Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) Reviews

My main use case for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is to move file servers from Windows file server VMs to the Nutanix Files.

It's a centralized place for management. With all our virtual machines and Kubernetes in there, it's a single place to manage all of our resources, instead of having to jump around to different places. These features benefit my company by helping us resolve issues if we have any. Being familiar with the platforms, we know where to check for alerts or errors. Support is the same. We go to the same place for everything. 

I haven't directly worked with Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) enough to suggest improvements. A centralized file share permissions console might be useful for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS). Getting in and directly managing permissions instead of using the snap-in from Windows itself might be something to consider, but that's a small thing.

I have been using Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) for about six months.

I assess the stability and reliability of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) as good. We get alerts if something does go wrong, and if it does, we've got redundancy or some failover plan in place, so our users aren't without their data; they can always access it.

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) has been able to scale with the growing needs of my company. We can add or remove storage as needed.

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) as a whole is fantastic. It's super easy to get hold of someone. The people I get paired with to work on tickets are always super knowledgeable. If there's something we don't understand or have questions about, they can always explain it.

Our experience was great.

We used a VAR to get the cluster initially set up for us. We then took it and installed it. We applied licensing, initially on a trial basis, and then applied the full ones later. The process was pretty smooth.

I have seen a return on investment in terms of ease of use and manageability. It's beneficial to bring storage to a platform that we were already in every day.

I'm sure there's a cost component to it. It's never something I worry about, but I'm sure it's there. By being able to use the storage-focused Nutanix hardware, we can get that cost-effective advantage. I would assume Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) has helped to reduce the total cost of ownership by 25%, but I'm not certain.

It's competitive and attractive for moving things to it and then prioritizing those newly freed up resources for something else.

We considered sticking with our regular virtual machines running Windows Server 2022 as a file server. We're trying to get more integrated into Nutanix and create a single pane of management, so going with Nutanix was something that would leverage it and build the ecosystem.

With Nutanix Unified Storage, we don't have to manage the Windows operating system. We can just have it run on Nutanix that we already have or have already purchased. It just runs it directly instead of having to manage Windows updates or security concerns with Windows itself.

My impression of the cybersecurity features of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) when dealing with unstructured data, such as ransomware threats, is positive. If we can integrate with backups and some of the integrated Nutanix data protection policies and things, that's a plus for us. We've got an external backup solution that I don't know if we've used for Files yet. 

I would rate Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) a ten out of ten. It's pretty good, and there are no issues. We haven't been able to get in there and explore it enough. We don't find anything missing in it.

I assess Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) for unstructured data management, and although we don't normally use it for audio and video, we use it for medical images. We are a health care company, and for that, we'll compare to traditional NAS and SAN that we used to use in the past; we find similar, if not better, performance.

I assess Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) for unifying my organization's block, file, and object storage as it gives me centralized management capability, allowing me to know which different branch offices are utilizing how much capacity and where all my data is, along with what is critical, providing that overall single pane of glass view.

From different locations, Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) helps my organization manage the storage through Prism Central, which is their management console; with that, we are able to manage the entire estate using a single console.

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is used in an environment that spans multiple locations, with around forty-three sites across the globe.

The most effective features of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) for us are about making multiple copies of our data across hardware nodes, ensuring that if there is a hardware failure, we still don't lose our data, which I think is the most important. Also, they have a file solution that is good for file shares, and that is of value to us.

The switch from solutions such as IBM to Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) was driven by the need for different skill sets for a separate storage team and separate compute team. Maintaining these old devices was getting prohibitively high, so consolidating everything onto Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) made sense and allowed one set of Nutanix engineers to manage the entire estate.

For future updates, I think Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) should look at features similar to what ONTAP of NetApp is doing, such as tiering to the public cloud. If my data is getting stale and old, I need them to keep it on-premise, but I could also probably tier it to cheaper storage on cloud, maybe archival storage on the public cloud.

I have been using Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) for over four years now.

I consider Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) to be a stable solution, as I have never experienced major outages.

My impressions about the scalability of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) are that it is very scalable, allowing us to keep adding nodes to the cluster, which it simply recognizes.

In the future, I plan to expand the number of users and devices for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS). While users may not grow, the amount of data our factories generate keeps increasing, necessitating the expansion of these nodes.

I find Nutanix support service to be very responsive. When we have feature requests, it may take longer for delivery, but for incidents or problems, they are able to quickly resolve them.

