| | Nutanix HCI | Sangfor HCI | Remarks |
| Hypervisor Support | AHV / vSphere ESXi / Hyper-V | SANGFOR aSV | Nutanix AHV officially certified and support third-party mainstream application or OS (e.g. Oracle / RHEL / Security virtual appliance / Backup software). Sangfor aSV Sangfor Hypervisor aSV Named in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Sangfor's hypervisor able to virtualize x86 servers and create virtual servers based on that, it comes with built-in VM management, backup, high availability, distributed resource scheduling and automated hot add for VM. Ref: https://www.sangfor.com/downloads/sangfor-hci-brochure IDC 2021 Q1 HCI market share in China, Sangfor is 13.3% higher than SmartX and Nutanix in China mainland market. Ref: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/4BOErtnuNNW2RgGMKbAQXg |
| HCI Management | Nutanix Cloud Management | SANGFOR Cloud Platform(SCP) | Nutanix not only provide HCI management capability, but also advance features like cloud like operation console that automate IT operation tasks, forecast resource usage and capacity planning…etc Sangfor HCI Management: Sangfor's management HCI and SCP is web-based and visualized, VM resource consumption is displayed in real-time, all of Sangfor's cloud features are unified and able to be managed from the web UI, it also includes comprehensive logs and alerts. Sangfor cloud platform, runs on HCI, supports multi-tenancy, self-service portal, billing, approval workflow customization and automation, also supports management for x86 physical servers, VMware and AWS. Ref: https://www.sangfor.com/downloads/sangfor-hci-user-manual https://www.sangfor.com/downloads/sangfor-scp-user-manual |
| Automation features | DBaaS (Era) / App Self Services / Playbook | IT Automation, Self-Service Portal, Sangfor DMP, security automated response | Nutanix provide different automation features to helps you simplify application management and operation tasks. E.g. DBaaS (Era) – Multiple DB automation and management IaaS – Automated application deployment and management Playbook – Automate IT operations tasks Sangfor Automation Features: IT Automation, Self-Service Portal Sangfor DMP Standardized database service delivery, automated operation and maintenance management, real-time monitoring and data backup protection Ref: https://www.sangfor.com.cn/product-and-solution/sangfor-cloud/dmp Cyber Command correlated security service 1. For scenarios like zombie network, CC works with distributed firewall to quarantine infected cloud host automatically. 2. In ransomware scenario, CC leverages storage snapshot API to take snapshot of the infected VM to minimize loss. 3. For mining scenario, CC sends command to power off/ suspend the mining VM to avoid unnecessary resource consumption |
| Security feature | Network micro segmentation / Ransomware protection / WORM unified storage | SANGFOR aNET/ NFV | Nutanix HCI platform are security ready HCI platform that help you meet certification and standards with ease
Sangfor aNET: 1. Sangfor aNET support network micro segmentation, Distributed firewall, NFV(NFV-NGAF, NFV-SSL and so on). 2. Can integrate with Sangfor NDR solution 3. Built-in WAF protect HCI console |
| Cloud Native Application | Cloud native ready | PaaS-KubeManager | Nutanix are ready for cloud native solutions. It offer k8s deployment and management on AHV. Also certified for Redhat Openshift platform for advance DevOps environment Sangfor PaaS Features: PaaS-KubeManager: Sangfor PaaS KubeManager is based on Kubernetes, it supports built-in Harbor-based image registry, application store, auto-scaling for PODs, multi-cluster management, integrated web interface as well as KubeCtl interface, CSI integration with aSAN, supports 3rd party App Store and standard Kubernetes API. Ref: https://www.sangfor.com/downloads/sangfor-kubemanager-brochure https://www.sangfor.com/downloads/sangfor-kubemanager-whitepaper https://www.sangfor.com/downloads/sangfor-paas-solution---kubemanager |
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