Unified Data Services Platform for Core, Edge and Cloud 

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is a software-defined data services platform. It consolidates all your storage into a single, high-performance, and cost-optimized platform that is scalable,  secure and easy to manage. It is ideal for data-intensive workloads, including AI/ML,VDI, and video surveillance.

Nutanix Unified Storage delivers three core benefits: high performance, simplified management and a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Why customers choose NUS:

• Escape Storage Silos: Replace costly, complex legacy systems with a unified platform for files and objects.
• Single Management Interface: Manage all your storage through the same Prism interface you use for VMs—streamlining operations and reducing complexity.
• Significant Cost Savings: Consolidation and simplicity can lower TCO by up to 60%, freeing resources for innovation.

NUS is highly reliable and significantly enhances business continuity.  Key benefits include:

• 99% reduction in unplanned downtime (IDC study)
• SmartDR for fast recovery: ne-click disaster recovery, ensuring that if an outage occurs, servers can be brought back online at a different location within minutes.

Nutanix Unified Storage helps reduce IT costs by:

• Consolidating workloads: Run all your workloads on a single platform, eliminating costly storage silos.
• Scaling on-demand: This minimizes waste and ensures infrastructure costs are tied to actual usage.
• Reducing operating costs: NUS offers a consolidated management approach suitable for IT generalists, reducing the need for expensive, specialized talent.
• Lowering energy consumption: NUS can support multi-petabyte scale with fewer nodes, reducing the overall footprint and energy usage.

Moving from traditional NAS solutions to Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) can significantly reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by:

• Reduced Licensing Costs: Our simple, capacity-based licensing model eliminates the complex and costly feature licensing common with traditional vendors.
• Lower Operational Overhead: Unified management for file, block, and object storage via Prism Central minimizes the need for specialized administrators and training.
• Hardware Consolidation: NUS runs on the same Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure, allowing you to consolidate your storage and compute on a single, scalable platform. This reduces your data center footprint, leading to savings in power, cooling, and rack space.

According to an IDC Business Value study, customers using Nutanix Unified Storage achieve a remarkable average five-year ROI of 421%, with a payback period of just 10 months. 

This rapid return is driven by:

• Lower operational costs through simplified management.
• Improved IT efficiency, freeing teams to focus on strategic projects.
• Enhanced business agility, enabling faster response to changing demands.

According to an IDC Business Value study, organizations using Nutanix Unified Storage reduce their total cost of operations by an average of 53% over five years. Key drivers include:

• Lower IT infrastructure costs: 46% reduction compared to legacy solutions.
• Reduced staff time for storage management, improving efficiency and freeing resources for strategic projects.

Yes. Nutanix Unified Storage drives revenue growth by improving operational efficiency and reducing downtime. According to an IDC Business Value study, organizations reported an average of $441,700 in additional annual revenue per organization, thanks to:

• Greater agility for faster response to business needs.
• Minimized downtime, ensuring critical services remain available.
• Improved IT efficiency, freeing resources for revenue-generating initiatives.

Yes. Nutanix Unified Storage is designed to run on the Nutanix Cloud Platform, which supports a wide variety of hardware platforms from leading server vendors as well as Nutanix-branded appliances. This flexibility allows you:

• Choose the best hardware for your budget and performance needs 
• Avoid vendor lock-in associated with traditional storage arrays that require proprietary hardware.

Nutanix Unified Storage is designed for operational simplicity. It integrates seamlessly into the Nutanix Prism management interface, providing a single pane of glass for managing all your data services—VMs, files, objects, and block storage. This means:

• No need for multiple tools: Everything is managed in one platform.
• Quick, easy tasks: Provision storage, monitor performance, and scale capacity in just a few clicks.
• More time for strategy: IT teams spend less time on routine tasks and more on business priorities.

Nutanix Unified Storage significantly streamlines storage administration. According to an IDC Business Value Study, organizations saw a 63% improvement in IT storage management efficiency thanks to:

• Single, intuitive interface for managing block, file, and object storage.
• Reduced complexity, eliminating the need for multiple tools.
• Freed-up IT resources, allowing teams to focus on higher-value projects.

Yes. Nutanix Unified Storage is ideal for organizations with smaller IT teams or IT generalists. It simplifies storage management through:

• Automated storage tasks like data placement, tiering, and load balancing.
• Intuitive Prism interface, enabling easy management of petabyte-scale environments.
• Reduced need for specialized hires, lowering operational burden and costs.

Nutanix Unified Storage delivers exceptional agility for storage deployment. According to an IDC Business Value study, organizations achieved:

• 82% faster deployment of new file storage compared to previous solutions.
• 75% faster deployment of new object storage, reducing time-to-value significantly.

This speed enables IT teams to respond quickly to changing business needs and scale resources without delays.

