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Nutanix Unified Storage

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4.7
Market Presence: File and Object Storage Platforms, Enterprise Storage Platforms

Overview

Product Information on Nutanix Unified Storage

Updated 26th June 2025

What is Nutanix Unified Storage?

Software-defined Nutanix Unified Storage consolidates file, object and block storage while offering rich data services such as analytics, lifecycle management, cybersecurity, and strong data protection across on prem, edge, and cloud deployments.

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Overall experience with Nutanix Unified Storage

Engineer
3B - 10B USD, Services (non-Government)
FAVORABLE

“Smooth Prism-driven operations with high availability, yet support delays persist”

4.0
Jun 15, 2026
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IT Development Manager
<50M USD, IT Services
CRITICAL

“Exploring Flexibility in Disk and Memory Allocation with Nutanix”

3.0
Jan 28, 2025
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About Company

Company Description

Updated 4th June 2025

Nutanix is a provider of cloud software, offering organizations a single platform for running applications and managing data, anywhere. Nutanix is focused on reducing complexity and simplifying operations to allow organizations to focus on their business outcomes. Nutanix has built upon their experience in the hyperconverged infrastructure space, now supporting businesses globally with consistent, simple, and cost-effective deployments for hybrid multicloud environments.

Company Details

Updated 4th June 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2009
Head office location
San Jose, United States
Number of employees
5001 - 10000
Website
http://www.nutanix.com

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Nutanix Unified Storage Reviews and Ratings

4.7

(192 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
71%
4 Star
27%
3 Star
2%
2 Star
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1 Star
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  • Engineer
    1B-10B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Smooth Prism-driven operations with high availability, yet support delays persist

    4.0
    Jun 15, 2026
    Nutanix Unified Storage has been a solid addition to our infrastructure over the past year. Protocol support across NFS, SMB and S3 reliably without additional gateways. Storage management through Prism is intuitive amd saves daily operational time. Data availability has been consistently high with no unplanned outages in our environment. Data protection features like snapshots and replication are well integrated. Container Support is still maturing but functional for our Kubernetes workloads
  • Engineer
    1B-10B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Smooth Prism-driven operations with high availability, yet support delays persist

    4.0
    Jun 15, 2026
    Nutanix Unified Storage has been a solid addition to our infrastructure over the past year. Protocol support across NFS, SMB and S3 reliably without additional gateways. Storage management through Prism is intuitive amd saves daily operational time. Data availability has been consistently high with no unplanned outages in our environment. Data protection features like snapshots and replication are well integrated. Container Support is still maturing but functional for our Kubernetes workloads
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Nutanix Unified Storage Likes & Dislikes

Like

The standout strengths of Nutanix Unified Storage are its multi-protocol support - NFS, SMB, and S3 all work natively without third-party gateways, simplifying our storage stack considerably. Prism-based storage management gives unified visibility across all storage services from a single console, reducing tool sprawl. Data availability has been excellent with built-in redundancy and automatic failover handling most situations without manual intervention. Snapshot-based data protection is seamless and scheduling is flexible. Finally, container storage integration with Kubernetes via CSI driver works well for our stateful workloads.

Like

The standout strengths of Nutanix Unified Storage are its multi-protocol support - NFS, SMB, and S3 all work natively without third-party gateways, simplifying our storage stack considerably. Prism-based storage management gives unified visibility across all storage services from a single console, reducing tool sprawl. Data availability has been excellent with built-in redundancy and automatic failover handling most situations without manual intervention. Snapshot-based data protection is seamless and scheduling is flexible. Finally, container storage integration with Kubernetes via CSI driver works well for our stateful workloads.

Like

The standout strengths of Nutanix Unified Storage are its multi-protocol support - NFS, SMB, and S3 all work natively without third-party gateways, simplifying our storage stack considerably. Prism-based storage management gives unified visibility across all storage services from a single console, reducing tool sprawl. Data availability has been excellent with built-in redundancy and automatic failover handling most situations without manual intervention. Snapshot-based data protection is seamless and scheduling is flexible. Finally, container storage integration with Kubernetes via CSI driver works well for our stateful workloads.

Dislike

Nutanix cluster groups only allow the same HW manufacturer. Less flexibility when expanding. Nutanix cluster groups have a minimum configuration of 3 units, but this is too large for the Files service. The disk encryption service is charged by the number of HW units. Not all the disks in the HW are used for the Files service. Therefore, it should be charged by file size.

Dislike

Nutanix cluster groups only allow the same HW manufacturer. Less flexibility when expanding. Nutanix cluster groups have a minimum configuration of 3 units, but this is too large for the Files service. The disk encryption service is charged by the number of HW units. Not all the disks in the HW are used for the Files service. Therefore, it should be charged by file size.

Dislike

Nutanix cluster groups only allow the same HW manufacturer. Less flexibility when expanding. Nutanix cluster groups have a minimum configuration of 3 units, but this is too large for the Files service. The disk encryption service is charged by the number of HW units. Not all the disks in the HW are used for the Files service. Therefore, it should be charged by file size.