


The Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform slashes the TCO in comparison to traditional 3-tier (centralized storage + storage network + compute) infrastructure. Nutanix’s resiliency, performance, scalability, and product maturity tend to quickly capture customer business when evaluating HCI solutions. I can find no published reference of another HCI product running Oracle RAC at all. Nutanix is an Oracle Gold Partner and appears to be the far and away leader in running Oracle and Oracle RAC on HCI – which it has done in production for over two years now.

There are some definite steps, however, that Nutanix customers (including Dell XC and Lenovo HX) can take to help contain, and optimize, Oracle licensing on the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform. VCE President, Chad Sakac, recently devoted a blog post on the challenges of Oracle licensing aptly titled, Oracle, I’m sad about you, disappointed in you, and frustrated with you. This post was authored by Steven Kaplan, VP of Client Strategy at Nutanixĭecrypting Oracle software licensing has long been the bane of IT shops.