Positive

Before choosing Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS), I evaluated options such as Cisco HyperFlex, but unfortunately, that product has been announced as end of life.

The initial deployment of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) was straightforward.

We managed to deploy Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) globally within a matter of six months.

Our implementation strategy for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) involved creating a parallel environment, keeping the data in sync, and then taking an appropriate downtime window for the cutover to Nutanix.

In deploying this product within my organization, there were about eight members from the partner organization responsible, including project managers, engineers, and administrators; it was a mix.

After implementing Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS), I observe a return on investment, particularly since it was a unique case of exiting old hardware, with immediate savings given the high maintenance costs we were previously paying.

My advice for those wanting to implement Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) in their organization is to ensure they have a good implementation partner and that licenses are well negotiated for a good price, as that is the best way forward. My overall rating for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) would be nine out of ten, as I have no complaints.

We are a university in Morocco, and we use Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) mainly for file and object storage. We store student home folders and faculty data as well as research datasets. Additionally, we have an e-learning platform, and the e-learning platform content is also stored in Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) files and storage.

Furthermore, we use Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) Files as a persistent volume for Kubernetes workloads.

One of the features we find beneficial in Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is the ransomware protection. Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) has a list of file extensions that are blocked by default, around 250 extensions, which protects us from ransomware attacks.

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) has helped us reduce operational costs compared to our previous solution like Dell EMC. We migrated our workload to Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS), eliminating all the support costs and complexity management.

I hope Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) will improve the clarity of the licensing uses and enhance the reporting and analytics, which are not sufficient.

The reporting feature lacks sufficient information, which is something I would like to see improved in future releases of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS).

I have been working with Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) for about two years.

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) solution has proven to be very stable, with no unplanned major outages and no disruptive upgrades. During upgrades, we experience consistent performance and smooth failovers during disaster recovery. I would rate the stability an eight out of ten.

We expand our usage of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) Objects; for example, we started with two workers, and as our e-learning platform gained more content, we decided to scale, so we now have six workers.

The scaling process was very smooth; it took just about five minutes with two or three clicks.

Customer service and technical support from Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) are the major points for us. They have been very helpful, responsive, and technically strong. For instance, when we faced a major outage where Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) Object was unreachable, we created a ticket, and they responded in less than one hour, fixing the issue in about ten minutes.

I would rate the technical support at nine or ten out of ten, specifically around 9.5.

Positive

We were using Dell EMC and we moved to Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS).

The deployment of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) was easy and straightforward, guided well by Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) and their local partner.

In terms of return on investment, we have reduced operational costs by eliminating all support contracts and also reduced power and rack space usage.

We decided to move from Dell to Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) primarily due to dissatisfaction with Dell's support during outages, which often took considerably long to resolve, sometimes even up to two days. After contacting Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) commercial team, we were informed about their strong support, and upon using the solution, we have been very satisfied with it.

The pros of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) compared to EMC technologies include the fact that Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) file, object, and block storage are all integrated into one platform, allowing us to manage everything from a single interface. There is also seamless integration with the native Nutanix HV and Prism, and we experience good performance for our workloads. The cons include unclear licensing and the need for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) expertise for advanced configuration, as we were not trained sufficiently for that. A significant pro for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is its scalability; we can scale with ease.

Overall, I find the cybersecurity features, including the strong ransomware protection, effective when dealing with unstructured data.

I recommend that organizations considering unified storage plan their sizing carefully before deployment, especially for data growth, enable disaster recovery or data protection from the beginning, and ensure that their team receives proper training during deployment. I provide this review with an overall rating of nine out of ten.

My use case for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is software-defined storage.

The best features of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) are its excellent performance. Compared to other vendors' storage solutions, expertise is not required. It is very simple with very good performance. 

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) has helped my business in the remote location branch office, which is a very good feature for this product. However, I am not satisfied with its performance in the data center.

The CVM consumes more memory and CPU, as it will be allocated a minimum of 32 GB. For a large data store, they are unnecessarily consuming extra resources through the built-in CVM. Otherwise, the product is very good. In the remote location, they have excellent future backup capabilities, and it has nice features compared to other products.

I have two years of experience with Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS).

We are not using AI or machine learning.

We have more than 200 boxes we are using with Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS). That is a very big number on the Nutanix side. The number of users ranges from 6,000 to 7,000.

Support for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is very good. I would rate it nine out of ten.

