The document discusses the capabilities and advantages of Nutanix's hyperconverged infrastructure for enterprise workloads, emphasizing the importance of data locality and features like metro availability and storage services. It outlines key functionalities such as virtual machine management, disaster recovery, and integration with public cloud services, as well as enhancements like automated failover and network orchestration. Additionally, it covers tools for efficient management of resources and ensuring scalability in dynamic environments.

1. Why Nutanix for enterprise workloads
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Nutanix Basics
Why Data Locality matter
Metro Availability Witness
Acropolis Services
PRISM Central
Micro Segmentation
Cross Hypervisor DR
Self Service Portal / NuCalm
Agenda

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Nutanix Basics
Why Data Locality matter
Metro Availability Witness
Acropolis Services
PRISM Central
Micro Segmentation
Cross Hypervisor DR
Self Service Portal / NuCalm
Agenda

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Virtualization
App App
Integrated, scale-out compute and
storage
Virtualization
App App
Storage
Controller
Storage
Controller
Storage
Controller
Storage
Controller
Server Server
Storage
Controller
Storage
Controller
with built-in virtualization
and management
Re-Platforming the Enterprise Datacenter

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VM VM VM CVM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM CVM
Hypervisor
Tier 1 Workloads
(running on all nodes)
Nutanix Controller VM
(one per node)
VM VM VM CVM
Hypervisor
Distributed Storage Fabric
 Snapshots  Clones  Compression  Deduplication
 Locality  Tiering  Erasure Coding  Resilience
Node 1 Node 2 Node N
X86 X86 X86
Scalable Distributed System Design

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Eliminate
Complexity…
Intuitive
Beautiful
Insightful
Integrated Consumer-Grade Management

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Integrated
Compute &
Storage
VM-centric Storage
Backup & DR
Services
Hyperconverged
Infrastructure
Native Virtualization
Multi-hypervisor Support
Hybrid-cloud Services
Machine Intelligence
Systems and
Operations Management
File and Block Storage
HCI++
Container Support
Cloud Automation*
Application Mobility
Integrated Public Cloud
Microsegmentation*
Object Storage*
Application Ecosystem*
Enterprise
Cloud
Continuous Innovation with the Enterprise Cloud OS

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Nutanix Basics
Why Data Locality matter
Metro Availability Witness
Acropolis Services
PRISM Central
Micro Segmentation
Cross Hypervisor DR
Self Service Portal / NuCalm
Agenda

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NVMe
Replaces SATA and SAS interfaces with a PCIe-based standard
Fabric topologies replace networks
3D XPoint (Optane)
New nonvolatile storage memory from Intel and Micron
Much greater performance than flash (1000X)
Trends: Increased Performance

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10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
ThroughputinMB/S Flash Network
SSD 10G
NVMe 40G
100G
3DXPoint
When Applications
predominantly
access data locally,
NW bandwidth
demands are
lowered
Why Care About Data Locality

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Importance of Auto-Tiering and Data Locality

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Nutanix Basics
Why Data Locality matter
Metro Availability Witness
Acropolis Services
PRISM Central
Micro Segmentation
Cross Hypervisor DR
Self Service Portal / NuCalm
Agenda

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• Automates failover decisions for
Metro Availability deployments
• Zero RPO with near-Zero RTO
• Automatic failure handling with manual
recovery
• Witness handles common failure scenarios:
• Site failure
• Avoids split brain scenarios
Metro Availabilty Witness

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Site 1 Site 2
Site 3
Witness
• Stand-alone Witness VM
• Deploy via OVF on 3rd site or separate
fault domains
• Does not need to run on Nutanix
hardware
• One shared Witness VM per cluster.
• Scalability up to 50 Protection Domains
per Witness
• Connections to Witness VM
need to be independent from
inter-site connection to
ensure separate failure
domain location for Witness
VM
• Witness connection < 200ms latency
RTT
• Inter-site connection < 5ms latency RTT
• Nutanix Witness VM requires:
• 2 vCPUs
• 4 GB of Memory
• 25 GB of storage
Latency < 5ms RTT
Latency < 200ms RTT Latency < 200ms RTT
Three independent
network connections
Metro Availabilty Witness - Details

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Nutanix Basics
Why Data Locality matter
Metro Availability Witness
Acropolis Services
PRISM Central
Micro Segmentation
Cross Hypervisor DR
Self Service Portal / NuCalm
Agenda

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AHV provides what is “needed” and when
combined with Nutanix AMF and DSF, is a
comprehensive virtualization platform that is much
more than a “hypervisor”
• Factory Secured / Self-healing compliance
• Cross Hypervisor DR / Migration
• Self Service Provisioning Portal
• OpenStack Integration
• Hybrid Cloud Support (AWS, Azure)
• Scalable / Multi-site Management
• Operational Insights with Predictive Analytics
• File & Block Services
Hypervisor
vMotion VM Migration
Hot Add
dVS
EVC
Hot Add
CPU Compatibility
Open vSwitch
vVols VM Centric DSF
CBT
Replication
CBT
Replication
Management
Host HA Host HA
VM HA ADS / VM HA
DRS Hot Spot Avoidance
Host Profiles Foundation
VUM 1-Click Upgrades
Storage
AHV where we are

