Nutanix’s New Storage Move Changes Everything!

Nutanix just made a major announcement at .NEXT 2025 — and it could shake up how storage works in hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). The company is officially partnering with Pure Storage to support **disaggregated storage** in the Nutanix stack, breaking away from its all-in-one HCI roots. But, as always, the devil is in the details. In this video, I break down what this **Nutanix and Pure Storage partnership** really means, how **NVMe over TCP** factors in, and why **Nutanix NX hardware** users might feel left out. We’ll dive into: - What Nutanix’s storage disaggregation actually looks like - Why only **Pure Storage X and XL arrays** are supported - The role of **Dell, Cisco, HPE, and Lenovo** in this rollout - Nutanix’s reasoning for supporting **NVMe/TCP only** - What this means for **AHV**, Nutanix’s hypervisor - How this compares to **VMware VVOLs** and PowerFlex - Why NX hardware is excluded — and whether that might change **GET SOCIAL AND MORE WITH US HERE!** Get help with your Homelab, ask questions, and chat with us! 🎮 https://discord.gg/5TcfBWBB7S **Check out HomeLab Gear for all your homelab needs!** 💿 https://homelabgear.shop/ Subscribe and follow us on all the socials, would ya? 📸 https://instagram.com/2guystek 💻 https://facebook.com/2guystek Find all things 2GT on our website! 🌍 https://2guystek.tv/ More of a podcast kinda person? Check out our Podcast here: 🎙️ https://www.buzzsprout.com/1852562 Support us through the YouTube Membership program! Becoming a member gets you priority comments, special emojis, and helps us make videos! 😁 https://www.youtube.com/@2GuysTek/membership 0:00 Introduction 0:24 Ad break 1:00 What was the big news at Nutanix .NEXT 2025? 1:38 Partnership details between Nutanix and Pure Storage 2:53 Storage protocols and how disaggregated storage is implemented 4:01 How Nutanix/Dell Integration differs from the Nutanix/Pure Integration 4:38 Who's the Next Storage Vendor that Nutanix will support? 4:54 My final thoughts on Nutanix and Pure, and disaggreation as a whole 7:34 Closing! Thanks for watching!