Nutanix recently announced updates at its .NEXT Europe conference, focusing on enhancements to its Cloud Platform to provide better visibility into power consumption. These updates are part of Nutanix’s efforts to support sustainability planning by offering real-time power usage information for customers through their dashboard.
According to the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index, a majority of organizations prioritize sustainability and are actively implementing initiatives to modernize their IT infrastructure to achieve their environmental goals. However, many organizations struggle to accurately measure and plan their energy usage across their various IT environments due to the complexity of modern IT systems.
The new functionality in Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) aims to simplify monitoring by providing detailed energy consumption information instead of relying on assumptions or typical values. This tool will enable customers to make more informed decisions regarding their energy usage and sustainability initiatives.
In addition to the power consumption updates, Nutanix also introduced enhancements to their X-Ray benchmarking tool that allows customers to compare power and energy metrics with performance metrics for different workloads. This will help users better understand power usage in specific scenarios and make data-driven decisions.
Nutanix’s senior vice president of product management, Thomas Cornely, emphasized the importance of balancing performance and efficiency in IT infrastructure to achieve sustainability goals. Technologies like virtualization and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) can help reduce power consumption and carbon emissions compared to traditional systems.
Nutanix customers who have adopted their NCI solution reported significant decreases in physical footprint and power consumption, showcasing the environmental benefits of modernizing IT infrastructure. The Power Consumption Dashboard is currently in development and will provide users with more tools to support their sustainable IT initiatives.
Overall, Nutanix’s latest updates aim to address the growing importance of sustainability in IT by providing customers with the tools and information they need to optimize energy usage and reduce environmental impact. Through these enhancements, Nutanix is helping organizations translate their sustainability goals into practical actions.
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