Six Key Differentiators between Dell EMC VxRail and ...

1 Six Key Differentiators between Dell EMC VxRail and Nutanix NX Appliances Many organizations view hyper-converged infrastructure appliances (HCIAs) as the data center architecture of the future. Dell EMC VxRail and Nutanix NX Appliances are two leading options for creating the enterprise hybrid cloud. Visibility into their respective data protection ecosystems, enterprise application certifications, solution integration, support for multiple hypervisors, scalability and maturity should help organizations choose the most appropriate solution for October 2018 1 Competitive AdvantageKaminarioPocket Analyst Reportby DCIG Managing Analyst Ken ClippertonSUMMARY COMPARISONDell EMC VxRail Advantages Breadth of ecosystem Enterprise applications certified Vendor maturityNutanix NX Advantages Solution integration Multi-hypervisor flexibility ScalabilityPRODUCT Dell EMC VxRailURL EMC3401 Hillview Ave, Palo Alto CA 94304(877) 486-9273 PRODUCT Nutanix NX SeriesURL 1740 Technology Drive, Suite 150 San Jose, CA 95110(855) NUTANIX 2018 DCIG, LLC.

2 All rights reserved. DCIG: Empowering the IT industry with actionable analysis. limited and unrestricted distribution infrastructure appliances (HCIAs) radically simplify the next generation of data center architectures. Combining and/or virtualizing compute, memory, storage, networking, and data protection functions from a single vendor in a scale-out cluster, these pre-integrated appliances accelerate and simplify infrastructure deployments and management. As such, the stakes are high for vendors like Dell EMC and Nutanix who are competing to own this critical piece of data center infrastructure real similarities between the Dell EMC VxRail and Nutanix NX product families are signifi-cant.

3 The hyper-converged products from both Dell EMC and Nutanix facilitate: Rapid deployment by pre-integrating all the core private cloud technologies in their respective appliances. Cloud-like self-service. The migration of cloud-native and traditional applications to onsite cloud infrastructure and multiple public cloud providers. To deliver on these capabilities, both companies control the entire hardware and software stacks of their respective HCIA solutions pre-testing firmware and software updates holistically and automat-ing cluster-wide rollouts. Despite these similarities, many differences between them remain.

4 To help enterprises select the product that best fits their needs, here are six ways these two products currently differentiate themselves from one Key Differentiators between Dell EMC VxRail and Nutanix NX Appliances 1. SOLUTION INTEGRATION ADVANTAGE Nutanix NX SeriesOrganizations wishing to build private clouds around vmware will find VxRail an excellent way to both simplify and extend a vmware infrastructure. Disparate software packages from Dell EMC, and vmware are pre-installed and pre-integrated. Most management is through vCenter while software upgrades use a separate application.

5 Nutanix integra-tion occurs during development. Nutanix offers simplicity through a single operating system, one management application, and one API for integration with third-party auto-mation frameworks. 2. BREADTH OF DATA PROTECTION ECOSYSTEM ADVANTAGE Dell EMC VxRailAn extensive ecosystem of complementary solutions, support, and education exists around data protection for vmware vSphere. vmware and/or its partner entities often fill any gaps in vSphere functionality which creates optionality and reduces risk. A data protection ecosystem is developing around the Nutanix AHV solution.

6 For example, Unitrends Backup recently added support for AHV workloads to its existing vSphere support, including agentless host-level protection that leverages AHV snapshots. However, the Nutanix AHV ecosystem is smaller than vmware s. Licensed to Unitrends with unrestricted and unlimited distribution rights through October 31, 2019 2018 DCIG, LLC. All rights reserved. DCIG: Empowering the IT industry with actionable analysis. limited and unrestricted distribution Analyst ReportUpdated October 2018 2 SUPPORTED UNDETERMINED / UNSUPPORTED3. ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS CERTIFIED ADVANTAGE Dell EMC VxRailVMware vSphere dominates in enterprise IT, and has done so for many years.

7 Consequently, it is certified for a broad array of appli-cations and thoroughly tested through actual use in many enter-prises. Nutanix has achieved certification for many common enterprise applications, and continues to grow that list. But if an enterprise depends on an application that is not yet certified on the Nutanix stack, vSphere on VxRail has the MULTI-HYPERVISOR FLEXIBILITY ADVANTAGE Nutanix NX SeriesVxRail is a vmware -centric solution. VxRail storage services are provided by vmware vSAN. vSAN integrates into the ESXi hyper-visor at the kernel level, enabling tight integration and high perfor-mance with very low overhead.

8 However, vSAN requires ESXi, which is not bundled with the appliance. Nutanix Acropolis pre-installs its own AHV hypervisor and supports other hypervisors, including ESXi and Hyper-V. 5. SCALABILITY ADVANTAGE Nutanix NX SeriesVxRail requires a minimum of three (3) nodes, and can scale to sixty-four (64) nodes per cluster. Nutanix can start as small as a single node with no upper limit to nodes in a Nutanix cluster, with clusters of more than 100 nodes in VENDOR MATURITY ADVANTAGE Dell EMC VxRailNutanix is a startup leader in the hyperconverged marketplace. In 2018, it achieved more than $1 billion in annual revenue, but it has yet to show a profit.

9 Dell EMC is an established company with a powerful global sales force and VAR community. Its VxRail busi-ness is similar in size to Nutanix, and Dell EMC has a history of profitable operations. Comparison of Dell EMC VxRail and Nutanix NX SystemsFEATUREDell EMC VxRail with ESXN utanixNX Series with AHVS olution IntegrationIncluded SoftwareVMware Virtual SAN Enterprise vmware vCenter Server vmware vRealize Log Insight vmware vSphere Data Protection vmware vSphere Replication Dell EMC Recoverpoint for VMs Dell EMC CloudArray VxRail ManagerNutanix AcropolisNutanix PrismNutanix Calm (25 VMs)Data Center Storage IntegrationUse Filers/SAN for Production WorkloadsNAS/SAN Storage to Non-cluster ServersBackup Software EcosystemArcserve UDPC ohesityCommvaultHYCUDell EMC AvamarFutureDell EMC Data DomainFutureDell EMC NetworkerInstall agent in VMsDruvaInstall agent in VMsLicensed to Unitrends with unrestricted and unlimited distribution rights through October 31, 2019 2018 DCIG, LLC.

10 All rights reserved. DCIG: Empowering the IT industry with actionable analysis. limited and unrestricted distribution Analyst ReportUpdated October 2018 3 SUPPORTED UNDETERMINED / UNSUPPORTEDC omparison of Dell EMC VxRail and Nutanix NX SystemsFEATUREDell EMC VxRail with ESXN utanixNX Series with AHVB ackup Software Ecosystem(continued)HPE Data ProtectorQuest AppAssureQuest NetVault BackupInstall agent in VMsRubrikStorageCraftUnitrendsCertifiedC ertifiedVeritas Backup ExecVeritas NetBackupGuest Oses CertifiedCentOSFreeBSD / / Linux / Solaris / / / OpenServer 5 / UnixWare 7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)