Sizing improvements
- Processor pull-down as workload input. This is cool. For all the history of Sizer when you enter cores or so much MHz for workload inputs we assume a baseline processor. Now you can tell Sizer to assume some processor and we have Ivy Bridge, Haswell, Broadwell, Skylake and Cascade Lake processors to choose from. So benefit is more precision if you tell Sizer to refer to a processor that the customer is using
- Cascade Lake updates(specInt values) for all vendors. We had updated Nutanix in prior sprint and got the rest of the vendors now.
- Compression changes. From a lot of analysis on current compression ratios found in installed base we have gone a bit more conservative depending on workload. Also hover over the slider and you see both the percent savings and the ratios like 50% and 2:1
Use Cases
- Objects updates. We have had Objects (was Buckets) for 6 months now and got latest updates from Engineering
- The Files and Buckets skus are updated with the new skus. For example Files Pro is now Files Dedicated. Also updated the File license names in the Files workload.
- File Analytics. You can include that now in the Files workload sizing. No specific licenses required and available to both Files and Files Dedicated (Pro).
- Changed name of Buckets to Objects
Business functionality
- Very cool is we have a new BOM. It has never been updated in big way and we went all out. Even the dials from the UI are in the BOM. I believe a much more professional document to share with your customer
- New SFDC rules on what you can combine in a quote. SFDC has stricter rules now and we make Sizer follows those.
Product Alignment
- Various product updates for NX-8155-G7, XC740xd-12 minimum drive count is now 4, and DX default NIC.
- NX-8155-G7 is now live in Sizer
- HPE-DX Robo Model – The 1-socket DX360 4LFF is considered as a Robo model and so can be 1 or 2 nodes