Nutanix unveiled the next-generation Xtreme Computing Platform (XCP) to deliver invisible infrastructure.
The solution is comprised of two comprehensive product families, Nutanix Acropolis and Nutanix Prism.
CBR sat with Greg Smith, Senior Director, Product and Technical Marketing at Nutanix to discuss this.
CBR: How would you describe XCP?
GS: The Nutanix Xtreme Computing Platform is a 100% software-defined infrastructure solution that combines compute, storage and virtualisation and delivers invisible infrastructure, enabling IT teams to focus on what matters to them.
XCP extends Nutanix’s hyperconverged solution to enable application independence from infrastructure with an advanced app mobility feature, native virtualisation and consumer-grade search capability.
CBR: What is Nutanix Acropolis and Nutanix Prism?
GS: Nutanix Acropolis incorporates an open environment delivering virtualisation and application mobility into the core capabilities of Nutanix’s flagship hyperconverged solution. It enables IT buyers to freely choose the best virtualization technology for their organization – whether it is traditional hypervisors, emerging hypervisors or containers.
Nutanix Prism provides a comprehensive management platform for all Nutanix Acropolis functionality, including fine-grained control of storage, compute and virtualization resources. It delivers a complete, end-to-end view of all workflows – something not possible with legacy three-tier solutions.
CBR: How does XCP impact data centres?
GS: These innovations simplify the data centre, reduce costs and enhance IT service delivery.
By extending the simplicity and flexibility of our core hyperconverged solution into the virtualization layer, Nutanix XCP allows companies to eliminate the complexity of legacy storage solutions and experience a data centre infrastructure that just works.
With web-scale simplicity and consumer-grade design now extended into the rest of the infrastructure stack, companies can focus on the applications and services that power their business, rather than the infrastructure behind them.
CBR: How can hyperconvergence benefit businesses?
GS: By combining compute, storage and now virtualization in one appliance, Nutanix’s hyperconverged offering eliminates the complexity of legacy data centre infrastructures. Businesses are free to focus on applications and services that contribute to their bottom line, rather than managing the underlying infrastructure that powers them.
In addition, because it is based on web-scale simplicity pioneered by companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon, Nutanix XCP provides predictable performance, linear scalability and cloud-like consumption that cannot be achieved with legacy infrastructures.
CBR: How can Nutanix tackle the inherent cost and complexity of legacy virtualisation stacks?
GS: With Nutanix Acropolis, companies have the flexibility to choose the virtualisation solution that works best for their environment or applications. Hypervisors today are commodities, and by allowing companies to move seamlessly between tools, Nutanix diminishes the innovation and financial burden legacy virtualisation stacks impose.
Using Nutanix Prism, companies are also able to get a full view into the entirety of their data centre infrastructure – from compute through the virtualization layer – in one management tool offering consumer-grade design, obviating the need for multiple management applications.
