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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs Vblock [EOL] comparison

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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructur...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
199
Ranking in other categories
Software Defined Storage (SDS) (4th), HCI (2nd), Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) (1st), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (5th)
Vblock [EOL]
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
24
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JD
Dsi at OFFICE PUBLIC DE L HABITAT DE ROUEN
Hyper-converged storage has improved performance and now supports high redundancy for our VMs
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) was transparent because we were on a regular infrastructure before. We went on NCI and were able to improve performance, but it did not really change how things worked. The performance was really better for applications and access times to the data. I regularly looked at the analytics to see what was going on in my servers and what it was saying to optimize performance. It was pretty interesting because it could analyze and give insights on how to get things working better. In the latest versions, the Prism interface has been replaced by Prism Central. This requires another machine to be deployed to manage the servers.
TS
Chief Consultant and Architect at Tahir Professional Services
Centrally-managed and stable, but the initial setup could be made simpler and technical support can be improved
There is a different platform and there are different interfaces for different parts of the product. Although there are some centralized components, you still manage each component using its own set of tools. There is definitely room for improvement in this regard. I would like to have a catalogue like menu where you simply define your end computing needs and the rest would be taken care of internally. The initial setup could be unified to make it simpler.

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Pros

"The solution is much faster, the performance is very good - much better than VMware, and it's much easier and faster even when you want to create a server from a template or clone."
"The simplicity when it comes to building your own automation has been excellent."
"We were able to remove the following equipment from our infrastructure: EMC VNX5300, Cisco Switch FC, FalconStor, Cisco UCS Servers, and a lot of cabling, so in the end there is much less complexity to manage."
"What I like the most are the high-availability and scalability."
"The speed of the operations and of creation of VM is fantastic."
"The solution is very stable. We haven't had any issues."
"The machines provisioning times have reduced drastically."
"The most valuable features are easy cloud administration and management."
"Not having to worry about the firmware integrations with the software infrastructure components has been grand."
"VMware NSX: Provides the ability for our organisation to deliver true DR."
"Access to VMs is now faster due to the centralized management console."
"The Vblock is designed to make IT life simpler (infrastructure framework) and more cost effective (an appliance) for an organization."
"UCS brings the entire datacenter system together, letting us offer non-disruptive, seamless upgrades and storage tiering for people with higher IO demands, and it gives us flexibility."
"​It has improved system performance, batch times for off-hours processing, and reliability with production applications.​"
"Capability for scale and growth within a single rack brings strong possibilities for capacity planning."
"​The XtremIO All-Flash array delivers​ performance, reliability, and deduplication."
 

Cons

"Some of the features in the user interface can only be accessed through the command-line interface."
"I would like to see a fuller integration with the public cloud. It would help the user enter the hybrid cloud infrastructure."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS could improve by adding some NAS features, similar to the ones that are available in the NetApp solution."
"If you are not a Nutanix Customer, Partner or Employee, it is going to be very challenging getting your hands on their technology, KB articles and documentation."
"One of the very important things that I would like to see in Nutanix, but I'm not sure if it's in the roadmap or not, is to have some kind of caching optimization at remote sites, to build active-active data centers more easily."
"The initial setup was a little difficult - I used Foundation VM to image the nodes, and it was difficult to use this feature."
"Cloud integration, automation and orchestration need improvement."
"The most glaring gap of the Gartner MQ is, it does not measure how good each technology is against the competitors, and therefore, boxes like Nutanix and Simplivity, and also the motley crew of so-called EVO:Rail partners, are simply betting on how good they pitch to get into the MQ Leaders Quadrant as part of their agenda."
"I think there needs to be more tools to monitor and manage the Vblock™ as a whole, instead of pieces."
"The user control could be more advanced. They should work to improve this in future releases."
"In the next release, I would like to see a smaller footprint in the data center and have improvements to disk performance."
"The only thing I would like to see is that although they strongly advocate that you cannot change any of its parts, and that would undermine its performance, but a little allowance should be allowed for disassembly within certain areas, which would be nice."
"Troublesome relationships with VCE at the beginning of our use came undone quickly after we went live."
"The initial setup was complex. The LCS was a nightmare."
"OEM services requires too much planning and low availability of certified engineers."
"With respect to the technical support, there is room for improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its licensing model is easy, but the bad thing is that we need to pay for the whole capacity at once. With VMware vSAN, we only have to pay for the capacity that we are using, which is not the case with Nutanix. So, we have more overhead for the licensing cost with Nutanix."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS is affordable, it has good value. The final price depends a lot on the hardware used, it's an appliance in the end. Whether you use HPE as the hardware vendor or Supermicro as the hardware vendor, it really depends on what hardware is used which is the main cost."
"The basic license that comes with the box allows basic virtualization features but advanced automation features would require an upgrade of licenses."
"Pricing for Nutanix Acropolis AOS is higher. This is one of the reasons why we were looking into other options."
"The price of the solution is high."
"The price of Nutanix is lower than other products."
"When compared to the competitors, the price is reasonable."
"The pricing is very competitive when compared with other vendors. As long as Nutanix goes forward with the same price and same type of offering, it will definitely have a large number of customers adopting the same solution very soon."
"Strive for a consolidated ELA."
"It is not cheap."
"I think the pricing is on the higher end of the spectrum. There could be some adjustments that could be made there. Regarding licensing, watch compatibility with external products that you run on Vblock. It has got to be properly architected, otherwise, you will run into licensing issues."
"Vblock is priced at a premium because people don't want the headache of managing and deploying different products."
"The paid support for Vblock is expensive."
"Related to tech support: I believe it is too expensive."
"I would not say the pricing is not good value. It is still on the expensive side, near the top-end of cost compared to what's available now. Also, the licensing has to be improved. There has to be a clear definition of the licensing from the initial set-up so the customer knows what they are paying for, without being hit later on with extra licensing. The licensing definitions should be clearer and, perhaps, have one set of licenses rather than multiple licenses."
"Vblock appears from the first while to be very expensive. There are more items you cannot see in the BOQ: customer service, support, delivery short time, and highly experienced VCE engineers."
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Comparison Review

it_user244362 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Consultant with 51-200 employees
Aug 30, 2015
Nutanix vs. VMware EVO:RAIL vs. FlexPod
Originally posted at www.storagegaga.com/dont-get-too-drunk-on-hyper-converged/ I hate the fact that I am bursting the big bubble brewing about Hyper Convergence (HC). I urge all to look past the hot air and hype frenzy that are going on, because in the end, the HC platforms have to be aligned…
 

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Also Known As

Nutanix Acropolis AOS, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Acropolis
VCE Vblock
 

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St. Lukes Health System, the City of Seattle, Yahoo! Japan, Sligro, Empire Life, Hyundai AUS, and many others.
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