TrustRadius Insights for Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Pros
Hassle-free setup process: Multiple users have found the setup process of Nutanix AHV to be hassle-free. They appreciate the assistance provided by Nutanix representatives during installation, which allows them to start building virtual machines immediately.
Seamless software updates: Several reviewers highly appreciate Nutanix AHV's automatic management of moving VMs between clusters during software updates without any downtime. This feature ensures uninterrupted operation and minimizes disruptions, contributing to a smooth and seamless experience.
Intuitive interface and management: Many users praise the ease of system management from a web browser with Nutanix. They find the interface well-outlined and intuitive, making it easy to navigate and perform tasks quickly. Additionally, the interface provides good historical data, allowing for better insights and decision-making.
I am using Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure for my virtual desktop infrastructure; as far as I have no issues, Nutanix dealt with a self-healing approach, which makes me believe in using Nutanix for my upcoming projects. I have integrated my infrastructure with Citrix cloud. I was facing one problem with Nutanix files; when the files share a name created with space in between, it will give a nightmare for the users, as they don't know why their files are loading slowly. Nutanix now allowing file share name with space on 1st attempt, when you edit the share its allowing you to use space in between.
Pros
Updates of the infrastructure under one panel (LCM)
Data redundancy and replication
Licensing of the cluster
Prism Central for managing multiple cluster with playbook to play around it
containaraization
Protection domain and remote site configuration
Self healing mechanism
Cons
Nvidia updates could be better on heterogeneous infra
Need PC LTS and STS versions
API should have more features
Likelihood to Recommend
I would recommend Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure for private and public clouds for the organization, as it provides various features. AOS and AHV are NCI's main pilers, making the impossible possible. Node, block, and rack level fault tolerance with high effectiveness, I think only Nutanix can provide as they removed legacy 3-tier architecture
had a big sprawl of vm's from original and acquired companies that needed to be consolidated to manage the infrastructure. worried about staff churn with tribal knowledge we wanted to standardize and be equipped to scale out when future mergers happened. We managed with the standard Hyper visor as a individual company but as we acquired more companies it became unmanageable and the cost savings with this made ROI sense.
Pros
single access point
utilized excising resources to maximize usage
train up is steep but once they get it it's a breeze
Cons
It could have been a for use but the initial integrations we hit a few bumps but that could be the consultant that were provided
Likelihood to Recommend
On the pricier side of the scale but after it's all said and done the transformation was well worth it. We felt that the ROI was recouped as expected with better resourcing. Would love to have a staging environment as part of the overall setup but i get it, it's all related to a cost.
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure is used to host Virtual machines (VMs) in our organization. The business problem it addresses is we don't have to maintain any physical storage servers after moving the VMs to Nutanix cloud. The physical footprint has been eliminated and we use Nutanix to keep all our VMs running, be it production, development or testing servers.
Pros
Easy deployment
User friendly
Easy to update / upgrade
Cons
More command-line driven than GUI
Not enough speed at times
Expensive when compared to competitors
Likelihood to Recommend
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure is well suited for any scale of organizations. Best suited when you want to migrate applications from physical centres to cloud which considerably decreases the maintenance costs.
VU
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)
Nutanix AOS has been the final missing puzzle piece to moving towards a more flexible, agile, HCI based datacenter eliminating the complex management that is common with traditional or converged infrastructure. The automation pieces, especially the playbooks save so much time in larger environments by automating common tasks like expanding disk, memory, or cpu allocation to VMs. The overall UI is so much better than VMware or Citrix and the performance and ease of upgrades is on another plane compared to vxrail / vxstack or hyperflex.
Pros
Performance
User interface
Automation
Cost
Licensing
Cons
Features (more are continually added, but it is a newer product)
Hardware compatibility
Efficiency of CVM's
Likelihood to Recommend
I would highly recommend using Nutanix HCI for any of your infrastructure needs. I would highly suggest saving money and using the free included AHV hypervisor. The performance is incredible, and the data reduction capabilities are on par with vSAN. I would only recommend using ESXi with Nutanix AOS if AHV does not yet support some one-off configurations or if you still want to use horizon while the frame is still growing.
VU
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees)
We've been using Nutanix AOS to consolidate our converged infrastructure (CI) to hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) across our entire estate. This has meant quicker deployment, less rack space, and simpler management overall. We stuck with using ESXi as our hypervisor as it gives us the most flexibility with the existing tools we need for operational support. Hoping to add Nutanix Files later on to consolidate the many file servers and shares across the business, additional capacity for this can easily be added via the Nutanix Storage nodes.
Pros
Scales easily through addition of extra nodes to the cluster
Easy to upgrade
AHV included to help keep some of the costs down
Cons
Integration with 3rd party tools
Prism is limited if you use ESXi as your hypervisor
Tied to certain hardware vendors
Likelihood to Recommend
Nutanix AOS is well suited to: Redundancy and resilience of your hardware Largely manage itself, lots of checks done via Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) 24/7 Operations where you have contractual commitments to keep Support is second to none Free online educational material (which is up-to-date too!)
