Cisco: 'No truth' to rumour of Nutanix software on UCS servers

Not happening

This is about one large customer who is fed up with Nutanix' crappy hardware and wants a one-off validation that their Nutanix software platform runs on UCS hardware.

In the meantime, HyperFlex and to some extent VxRail are beating Nutanix like a rented mule

CISCO UCS, HyperFlex, Nutanix, and VxRail

Where there is smoke, there is fire. The difference is, CISCO is not doing this, but a couple large resellers are indeed working on projects to put Nutanix software on CISCO UCS.

The only hardware issue with regards to Nutanix is not unique to Nutanix nor their OEM's Dell, Lenovo, or SuperMicro. It is the SATADOM that fails due to too many writes; and a server reboot results in the node not being able to boot. This issue plagues all the cluster vendors that depend on a piece of hardware to be reliably rebooted.

And VxRail and HyperFlex are not beating Nutanix. All customers, resellers, and OEM's I have talked to are disappointed in HyperFlex. And VxRail is version 2 of EMC's Vspex Blue which went over like a lead balloon.

HyperFlex, Nutanix, and VxRail

Where there is smoke, there is fire. The difference is, CISCO is not doing this, but a couple large resellers are indeed working on projects to put Nutanix software on CISCO UCS.

The only hardware issue with regards to Nutanix is not unique to Nutanix nor their OEM's Dell, Lenovo, or SuperMicro. It is the SATADOM that fails due to too many writes; and a server reboot results in the node not being able to boot. This issue plagues all the cluster vendors that depend on a piece of hardware to be reliably rebooted.

And VxRail and HyperFlex are not beating Nutanix. All customers, resellers, and OEM's I have talked to are disappointed in HyperFlex. And VxRail is version 2 of EMC's Vspex Blue which went over like a lead balloon.

This is happening

and its more like the simplivity/maxta deal than the Dell OEM deal. the internal spingpath sales teams are all going WTF you didnt even give us 3 months to prove ourselves.

Cisco thinks it can compete against Dell/EMC but they know fuck all about storage and refuse to listen to the only people internally that do. their partner with everyone strategy doesnt have much more time before it collapses when Dell cuts off the storage spigot and captures the full stack business. springpath was a poor choice to move to market with, no customers, no legit IP, no real value proposition outside what simplivity and nutanix already offered. yet another poor move. couple this with the total failure that is all things Paul Perez touched, and you have a company that should re-evaluate if it wants to even still play in that space.