Newly Google-emboldened Nutanix aims for data centre dominance

I'm on the market for new storage/servers, so obviously also checking up on HCI. I checked with one of the Nutanix reference clients (where I happen to know one of the engineers that has to keep it running). Major point was : "their support is great, the fact that we need them almost every week not so much".

Apparently the client was sold a lot of roadmap, but several years later the roads are still being built. So I would assume just announcements...

I assume the downvote is for posting as AC and not giving details. But the details are not mine to share, and giving details would possibly implicate people I know who have posted *a lot* on Nutanix forums. Said people wanted to bin the whole thing after the POC phase, but were overruled by manglement.

Hence also AC. I can only suggest that, if anyone of the reg readership considers Nutanix, they throw every workload at it that might possibly arise during a proof of concept, and that they test every claim made with production workloads. That is of course SOP, but I take the word of my friend for it. Similar workloads, and a nice savings in time to not have to test it. YMMV.

Cavaet Emptor

Of course, any customer who makes a purchase decision based on roadmap items shared in the pre-sales phase needs to get the commitment to those features and timeline in writing, that way, when the features slip...the customer is no longer required to pay for the product.

Selling on future roadmap is a dangerous business.. It easily becomes a serious revenue recognition problem for the company selling the product.

Roadmap looks great

I've always liked what Nutanix has to offer, seems like a really good fit for a lot of custoers. What I can't stand is their marketing department blabbing their mouth about "vendor lock in". Listen, every company has lock in, including your own. Just because you can run your SW on some different HW platforms doesnt mean they aren't locked in.