Nutanix delivers the Unified Storage Design, as a bundled solution for storage consolidation with the SMB, NFS and S3 protocols, that includes hardware, software, and services to accelerate and simplify the deployment and implementation process. This Validated Design features a full-stack solution for unified storage deployments that integrates multiple products including AOS, AHV, Prism Pro, Files, Objects, Flow, F5, Mine, and HYCU.The Unified storage validated design sizer reference scenarios have the following features:
- The baseline configuration is comprised of two clusters:
- Nutanix Files – 4-node cluster (representing one Availability Zone) based on NX-8155 for the file servers providing SMB and NFS services.
- Nutanix Objects – 4-node clusters (representing one Availability Zone) based on NX-8155 for the object instances providing S3 services. These clusters can also host Prism Central as a part of the design
The overall Unified Storage Design can optionally include the management and backup cluster as defined in the Hybrid Cloud NVD (On prem (Large)) reference scenario with the following features:
- Management – 4-node cluster based on NX-1175S for Prism Central, Active Directory, IPAM, Load Balancing, SYSLOG, and any other management services.
- Backup – 4-node cluster of NX-8155-G8 for Mine/Hycu
A dedicated management cluster in each Availability Zone provides increased availability, security, operations, and performance. The Files or Objects clusters have a defined maximum size of 8 nodes each, which provides a reasonable maintenance window for rolling firmware and software upgrades and rebuild operations during failure scenarios given the node density and drive sizes. Smaller workload clusters can be deployed, but the maximum size should not exceed 8 nodes.
- HYCU software license is not included, and must be purchased separately via other channels.
- Services SKUs are not included in the Sizer reference scenarios. Review the BOM in the NVD appendix for the complete list of Services SKUs which should be included.
It is extremely important to review the entire Hybrid Cloud: Unified Storage Design on the Solutions Support portal to understand the complete Hybrid Cloud validated solution.
For questions or additional information:
- Slack Channel – #nutanix-validated-design-internal
- Services Sales Team