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IT Infrastructure Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
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Top 20
Mar 6, 2018
We increased performance on our software platforms and databases drastically

What is our primary use case?

System stability and performance to ensure a 24/7 operation with fantastic pro-active support. The 1 to many solution will fulfil your DR requirements.

How has it helped my organization?

We increased stability and availability to 99.999%, and increased performance on our software platforms and databases drastically.

What is most valuable?

  • Availability
  • Scalability
  • Performance
  • Redundancy
  • Excellent Monitoring and Admin Portal

What needs improvement?

There is a hard coded IP in the 192.168.5.x range which comes with Nutanix. This needs to be a variable, not hard coded, as this may clash with customers current IP range.

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For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No.

How are customer service and support?

Customer Service:

A nine out of 10.

Technical Support:

A 10 out of 10.

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

Xen.

How was the initial setup?

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

What about the implementation team?

We implemented through an in-house team and a vendor team. The vendor's expertise was a two out of 10.

What was our ROI?

This is still to be determined.

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

Even though Nutanix is expensive, it is well worth it!

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Yes, we did look at your traditional hyper-converged solutions.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Chef du service informatique at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Vendor
Nov 26, 2017
Simple to use and reduces management complexity

What is most valuable?

  • Simple to use
  • Ergonomic

How has it helped my organization?

We were able to remove the following equipment from  our infrastructure: 

  • EMC VNX5300
  • Cisco Switch FC
  • FalconStor
  • Cisco UCS Servers
  • A lot of cabling 

So in the end there is much less complexity to manage.

What needs improvement?

Snapshot Management needs improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

Ten months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Very few, it has now been running for five to six months without any problems.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues.

How are customer service and technical support?

Excellent, thiis the best area. Very efficient.

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

SAN, EMC VNX5300, FalconStor, Switch Cisco FC and CISCO UCS Servers.

How was the initial setup?

Simple move, two to three days max.

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

Needs to be negotiated.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

HPE Simplivity.

What other advice do I have?

Using a hyperconverged system, network backbone, becomes more critical.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Director of IT at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees
Vendor
Nov 14, 2017
The ROI can be quickly realized for most organizations

What is most valuable?

  • Prism 
  • One-Click

How has it helped my organization?

Now, we can worry less about the technology and focus on other business value initiatives.

What needs improvement?

A fantastic product that could spend a bit more time in QA between releases.

For how long have I used the solution?

Five years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

None.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Compatibility issue with Nutanix and Zerto.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

None.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

10 out of 10.

Technical Support:

10 out of 10.

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

We switched from a legacy 3-2-1 solution to HCI due to its ease of use and scalability.

How was the initial setup?

Very straightforward; no issues.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented through a vendor team, although the setup was so easy that we could have handled the process in-house.

What was our ROI?

We have realized a 3:1 ROI.

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

The upfront cost can be higher than traditional solutions, but the ROI can be quickly realized for most organizations.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

SimpliVity and Dell EqualLogic.

What other advice do I have?

A great product from a great company with world class support.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user756093 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Engineer
Vendor
Nov 5, 2017
It has helped our company aggregate most of our workloads into a centralized platform

What is most valuable?

Nutanix Prism.

How has it helped my organization?

Nutanix provides the best migration to cloud platform. It has helped our company aggregate most of our workloads into a centralized platform improving the efficiency for the IT team and infrastructure resources. Throughout the journey, Nutanix provides the best support that we have ever had, from solution providers and vendors, adding big value to our operations and support our SLAs with our customers.

What needs improvement?

We have achieved great stability and scalability with Nutanix. We are currently running Hyper-V in Nutanix. After setting it up, we are very happy with the provisioning of new VMs as we do not need to worry about space requirements.

For how long have I used the solution?

Three years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Implementation was a breeze.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Initially, we had some issues with the deployment and it was resolved in future updates by the great technical support from Nutanix.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not faced any issues with scalability. It is one of the best features.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

An eight out of 10.

Technical Support:

An eight out of 10.

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

Not applicable.

How was the initial setup?

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

What was our ROI?

Not applicable.

