--- title: Why flexibility will define the future of functionality description: Cisco FlashStack with Nutanix is a modular converged infrastructure solution combining Nutanix Cloud Platform software, Cisco UCS compute and networking, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-flexibility-will-define-the-future-of-functionality-09r2vnrah twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why flexibility will define the future of functionality | daily.dev og:description: Cisco FlashStack with Nutanix is a modular converged infrastructure solution combining Nutanix Cloud Platform software, Cisco UCS compute and networking, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-flexibility-will-define-the-future-of-functionality-09r2vnrah og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/09R2Vnrah.png og:image:alt: Why flexibility will define the future of functionality og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why flexibility will define the future of functionality **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cisco FlashStack with Nutanix is a modular converged infrastructure solution combining Nutanix Cloud Platform software, Cisco UCS compute and networking, and Pure Storage all-flash FlashArray. Launched in January, it targets enterprises seeking to escape VMware licensing costs without full hardware replacement. The solution enables independent scaling of compute and storage, standardizes on Ethernet via NVMe/TCP to reduce Fibre Channel SAN dependency, and offers jointly validated configurations from Cisco, Nutanix, Pure Storage, and Intel. It positions itself as 'convergence with choice'—preserving HCI simplicity while adding disaggregated flexibility for varied datacenter workloads. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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