April 27
Hi everyone
Hope all is well at end of quarter. We did release a new sprint with some nice enhancements-
- Mine can now have Objects as it archive. So you can put a lot of the archive data on cheaper storage. Screenshot below. You can adjust the mix of how much to put on Mine vs Objects
- AMD sizing is ready … well whenever we have AMD models. Ratan worked through lot of narly stuff to get this ready and wanted to plug his efforts and good that Sizer is ready
- NX – 12 cores rule for 12TB HDDs are there
- DX – added the gpu cables and the Trusted Platform Module (TPM to the BOM). We are pretty complete on offering full BOM for DX now
- VERY COOL department…
- Go to a workload and scroll down and you will see on your left a menu with the sections that scroll with you (attached). Sizer in last couple years has way more stuff in a workload and so resulted in lot of scrolling, but now we made it easy to go all round
- Manual sizing UI is nicer now too
April 13
- New edit/add workload page – We want to introduce new functionality as we develop Sizer Basic and Advanced. We are now offering our new workload page. It is easier to select what you want. Hope you like it and describe it below·
- N+1 yellow indicator. When we do an auto sizing or you do a manual sizing we let you know if the resiliency is N+0, N+1., or N+2. Most people shoot for N+1. What we do is under the covers is remove a node and go through all the sizing rules and equations and make sure indeed it is less than the N+0 threshold (for example for CPU that is 95%). That is all good but you can be close and so we wanted to let you know. Using the CPU example if within 5% of the n+0 threshold we keep it N+1 as technically it is but turn it yellow. Given sizing is lot of estimates it is best to have some margin for error and let you all know your close to the edge.·
- Migration for VDI Display protocol – Display Protocol was added recently as an input for VDI sizing. The VDI gurus felt it was needed going forward. It is very expensive though adding 40 to 45% on cores. While this is valid sizing this could break any old sizings. So in older sizings it will default to None·
- Mine licenses updated
April 6
GREAT NEWS
We have Frame for AHV live in Sizer
As mentioned in the town hall, EUC and in particular Frame for AHV is a hot market in extremely difficult times. We were working on it but pulled it in. We always want Sizer to enable you guys to do the amazing work you do. In these times though, we will acutely focus on solutions that are really hot right now. I see improving upsell (replace or increase nodes in existing clusters) as next focus.
Very simple to use if you are familiar with VDI in Sizer (which is one of top workloads and so presumably you are). Frame for AHV is simply a different broker and the display protocol is selected. All the other options are the same.Beyond enabling it in the tool, we will soon add licenses to make that easier to quote (we have AOS and the HW now). We will also enhance collateral with the solution as time goes on.Hope you like … let us know. Attached is short video
