addressed in the first step using storage-only nodes which are essentially intelligent disk shelves (mainly SATA) with their own virtual SDS appliance preinstalled. Storage nodes are managed directly by the Nutanix cluster (the hypervisor isn't visible and no hypervisor license is necessary). While this is going in the right direction, larger storage nodes are needed to better support "cheap, big storage" use cases. For typical big data use cases today's combined compute and storage nodes (plus optionally storage-only nodes) are already a very good fit! 

The Nutanix File Services (Filer with active directory integration) are a very welcomed addition customers get with a simple software upgrade. Currently, this is available as a tech preview to all Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) customers and will soon be released to ESXi as well. This is one example of a service running on top of the Nutanix distributed storage fabric, well integrated with the existing management layer (Prism) offering native scale-out capabilities and One-Click upgrade like everything else. The demand from customers for a built-in filer is big, they are looking to not depend on legacy filer technology any longer. We are looking forward to seeing this technology mature and offer more features over the coming months and years.

Another customer need is to be able to consume Nutanix storage from outside the cluster for other, non-Nutanix workloads. These could include bare metal systems as well as non-supported hypervisors (e.g. Xen Server etc.). This functionality (called Volume Groups) is already implemented and available for use by local VMs (e.g. Windows Failover Cluster Quorum) and will soon be qualified for external access (already working from a technical point of view including MPIO multi-pathing with failover). It will be interesting to see if Nutanix will allow active-active access to such iSCSI LUNs (as opposed to the current active-passive implementation) with the upcoming release(s). Imagine if you upgraded your Nutanix cluster (again this would be a simple One-Click software upgrade) and all of sudden you have a multi-controller, active-active (high-end) storage array. (Please note that I am not a Nutanix employee and that these statements describing possible future functionality are to be understood as speculation from my side which might never become officially available.)

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using this solution for three to five years.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: We are a partner for six years based in Switzerland. The author of this review previously worked five years at a large storage vendor as System Engineer specialized in Storage, Virtualization and VCE converged infrastructure.
IT Admin at a sports company with 501-1,000 employees
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Cut our TCO in half while improving the overall performance of our infrastructure operations
Pros and Cons
  • "I like Nutanix Prism Central. The primary benefit is that we can manage everything from the same page."
  • "The GUI is easy to use, but it's complex to do tasks from the command line. That is one way they could simplify things for the engineers. People tend to use a graphical interface more than the command line interface. If anything goes wrong, we need to do troubleshooting from the CLI. It would be nice if there were more ways to fix issues within the GUI."

What is our primary use case?

We have a local data center here that isn't connected to the Internet because of the nature of our organization. It does not have any external communications. Last year, we had a disaster when we ran out of storage space in the clusters assigned to the storage containers. We had around 10 TB allocated for files across five clusters. One of our clusters was hosting critical files, so we had to rate the machine consumption from that cluster, and it can expire because the application that the customer was working on was transferring pictures with enormous sizes. 

We realized that we also had the file license, so why don't we go ahead and use it? We contacted Nutanix, and the managers and system engineers suggested we have meetings. We discussed it and then started providing these storage services. Soon, we will expand with node storage, and that will be another option. We're currently looking at best practices because I think there is a limit on the file sizes. We cannot go beyond 10 TB.

How has it helped my organization?

The Nutanix solution has improved the overall performance of our infrastructure operations. Nutanix unifies our block file and object storage. It's like a separate service we can provide for the critical applications we are running, but I can ensure each application is secure against ransomware or other vulnerabilities. I will recommend my team to go further with the block and object storage.

What is most valuable?

I like Nutanix Prism Central. The primary benefit is that we can manage everything from the same page. It also gives you the data in graph form on the main page, so you can keep a close eye on what is happening. You can watch for high utilization and see the disks and reports in the central console. It's a resilient and highly stable application 

The modernized infrastructure and data services feature is the most beneficial to me as an administrator. We derive business value in terms of storage because we have the option of using Windows Firewall.

Nutanix Unified Storage allows us to consolidate our data platform within the Nutanix cluster itself without using external storage. You can work with all types of unstructured data seamlessly with Unified Storage. There should be no problem with that. There are no issues with audio, video, uploads, downloads, etc. 