Nutanix Unified Storage delivers measurable performance gains. According to an IDC Business Value study, organizations reported:

• 41% average improvement in application performance after adopting NUS.
• 39% faster analytical query execution, enabling quicker insights and decision-making.

These improvements help businesses run critical applications more efficiently and accelerate data-driven operations.

Nutanix Unified Storage  provides a scalable, high-performance data platform purpose-built for modern workloads like AI and next-gen apps. Key capabilities include:

• Ultra-fast read throughput and dense all-NVMe capacity to handle massive datasets for AI pipelines, including Inferencing and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Integration with Nutanix Kubernetes Platform, enabling seamless deployment of containerized AI/ML pipelines and cloud-native applications.
• Multi-protocol data access, simplifying storage for diverse workloads and accelerating innovation.

Yes. Nutanix Unified Storage is designed to support the high-speed data access required by AI (Artificial Intelligence) and HPC (High-Performance Computing) workloads. It delivers:

• High throughput and low latency, ensuring fast, efficient data movement for tasks like image recognition and natural language processing.
• Support for multiple storage types (file, object, block) in one platform, simplifying architecture.
• Easy scalability as data grows, without specialized hardware.

Proven performance benchmarks, powering thousands of GPUs for advanced and emerging AI use cases.

For guidance on implementing AI solutions such as RAG, reference this validated design jointly developed by Nutanix and NVIDIA.

Yes, Nutanix Unified Storage is designed to replace complex and costly traditional storage silos by unifying file, block, and object storage onto a single, software-defined platform. Key benefits include:

• Simplified Management:  Manage all data types through Prism Central, eliminating multiple tools and reducing operational complexity.
• Lower TCO: By consolidating storage onto the Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure, customers can reduce TCO by up to 60%. IDC reports a 53% reduction in operational costs and a five-year ROI of 421%.
• High Performance for Diverse Workloads: Supports demanding applications like AI/ML, big data analytics, video surveillance, and enterprise databases with low latency.
• Seamless Scalability:  Start small and scale performance and capacity without disruption or large upfront investments.
• Integrated Security: Built-in ransomware protection, immutable snapshots, and integration with Nutanix Data Lens for proactive threat detection and data governance.

In short, NUS simplifies your IT infrastructure, cuts costs, and provides a scalable, high-performance platform for all your data, making it a powerful choice for any storage consolidation project.

Yes. Nutanix Unified Storage is an excellent solution for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments. It is specifically designed to simplify and enhance VDI deployments by consolidating user data storage onto the same platform running the virtual desktops. Key benefits include:

• Simplified Management: Unifies file, block, and object storage into a single platform managed through Prism Central, eliminating separate silos for user profiles (e.g., FSLogix), home directories, and departmental shares.
• High Performance & Scalability: Reduces storage latency, which helps accelerate common VDI pain points like slow user logins. Start small and easily scale both performance and capacity as your VDI environment grows.
• Cost-Effective: Consolidating compute and storage lowers Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Many Nutanix VDI license bundles already include an entitlement for NUS, making it a highly economical choice.
• Enhanced Security: Built-in ransomware protection, immutable snapshots, and high availability features secure user data and ensure business continuity.

In short, NUS provides a fully integrated, high-performance, and secure solution for VDI user data, making it a strategic choice for any VDI deployment.

Yes, Nutanix Unified Storage is an excellent storage solution for video surveillance environments offering a single, scalable platform that consolidates surveillance data and simplifies management. Key benefits include: 

Nutanix Unified Storage strengthens security and improves operational efficiency.  According to an IDC Business Value study, organizations reported a 56% increase in IT security team efficiency after adopting NUS. Key security features include:

• Native encryption: Built-in encryption eliminates the need for costly third-party tools.
• Integrated analytics with Nutanix Data Lens: Provides clear audit trails for rapid investigation of security incidents.
• Proactive threat detection: Enhances data governance and reduces risk exposure.

Nutanix Unified Storage streamlines data recovery. According to an IDC Business Value study, organizations achieved:

• 74% reduction in staff time required for each data recovery effort.
• 67% faster recovery windows, ensuring operations resume quickly after an incident.

These improvements help IT teams restore critical data efficiently and maintain business continuity.

Nutanix Unified Storage has a multi-layered security approach. Key features include:

• Immutable Snapshots & Object Versioning: Create "write-once-read-many" (WORM) snapshots for files, while for objects you can leverage the capability for version tracking of objects. Immutable Snapshots for files cannot be modified or deleted, providing a secure copy for recovery.
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Granular access controls ensure that users can only access the data and perform the actions they are authorized for.
• Ransomware Detection: When integrated with Nutanix Data Lens, NUS can analyze data access patterns to detect, report, and help block ransomware attacks and prevent data exfiltration in minutes.

