No Extra backup needed!! – Citrix on Nutanix
Efficiency, flexibility and reliable are three focuses IT departments will always look for. One powerful combination that help in these aspects is Citrix on a Nutanix environment. Not only does this combination enhance performance, and save money, but it also simplifies backup and disaster recovery. In this blog I want to explain, what benefits you get from using Citrix on Nutanix and why you don’t need additional backup solutions, especially if you have multiple clusters, which means you can spend your budget somewhere else.
First why use this combination of Citrix on Nutanix?
Easy Integration and Management
Citrix and Nutanix work seamlessly together, making it straightforward to manage virtual environments. Nutanix’s hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) merges computing, storage, and networking into a single platform, reducing complexity. Citrix adds robust virtualization features that perfectly complement Nutanix. This integration ensures your data is consistently protected and easily recoverable without needing other backup tools.
Built-in Backup and Recovery
Nutanix includes built-in backup and disaster recovery features that integrate smoothly with Citrix environments. You can create snapshots of your virtual machines and replicate them across clusters. This ensures your data is safe and available, eliminating the need for third-party backup solutions.
Better Performance
Nutanix stores data close to the computing resources, which boosts performance and reduces delays. This is particularly beneficial for Citrix environments where quick access to data is crucial. With Nutanix, you get optimal performance while maintaining strong data protection.
Scalability and Flexibility
Nutanix’s design allows for easy scaling, making it ideal for businesses with multiple clusters. As your organization grows, you can expand your Nutanix setup without sacrificing performance or data protection. Citrix adds flexible virtualization solutions that adapt to your changing needs. Together, they offer a scalable and flexible environment, removing the need for extra backup solutions.
Cost Efficiency
Using third-party backup solutions can be expensive and complicated. Nutanix’s built-in features provide a cost-effective way to protect your data. By using Citrix on Nutanix, you save money and ensure comprehensive data protection, which is especially useful for managing multiple clusters.
Backup Solutions for Multiple Clusters
When managing multiple Nutanix clusters, the built-in backup and disaster recovery features become even more valuable. Nutanix supports backing up and recovering data across different clusters. This includes creating consistent snapshots and replicating them to other clusters, ensuring data integrity and availability. Additionally, Nutanix’s hybrid backup solutions allow for a mix of local and remote backups, providing an extra layer of protection.
Multisite Network Design using replication:
Multisite Integration and Disaster Recovery 
Nutanix offers robust multisite integration and disaster recovery solutions that are ideal for businesses with multiple locations. These solutions include asynchronous, NearSync, and synchronous disaster recovery options, as well as Metro Availability.
With multisite integration, you can ensure that your data is protected across different sites, and in the event of a disaster, you can quickly failover to another site to maintain business continuity. Nutanix’s disaster recovery solutions are designed to be flexible and reliable, allowing you to customize your recovery plans and perform non-disruptive testing to ensure everything works as expected.
Scenarios
Here’s two common scenarios that highlight why you don’t need extra backup and disaster recovery when you use the powerful combination of Citrix on a Nutanix environment.
Production Site Failure (Single Site – Primary cluster)
Recovery Procedure: 
- Metro Remote (Cluster B) has the most recent copy of the data
- This data is sent to Site C (through an out-of-band snapshot)
- Only a 20-second delta snapshot is transmitted
- Snapshot received at Site C is activated on Recovery Cluster C
- Synchronous replication is established from Site C to Site D and application can resume
- When Site A (Cluster A) is back online, 20 second RPO can be established back to Site A (Cluster C to Cluster A)
Complete Region Failure (Two Sites – Production Availability Zone)
Recovery Procedure: 
- DR Site C (Cluster C) has the snapshot that is 20 seconds old
- This latest Snapshot at Site C is activated on Recovery Cluster C
- Synchronous replication is established from Site C to Site D and application can resume
- When Site A (Cluster A) and Site B (Cluster B) are back online, 20-second RPO can be established back to Site A (Cluster C to Cluster A), and 30-minute RPO can be established back to Site A (Cluster D to Cluster A)
What is delivered
Citrix on Nutanix delivers a powerful and efficient solution for managing virtual environments. The seamless integration, built-in backup and recovery, better performance, scalability, cost efficiency, robust support for multiple clusters, and comprehensive multisite integration and disaster recovery make this combination ideal for businesses. With Citrix on Nutanix, you don’t need extra backup solutions, you just need to simplify your IT setup and ensuring strong data protection.
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As a Senior Systems Engineer, Mindaugas is recognised by both customers and his peers as a professional that has strong knowledge of difference aspects of EUC. He specializes in Microsoft, Citrix and Nutanix technologies, as well as different endpoint solutions such as Intune and various thin client vendors.
