Finish the journey! You understand the power of Nutanix Enterprise Cloud software. You’ve identified the applications for your new infrastructure. Now choose which hardware platform is best for your Nutanix environment. A Nutanix platform manager will detail the differences between appliance models, and answer common questions: When should I deploy an all-flash platform? What about NVMe? Should I use Nutanix appliances, or hardware from Dell, Lenovo, IBM, Cisco UCS® or others? Learn everything you need to know about Nutanix hardware options.

1. NF103: Choosing the Right Nutanix-based
Platform
Marc Trouard-Riolle, Product Marketing | @mtrouardriolle
Saveen Pakala, Product Management | @saveenpakala
Anton Zhbankov, Systems Engineering | @antonvirtual

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3. • Available Platforms for Nutanix Software
• Decision Factors for Optimal Platform Choice
• Automated Selection Process with Nutanix Sizer
Delivering Customer Choice

4. The Challenge of Choosing the Right Platform
4
Concurrent
Users
(or # of records
or sessions or. . .)
Transaction
Volume
(or bandwidth
latency or. . .)
Storage
Capacity
(or file size or
# files or. . .)
Performance
Utilization
• Application Requirements
• Platform Capabilities
• Cost Constraints
• Workload Mixing

5. Available Platforms for
Nutanix Software

6. Performance
Capacity
Availability
App
Density
Economics
Performance
Capacity
Availability
App
Density
Economics
Tier 0 Oracle and SAP Priorities End User Computing and VDI Priorities
Workloads have Different Resource Requirements

7. Powering All Workloads and Use Cases
VDIBusiness
Critical
Applications
Messaging,
Collaboration
and UC
Remote and
Branch Office/
SMB
Dev/Test Server
Virtualization
and Private Cloud
Big Data

8. Application Characteristics Drive Choice of Platform
All Flash where
ever possible
Select processor
based on app--
perf and license
Go for high
compute density
and/or GPU card
support
Enough flash to
cover images
Storage capacity
for user files
Adequate flash
for hot data
Capacity for long
term storage and
user files
Higher core
count
Aim for high
storage capacity
and enough flash
to hit app
requirements
Understand
developers
performance and
capacity
requirements
Adequate flash
to meet build
requirements
Entry-level high
density systems
with 110V supply
and 1GbE
Address latency
sensitivity
Compute
resources
Possibly rich
media support
Storage for cold
data
Fast storage for
hot data
Compute
resources
Storage for cold
data
Fast storage for
hot data
Low entry cost
Simple to install
and manage
VDIBusiness
Critical
Applications
Messaging,
Collaboration
and UC
Remote and
Branch Office/
Small to Mid-
sized Businesses
Dev/Test Server
Virtualization
and Private
Cloud
Big Data
Higher core
count
Aim for high
storage capacity
and enough flash
to hit app
requirements
Compute &
Memory
resources for
many VMs
NEEDRECOMMEND

9. Nutanix Software Turnkey Appliances
Portfolio of Nutanix-powered Platforms
Prism
Pulse
One-Click
Hetergeneous
Nodes
DL380-G9 DL360-G9 C240-M4L
C240-M4SX
B200-M4
C220-M4S
NX-1065
NX-1065S
NX-3060
NX-3175
NX-3175
NX-6035C
NX-6035
NX-8035
NX-3155G
NX-6155
NX-8150
NX-9030
XC6320 XC730-16
XC730xd-12
XC730xd-12C
XC730xd-24
XC430-4
XC630-10
CS821 CS822
HX3510-G
HX5510
HX5510C
HX7510
HX1310
HX2310-E
HX3310/HX3310F
HX3710/HX3710F
HX2710-E
RS2616PS18 4 Node roll-on

