A new era of integrated simplicity has begun… Last week at Nutanix .NEXT 2025, two powerhouses in enterprise infrastructure revealed a game-changing partnership set to redefine how organizations architect and deploy modern, high-performant virtual environments.
This strategic integration brings together Pure Storage’s FlashArray which is known for its blazing-fast performance and non-disruptive operations along with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure Platform, an industry-leading multi-cloud platform.
The result? A tightly integrated solution that can deliver the following:
- Simplified management of virtual environments without having to throw away your external storage investment
- High availability and effortless scalability
- Best-in-class performance for any workloads
- Flexible consumption models, ideal for hybrid multicloud strategies
Some of the extended information obtained directly from the conference:
- Early availability is expected for this summer, 2025.
- General availability is expected to happen in late 2025.
- Initial focus will be based on Nutanix Compute Only nodes (no hyperconverged option) + Pure Storage
- IMO, I am sure current hyperconverged nodes will be also be supported in the future, but perhaps just not initially.
- Compute Nodes will consume a more economical Nutanix licensing type called NCI-C
- Expect pricing of this licensing to be 20-40% cheaper than standard NCI licensing (no official numbers released yet)
- Connectivity between Nutanix nodes and Pure Storage FlashArray will be using NVMe over TCP (no HBAs required)
- NVMe over TCP outperforms iSCSI all-day and undercuts the complexity and cost of Fibre Channel.
- Nutanix CVM will remain a part of the solution since handles much more than just storage tasks (health check, automation, etc)
- CVM will require less resources than usual since most of the load was initially needed for internal storage tasks which will be offloaded to the FlashArray (deduplication, compression, snapshots, etc)
- CVM is technically still an extra hub between the virtual machine and the storage array, however, no noticeable latency has been noticed or documented during all the testing performed in the solution so far (nothing to worry about basically)
- Initial availability is focused on the FlashArray //X and //XL models, however, //C and //E should follow shortly after
- Storage/volume configuration on the Nutanix compute nodes will take place from Prism Central (keeping it simple)
- Full access to all Pure Storage stats will remain available through PureOne and Purity software
- Each individual vDisk will become their own volume in the array (remember vVols?) providing the ultimate flexibility
- Nutanix Move remains the migration software of choice to move from VMware to Nutanix + Pure Storage solution
The solution is expected to have native integration, certified interoperability, and joint support which sets the stage for deeper collaboration in areas like AI/ML workloads, containerized applications, and cloud-native services.
Have you also considered the benefits this brings for your disaster recovery strategies? Minimal compute investments while keeping your data fully replicated to a different location (did you notice the cost savings not needing extended number of compute nodes always available while maintaining a solid RPO/RTO?).
In short, Pure Storage and Nutanix are about to make infrastructure smarter, faster, and better together.
Ready to modernize your infrastructure with the best of both worlds? Let’s talk.
