Nutanix - What's all the hype?
Nutanix is disrupting the way data centers are designed today by introducing Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) to both SMB and enterprise-sized organizations. In 2009, a group of former Google engineers committed to replicating the same efficiencies within Google’s data centers to the data centers of other organizations. While Nutanix’s technology is slick, their ability to solve business challenges associated with growth is driving their success. Below are some examples:
Challenge:
"My IT department is understaffed and our organization is forecasting continued growth."
Nutanix Solution:
Improve efficiency for IT staff by implementing Nutanix Prism, a single pane of glass management tool
Hours of time is wasted when IT professionals rely on multiple management tools to make system updates and changes. Commonly, network administrators will rely on 6 or more interfaces. Nutanix’s Prism management tool centralizes these silos under one interface, enabling network administrators to increase efficiency.
Challenge:
"We need to refresh our SAN and I’m projecting we’ll need 2X the amount of storage capacity we have now by 2024. I’ll have to overbuy on my new SAN to accommodate for this additional storage space that we won’t be using this fiscal year."
Nutanix Solution:
Improve cash flow and increase agility by purchasing additional storage only when additional storage is needed.
Legacy 3-tiered infrastructures weren’t designed to accommodate for the scalability requirements placed on data centers today. With HCI, the need to purchase a SAN will be eliminated since the storage will be converged into the host, along with the compute, memory, networking and virtualization resources. When additional storage is needed, you simply add another node. HCI prevents organizations from needing to overbuy on storage with their initial SAN purchase and allows them to optimize their cash flows. Also, HCI affords them agility in cases when long-term growth forecasts are missed.
Challenge:
"Each year, our workloads increase by 15% during peak season. Given this elasticity in workloads, Azure and AWS are attractive options. My objections to adopting a hybrid cloud model and utilizing public clouds are cost and security."
Nutanix Solution:
Utilize the Nutanix Beam add-on to provide real-time visibility into cloud expenditures and manage IT security in the cloud
Beam addresses the cost and security objections voiced by CIOs considering a hybrid cloud. Through analytics, Beam determines which workloads are most cost-effectively housed onsite versus in the cloud. Additionally, the beam solution enables organizations to implement and monitor their IT security policies within the public cloud.
Challenge:
"Adopting HCI appears to be the best solution for my organization as we continue growing. Why should I decide on Nutanix over other vendors within the HCI space?"
Nutanix Solution:
Agnostic Approach
Nutanix is a software company that offers hardware as well. The Nutanix fabric can run on many hardware platforms, including Dell, HP and Lenovo. This can enable organizations to implement Nutanix on existing hardware without having to wait for a refresh cycle. Also, when IT departments have a preference towards a certain hardware vendor, chances are they can remain with that vendor. Additionally, Nutanix is hypervisor agnostic. While Nutanix’s native hypervisor (AHV) is bundled into Nutanix’s solution, many IT departments will prefer VMware or Hyper-V and they can continue utilizing these hypervisors.
Organizations looking to alleviate their growing pains will likely find a remedy within Nutanix. The Walker Group is an IT consultant
and premier Nutanix partner within Connecticut.
Many organizations of all sizes and industries are moving to Hyperconverged solutions as it provides the greatest flexibility that scales from SMB to Enterprise. Contact the Walker Group to learn how.
written by:
Brendan Kelly
Brendan Kelly is a Business Alliance Manager focused on building partnerships with technology companies that can help The Walker Group’s clients increase efficiencies, reduce operating expenses and mitigate IT security risks. Prior to assuming the Business Alliance Manager role at Walker, Brendan spent 10+ years in new business sales and account management roles while working for both software and service providers.
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