Case Study: Kyushu Sangyo University achieves a scalable, high-performance private cloud and reduced IT management burden with Nutanix

Kyushu Sangyo University Builds Private Cloud on Nutanix to Improve Service Quality on Campus

Kyushu Sangyo University, pursuing a 10‑year DX-driven mid‑term plan, faced an aging, complex on‑premises IT estate—18 blade nodes, SAN storage and 250+ hosted servers—while needing to improve remote learning, LMS usability and administrative systems with a small IT team. Recurring power issues and growing management overhead made it urgent to strengthen infrastructure for high‑pressure periods and broader digital initiatives.

Working with SCSK, the university migrated to a Nutanix private cloud (NCI/AOS with Prism on HPE ProLiant DX), moving servers to a robust datacenter and using Nutanix Sizer to right‑size resources. The result: fewer racks and lower power/TCO, dramatically reduced management hours, stable high‑performance LMS handling peak loads, and flexible scalability that lets the university consolidate services and plan expansion to support up to 10,000 simultaneous users.

Kyushu Sangyo University

Hitoshi Fukuda

Administrative Manager