March 2025

Key Features & Enhancements

1. Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) – Beta Launch

  • Sizing for NKP (Cluster-based Sizing)
  • Flexibility in design Management and Managed cluster
  • Control Plane nodes and Worker Nodes resource defaults as per NKP license tier
  • End-to-end flow from building an NKP cluster to generating a BOM/quote with an NKP license.

2. Validator support for vSAN-ready nodes

  • Validator enhanced to support vSAN-ready nodes across – Dell PowerEdge & HPE DL Servers
  • Upload the BOM and get a quick report of Qualified Components, Unqualified Components, and components that need further review – avoiding painful manual validation.
  • Recommendations are suggested in case the SKU in the BOM is ambiguous.

3. CVM Storage Overhead Updates

  • Sizer is updated with the latest CVM Storage Overheads aligned with AOS test results.
  • The updated CVM Storage Overhead numbers reduce the overhead by 40% to 50%, resulting in higher usable storage per node.
  • Note: The changes apply to new sizings. Existing sizings will have to be resized to reflect CVM Storage Overhead savings.

4. Cluster Fault Tolerance (CFT) – 1N & 1D Support

  • Cluster Fault Tolerance of 1N & 1D introduced under RF3
  • In this configuration, two copies of data are placed on the same node but on different drives, and the third copy of data is placed on a different node.
  • The CFT 1N & 1D feature is designed to provide better fault tolerance for customers who need protection from multiple drive failures, such as edge deployments, without the significant cost increase associated with FT2.
  • With the CFT of 1N & 1D, we have introduced a new way to simulate failure dials in Sizer, allowing users to view resource utilizations in case of 1N failure and 1N & 1D failure in one pane.

5.Files Updates

  • NFS over RDMA support in Sizer for latency-sensitive and high-throughput requirements.
    • iSER is a prerequisite to configure “NFS over RDMA.”
    • As part of this change, we have introduced two new FSVM profiles
      • X-Large
      • XX-Large

6.Objects Updates

  • Sizer now ensures the minimum number of drives are suggested across Hybrid & All-Flash to meet the throughput requirements.
  • Option to configure inline EC vs post-process EC when defining Objects workload
  • Sizer factors (50% additional writes) in the throughput requirements when configuring the RF3 solution

         

  • Solution Updates
  • Database Optimized Solution (CO + SO) expanded to Dell 16G models
    • XC760-24N
    • XC660-12N

      

  • Intersight Managed Mode (IMM) support for Cisco M7 Rack Servers 
  • Option to configure solution without software SKUs – when sizing for a hardware refresh or when customers want to leverage unused licenses – 
  • Proposal updated with FY25 Q2 results

NC2 Updates

  • We continue to enhance upgrade & expansion sale scenarios for more hardware vendors
  • NC2 on AWS
  • NC2 on Azure
  • Lenovo

      

  • Flexibility to configure EBS volume quantity on NC2 models

NX Updates

  • CO nodes Zero-Drive configuration extended to NX-1175S, NX-8150, NX-8155 & NX-8170 – 
  • Option to opt for NRDK & NR-Node for NX hardware under hardware support

Usability Improvements

  • Ability to specify CVM resources in terms of vCPU or pCores
  • Ability to hide AMD/Intel alternate recommendation by selecting specific processor type – 
  • Ability to sort workloads by any column (live a couple of months ago)
  • New Nutanix branding colors on the Sizer login page & browser tabs

New Models launched recently

  • HX665 & 645
  • NC2 on Azure: AN64