Case Study: Ohio Army National Guard achieves simpler, faster, and more efficient infrastructure with Nutanix

For Ohio Army National Guard, Nutanix Converged Compute and Storage is Refreshingly Simple to Use

The Ohio Army National Guard, which supports operations and troop mobilization from its headquarters in Columbus, faced a hardware refresh after its five‑year old HP blade servers and SAN storage began to underperform. IT needed a higher‑performing, easy‑to‑manage infrastructure to run existing applications and a planned VDI initiative, with replication to a remote site and minimal training overhead given frequent staff turnover.

They chose the Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform for its SAN‑free, converged design, VM‑centric replication, and flash‑optimized performance. Nutanix was operational in under two hours and now runs SQL Server, SCCM and a VMware Horizon View pilot (with plans for 100 desktops), delivering noticeably faster application responsiveness, minimal training, and strong support. The deployment halved rack space at both sites, cut UPS utilization from 80% to 50% (avoiding an estimated $80,000 UPS upgrade), and allows simple, cost‑effective expansion by adding Nutanix blocks.

Army National Guard

Shawn Stamper

Lead System Administrator, Ohio Army National Guard