We are facing one issue when moving from VMware to Nutanix: while upgrades are very easy, when going backward, we don't have any tools and downtime is required. From a maintenance perspective, there is minimal downtime needed. It is much better compared to the VMware product.

The deployment for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is very easy and uncomplicated.

I have no idea about the pricing of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) as I'm not the decision authority for pricing. Generally, compared to other products, this has better pricing, but I don't deal with the price side.

The main competitor I compare Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) to is VMware VSAN. In terms of technology and performance, they are similar. The only concern is the CVM consuming more memory and CPU. Apart from this, everything is fine.

Automation is available with Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS), but it has not reached the expected level of simplification. The product still needs more improvement. Regarding the cybersecurity feature for unstructured data, specifically ransomware threats, that's handled by a separate team, and I'm not very technical in that cybersecurity aspect. I have no knowledge about the Data Lens high-cost feature. Overall, I rate Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) eight out of ten.

The main use case for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is for storage.

The features I appreciate the most about Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) are the compatibility with the market. My clients express satisfaction with the environment and the product. 

The efficiency and the product are very good. It's a fast product with no latency. The facility to use Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) benefits our company greatly, as both ourselves and the end client find it to be a wonderful product.

My experience with using Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) for data-intensive workloads in a hybrid cloud environment is limited as I don't have a hybrid environment. For massive storage, this process is normal. All storage has some latency; when changing from old storage to new storage, you have this little latency, however, it's fast, though I really can't compare with another product.

My impression of the cybersecurity features of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) when dealing with unstructured data such as ransomware threats is good. I normally use additional prevention software and backup services to protect data from loss or ransomware threats to avoid any future problems.

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) helps my clients reduce their total cost of ownership as it's a good product for this; the zero-cost licensing is a great part. The customer appreciates that it's zero cost, and in reality, it's really good.

I do not know if Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) can potentially reduce in costs. Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) itself is satisfactory; I don't have any comments about improvements. 

There is potential to push this product more since it's not common in the market. They could increase their marketing efforts. 

I have been using or have experience with Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) for maybe a half year or one year ago.

The stability and reliability of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) are very good. We do not have the necessity to increase the product, but I see the performance is satisfactory.

I do not know at the moment how Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) scales with the growing needs of a company. All my clients have this product just for file server or similar purposes, and we do not need to scale this part.

Customer service and technical support are great. We work with the partnership here with Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS). We always have good attention, and when I raise a ticket or just a question, I get a quick answer. I would give the customer service and technical support a ten out of ten.

Positive

I work with other solutions such as the Acropolis or the hypervisor, and this part is more for trying to migrate to VMware Nutanix and trying to improve the Supermicro servers.

I can't fully assess the return on investment when using Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) from a technician perspective. I can confirm there is a good impact for the investment and total cost.

The pricing, setup costs, and licensing of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) are amazing, in my view.

There are some differences between VMware and Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS); the principal idea of the VMs or stretches is similar, but we can do other things. We can examine the different principles for licensing, and the prices are interesting; the compatibility with the hosts or devices is also interesting.

I am not using the Data Lens high-cost feature of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS).

I rate Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) a nine out of ten.

My main use case for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is for files, specifically file analytics. We're looking to do file stores, either SMB or NFS shares.

We don't run any AI or ML workloads.

With File analytics, we have granular visibility. We are able to keep an eye and see the usage of users using File services. We can use File analytics to see which files are accessed more frequently, or if we have someone who's potentially exfiltrating files. We can see which files are being accessed, and if we did have some sort of data exfiltration going on, we would have the introspection to see that.

We transitioned from a three-tier architecture to Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS). With the Files offering out of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS), we were able to migrate those shares with a smaller footprint. We didn't have to create a bunch of Windows file servers and reset everything. We could just migrate our current environment, and that migration has been very nice for us. If we were doing it currently with Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) Files, the Move functionality is built in. Five years ago, I had to do scripting. There are certainly time savings with the Move feature. Using the scripting method that I worked on required finding the right times for particular groups and all the coordination. I needed to make sure everything was right.

Five years ago, the integration and the provisioning setup for NFS were not automatic. That has been improved greatly in the latest release or the 5.x releases. There have been many great improvements. 

Pain points are just in the management and understanding of how the functions work. As far as updating and day-to-day operations, if my staff is properly trained and we have those proper training sessions, we don't have that many issues. There can be more educational resources from their side.