It's a flexible solution. This is what I understood as I was reviewing the documentation today. Nutanix is trying to simplify storage and has many options for scalability. 

What needs improvement?

The GUI is easy to use, but it's complex to do tasks from the command line. That is one way they could simplify things for the engineers. People tend to use a graphical interface more than the command line interface. If anything goes wrong, we need to do troubleshooting from the CLI. It would be nice if there were more ways to fix issues within the GUI. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Nutanix is highly stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scaling can be a challenge. Once you order a block with a specific size, it will need to be changed to a different node to scale up. We have to expand the cluster and have the nodes ready to increase the storage size. We cannot go ahead and add an extra hard disk if the slots are full.

How are customer service and support?

I rate Nutanix support nine out of 10. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used VMware. Nutanix is faster, but the two solutions offer the same level of security.

How was the initial setup?

A typical deployment could probably be completed in a day or two, but our data site required a lot of approvals and an on-site review by our engineer, so our deployment time was around a week. One person is enough to deploy the solution. It doesn't require much maintenance if the clusters are upgraded correctly. 

What was our ROI?

Switching to Nutanix Unified Storage reduced the total cost of ownership by nearly 50 percent. You can go on the Nutanix website and see a cost comparison of how much you can save over three to five years. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Nutanix is priced a bit higher than some of its competitors. A lot of Chinese companies like Huawei are entering the Saudi Arabian market trying to provide similar solutions for a lower price. It offers good value, especially the support. Nutanix has a highly competent team. The after-sales support is excellent. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate Nutanix Unified Storage nine out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Cloud system engineer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
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Offers a higher level of granularity and more control over the security features than competing products
Pros and Cons
  • "Unified Storage's centralized management features enable us to accomplish whatever we want in terms of operations and migrations."
  • "The graphical user interface could provide more detail. It would be nice if we could click on the service and get some expanded definitions of them. When hiring new people, it's difficult to teach them how everything works, but if they can access everything, they can teach themselves."

What is our primary use case?

Our organization primarily uses Unified Storage for hybrid cloud connectivity, virtual machine deployment, and migrations. We mainly use mixed storage with varying block and object sizes and compare various databases within the unified interface. It's mainly used to share storage to the SMB and enterprise protocols. It's very helpful for my use case.

We use any data type. The structural application code is any type of data storage. We have EC2 and S2 buckets in AWS and also GCP bucket storage. All of our storage is managed from one location, and we have more than 100 users. 

How has it helped my organization?

We previously used a traditional file server storage solution, and we had to use a different vendor for every type of work. By migrating to Nutanix storage, we could simplify everything through a single-vendor approach. The fact that Unified Storage is centralized makes it easier for us to consolidate business operations. 

We also appreciate the scalability aspect because we can scale based on the performance procurement of our workload. It unifies all types of storage. Everything has been streamlined and simplified to a single-window approach. This is amazing because we can accomplish whatever we want in terms of operations and migration. We had a three-tier architecture, but now we can stream everything using a single vendor. 

What is most valuable?

Unified Storage's centralized management features enable us to accomplish whatever we want in terms of operations and migrations. It's easy to manage the environment. Scalability is also a valuable feature. Unified Storage is highly flexible and stable. Scaling up the environment is simple, and we can scale based on our workload, which can be unpredictable. 

Nutanix's SaaS-based data security solution is great. It protects us against ransomware and global data threats. Everything is protected. It also provides cloud-hosted analytics. The Data Lens monitoring services are working well for us. We can view all the analytics from within the centralized management platform, which is convenient for users. The security features are all there. We feel comfortable knowing that we get a high level of detail at the security level. Data Lens' rating is centralized and everything is easy to use. 

What needs improvement?

The graphical user interface could provide more detail. It would be nice if we could click on the service and get some expanded definitions of them. When hiring new people, it's difficult to teach them how everything works, but if they can access everything, they can teach themselves. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used Unified Storage for a year and a half.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Unified Storage 10 out of 10 for stability. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate Unified Storage nine out of 10 for scalability.

How are customer service and support?

I rate Nutanix support 10 out of 10. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

Deploying it is straightforward. I wasn't part of the initial deployment, but I know about the integration and migration because I primarily focus on storage. The deployment took about 20 days. We have about 10 people on our team. 

