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1 Free TB of Nutanix Unified Storage capacity with every Nutanix AOS cluster

  • 28 January 2019
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1 Free TB of Nutanix Unified Storage capacity with every Nutanix AOS cluster
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Every data center uses file, object or volume storage. Why not use some for free? Nutanix Unified Storage, the simple, flexible, and software-defined storage solution from Nutanix solves complex storage challenges for the modern datacenter. And now, Nutanix AOS customers get 1 TB of Nutanix Unified Storage capacity for free per AOS cluster. This gives Nutanix AOS customers the chance to experience this powerful unified storage solution in their own environment and for many, it’s enough to provide a department share for small workloads.

What is Nutanix Unified Storage?

  • Nutanix Unified Storage™ (NUS) is a software-defined data services platform that consolidates the management and protection of siloed block, file, and object storage into a single, unified platform. NUS harnesses the power of rich data services such as analytics, ransomware protection, lifecycle management, and data protection. These features enable organizations to seamlessly adapt to the ever-changing requirements of modern applications, allowing them to shift their management focus from data storage to data management. Leveraging the Nutanix Cloud Platform™ (NCP) software, NUS is specifically built to meet the needs of modern applications deployed across core, cloud, and edge infrastructure. With its capacity for seamless scaling, high performance, and integrated data security, NUS provides a comprehensive solution for organizations.
  • NUS comes with integrated data analytics and security capabilities to secure data in-flight or at rest to real-time anomaly and ransomware threat detection
  • It is a Unified solution for deployment, management, and protection of file, block, and object protocols with common snapshot, replication, and DR services that eliminates the complexity and cost of separate silos
  • Provides unified management, 1-click upgrades, seamless expansion, consumer-grade management, and extension into the public cloud with an identical operating model.
  • You can start as small as 1 TiB and grow to multi-PB without elaborate planning and can extend to cloud for multi-cluster and multi-site environments.
  • Offers a single license that can be flexibly applied and revised at any time across files, objects, and volumes.

What do I get with the 1 free TB of capacity?

Nutanix is providing 1 free TB of Nutanix Unified Storage capacity that can be deployed as part of your AOS cluster. (NUS add-on features are not included)

What is the term length of this license?

This is not a trial, you are entitled to use the Nutanix Unified Storage license at the same term length as your Nutanix AOS license.

How will this be supported?

Support for your 1 free TB of Nutanix Unified Storage capacity will be covered by your Nutanix AOS support agreement.

How can I take advantage of this?

You already have the 1 free TB entitlement available if you are a Nutanix AOS customer. You do not need to enable this capacity. You can simply deploy and configure your Nutanix Unified Storage File Server and set up NUSon your AOS cluster.

What if I require more than 1 TB of NUS storage?

NUS is a generally available product that can be deployed as a part of your AOS cluster and licensed by capacity or can be deployed on it’s own dedicated cluster and licensed by capacity. If you require additional capacity, you can purchase capacity licenses and expand your existing NUS deployment, no need to rip the free NUS capacity you’ve already deployed.

Where can I learn more?

For additional details, reach out to your Nutanix Sales rep and they will be happy to help you further.

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What version of AOS is needed to use this? Running Dell XC and still can't upgrade to 5.10. Is the free 1 TB also available with AOS 5.9?Hello Jumario,

Hi Jumario, you can take advantage of this free 1 TB of Nutanix Files on AOS 5.9. All versions of AOS that support Nutanix Files are entitled to this offer.

Unfortunately that was not the case. After deploying on 5.9.2.4 I get a license violation error and is told to upgrade to 5.10.x which is not yet supported on Dell XC
What version of AOS is needed to use this? Running Dell XC and still can't upgrade to 5.10. Is the free 1 TB also available with AOS 5.9?

Hello Jumario,

Hi Jumario, you can take advantage of this free 1 TB of Nutanix Files on AOS 5.9. All versions of AOS that support Nutanix Files are entitled to this offer.
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great offering.
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What version of AOS is needed to use this? Running Dell XC and still can't upgrade to 5.10. Is the free 1 TB also available with AOS 5.9?
Great offer Dave for Nutanix AOS users! HYCU is stepping up to the plate to offer and provide a free 1TB of Nutanix Files Backup per AOS Cluster. Any Nutanix customer that wants to take advantage of this offer only has to reach out to a HYCU Sales at sales@hycu.com or to a Nutanix Resell partner and they can make sure they get their Free 1TB.

As the first backup solution to take advantage of Nutanix’s Change File tracking to deliver the most optimized backup for Nutanix Files, it has been a privilege to work with the fantastic Nutanix Files team.