Nutanix vs VMware in 2024

[@minigpracing3068]

Also, currently working on learning vSphere (last of the VMUG licenses), but the rest of my lab is XCP-NG.

[@techhypero]

hello, do you know how i can download nutanix CE without a company email address?

[@ManOwaRitis]

You mentioned that Nakivo also supports Proxmox, but it was not showing in the list of hypervisors on the second step of your introduction. Am I missing something?

[@davidhut3670]

It's agent based, so you will need to install an agent inside your guest OS. So it's the same as any agent based backup solution and not a hypervisor based backup solution.

[@minigpracing3068]

Nutanix will not allow either of my personal emails so I can not download the CE version for my lab. I sent this to a sales rep that has been bugging me at my work email, but of course, no reply.

[@walkinginshadow]

Will you test ovirt?

[@malikvon4582]

Awesome breakdown. I will look into Nutanix and see what they are all about

[@NetScalerTrainer]

You can not upgrade Nutanix if you are booting off USB. Romberg to boot from an SSD!

[@Br0llyLSSJ]

I doubt that Nutanix will add support for SAN or other external storage. You could already attach it, maybe with hacks, but it is just not supported. As for the prices: Nutanix could be as expensive or even more expensier than VMware. They do not have a fixed price as far as i heard and all prices are individually calculated for each customer.

[@VirtualizationHowto]

@Br0llyLSSJ Good call out here. i am hoping Nutanix doesn't take advantage of potential customers by hiking prices, albeit lower than VMware.

[@Rajeevvlal]

They should. It can be priced as an Add-On. Most of the Nutanix customers use VMWare because of external NAS

[@renehoehle]

It's no good sign when you go to a website and they hide the price.

[@WillisAurelius]

It’s not bad, just means you can’t afford it

[@Livingwithadog]

@@WillisAurelius lol, this is true. Besides, other companies also do the same

[@seanwoods1526]

Yes!!! Thank you!!!

[@NetScalerTrainer]

VMware esx 7 and higher will not run on older CPUs. Nutanix needs Sandy Lake and newer which is a lot more reasonable,

[@ronm6585]

Thank you.

[@Daniel-k4t3n]

And as long as it's not older hardware than 2 or 3 generations, and no longer on usb or standard SSD's they have to high r/w life span just for a 2gb partition that will fry an SSD every 18 months. Then lets talk pricing as of the last couple weeks.

[@ShahzadKhan-xi3nx]

sir i have a quire please help with that

[@parl-88]

Interested in your Nakivo comments. I was not able to find any Tutorials on it on YT. Would you be interested maybe in making some? Nakivo, if you are reading this, offer this opportunity to Brandon. Cheers.

[@VirtualizationHowto]

@parl-88 Great question! I will engage them and see if they would like to do something like this. Thank you again!

[@chethantg6589]

Very true!

[@chromerims]

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[@pepeshopping]

Neither. No vendor lockup.

[@JoeyMe]

good stuff

[@HiltonT69]

VMware is dead in SMB and home labs.

[@kristopherleslie8343]

Unless you got the old stuff lol

[@VaxisPraxis]

I think it's important to get software into the hands of the public with a certificate program. Those two things will grow your software and help train people to use the software. It helps HR find the right people to hire. Etc.