Nexenta's Enterprise Software-Defined File Services (NFS and SMB) Provides Simplicity, Scalability, and
Security for Cisco HyperFlex
Enabling New Use Cases Including Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI), Remote Office/Branch Office (ROBO)
and Backup/Disaster Recovery (BDR); Support for Legacy Enterprise, New Cloud-Native, and 5G-driven Telco Cloud Apps; Eliminating
Cost for Separate File Servers
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Open Source-driven
Software-Defined Storage (OpenSDS), today announced a partnership with Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) to deliver Nexenta's software-based
enterprise file services to the Cisco HyperFlex solution. This tested, validated, and ready to deploy solution allows the
industry-leading, independent scaling, flexible cluster scaling Cisco HyperFlex, to accelerate adoption and expand to new use cases
through Nexenta's software storage solution, NexentaStor Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA).
Cisco HyperFlex Further Simplifies and Expands Use Cases for Hyper-Converged Systems
Today's enterprises are finding hyper-converged infrastructures with Cisco's HyperFlex is a great way to modernize IT
infrastructures, by making it more efficient, easier to deploy and keep performance high to support use cases including Virtual
Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Remote Office/ Branch Office (ROBO). While hyper-converged architectures are proven to
streamline the building and management of new cloud data centers, essential enterprise workloads require file storage protocols
like NFS and SMB/CIFS. The answer of the past is legacy monolithic storage filers, which destroy the Total Cost of Ownership
(TCO) and philosophy of going hyper-converged.
Because NexentaStor VSA, full-featured SDS for enterprise applications, can be deployed virtually, customers can
easily leverage this software for their Cisco HyperFlex environment. There is no need to buy additional hardware, but instead, they
can leverage their existing Cisco HyperFlex hardware saving cost, rack space, and added complexity.
“Nexenta’s software adds file services capability to Cisco HyperFlex which becomes an all-inclusive,
full-featured solution for today’s modern data center. We are excited to partner with Nexenta to empower our customers to further
simplify and lower their TCO for use cases like VDI,” said Manish Agarwal, Director of Product Management, Cisco.
Software-Based Enterprise-Class File Services to Hyper-Converged Systems
Nexenta’s award-winning fifth-generation storage software, NexentaStor VSA, allows organizations to easily add file services to
your Cisco HyperFlex. With added software-based NAS capabilities, customers can leverage an extremely efficient fit-for-purpose
storage solution including all of the capabilities expected from an enterprise-class solution including, inline data reduction,
snapshots, data integrity, security, and domain control. The management of combined Cisco and Nexenta stack is all done through the
familiar VMware vCenter interface.
Cisco HyperFlex Further Streamline VDI Environments
With this solution, Nexenta and Cisco are currently focusing on enabling Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployments to
eliminate the need for added additional hardware while providing the performance, scalability, and security required by leading
enterprises. Simply add the Nexenta software to your Cisco HyperFlex system to add essential support for home directories,
user profiles, and home shares for your VDI deployment on Cisco HyperFlex.
Key Cisco HyperFlex and NexentaStor VSA Solution Differentiators
- High-performance SMB and NFS
- Microsoft AD, LDAP, and Kerberos integration
- Concurrent SMB & NFS sharing
- Simplicity of management through VMware vCenter Plugin
- Inline IO acceleration improving performance
- Capacity saving inline data reduction
- Integrated and scheduled snapshots
- Maintains data integrity during stressful tasks – network/ disk, host recovery
- Security and domain control with AD
- High-Performance Replication (scheduled and continuous)
- High Availability
- Designed to meet the high demands for performance in a hyper-converged environment
- Tested and validated by Cisco and Nexenta
"In today's modern private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments enterprises are looking to remove complexity
without comprising features. Running a Windows VM or adding a legacy filer is no longer the acceptable answer. This is why Cisco
and Nexenta have partnered together to bring two proven solutions engineered to provide the performance needed to support these
critical applications," said Ricardo Antuna, VP, Business Development at Nexenta.
How to Purchase
Customers can then work with mutual Cisco and Nexenta global channel ecosystems to purchase this complete solution.
To Learn More About Cisco HyperFlex and NexentaStor VSA
Visit our Solutions Brief on the combine solution, bit.ly/ciscohxnexenta
About Nexenta
Nexenta is the original market maker and leader in Open Software-Defined Storage (OpenSDS) market for
multi-cloud enterprise environments; with nearly 3,000 enterprise customers, 300 partners, 50 patents, and more than 2,000
petabytes of storage capacity under management. Nexenta democratizes one of the most oligopolistic hi-tech market segments nearing
$120B in size by 2020. Nexenta uniquely integrates its hardware-agnostic software-only OpenSDS innovation with deep “open source”
collaboration via some of the most active communities with thousands of members worldwide. Nexenta flexibly enables a wide variety
of legacy, enterprise and next-gen cloud-native apps, on any cloud platform, protocol and hardware infrastructure to power the most
cost/performant cloud and traditional data centers. Nexenta portfolio is 100% software-based that can be used as a “Bare-Metal
Appliance” on a partner hardware, as a “Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA)” on a partner virtual machine or container, or as a
cloud-based “Software as a Service (SAAS).” Nexenta provides enterprises with total freedom and flexibility via its
industry-leading multi-cloud software innovation, multi-channel collaboration, distribution and enterprise-class support, 24x7x365,
globally.
Nexenta, NexentaStor, NexentaCloud, NexentaEdge and NexentaFusion are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Nexenta Systems Inc., in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks, service marks and company names mentioned in
this document are properties of their respective owners.
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