Nutanix Objects 2.0 is part of the Nutanix extended platform
A cloud platform with new features for big data and analytics applications, as well as unstructured data storage, was recently announced.
Big data workloads require cloud environments that can efficiently manage extremely large volumes of unstructured data, as well as deliver the high performance necessary to analyse the data in real-time according to specific business requirements. With companies reliant on business data to create personalised customer experiences, information technology (IT) teams may struggle with siloes, complexity, and operational inefficiencies. Options currently available do not offer secure, end-to-end solutions to run big data applications that can be easily scaled.
Enterprise cloud computing company Nutanix, recently extended its platform to include enhanced capabilities, part of Nutanix Objects 2.0, which include the ability to manage object data across multiple Nutanix clusters for achieving massive scale, increased object storage capacity per node, and formal Splunk SmartStore certification. The company states that the enhancements add to a cloud platform that is already optimised for big data applications, to deliver performance and incredible scale, while also reducing cost by maximising existing, unused resources.
The company asserts that its software brings scale, performance and simplicity, along with built-in automation and one-click operations, to free data scientists, security teams, and line of businesses to focus on extracting value from data. The company’s subscription licensing model also offers the potential for flexibility, allowing quick adaptability to dynamic business needs. Additionally, by natively integrating object storage services with Nutanix’s HCI solution, IT teams have the opportunity to better leverage unused resources to reduce costs and streamline storage management and administration.
New features for running big data workloads, include:
- Increased scale-out object storage: Nutanix Objects 2.0 now features multi-cluster support to deliver massive scale object stores. Breaking down cluster boundaries enables teams to leverage a single namespace across multiple Nutanix clusters, managed from a single console. It also allows IT teams to take advantage of unused storage capacity anywhere in the Nutanix environment to improve storage economics.
- Deeper storage nodes: In addition to new scale-out capabilities, Nutanix Objects 2.0 now supports deeper, high-capacity nodes with up to 240 TB of storage. This enables multi-petabyte objects stores with a single Nutanix cluster.
- Enhanced security customers can take advantage of WORM (Write Once Read Many) to lock their content without necessarily enabling versioning to meet a variety of regulatory and compliance mandates.
Nutanix Objects is now certified by Splunk as SmartStore compliant, allowing customers to simply and seamlessly manage Splunk data growth with Nutanix Objects. Joint customers can now run Splunk workloads on Nutanix software, and leverage Nutanix Objects for built-in object storage to support their Splunk environment.