FAQ
Do VMware Alternatives Offer Comparable Performance for Enterprise Workloads?
2025-09-02
Arcfra Team

Leading vendors like Nutanix and Arcfra — both are Gartner-recognized sample HCI vendors for VMware replacement — already deliver enterprise-grade cloud platforms that meet — or even exceed — VMware’s performance.

Below compares the storage architecture of Arcfra AECP, Nutanix NCI, and VMware VCF, and how these differences affect their performance.

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In real-world testing, AECP also outperforms Nutanix and VMware. For example, in a securities order insertion test, the overall single-volume performance of AECP surpasses that of Nutanix single-volume deployment (with a performance improvement of over 60%) and the best-practice configuration (with a performance improvement of approximately 5%).

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In a batch-running test conducted by an automobile finance company, while vSAN encountered write cache breakdown just 10 minutes into the batch job, AECP completed the batch in under 5 hours — a 42% reduction in processing time compared to the original production setup.

For more information, please refer to these blogs:

Arcfra vs. Nutanix: Key Capabilities and Performance Comparison

“Goodbye VMware”: 7 Real-World Transformations with Arcfra AECP

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About Arcfra

Arcfra simplifies enterprise cloud infrastructure with a full-stack, software-defined platform built for the AI era. We deliver computing, storage, networking, security, Kubernetes, and more — all in one streamlined solution. Supporting VMs, containers, and AI workloads, Arcfra offers future-proof infrastructure trusted by enterprises across e-commerce, finance, and manufacturing. Arcfra is recognized by Gartner as a Representative Vendor in full-stack hyperconverged infrastructure. Learn more at www.arcfra.com.