Dell EMC VxRail vs Nutanix AOS

• Stability, the platform has not had any major issues or minor issues since deployment.
• Management, the VxRail platform has a single plane of glass for management.
• Scaling, VxRail is easily scaled for more resources.

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• Nutanix AHV removes the headache from clustering. Once it's set up--which a Nutanix rep completed--the system is largely self-managed.
• It was a turnkey installation, and I was building virtual machines from day one.
• The system automatically manages moving VMs from cluster to cluster when software updates are performed on the Nutanix system that require the nodes to be rebooted, so there is no down time.
• System management from a web browser is easy management, as it can be managed from anywhere there is Internet connectivity.
• It supports Windows and Linux VMs equally well, allowing access to the VMs from within the browser. This can be much easier than using remote desktop or VNC.

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• Initial installation services leave a lot to be desired. We struggled to get the first units in service. Subsequent units were very easy to install though...
• Dell/EMC has an A/B maintenance cycle for updates. Make sure ALL of your units are on the same cycle. It is difficult (but not quite impossible) to get them changes after installation
• I would like to see a sub $100k offering for branch offices.

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• Can be priced high at times.
• The one downside I have working with Nutanix is the sales team. They seem to try to add in extra goodies to sales quotes or push for extras that you don't really need and you have to tell them to take them out. Don't be afraid to push back on them.
• Need to analyze sizing with sales team to ensure right sizing.

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• VxRail has made our VDI deployment easy to scale and (more importantly), made scaling the environment easy to justify to management.
• When comparing to other similar solutions, the tight integration with Vmware code releases made VxRail much more stable. We have had much less downtime from the VxRail infrastructure than in our traditional infrastructure stacks.

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• Found an immediate reclamation of time. SAN's are a pain to manage and update - Nutanix made turned a couple hours of work into one click.
• They are a software company. Every Time they come out with an update I find my performance improving, or a new feature added. Soon I'll be able to give my developers controlled self-service capabilities. I originally bought hardware and it's evolving on me into a private cloud in a box.

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