Nutanix Files Manual: File Analytics and Monitoring

File Analytics Overview

Nutanix File Analytics is a dedicated microservice that delivers real-time visibility, security auditing, and data intelligence for Nutanix Files deployments.

Key Capabilities

• Audit Trails: Tracks every file operation (create, read, write, delete, permission change) with user, IP, and timestamp attribution.
• Data Age & Capacity Distribution: Visualizes storage usage by file age, size, extension, and top active users.
• Ransomware & Anomaly Detection: Detects abnormal file deletion spikes, mass file renames, or known ransomware extension patterns, triggering real-time alerts or automated share locking.

External Monitoring and Telemetry

• Prometheus Exporter: Exposes real-time file server metrics at https://<fsvm-ip>:9443/metrics.
• Syslog Forwarding: Streams file audit logs to SIEM systems (Splunk, Elastic, QRadar).
• Event Streaming: Integrates with Kafka or NATS message queues for custom event automation.

Last updated Oct 08, 2026