Month: November 2021

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October 2021 sprints

October 1st sprint: 

We went live with the current sprint with some major enhancements around XenApp and Bulk Edit for Data Protection which were eagerly awaited.. : )Virtual Apps and Desktops (earlier called XenApp in sizer)
  • Added VMWare Horizon Apps support
  • Updated numbers with latest OS support (Windows 2019)
  • Updated profile info (based on User Type by VDI broker)
Bulk Edit : Data Protection
  • Now Bulk edit also supported for Data Protection
  • Both Local and Remote snapshots/DR allowed for bulk edit
  • All VMs being edited for DP need to be part of the same cluster
Other changes:
  • Rack Awareness – user specified rack count
  • Helps to spread the nodes across multiple racks if power limitation/rack at site
  • Lenovo HW(HX) quoting from Sizer/FrontLine now available for all regions(worldwide)
  • HPE DX Ice Lake platforms: DX380 Gen10 Plus 8SFF & DX380 Gen10 Plus 24SFF (in manual mode for now )

October 2nd sprint:

We did go live with new sprint for Sizer today. Big thing is Sizer now supports RF1 since AOS 6.0 supports RF1. RF1 fits best in certain situations where the data resiliency of RF2 is not critical.  We allow it for certain workloads as an option
  • Server Virtualization
  • Cluster(Raw) sizing
  • SQL DB (non business critical)
The following tooltip is worth noting as RF1 should be used with cautionSelect RF1 only if the application is SAAS Analytics or Hadoop, RF1 is used when workload does not require data resiliency or the data resiliency is handled at application level and currently supported for SAS Analytics or Hadoop.
Other enhancements:
File Services : There is an optimisation to the Files sizing which leads to fewer cores required. The FSVM is optimized to account for the the resources across all the FSVM(minimum 3) to meet the cores requirement and choose the FSVM profile accordingly. For smaller deployments, this becomes efficient as the FSVM size would not only depend based on 1 but a minimum 3 VMs to meet the resource consumption.
Platform Alignment
DX new GPU rules
Remove rule around 128GB DIMM & L CPU
HPE-DX IceLake platform DX360-Gen10Plus-10NVMe – Phase 2a
New platforms – NX-1175S-G8 & NX-8035-G8
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September 2021 sprints

Sept 1st sprint: 

Hi Everyone ,Further update on NX-G8, we went live with two more NX platforms, NX-8150-G8 & NX-8170-G8.. covering the larger All Flash systems….both these platforms are available end-to-end for sizing and FL quoting..
NX-8150-G8
  • Upto 80 cores (dual socket), up from 56 cores in the G7
  • Upto 4TB of RAM, up from 3TB in G7
  • Upto 184.32 TB of flash capacity
 NX-8170-G8
  • Upto 64 cores (dual socket), up from 56 cores in the G7
  • Upto 2TB of RAM
  • Upto 10x 7.68 TB NVMe
More details in the NX spec sheet , which should get updated with these platforms by today:
https://www.nutanix.com/products/hardware-platforms/specsheet
September 2nd sprint:
Very glad to let you know that we have integrated Lenovo DCSC with Sizer & Frontline
  • Quoting Lenovo HX Certified Nodes (CN) along with Nutanix Software should be a breeze, actually better than HPE
  • Size your solution in Sizer, generate FL quote with Nutanix Software + Lenovo HX CN using 1-click
  • This integration also means you can quote HX IceLake Platforms via FL
  • Currently, the functionality is limited to the US Geo (via common disti – Ingram Micro US). Worldwide release – coming soon
Other product updates:
  • Support for A100 GPU is now available on HPE-DX platforms
  • Options used while importing Collector or RVTools data can be viewed in Sizer post import
  • Imported processor SpecInt is also visible in Sizer
Have a great day!
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August 2021 sprints

August 2nd sprint:
Following the announcement around NX-G8 , Sizer also went live with the NX-G8 (3rd Gen Intel Xeon Processors/Ice Lake) with this sprint.. below are the highlights:NX-G8
  • Available for end to end sizing and FL quoting
  • NX-1065-G8 on the lower end with more core/cpu options
  • NX-3060-G8 and NX-3070-G8 with All flash/NVMe builds
  • NX-8055-G8 on the higher end with both Hybrid and All Flash(including NVMe)
  • NX-3055G-G8 with the GPUs
  • The larger All Flash systems NX-8150-G8 and NX-8170-G8 to follow in few weeks
  • Both G7 and G8 would be available for now (and either would come up in recommendations based on workload)
Others
  • CVM cores – accounting for physical cores going forward and translating into specInt adjusted cores for the sizing stats
  • Solution option – added Prism Ultimate option (both core and node based licensing)
More details on launch announcements for NX-G8 and spec sheet links here : https://www.nutanix.com/blog/nutanix-launches-support-for-next-gen-of-platforms-for-hybrid-cloud-deployments
August 1st sprint:
We went live with the current sprint with a major change around thresholds…, you would have already noticed the banner displaying in the UI today.. more details below..Thresholds in Sizer :
  • The default threshold in Sizer used to be 95% which is also the same as maximum allowed
  • With this release, the defaults are being adjusted and is set at 85%, while the max continues to be 95%
  • While the default is changed to 85%, users can still go to settings and change it back 95%
  • We feel its more prudent to go with 85% as it leaves some room for estimation/spikes and for upgrades (node is taken down-(N+0) while still allowing to go with 95% if needed or not critical or off peak upgrades..
  • This is also consistent with our observation on utilization % for manual sidings (which had more buffer than the corresponding auto sizing – possibly for the same reasons)
  • This applies for new sizing done starting today. Existing sizing’s continue their previous thresholds ( clones treated as new so new thresholds would apply)
Other enhancements:
Usability
  • Core based licensing for Prism / Flow
  • AOS rule on minimum flash at 4% of total node capacity (also applicable for Files/Objects)
Platforms
  • NX memory replacement from 2933MHz to 3200MHz
  • NEC: New Models CL 4LFF and 12LFF Platforms
  • New Platform: Lenovo HX7820 2 socket variant
More explanation behind the threshold changes and rationale in Sizer wiki : https://sizer.nutanix.com/#/help/articles/1035