Unified Storage requires some maintenance, but it isn't that difficult. We need to do some patching, but everything is efficient and manageable. The support system around is excellent. If we need to purchase anything, we can get everything quickly from the website. Only three people are responsible for maintenance and administration. 

What about the implementation team?

The Nutanix team handled the deployment. They were very helpful. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Unified Storage is reasonably priced compared to other platforms. The license is neither costly nor cheap, but it's reasonable. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We explored Dell VxRail and NetApp's retail solution. Unified Storage offers a higher level of granularity and more control over the security features, and options are available to us.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Nutanix Unified Storage 10 out of 10. I would recommend Unified Storage if you're looking for more security. It's a feature-rich platform that gives you a high degree of granular control over security. 

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Nutanix Questions

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Feb 21 2024

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What do you like most about Nutanix Flow?

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Feb 21 2024

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

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IT Department Chief Network Engineer at UAE Public Prosecution
Feb 16 2024

Hi,

I am an IT Department Chief Network Engineer for UAE Public Prosecution, a legal firm with 201-500 employees

What are the main differences between Nutanix Prism and Cisco Intersight?

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Feb 14 2024

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What do you like most about Nutanix Frame?

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Feb 14 2024

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

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Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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Feb 14 2024

How do you or your organization use this solution?

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Feb 14 2024

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Frame, what would you say?

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Feb 14 2024

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Feb 12 2024

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Cloud Manager?

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Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
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Feb 12 2024

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

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Feb 12 2024

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Cloud Manager.

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Feb 12 2024

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Feb 12 2024

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Jan 26 2024

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Unified Storage?

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Jan 26 2024

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Unified Storage.

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Jan 26 2024

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Jan 26 2024

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Jan 25 2024

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What do you like most about Nutanix AHV?

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Miriam Tover
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Jan 25 2024

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Jan 25 2024

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix AHV.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Jan 25 2024

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix AHV, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Jan 24 2024

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Jan 23 2024

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Dec 20 2023

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Karbon?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Dec 20 2023

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Karbon.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Dec 20 2023

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Dec 20 2023

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Karbon, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Dec 20 2023

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Dec 20 2023

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Prism?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Dec 20 2023

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Dec 20 2023

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Prism.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Dec 20 2023

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Dec 20 2023

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Prism, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Dec 15 2023

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Acropolis AOS?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Dec 15 2023

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Acropolis AOS.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Dec 15 2023

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Dec 15 2023

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Acropolis AOS, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Dec 06 2023

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Clusters?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Dec 06 2023

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Dec 06 2023

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Clusters.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Dec 06 2023

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Dec 06 2023

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Clusters, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Nov 23 2023

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Era?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Nov 23 2023

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Era.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Nov 23 2023

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Nov 23 2023

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Era, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Nov 13 2023

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Disaster Recovery?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Nov 13 2023

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Disaster Recovery.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Nov 13 2023

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Nov 13 2023

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Disaster Recovery, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Nov 13 2023

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Nov 09 2023

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Move?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Nov 09 2023

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Nov 09 2023

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Move.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Nov 09 2023

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Nov 09 2023

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Move, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Nov 06 2023

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Mine?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Nov 06 2023

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Nov 06 2023

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Mine.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Nov 06 2023

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Nov 06 2023

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Mine, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Oct 05 2023

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Clara McKenzie - PeerSpot reviewer
Clara McKenzie
Infrastructure Team Lead at Rebellion Defense

Hello community, 

I am an Infrastructure Team Lead at a medium-sized Tech Company.

I am currently researching tools that help create CI/CD pipelines. What tools do you use to create CI/CD pipelines for AHV images in Nutanix?

Thank you for your help.

