Nutanix has announced NKP Metal, which extends the Nutanix operating model and Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) to support Kubernetes deployments directly on bare-metal infrastructure.
Unlike solutions which are strictly hypervisor or Kubernetes-based, NKP Metal supports a dual-native architecture in which containers and virtual machines operate as first-class infrastructure under a unified operating model including for AI and other performance-intensive workloads that often run directly on bare-metal infrastructure, the company claims.
With NKP Metal, organisations can deploy and manage containerised workloads on physical servers while maintaining the automation and enterprise services of the Nutanix Cloud Platform solution.
NKP Metal will also leverage capabilities such as automated node deployment with Nutanix Foundation and Operating System and Firmware lifecycle management through Lifecycle Manager, meaning organisations will be able to provision, scale, patch, and update bare-metal Kubernetes environments while retaining operational consistency used for virtualised workloads.
"Running Kubernetes on bare metal has traditionally meant sacrificing the operational simplicity of virtualised environments,” said Dan Ciruli, vice president and general manager, Cloud Native, Nutanix.
“With NKP Metal, we’re extending the Nutanix operating model to bare-metal Kubernetes, combining automated lifecycle management with integrated Cloud Native AOS data services to deliver the simplicity, consistency, and enterprise storage capabilities customers need on their physical infrastructure.”
The NKP Metal deployment option is available to early access to NKP PRO and NKP ULT license users now, going to general availability in the second half of 2026.
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