I have been using or working with Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) for five years now.

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is very stable and very reliable, running multiple virtual machines or virtual appliances with unstructured files. It's very reliable.

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) scales effectively with our growing needs. We just add to the cluster.

Customer support for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is top-notch. They're very knowledgeable.

Positive

Prior to adopting Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS), we were using another solution, specifically NetApp and a three-tier architecture.

It's an easy, quick process.

We had some training. Through Nutanix University, I have attended good learning sessions. We have partnered with Nutanix to have some education sessions, and Nutanix also throws great events.

For new users, the ROI would be in terms of time savings through the File analytics of how the data is being used, as well as with the migration aspect. If we were using a more current version of Move, those migration aspects would have taken less time. So, there could have been potential time savings for current users. 

I assume Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) has helped reduce our total cost of ownership.

We considered other solutions, such as using Windows distributed file systems and file shares, and maybe looking into some other sort of NFS or SMB sharing.

The negative aspect of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) at the time of implementation was provisioning. That's something that's been greatly improved in the last five years. A positive aspect of comparing Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) to Microsoft would be that it has lower licensing costs.

The advice I would give to other companies considering Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is to make a good implementation plan and also ensure good communication with users, including file users and accounting users. 

My overall rating for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is a nine out of ten. Five years ago, it would have been at an eight, but today, I would rate it a nine since we don't use it for anything other than file shares.

The purpose of using the solution is for objects and object storage.

What I appreciate about Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is that we have faced several issues in the Unified Storage. The compression and deduplication features have worked exceptionally well in the Unified Storage.

It has helped my business as it operates seamlessly without any interruption. The infrastructure is performing well, and we have not encountered any major issues. We have only faced bucket-related issues once or twice, which were resolvable. Apart from that, the infrastructure continues to perform effectively.

Improvement is needed regarding clarification to customers about storage capacity. While 100% storage is allocated, customers can only access 70 to 80% when examining deeply. There are some features that consume storage space, which should be addressed and avoided.

I have been using Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) for around four years.

My experience with technical support has been challenging at times. It can be very difficult to connect with technical support. This might be due to resource constraints, though I am not certain about their internal operations at Nutanix.

Positive

I am not using the Data Lens high-cost feature. I think it is cheaper compared to VMware.

When comparing Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) to other solutions in the market, it is superior to other products. Being software-defined makes it better for reliability and seamless operation. It is also easy to use.

I assess the performance of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) with high throughput and low latency requirements as perfect. There is no production environment impact, and it works effectively.

I own a company and work as a reseller with a partner. My clients are small and medium enterprises. I am interested in being a reference for the vendor.

I serve as a technical consultant at Bank of India.

On a scale of 1-10, I rate this solution an 8.

Our use case for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is basically for virtual machines, so all of the users' virtual machines are hosted on our Nutanix currently.

The best features of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) include redundancy, and there are many more features, with NetApp being one of the best. What makes Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) stand out are the support and customization capabilities.

Areas for improvement in Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) include more redundancy to ensure no data loss, and balancing the workloads is very important to maintain managed workloads throughout the year.

I have been using Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) for around two point five, almost two point seven years now.

I rate the stability of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) between nine to ten, as it remains stable throughout the year.

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is scalable.

The technical support for Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) deserves a rating of ten.

Positive

Currently, since it's on-prem right now, we have twenty plus users working with the solution.

In terms of time and resources savings with Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS), it saves about 50% for the cloud environment and 70 to 80% for on-prem since everything is manual.

The pricing of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) can be quite high for higher utilization scenarios, but it may become cost-efficient if we can bring more on-prem data into the cloud. Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is cost-efficient when moving to the cloud, as it's in the hybrid model that it can either be cost-effective or not optimal as on-prem.

The performance of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is pretty much satisfactory, but I do not have much visibility on it since it is not just the storage that I've worked in. I am not using the Data Lens high-cost feature. There are a few technologies that we can incorporate with Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) to maintain high-quality data for storage, but I'm currently unable to recall them.

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) requires maintenance, including scheduled hardware replacements in case of outages or drive failures. The system requires regular maintenance just any other system to ensure security and performance. The duration of maintenance depends on the data that the storage has.

I would recommend Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) because of its data redundancy and security features. I rate Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) nine point five to ten, as it's easy to manage, scalable, has great performance, and includes advanced features.