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Files?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Files.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Files, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Volumes?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Volumes.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Volumes, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Calm?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Olivier-Massoni - PeerSpot reviewer
Olivier-MassoniThe solution's support for scripts... has reduced the man-hours it takes to… more »
Steffen Hornung - PeerSpot reviewer
Steffen HornungThe easy way to provide users with full-fledged VMs the way IT wants it to be… more »
9 Answers
Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Calm.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Olivier-Massoni - PeerSpot reviewer
Olivier-MassoniWe are using Calm to deploy a new server. We have four blueprints: the first one… more »
Steffen Hornung - PeerSpot reviewer
Steffen HornungWe create Windows Testmachines for our Test Department from Win7 up to Server… more »
9 Answers
Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Calm, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Olivier-Massoni - PeerSpot reviewer
Olivier-MassoniFor standard use it is quite easy to use, but for more complex tasks it's… more »
8 Answers
Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

EDWIN ALBERTO ZAPATA LINDARTE - PeerSpot reviewer
EDWIN ALBERTO ZAPATA LINDARTE
Works at gobernación de cundinamarca

Hello community, 

I am currently researching Hyper-Converged solutions. Which solution performs better: Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure or VMware vSAN? Which solution do you prefer and why?

Thank you for your help.

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Prism Pro?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Prism Pro.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Prism Pro, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Objects?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Objects.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Objects, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Netanya Carmi - PeerSpot reviewer
Netanya Carmi
Content Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

How would you rate the protection that this product provides for your data?

Joseph Mofube - PeerSpot reviewer
Joseph Mofube
Presales Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

What is the best cost management tool between the 3: 

  • Nutanix XI Beam
  • AWS Cost Management
  • Azure Cost Management
Netanya Carmi - PeerSpot reviewer
Netanya Carmi
Content Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

This was formerly known as Prism Pro/Ultimate - does it work as it used to? Is this an effective service?

Dovid Gelber - PeerSpot reviewer
Dovid Gelber In my opinion, this is one of the most effective capacities that NCM offers to… more »
Beth Safire - PeerSpot reviewer
Beth SafireYes, this is a highly effective feature and the rebranding only made things… more »
2 Answers
Netanya Carmi - PeerSpot reviewer
Netanya Carmi
Content Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

Is this product difficult to work with compared to others in the same field?

Netanya Carmi - PeerSpot reviewer
Netanya Carmi
Content Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

Which features make this product stand out from its competitors and why?

Netanya Carmi - PeerSpot reviewer
Netanya Carmi
Content Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

Have you had many issues with this product? Was their technical support responsive and effective?

Netanya Carmi - PeerSpot reviewer
Netanya Carmi
Content Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

What is the most valuable feature of this solution in your experience?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Xi Leap?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Xi Leap.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Xi Leap, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Netanya Carmi - PeerSpot reviewer
Netanya Carmi
Content Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

What are the pros and cons of each?

Steffen Hornung - PeerSpot reviewer
Steffen HornungWith Nutanix you have the freedom of choice. You can deploy it with several… more »
2 Answers
Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Xi Beam?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Xi Beam.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Xi Beam, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Jean-Daniel CASIMIR - PeerSpot reviewer
Jean-Daniel CASIMIR
IT chief officer at SIGUY

Hi,

I am looking for an alternative to Microsoft Remote Desktop and I'm thinking of Nutanix Xi Frame. 

Please share your suggestions based on a real-life experience.

Daniel Wicaksono - PeerSpot reviewer
Daniel Wicaksono
System Engineer at astra credit companies
Hi community, I work as a System Engineer at a large Financial Services company (size: 1000+ employees). Currently, I've been looking at the following HCI solutions: Nutanix Acropolis AOS and VMware vSAN.&nbsp; Which of them would you recommend to my company? Otherwise, should I explore any alter...
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Vebjorn Nergaard - PeerSpot reviewer
Vebjorn NergaardHi.  We have deployed VmWare vSAN to some of our customers. The advantage with… more »
Christophe Tretz - PeerSpot reviewer
Christophe TretzIf it is for full open-source software on Acropolis, Nutanix is a good choice… more »
Paulo Henrique Cruz Da Silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Paulo Henrique Cruz Da SilvaHello fellows We´ve been through this sort of decision about a year ago:… more »
10 Answers
Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
One of the most popular comparisons on IT Central Station is Nutanix Acropolis vs VMware vSphere. People like you are trying to decide which one is best for their company. Can you help them out? What is the biggest difference between Nutanix Acropolis and VMware vSphere? Which of these two soluti...
Read More »
Patrick Ringelberg - PeerSpot reviewer
Patrick RingelbergQuestion one Does the customer already have vSphere because than I would… more »
Dorian Boris MOUKET - PeerSpot reviewer
Dorian Boris MOUKETNutanix Acropolis has been specially designed to respond to the problems of… more »
Hicham Bali - PeerSpot reviewer
Hicham BaliNutanix AOS is an SDS (Software-Defined Storage). We can compare it to VMware… more »
7 Answers
Netanya Carmi - PeerSpot reviewer
Netanya Carmi
Content Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

What are the pros and cons of each?