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Acropolis Block Service

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Acropolis Block Service

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Acropolis File Service

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Cloud Connect
Local VM Snapshots
(On-cluster)
Single-Node Target
(On-Prem)
(ROBO only) Backup/DR
over WAN to Main DC
ROBO/
SMB
AWS
Overview
 Backup/Replication for ROBO/SMB
 Leverage Nutanix Native Snapshots
 Up to 40 TB Raw Capacity
 Cannot be used as a generic
backup target
Benefits
 Cost effective alternative to traditional
options
 Easy & Fast Self Service Restores
 Simple & unified Prism Management
 Efficient storage utilization with support
for Compression and deduplication
Single Node Replication Target

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Nutanix Basics
Why Data Locality matter
Metro Availability Witness
Acropolis Services
PRISM Central
Micro Segmentation
Cross Hypervisor DR
Self Service Portal / NuCalm
Agenda

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How to efficiently manage VMs and clusters at scale
Nutanix Prism gives IT a centralized view
Centralized Management with Prism

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• Storage Management
• Cluster Management
• VM Management
• Virtual Network Management
One-click Infrastructure Management
• Capacity Behavior Trends
• Capacity Optimization Advisor
One-click Planning
• Alert Analysis and Recommendations
• Customizable Dashboards and Charts
One-click Operational Insights
Datacenter Management with Prism

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• Fundamental to mixed hypervisor support
• Single management GUI for AHV and ESXi
• Use Prism for common use cases
• VM Create
• VM Update
• VM Delete
• VM Power On/Off Operations
• Launch console
• Clone
• Does not displace vCenter
VM Management for ESXi

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What is it?
• Detailed capacity
trends
• Intelligent
recommendations
• Powered by patent
pending
X-Fit algorithm
Benefits:
• Enables pay as you
grow capacity
expansion
• Eliminates guesswork
Actionable Capacity Forecasting

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3 4 vCPU, 4GB, CPU intensive
2 2 vCPU, 8GB, IO intensive
4 vCPU, 8GB, memory intensive
VDI
XenApp
Exchange
SQL Server
Splunk

• What-if for a pre-defined workload
type
• What-if for a group of VMs with
different configurations and behaviors
• What-if for an expected demand
change of existing running workloads.
• What-if for increasing the runway
• What-if for new Infrastructure
What customers get
Ensure the capacity expansion to meet the future workload growth.
50% More of current consumption
Machine-learned
behavior
What-if analysis Recommendation
What-if Analysis

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Nutanix Basics
Why Data Locality matter
Metro Availability Witness
Acropolis Services
PRISM Central
Micro Segmentation
Cross Hypervisor DR
Self Service Portal / NuCalm
Agenda

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OrchestrateVisualize
1-Click Network

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OrchestrateVisualize
1-Click Network

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• View network design up to TOR
• See real-time connection health
• Monitor network link
performance
• Instantly identify VLAN
misconfigurations
• Filter by applications, hosts,
users, VMs and VLANs
Network Visualization

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OrchestrateVisualize
1-Click Network

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Visualize Orchestrate
1-Click Network

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Network OrchestrationTOR TOR
Network Tap
TOR TOR
Load Balancer
• Instant Network Provisioning
• Automated L4 to L7 Integration
• Service Insertion
• Network Taps
Network Orchestration

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Network Security
Networking
Industrie Support

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Nutanix Basics
Why Data Locality matter
Metro Availability Witness
Acropolis Services
PRISM Central
Micro Segmentation
Cross Hypervisor DR
Self Service Portal / NuCalm
Agenda

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Main Data Center
DR Site
Cross Hypervisor DR

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Use cases for Cross Hypervisor DR:
• Easy migration to AHV.
• Cost reduction for DR sites
• ROBO replication into central DC
• SPs offering DRaaS using AHV in their DC
No competing solution. Why?
• Complex replication and conversion
• High learning curve with various migration
tools
Cross Hypervisor DR: Usecases

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ESX AHV
1-Click Hypervisor Conversion

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• 1-click conversion from ESX
cluster to AHV
• -
• Easier onboarding of workloads
to AHV.
- Start with ESXi
- Deploy VMs
- Convert to AHV
• Ease of evaluation of AHV
1 click conversion of a test/dev
cluster to AHV.
In Place Hypervisor Conversion: Why?

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Nutanix Basics
Why Data Locality matter
Metro Availability Witness
Acropolis Services
PRISM Central
Micro Segmentation
Cross Hypervisor DR
Self Service Portal / NuCalm
Agenda

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Nutanix Admin
VLAN backed
Virtual networks
Users
Images
Projects Project 1
Quota 1
Project 2
Quota 2
Self Service Portal
Prism
Self Service Portal

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Deploy
Applications (VM
CRUD)
Monitor
Applications
Monitor
Resource Usage
• Role based access with AD integration
• VM User role
• VM View role
• Catalog items
• VM Template
• vDisk
• Images from Docker hub
• App templates will be available soon after
• Monitor deployed applications
Tenant Capabilities

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Day 2 and Beyond: App LifeCycle Management
Patches &
Upgrades
Cost
Showback
Monitoring
The NuCalm Experience

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Q & A