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

It really is worth the price you spend.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

No.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Infrastructure Architect at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Nov 1, 2017
It has reduced hours wasted on troubleshooting failed updates

What is most valuable?

  • Single pane of glass view for all components.
  • Excellent after-sales support.
  • Easy updates and upgrades.

How has it helped my organization?

Reduced hours wasted on troubleshooting failed updates.

What needs improvement?

  • Uptime
  • HA
  • Redundancy
  • Disaster Recover (DR)

For how long have I used the solution?

Three years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

None, except when they sent an engineer who was still new.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

None.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

None. It scales seemlessly. The hardest part is negotiating for the budget to do so.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

The customer service is excellent.

Technical Support:

The technical support is excellent.

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

3-tier infrastructure. We switched due to the complexities of multiple vendors with multiple points to blame.

How was the initial setup?

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

What about the implementation team?

We used both an in-house team and a vendor team.

What was our ROI?

Not applicable.

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

The after-sales support is amazing and worth investing in.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

None.

What other advice do I have?

We have used Nutanix for three years now and have scaled and upgraded four clusters in that time with no issues.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Systems Engineer at a tech services company
Real User
Oct 23, 2017
Very easy to use and very reliable

Nutanix has helped us with a system that has high performance in a small footprint. It has been very easy to use and is very reliable. Using AHV looks good, and is a much cheaper alternative to VMware.

There were initially some setup complications with Nutanix on Dell hardware by not having Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) open locally on the network switches. The simple hour install was closer to a day, but the system has been solid since then.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user751839 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Engineer at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Oct 18, 2017
​​Hyper-convergence makes the whole datacenter simpler

What is most valuable?

Hypervisor-agnostic: I can use a VMware or Hyper-V license, if I already have one. But if I use a similar solution as Nutanix Acropolis hypervisor (AHV) that comes embedded in a Nutanix solution, I can manage all my virtual environments with everything that I need without spend more money on licenses.

How has it helped my organization?

Hyper-convergence makes the whole datacenter simpler. I don’t need to manage servers, SAN, and storage as I used to, but instead, manage everything from one simple and complete dashboard. I can manage my resources to get any information I need to monitor and scale.

For how long have I used the solution?

For the past three years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Sometimes, I had to install it twice to place 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.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

An eight out of 10.

Technical Support:

We had very good technical support from Nutanix during the implementation and post implementation.

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

I worked with Dell EMC VxRail, but this product is tied with VMware ESXi which requires expensive licenses. It is also a great solution if you have already those licenses. VxRail has a limit in scalability (64) in the 3.5 version.

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

I know Nutanix and VxRail have similar prices and licenses. Nutanix is a go ahead if AHV is used as the hypervisor because it is already embedded in the price.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I have some customers who tried Cisco HyperFlex and HPE HC380 instead of VMware vSAN. None of these were so attractive as Nutanix when they compared hypervisor flexibility, scalability, and support.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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IT Systems Technical Specialist at a government
Vendor
Oct 18, 2017
We have been impressed with their level of service during any case we have had to open

What is most valuable?

  • Storage snapshots and replication
  • One-Click upgrades

How has it helped my organization?

I can now do upgrades during work hours with One-Click upgrades. I click an upgrade and walk away. I have never had an issue.

What needs improvement?

Lowering the replication window.

For how long have I used the solution?

Two years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Deployment was less than half a day for eight nodes.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Yes, there was a bug with the new Intel chipset, but working with support, they quickly were able to issue an updated BIOS. Even with this issue, we had no downtime

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

None, scaling up is easy with Nutanix.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

10 out of 10. We have been impressed with their level of service during any case we have had to open.

Technical Support:

10 out of 10. We have been impressed with their level of service during any case we have had to open.

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

I have used UCS with NetApp in the past. Nutanix makes keeping things up-to-date much easier.

How was the initial setup?

It is very straightforward, two clusters in four hours.

What about the implementation team?

We used a vendor team. Even though it was their first deployment in production at the time, they were on point!

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

Pricing is above average, but it is worth it.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

IBM, UCS, and NetApp.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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