On the downside, Nutanix AOS is probably not a good solution if: Cost is your primary concern, maybe stick with vSphere or HyperV 24x7 uptime is not critical There may be times when you need to work at a command line for features not in the GUI yet or general support requirements
VU
Verified User
Technician in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)
Nutanix AOS is used across the whole organization as we manage a total of 3 clusters covering all our needs; storage, virtualization, networking, database.
Pros
Failover
Scalability
Cons
Gap between CLI and GUI functionalities
Likelihood to Recommend
Nutanix AOS is well suited for redundancy and scalability. But the overall performance is one level below dedicated hardware for some workloads.
VU
Verified User
Project Manager in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)
Nutanix AOS is being used by [the] IT department, but indirectly it is being used across the whole organization. We did face some issues while migrating load from VMWare to AHV. Some of our legacy applications are not supported by AHV. Moreover, AHV does not have [the] capability to add existing disk or disk belongs to other VM. [I feel] it is also difficult to create a template in AHV.
Pros
"Nutanix is an operating system playing inside an existing, rich IT ecosystem." Listen to Wendy M. Pfeiffer, CIO of Nutanix, as she shares game-changing results with the implementation of infrastructure-as-code.
With one-click simplicity, Nutanix AOS streamlines IT operations and relieves budget pressures by integrating storage, networking, and compute services into a single solution managed by IT generalists. Start small and scale without limit to meet business demands.
Deliver applications with the highest possible performance throughout the full lifecycle, not just day one. Provide reliable performance SLAs without worrying about workload changes or growth in application demands.
Cons
Nutanix AOS does not have template functionality like in VMWare.
[In my experience] Nutanix AOS does not have [the] functionality to add existing disk or disk belongs to other VM like in VMWare.
Nutanix AOS does not have the functionality to see backup snapshots at DR site. For example, if you have multiple Nutanix clusters then you cannot have snapshots of other clusters. You need to retrieve the entire snapshots of your Protection Domain to restore your desired backup.
Likelihood to Recommend
After using Foundation to create a cluster, you can use the Nutanix web console to join the Hyper-V cluster and its constituent hosts to the domain, create the Hyper-V failover cluster, and enable Kerberos. If you are installing Windows Server 2016, you do not have to enable Kerberos. Kerberos is enabled during cluster creation.
We've implemented 3 blocks of 3 nodes into our primary datacenter and have the same setup in our secondary datacenter.
The hardware will be used to host our production hypervisor and guest VMs and will be our primary solution for DR.
The decision was made to purchase and implement the solution primarily as part of a hardware refresh but also to consolidate and improve our DR stance.
Pros
Support - Nutanix allows you to log the support query directly with a technical expert so you are in good hands from the get-go.
This came in super useful for us as none of us had working experience with AOS prior to this implementation.
Alerting/Reporting - there's a fantastic report engine built into Prism that populates generated alerts with links to KBs to resolve them. It's also very easy to get an idea of capacity usage over time this allowing for easier planning/diligence for other projects and BAU.
Leap - I can't stress enough how impressed I am with this DR automation. I've got peace of mind that if everything did go wrong on a Sunday morning, I'd still be able to recover the estate in time to take mrs shopping.
The technology can also be used for pre-change testing as it's very easy to failover to a test bubble and work on the 'live' server without touching prod (thus allowing one to prove that a certain change doesn't pose any risk)
Install additional capacity - all that's required to add new nodes into your current cluster is to IP them via the BIOS and then click through a short wizard in the GUI. I added in 6 nodes with around 2 hours' worth of effort.
Cons
Operating systems - there are 5 different operating systems that comprise the Nutanix solution (AOS being just one of them) and it can be daunting or feel convoluted at times trying to decide which one to use at the command line, or when troubleshooting. On the plus side, their support team is always readily available if we can't work something out or need a solution quickly.
Prism Element/Prism Central - Nutanix sells their solution as a 'single pane of glass management' which is only half true.
To install and configure, one interface with Prism Element but to access the premium features requires an entirely different console. That's where Prism Central comes in and use requires an entirely separate installation, configuration, and also considerations for upgrade.
It would be very helpful if those features could just be made available in Prism Element dependent on the level of license installed.
Likelihood to Recommend
Very suited to companies with a medium-size infrastructure and upwards.
Especially suited to those companies with an eye for growth given the ease of installation for new hardware.
I can not say enough how great Nutanix AOS is. We switched over from HPE Omnicube over a year ago and it has been one of the best decisions we have made. Simply put we have gone from working with a vendor to a strategic partner with Nutanix. There customer service and responses have been fantastic!
Pros
Much easier to use.
Customer service has been fantastic.
Improved performance.
Less cost.
Cons
Honestly cannot find an issue.
Likelihood to Recommend
It has functioned especially well in our Citrix environment. The increased network speed has been noticed almost immediately by end users. We have also been able to increase our storage at the same time. All of this while actually paying less for our infrastructure than we paid for 5 years ago. It really has been a great experience.