Nutanix Unified Storage integrates seamlessly with Nutanix Database Service (NDB) to provide a reliable backup and recovery solution for business-critical databases. NUS serves as an ideal backup target, ensuring:

• Fast, secure backups for NDB-managed databases.
• Simplified recovery workflows, reducing downtime and operational complexity.
• Scalable storage capacity, supporting growing database environments without disruption.

This integration helps organizations maintain data protection and business continuity for mission-critical workloads.

Yes, Nutanix Unified Storage is a key enabler for hybrid and multicloud strategies offering features that simplify data access and disaster recovery across environments:

• Objects Federation: Provides a global namespace for geo-distributed object data, making access seamless across locations.
• Native Files Deployment in AWS and Azure: Enables running Nutanix Files in public clouds with integrated features like Smart DR for one-click disaster recovery from on-prem to AWS or Azure.
• Data Classification for Optimal Placement: Helps organizations manage cost, security, and performance by intelligently placing data across hybrid multicloud environments.

This flexibility ensures consistent management, security, and scalability for workloads spanning on-premises and cloud.

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) simplifies data access for globally distributed teams by breaking down geographic barriers and data silos. Key features include:

• Global Namespace for Objects: Objects Federation creates a single, unified namespace across multiple geo-distributed object stores, so applications and teams access data as if it were all in one place.
• Unified Namespace for Files: For file data, you can create a unified namespace that spans multiple file servers. This provides a consolidated view and access point for users, regardless of where the file shares are physically located.
  
  This reduces latency and improves application performance for teams in different regions.
  
  
• Centralized Management: Manage all storage resources—on-prem, edge, or cloud—through Prism Central, eliminating multiple tools and providing a consistent operational experience.
  

Nutanix Unified Storage is designed for hybrid multicloud environments, providing seamless data mobility between on-premises data center and public clouds like AWS and Azure. Key capabilities:

• Native Cloud Integration: NUS offers native file storage deployment in both AWS and Azure, delivering the same experience, performance, and data services in the cloud as on-premises.
  
• Smart DR to the Cloud: Use features like Smart DR (Disaster Recovery) to replicate data from your on-premises environment directly to Nutanix Files running in the public cloud. – no complex third-party tools required.
  
• Data Tiering and Replication: NUS allows you to automatically tier cold or inactive data from your on-premises file servers and object stores to cloud-based object stores, including Amazon S3, Azure Blob, and others. You can also replicate object data from on-prem to native S3 buckets in AWS, making it easy to move data to the cloud.
• License Portability: Flexible, consumption-based licensing lets you move workloads between on-prem and cloud without financial penalties.

Yes, you can. Nutanix Unified Storage is designed for global deployment and can be run in various public cloud regions.

• Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2): You can deploy Nutanix Files on public clouds like AWS and Azure through Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2). 
• Nutanix Files Native in Public Cloud: You can deploy Nutanix Files natively without the requirement of Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) in both AWS and Azure Public Cloud Ecosystems.

Nutanix helps you address data sovereignty and compliance regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and SOX with a combination of data placement flexibility and deep governance features. Key features for compliance:

• Data Placement and Control: Hybrid multicloud architecture gives you the flexibility to decide where your data resides—on-premises, at the edge, or in a specific public cloud region—to meet local data sovereignty laws. Integration with Snowflake, for example, helps ensure data can stay local while still being analyzed. 
• Regional Data Storage: With Nutanix Data Lens, you can choose to store your analytics metadata in specific regions, such as North America, Europe, or Asia-Pacific, to comply with data residency rules.
  
• Auditing and Governance with Data Lens: Nutanix Data Lens provides detailed audit trails and tracks data access patterns, giving you deep visibility into who is accessing your data and how it is being used. This is crucial for demonstrating compliance to auditors and investigating security incidents. 

Nutanix Unified Storage NUS) provides a multi-layered, security-first design to protect your data across on-premises, edge, and cloud environments. Key security features:

• Integrated Ransomware Protection: With Nutanix Data Lens, NUS actively monitors data for anomalous behavior and can automatically block suspicious activity based on access patterns or over 6,000 known ransomware signatures. This helps detect, report, and stop attacks in near real-time.
  
• Immutable Storage (WORM): You can create "write-once-read-many" (WORM) policies for files and objects, making snapshots and backups immutable, meaning they cannot be modified or deleted—even by an administrator—providing a secure copy for recovery.
  
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Granular access controls ensure that users can only access the data and perform the actions for which they are authorized. This principle is enforced consistently across your entire environment.
  
• Native Encryption: The platform includes built-in encryption, which strengthens your security posture without the cost and complexity of third-party tools.
  
• Centralized Security Management: Security policies can be managed centrally and applied consistently across your entire hybrid multicloud footprint, ensuring there are no gaps in your defenses, regardless of where your data is located.