Nutanix touts SAN-free cloud computing performance boost

Datacentre infrastructure firm Nutanix has set up a European presence to bring its SAN-less datacentre platform to enterprise clients across Europe, promising to provide better performance in cloud computing and virtualised environments at a reduced cost.

The Nutanix Complete Cluster platform is based around the notion of simplifying storage by using direct attached storage connected to each server node in a datacentre, or rather than connecting servers to a centralised pool via a storage area network.

The days of siloed applications

While SANs were developed in the days of siloed applications, the modern trend towards virtualisation and cloud computing requires a different approach to storage, according to Nutanix chief executive Dheeraj Pandey.

Blocks are interconnected using standard Ethernet cabling, creating a converged network without the need for technologies just as Fibre Channel over Ethernet, according to Nutanix.

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