Nutanix AOS Review
March 10, 2020

Nutanix AOS Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Nutanix AHV
  • Nutanix Acropolis
  • Nutanix Frame
  • Nutanix Move
  • Nutanix Prism

Overall Satisfaction with Nutanix AOS

Nutanix AOS simplified our datacenter a lot. Majority of the x86 workloads previously hosted on a 3-tier architecture have moved to the Hyper-Converged Infrastructure. As AOS does not restrict you to use your favorite hypervisor (ESXi, Hyper-V, XenServer, AHV) it's flexible in that way and as the architecture is scalable, it's also easy to understand what you currenly use and need, and predict future investments based on the future workload.

Pros

  • 1-click upgrades
  • Scalability/predictability
  • Support

Cons

  • Licensing (mixed)
  • RoBo clusters (2-node specific)
  • 1-click upgrades provide a resilient upgrade mechanism and can be done during business hours.
  • Predictable upgrades (also in cost).
Fast and very knowledgeable support team. They do not point to other vendors and try to fix the issue for the customer.
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Third-party Reviews
The product features outweighed several competitors and they continue to deliver.
Nutanix uses data tiering where frequently accessed data is located on a "hot-tier" (SSD) and less-frequently accessed data on "cold-tier" (HDD) in a hybrid cluster. In an all-flash cluster this does not matter that much (all fast storage), but there the data-locality (default feature) of the data (close to the VM) helps in performance.
AOS is a lot simpler, more performant than the other solutions
x86 workloads can be easily migrated/hosted on Nutanix AOS, and although AOS can run on IBM P-series this is not an added value.
We see the use of Nutanix in all X86 workloads (databases, VDI, big data) as a no-brainer.

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