Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service is a disaster recovery solution that provides policy-driven replication and recovery orchestration via Prism Central and options for software-driven DR to on‑prem, Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2), or managed service provider targets.
Published May 16, 2026
Multiple community and channel sources describe Xi Leap (the vendor-hosted DRaaS) ending service/support around April 16, 2025.
Implication in 2026: Organizations should treat "Nutanix DRaaS" as either:
The vendor provides guidance on Prism Central resilience and backup/restore. Note that some third-party backup approaches for Prism Central may be unsupported and could cause inconsistency after recovery.
Some DR capabilities depend on broader platform releases; product updates are published but DR-specific roadmap details may not always be publicly itemized.
The vendor case study page includes a quote from an Empire Life IT Director claiming a lower-cost outcome. This is vendor-selected marketing evidence; the methodology and assumptions for the cost comparison are not published on the excerpt. Buyers should request the full case study and supporting assumptions (capacity, licensing, cloud egress, staffing) before relying on the cited cost assertion.
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Download full report →Representative community comments illustrate both technical understanding and operational complaints.
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Negative / product direction & cost comments:
A third-party publication covered Lexipol as an early Xi Leap adopter and described rapid restoration and a simple recovery workflow. That story is from 2019 and references the historical Xi Leap service; it is informative for historical context but does not represent the current vendor-hosted DRaaS availability.
Critical evaluation: Both vendor-selected and third-party case studies provide anecdotal evidence. Methodologies, assumptions, and temporal context should be validated for current decision-making.
Nutanix’s disaster recovery offering is most accurately described as two related but distinct elements:
Nutanix Disaster Recovery (software feature set): Policy-driven replication and recovery orchestration managed primarily in Prism Central, designed for DR across on‑prem to on‑prem and on‑prem to cloud (including Nutanix Cloud Clusters / NC2 and service providers). The vendor uses a marketing tagline for this capability; the functional elements are orchestration, automated recovery plans, and hybrid multicloud deployment options.
Nutanix Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) (formerly Xi Leap): A managed, vendor-hosted DRaaS historically offered by Nutanix (previously branded Xi Leap). Multiple community and channel sources indicate this offering reached end-of-life recently (see “Known Issues & Limitations” for implications). The vendor still references DRaaS in some compliance materials as "DRaaS (formerly Xi Leap)."
Practical takeaway: Organizations seeking a turnkey, vendor-operated Nutanix-hosted DRaaS should verify current availability and contractual terms. Many Nutanix customers now achieve DRaaS-like outcomes via NC2 (AWS/Azure) and/or managed service providers offering DRaaS powered by Nutanix.