Steffen Hornung - PeerSpot reviewer
Steffen HornungClearly Nutanix. As to why, Nutanix has a better vision, superior support and… more »
4 Answers
Netanya Carmi - PeerSpot reviewer
Netanya Carmi
Content Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

Which is better?

Janet Staver - PeerSpot reviewer
Janet StaverTo understand which is better - Nutanix AHV or VMware vSphere - you need to do a… more »
1 Answer
systemen519357 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator for virtual platforms at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Hey peers,

The purpose is academic - we want to install GPU cards to test automation with access to vGPU. 

Thank you!

systemen519357 - PeerSpot reviewer
systemen519357"Nutanix node you will be running vSphere on top on the underlining Nutanix… more »
BobWhitcombe - PeerSpot reviewer
BobWhitcombeWhile both systems do a very good job within the nodal limits for scaling a… more »
UnitManae381 - PeerSpot reviewer
UnitManae381Best option for vSphere 7 is the VxRail as it designed on VMware technology and… more »
5 Answers
Minbale Tefera - PeerSpot reviewer
Minbale Tefera
Works at Amhara Credit And saving Institution

Hi community members,

I'm working at a financial institution and we have purchased Nutanix Acropolis AOS, 

So, I'm looking for resources/pointers to get an overview of it.

Thanks.

Steffen Hornung - PeerSpot reviewer
Steffen HornungHead on over to https://www.nutanixbible.com, it is your one-stop for technical… more »
2 Answers
Rex Hsu - PeerSpot reviewer
Rex Hsu
Works at KLI co,. Ltd

Hi peers,

How about k8s security solution on Nutanix Karbon? 

Can Aqua security or StackRox (or similar) incorporate with it, or does it have its own equivalent?

Pierre Viloin - PeerSpot reviewer
Pierre Viloin
Resp. Pole Administrateurs Système Windows at Société des Autoroutes Rhône-Alpes S.A.

Who has done a comparison between VMware vRealize Automation and Nutanix Calm? 

I'd appreciate any feedback. Thanks!

Steffen Hornung - PeerSpot reviewer
Steffen HornungWe are running Nutanix Calm now for a year. We have done feature- and cost… more »
1 Answer
Nicola Calligaris - PeerSpot reviewer
Nicola Calligaris
Works at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Hello, We have to make a big investment in hyper-convergent infrastructure to offer services in the Cloud (SAAS, IAAS). We are looking at&nbsp;two technologies: VMware with vSAN&nbsp; Nutanix (only AOS component as we already have VMware vSphere as hypervisor and NSX and vRA for automation) Whi...
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it_user1130133 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user1130133If you are locked in on VMware vSan, VMware makes more sense If you have an… more »
reviewer960162 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer960162We use neither of the technologies below, but in my previous investigation, I… more »
Frédéric Lavoine - PeerSpot reviewer
Frédéric LavoineBoth techs are mature and will fit your specifications. To be honest you have to… more »
21 Answers
Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Hi Everyone,

What is your primary use case for Nutanix?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
One of the most popular comparisons on IT Central Station is&nbsp;NetApp HCI vs Nutanix.People like you are trying to decide which one is best for their company. Can you help them out? What is the biggest difference between NetApp HCI and Nutanix? Which of these two solutions would you recommend ...
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it_user951444 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user951444The biggest difference is the ability to scale compute and storage… more »
ArchiSolut677 - PeerSpot reviewer
ArchiSolut677If your prime consideration is initial cost then Nutanix with it's ability to… more »
Ahmed Gomaa - PeerSpot reviewer
Ahmed GomaaNetApp is all flash based on SolidFire Storage . support only VMware but… more »
8 Answers
Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
One of the most popular comparisons on IT Central Station is Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series vs Nutanix. People like you are trying to decide which one is best for their company. Can you help them out? What is the biggest difference between Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series and Nutanix? Which of these two solu...
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Jacob Pomplun - PeerSpot reviewer
Jacob PomplunNutanix and Hyperflex HX are very similar in feature functions, design (except… more »
Mark S. Cruce - PeerSpot reviewer
Mark S. CruceNutanix provides the advantage of an alternative hypervisor that comes with the… more »
2 Answers
Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix Acropolis?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Nutanix Acropolis.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Nutanix Acropolis, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Nutanix?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Hi Everyone,

