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Hyperconvergence
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Data Center Upstarts Take On Hewlett-Packard and EMC
Businessweek on data center upstarts (led by Nutanix) taking market share from HP and EMC in 2013 — the hyperconverged infrastructure wave that packaged compute, storage, and networking into software-defined appliances.
Nutanix OS 3.5: Performance and Style
Nutanix's launch page for NOS 3.5 — the major OS release that added deduplication, compression, and new performance capabilities to their hyper-converged platform. Part of the same August 2013 product push that was challenging EMC and NetApp in enterprise storage accounts.
Nutanix Adds Memory and Flash De-duplication
The Register covering Nutanix OS adding memory and flash deduplication — plus the detail that EMC chairman Joe Tucci personally flew in to save a deal Nutanix won anyway. A snapshot of Nutanix disrupting legacy storage incumbents in 2013.
Simple Explanation of How Nutanix Works
A YouTube explainer of how Nutanix's distributed file system works — covering the Curator distributed metadata service, erasure coding, data placement, and how Nutanix collocates compute and storage in a hyper-converged node. Simple enough for sales conversations, technically accurate.
Not Just for a Rainy Day: The True Meaning of Converged
Nutanix's 2012 blog post making the case for converged infrastructure — combining compute, storage, and networking in a single appliance rather than maintaining separate silos. Written during their early go-to-market phase, when hyperconvergence was still a novel concept rather than an industry standard.