10. Nutanix Platforms
Platform NX-1000 NX-3000 NX-6000 NX-8000
Nodes
Target Workloads
Characteristics
§ Attractive price point
§ Power & space
savings up to 80%
§ Centralized
management and
data protection
§ Expanded flash
capacity for large
working sets
§ High VM density
§ Integrates graphics
intensive users in VDI
deployments
§ Storage only option
adding capacity
without licensing
costs
§ High storage
density at attractive
costs
§ Flexible configs
including CPU, SSD,
Memory & 10GbE
connectivity
§ 4x SSD for larger
active data sets
• All flash options
• Available with FIPS-2 Level 2 encryption
ROBO / SMB Server Virt. Big Data Business Critical

11. Nutanix Model Number Convention
4 6 0 G63NX
Product Family/ Series
Possibilities:
1 = Entry - 1SSD+2HDD
3 = Balanced - 2SSD+2/4HDD
6 = Capacity - 1-2SSD+4/5HDD
7 = GPU node
8 = Enterprise apps
9 = All-flash
Nutanix HW
Product
Series
No. of Nodes
Chassis Form
Factor
Disk
Form
Factor
CPU Generation
Number of nodes
per chassis at sale
Possibilities:
1, 2, 3 or 4
Chassis form
factor
Possibilities:
5 = 1N-2U
6 = 4N-2U
7 = 1N-1U
Disk Form
Factor (DFF)
Possibilities:
0 = 2.5" DFF
5 = 3.5" DFF
Generation
Possibilities:
4= Haswell
5= Broadwell
6= Skylake
Hardware
Type
Possibilities:
NX– Enterprise
––

12. Why Nutanix Software?
Freedom of choice
Customers leverage
existing HW vendor
relationships
Rely on HW vendor
warranty & support
WHY?
Procure new hardware
from HW vendor
HW configured to
hardware and firmware
compatibility list (HFCL)
Software from Nutanix
Nutanix takes first support
calls
HOW?
Platforms
• Cisco UCS
• HPE Proliant
• Klas Telecom Voyager
• Crystal Group Rugged
Nutanix Software
• Acropolis Pro and
Ultimate
• Production and
Mission Critical
support
• Prism Pro
WHAT?

13. Software Flexibility
3 YR
SW Only
3 YR
2 YR
(SW + Pro/Ult + Support) 3YR
3 YR

14. Software Flexibility
(SW + Pro/Ult + Support) 3YR
3YR
SW Only
(SW + Pro/Ult + Support) 3YR
4YR
(SW + Pro/Ult + Support) 2YR

15. Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series Up and Running on Prism
ESXi and
AHV
nodes
Blades
and
Storage-­‐
Only
rackmount
nodes
in
the
same
cluster

16. Rugged and Tactical Platforms
Harsh Environmental Conditions
Lightweight Carbon Fiber
Short Depth
MIL Specifications

17. Decision Factors for Optimal
Platform Choice

18. Compute: CPU
• Intel E5 Xeon processors.
Number of sockets: 1, 2
• 8 to 22 cores
1.7GHz to 3.4GHz
• Application licensing cost,
eg. Oracle
• Multi-threaded nature of
the application
6.0
8.0
10.0
12.0
14.0
16.0
18.0
20.0
22.0
24.0
1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5
NumberofCores
Clock Speed (GHz)

19. Compute: GPU
• Use Cases
• Graphics-intensive virtualized apps &
desktops (Apps, VDI, vWorkstation)
• Creative & Engineering apps (Adobe,
Solidworks, CADD, etc.)
• Type & # of GPU Cards:
- Nvidia Maxwell M10, M60. 1 or 2
• Profile and # of Users:
- Designer, Power User, Knowledge
Worker
• Hypervisor Support
- GPU Passthrough: ESX, AHV, Hyper-V
- Virtual GPU (vGPU): ESX, AHV*
Grid M10 Grid M60
GPU 4 Maxwell GPUs 2 Maxwell GPUs
CUDA Cores 2560 (640 / GPU)
4096 (2048 /
GPU)
Memory Size
32GB GDDR5
(8GB / GPU)
16GB GDDR5
(8GB / GPU)
User Density vGPU: 64 vGPU: 32
• Nutanix NX-3155-G (2x M10 or M60),
NX-3175 (1x M10 or M60)
• Cisco UCS240-M4L (2x M10 or M60)
• Lenovo HX3510-G (2x M10 or M60)
• Dell XC730-16G (2x M10 or M60)

