Cloudera

Cloudera is the leading open data lakehouse platform, enabling enterprises to run secure, governed analytics, data engineering, and AI workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Built on open-source technologies including Apache Hive, Apache Spark, Apache Ranger, and Kubernetes, Cloudera On Premises Base delivers a unified runtime for SQL analytics, machine learning, data engineering pipelines, and real-time processing — all on a single, policy-governed platform.

Validated on Nutanix, Cloudera On Premises Base runs on Nutanix virtual machines with Nutanix Objects as the S3-compatible object storage layer and Nutanix Files as enterprise NFS storage for AI workloads. This joint solution gives enterprises a fully on-premises, cloud-like data and AI platform — without cloud egress costs, without data sovereignty risks, and without the complexity of separate hypervisor, SAN, and NAS infrastructure. The combination of Cloudera's data platform and Nutanix's hyperconverged infrastructure delivers a production-ready, field-validated reference architecture for modern on-premises analytics.

Benefits of the partnership with Nutanix to End Users:

• Simplified On-Premises Analytics — Run the full Cloudera data and AI stack on Nutanix HCI without separate hypervisor licensing, SAN storage, or NAS appliances. A single Nutanix cluster hosts compute (AHV), object storage (Nutanix Objects), and file storage (Nutanix Files) — all managed through Prism Central.

• S3-Compatible Storage Without Cloud Dependency — Nutanix Objects gives Cloudera services (Hive, Spark, Cloudera Data Engineering, Cloudera Data Warehouse) an on-premises S3 bucket using the native S3A connector. No code changes, no custom plugins required

• NFS Storage for AI Workloads — Nutanix Files provides enterprise NFS for Cloudera AI Workbench, removing the need for a dedicated NAS device and giving AI teams persistent shared file storage at lower cost.

• Field-Validated Production Blueprint — Cloudera on Nutanix AHV has been validated end-to-end: deployment, functional validation (Project Axon), Nutanix Objects integration (Hive, Spark, Cloudera Data Engineering, Cloudera Data Warehouse), Nutanix Files integration with Cloudera AI, and enterprise security (Kerberos, AutoTLS, Ranger, Knox). Customers deploy with a trusted, tested reference architecture.

• Data Sovereignty & Compliance — All data stays on-premises on Nutanix infrastructure with no cloud egress. Combined with Cloudera's Ranger-based governance and AutoTLS encryption, this meets the requirements of regulated industries.