The Nutanix & VMware AlwaysOn solution provides 24/7 availability of desktops, applications and data through constant monitoring and load balancing across connection servers and sites. It utilizes a high-density 2U appliance running VMware View on Nutanix software to simplify highly available architecture design. Nutanix's distributed architecture and native replication capabilities eliminate complexity. It allows scaling from 100 desktop increments up to 400 desktops and 20TB of data per 2U block.

1. AlwaysOn Solution Brief
The AlwaysOn Solution from Nutanix
and VMware
Nutanix and VMware simplify your delivery of always
available desktops, applications and data with a single
high-performance scalable appliance. Nutanix 2U High-Density Block
The Nutanix & VMware AlwaysOn solution is a purpose-built platform targeted for always available
delivery of desktops, applications and data to end users. Utilizing application-aware load balancers for Key Benefits
session HA between connection servers and sites combined with the VMware View platform hosted on • Always available – Constant monitoring and
Nutanix provides the ideal 24/7 hosting platform. With its distributed architecture and native replication load balancing to ensure 24/7 availability
capabilities, the Nutanix platform takes the complexity out of designing always available architectures.
• HA in a box – Four highly available nodes
per 2U
• Support multiple workloads – Desktops,
server virtualization, and big data on the
same platform
• Unparalleled density fitting 400 desktops
and 20TB in 2U
• Modular incremental scale – scale in 100
desktop increments
• Time to value – Get your platform up and
running in 30 minutes
• Control boot and login storms with PCIe SSD
and Nutanix ILM
• 40-60% CAPEX savings over existing
traditional solutions
• VMware certified solution
Features
• PCIe Flash coupled with ILM for optimal
performance and capacity
Delivering 24/7 availability just got a whole lot easier • Full VAAI/VCAI Integration with VMware
vSphere and View Composer
• Inline and post-process deduplication
and compression
Scalable HA in 2U frame • Background defragmentation
• Non-disruptive rolling upgrades
With the Nutanix architecture you can start small and scale. A single Nutanix block provides up to 400
desktops in a compact 2U footprint. Need more desktops or data capacity? Nutanix allows you to scale • Automatic tiering of hot and cold data
per-node (100 desktops/5TB), per-block (400 desktops/20TB), or multiple blocks – giving you the ability • High performance PCIe Flash coupled with ILM
to accurately match supply with demand and minimize the upfront CapEx.
• Dynamic cluster grow/shrink
In a single Nutanix block you have 4 distinct nodes, creating a HA cluster leveraging resource pools and • Thin provisioning
reservations for resource allocation and management. This approach enables you to have an HA • Zero-detect snapshots
platform to host your business critical services and applications in 2U.
• HTML5-based GUI with
role-based access control
• Granular performance graphs and charts
• Individual VMDK performance stats for VM-level
troubleshooting
• 24x7 “call-home” service tunnels and support
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2. Always On Solution Brief
High-Availability throughout the Stack
Nutanix Complete
The Nutanix Complete Cluster is a purely distributed system, from network, compute, data and site Cluster at a Glance
standpoints. On the data front, Nutanix was designed from the ground up to be resilient in the case of
Nutanix Simplified Architecture
any host or disk failure. This coupled with the Nutanix HA and DR features ensures your VMs and data
always remains available and delivers a consistent user experience. Delivers best of both worlds: local bus speed
performance to virtualized desktops with all the
benefits of globally available shared storage.
Need to set up a backup site? Nutanix allows you to deploy a single 2U scalable appliance allowing you
to simplify your site deployment and configure replication in minimal time. High-Density Infrastructure
Nutanix uses a hyper-scale server architecture
Unified Management with Nutanix and VMware with eight Intel processors in a single 2U spread
over four server nodes. Combined with data
Nutanix eliminates the need for traditional SAN/NAS infrastructures which can be difficult to manage and archiving and compression, Nutanix can reduce
scale. We combine both compute and storage into a single converged appliance, enabling you to have a data footprints by up to 4x.
single unit to provision, scale and manage.
Time-to-value
Nutanix brings a new, simple approach to managing cluster state including:
Reduce project completion times up to 5x. Large
• Auto-discovery to detect and configure new nodes in the cluster clusters set up in hours, not months.
• A single UI to manage both compute and storage Software-Defined Features
• Native data replication and availability capabilities Granular VM operations include: snapshots,
FastClones, thin provisioning, de-duplication,
Consistent Performance at Scale compression, site-to-site replication, QuickMotion
and many more.
The Nutanix and VMware AlwaysOn solution provides the highest-density desktop deployment footprint Smart Data Placement
and unparalleled performance. Given our n-Controller model, desktop performance remains consistent
Proximity-aware data placement places most
as the number of nodes/blocks increase.
frequently accessed data on the same host as
your running VMs. It compresses cold data on
True Linear Scale-out Performance conventional high-capacity spinning disks and
maximizes the performance and cost advantages
of every storage medium. (PCIe-Flash, SSDs,
HDDs)
Virtual Desktops
Turnkey Infrastructure
Just-in-time capacity augmentation reduces
unnecessary upfront planning and capacity
waste, enabling a more predictable and
manageable sizing approach. Nutanix can
dynamically grow or shrink, with zero downtime
to end-users or application availability.
Time-Sliced Clusters
Like Amazon EC2, Nutanix clusters, coupled with
VMware vCloud Director and View, can provide
multi-tenant virtualized workloads on the same
physical hardware.
Number of Nodes (4 Nodes per Block)
“
The main selling point for us was the failover technology and be-
“
ing able to implement a better plan for Business Continuity as well
as having our end users working without missing a beat in the
case where there is a disaster.
– Rodney J. Perkins, IT Director, Farmers Insurance Group Federal Credit Union
Conclusion
The AlwaysOn solution from Nutanix & VMware provides a comprehensive and scalable solution for
ensuring consistent desktop, application and data delivery to end-users. The combination of application
aware load balancers and VMware View deployed on the Nutanix Converged Cluster enables effective
delivery of virtual desktops and applications in a high-available 2U appliance. Get your 24/7
deployment up and running quickly with Nutanix and VMware.
Visit www.nutanix.com for more information. Follow us @nutanix Email learnmore@nutanix.com