20. Memory
• Capacity points: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB
• Number of slots: 12 to 24
• Overall max size: 64G (4x16GB) to 1.5TB (24x64GB)
• Expandability
• Balanced vs. Unbalanced configurations
• Cost: 64GB ~10%+ premium ($/GB) over 32GB

21. Storage: Drives
• All Flash vs. Hybrid
• Number of drive slots:
3, 4, 6, 12, 24
• Capacity points:
480G, 960G, 1.92T, 3.84T
• NVMe
SSD, NVMe
• Regular or
Self-Encrypting Drives
• SED capacity points:
SSD = 960G, 1.92TB
HDD = 2T, 4T, 6T, 8T
• SW-Encryption (future)
Native AES-256 DARE
No impact on data reduction
<10% peak perf impact
SED
• 2TB Max drive
(2.5’’ Backplane platforms)
• NX-3060, NX-8150 etc.
• 8TB Max drive
(3.5’’ Backplane platforms)
• NX-1065,
NX-6035, NX-6155 etc.
• 10TB drive [future]
HDD

22. Storage: Partially Populated AF configuration
3x 6155 Nodes with
12-Drives/Node * 1.9TB
Under-sized
90TB Raw
69TB Raw
Once capacity optimization is applied,
leverage Partially Populated AF for right-sizing
3x 6155 Nodes with
8-Drives/Node * 3.8TB
Right-sized
91TB Raw
3x 6155 Nodes with
12-Drives/Node * 3.8TB
Over-sized
138TB Raw

23. Networking: NIC
• Speed: 1G, 10G, 40G
25G (in exploration)
• Number of NIC add-on cards, ports
• Manage/segregate traffic for different
VMs/applications
• Top-of-rack (TOR) Switch capability
• Connector type: BaseT or SFP+
• RDMA
• Leverage RDMA to shorten write path
(CVM <-> CVM)
• 30% lower synchronous write latencies –
get more work done quicker
OS
Drivers
User
Space
Kernel
Space
Standard RDMA
CVM CVM
CVM CVM
Physical
Infra
10G 25G
25G25G
Speed: 10G
Speed: 25G
SwitchServer

24. Deployment Considerations
OtherPower and CoolingCompatibility Guidelines
Heterogeneous Clusters
Mixing Generations and
Vendors
Storage-Only nodes
Failover
Rack Space
Power
Thermals
Hypervisor choice
1-node, 2-node
1-Click Life Cycle
Management

25. • BOM (Bill of
Materials)
• Financial Analysis
• Cluster Sizing
• Best Practices
• 1000’s Iterations for Optimal Fit
• 100’s of Compatibility Rules
Trusted Infrastructure Sizing with Intelligence
Product Info:
• Nutanix Software &
Turnkey Appliances
Sizing Engine
Workload
Inputs
Optimal
Solution
• Best Practices
• Use Cases & Profiles
• Different profiles
• Workload Modules
• VDI & XenApp
• Server Virt.
• Splunk
• File Services
• SQL Server
Product
Info
Workload Sizing
Modules
• Workload Resources
• Hot/Cold Data Sizing

26. Automated Selection Process
with Nutanix Sizer
Demo

27. Choosing the Right Nutanix
Platform
Summary

28. Nutanix Software For All Workload & Platform Types
Single Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS
ASE DB2
Ø Size for Workload Requirements
Ø Choice of Hardware Vendors & Platform Form Factors
Ø Flexibility of Nutanix Software or Turnkey Appliances

29. @nutanix #nextconf
Thank You
Marc Trouard-Riolle | marctr@nutanix.com | @mtrouardriolle
Saveen Pakala | saveen.pakala@nutanix.com
Anton Zhbankov | anton.zhbankov@nutanix.com | @antonvirtual
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