This Nutanix case study details how Cleveland State Community College overcame a failing VDI pilot project, seeking a cost-effective, scalable, and easy-to-manage server and storage platform that could rival PC costs. By adopting the Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform (NX-3350) with VMware ESXi, the college successfully implemented VDI, achieving a significant 40% cost reduction ($170,000) compared to alternative solutions. The total capital cost for VDI hardware and software was even less than traditional PCs, while enhancing user experience with performance faster than physical desktops. This enabled the IT team to reallocate focus from basic installations to refining desktop images, showcasing Nutanix’s ability to simplify datacenter management and provide a scalable, high-performance i

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