Nutanix is transforming how enterprises run critical workloads—especially databases—across hybrid cloud environments. At the same time, House of Brick and Opscompass are helping organizations modernize those databases while managing the risks and complexities that come with automation, cloud adoption, and license compliance.
Together, Nutanix, House of Brick, and Opscompass form a partnership that uniquely addresses the needs of enterprise customers running Oracle, SQL Server, and other database workloads on Nutanix. Here’s why this combination of products + services is a perfect fit—and how it helps Nutanix customers move faster, operate safer, and gain long-term strategic advantage.
The Power of Nutanix for Modern Database Operations
Nutanix Database Service (NDB) is a game-changing platform for automating the full database lifecycle—from provisioning and patching to cloning and recovery. Combined with Nutanix AHV and Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2), it enables true hybrid-cloud database flexibility across on-premises and public cloud.
Many enterprise customers are moving off:
- Aging Exadata hardware
- Complex 3-tier storage
- Expensive VMware environments (amid Broadcom licensing changes)
Nutanix offers a modern, hyperconverged alternative that aligns perfectly with today’s cloud-smart strategies.
House of Brick already brings real-world experience delivering NDB projects—including the successful database migrations—and has proven how to architect databases for optimal NDB outcomes.
House of Brick Services: Enabling NDB and Adding Strategic Value
House of Brick is a trusted name in:
- Database licensing optimization (Oracle, SQL Server)
- Enterprise database architecture
- VMware-to-Nutanix migrations
- Hybrid-cloud database modernization
For over twenty years, House of Brick has been recognized for helping enterprises navigate complex database + infrastructure transformations – especially around database licensing and support concerns when deployed in VMware and Public Cloud environments, responding to and negotiating lower cost outcomes to Oracle and other software vendor audits, and legacy infrastructure platform to hybrid-cloud migrations.
Now, by aligning closely with Nutanix and NDB, House of Brick is helping Nutanix not just deliver implementation and migration services—but to drive more automation through the adoption of both NDB software and Opscompass.
- NDB customers need expert services to ensure compliant, high-performing database deployments.
- House of Brick and Opscompass accelerate NDB success—providing more value than simple services engagements.
- This creates what House of Brick considers the complete Nutanix hybrid-cloud platform for enterprise databases which we see delivers proven outcomes for customers.
Opscompass Product: Integrated Asset & License Intelligence for Nutanix
Meanwhile, the Opscompass engineering team has built a native Nutanix data source into the Opscompass platform. Opscompass connects directly to Prism Central and collects metadata about the Nutanix deployment through the V4 API to provide real-time asset intelligence across:
- Nutanix AHV
- Nutanix NC2
- NDB-provisioned database environments
With this integration, Opscompass delivers:
- Drift monitoring for all Nutanix assets
- CIS compliance monitoring for Nutanix environments
- Ability to build custom NDB best-practices frameworks and track compliance to them
The long-term vision is to position Opscompass as a native add-on to the Nutanix platform, providing customers with deep database and license visibility as part of their Nutanix experience
Why License Intelligence Is Essential for NDB Deployments
When you automate database provisioning with NDB, it’s incredibly easy to deploy Oracle or SQL Server instances with just a click. But that speed can also lead to unintended license liabilities.
- Oracle and SQL Server both have complex licensing rules.
- It’s easy to clone a database with premium options enabled.
- It’s easy to deploy on unlicensed hosts or clusters.
- Manual tracking simply can’t keep up with NDB’s speed.
Opscompass continuously monitors your database deployments—tracking feature usage, VM placement, and configuration drift. This ensures your license footprint stays aligned with actual entitlements and reduces risk of audit penalties.
For companies exploring database modernization on Nutanix, pairing Opscompass license intelligence with Nutanix Database Service is a smart risk management strategy.
Why This Partnership Works—for Nutanix and Their Customers
In short, this is why the Nutanix + House of Brick + Opscompass partnership is so powerful:
| Nutanix | House of Brick | Opscompass |
|---|---|---|
| Modern infrastructure + automation (NDB, AHV, NC2) | Expert database services for Oracle, SQL Server, VMware migrations, NDB adoption | Real-time license intelligence, compliance, and drift monitoring |
| Delivers hybrid cloud flexibility | Helps Nutanix drive NDB adoption | Adds native Nutanix visibility inside Opscompass |
| Simplifies database operations | Accelerates customer success | Reduces risk and cost for enterprise database workloads |
Together:
- Accelerate customer time to value
- Provide audit protection and license assurance
- Support hybrid cloud database strategies across Nutanix and public cloud
Real-World Example: Database Modernization with NDB
House of Brick has already helped a leading enterprise client successfully deploy Nutanix Database Service as part of a broader database modernization initiative.
In this project:
- House of Brick architected Oracle database migrations to NDB.
- Opscompass provided drift monitoring and license intelligence to ensure compliance as databases were automated and provisioned.
- The client successfully transitioned from aging, legacy hardware to a hyperconverged Nutanix environment, achieving:
- Greater operational agility
- Reduced license risk and audit exposure
- Ongoing visibility for compliance and best practice adherence
- Together we helped the client solve a $1.8M Oracle compliance gap by architecting the appropriate Nutanix solution.
For more on how we help Nutanix customers modernize safely, explore our white paper on Oracle to Nutanix migrations.
Conclusion
Nutanix, House of Brick, and Opscompass form the perfect partnership for enterprises modernizing their database environments.
- With Nutanix, you get infrastructure simplicity and automation.
- With House of Brick, you get strategic database services and license optimization.
- With Opscompass, you get real-time compliance visibility and license assurance.
Together, we help Nutanix customers run enterprise databases anywhere—faster, safer, and with full confidence.