What needs improvement with Nutanix?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Hi Everyone,

What advice do you have for others considering Nutanix?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Hi Everyone,

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

it_user545409 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user545409Setup cost is minor, pricing is quite a bit (we have a 7-node-cluster for about… more »
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Janet Peng - PeerSpot reviewer
Janet Peng
Manager of IT at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Hi. I need to compare Nutanix and SimpliVity. What is the advantage of Nutanix over SimpliVity and vice versa? For an enterprise, how do I decide which one is better for my needs?

Victor Stevens - PeerSpot reviewer
Victor StevensIt depends very much on your use case. When I look at HP, they position their… more »
ShivendraJha - PeerSpot reviewer
ShivendraJhaYou should also consider a few basic details - What is the hypervisor that you… more »
Kieran Hancock - PeerSpot reviewer
Kieran HancockSimilar to Mikes comments above, we evaluated both these products and Cisco… more »
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Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
One of the most popular comparisons on IT Central Station is Nutanix vs VxRail. What is the biggest difference between Nutanix and VxRail? Which of these two solutions would you recommend to a colleague evaluating Hyper-Converged&nbsp;solutions and why?Thanks for helping your peers make the best...
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Shu Mookerjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Shu MookerjeeThe main difference between the two solutions is the hypervisor. VxRail is… more »
Sami Ventriglia - PeerSpot reviewer
Sami VentrigliaBoth products work but have their own characteristics, I wouldn't even call them… more »
SamuelMcKoy - PeerSpot reviewer
SamuelMcKoyThe biggest difference between Nutanix and VxRail that I've noticed in my brief… more »
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Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Hi peers,&nbsp; One of the most popular comparisons on IT Central Station is Nutanix vs VMware vSAN. People like you are trying to decide which one is best for their company. Can you help them out? What is the biggest difference between Nutanix and VMware vSAN? Which of these two solutions would ...
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Bob Whitcombe - PeerSpot reviewer
Bob WhitcombeI have written about this comparison before – the difference between Nutanix and… more »
Pat LaPointe - PeerSpot reviewer
Pat LaPointeWhen we were looking at replacing our server infrastructure of 10 physical boxes… more »
Shu Mookerjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Shu MookerjeeThe BIGGEST difference is that vSAN only runs on the ESX Hypervisor. Whereas… more »
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AmitMehta - PeerSpot reviewer
AmitMehta
‎Senior IT Manager with 1,001-5,000 employees

Which is better in terms of functionality and management? 

it_user690177 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user690177I been using VMware for long time and they have a very robust product that for… more »
it_user588936 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user588936Please see response below from Shane Hill, PMP Arrow SI Practice Manager, Data… more »
it_user694320 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user694320That depends on many factors and understanding where HCI is going today. The… more »
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it_user728307 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Services Bureau Chief with 201-500 employees
Working for a state agency, we have to purchase off a state contract unless we can justify buying a product not on the contract. We have seen Nutanix and feel it is the hyper-converged infrastructure that will fill our needs. I need specific examples of what Nutanix provides that other competing ...
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Quincy Johnson - PeerSpot reviewer
Quincy JohnsonIf you have multiple workloads that requires high performance you should also… more »
Shailesh Surroop - PeerSpot reviewer
Shailesh SurroopWe looked at EMC VXrail, Simplivity and a custom-designed solution based on EMC… more »
it_user738087 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user738087There are a lot of players in this space and the market should make all of them… more »
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it_user663921 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director with 51-200 employees

Does HCI support heavy load production system such as Oracle SAP

it_user567420 - PeerSpot reviewer
CX & Product Strategy at a tech services company

I wanted to see if anybody had any opinions on why Nutanix is gaining such ground on VMware? 

Is it because of their interoperability, support transparency or relationship with their partners? 

Eager to hear your thoughts.