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Nov 2024 Releases

Sizer Sprint Release Announcement (20th Nov 2024)

We’re glad to announce the completion of another Sizer sprint! We’re excited to share a couple of major highlights from November releases (5th Nov & 20th Nov):

Key Features & Enhancements

1. Support for Multi-site Data Protection 

  • With the release of PC 2024.2, customers can protect entities using both asynchronous and synchronous replication schedules simultaneously. 
  • Sizer now supports the above and allows two recovery clusters for high availability. 
  • Workloads configured with synchronous replication can now be protected at a 3rd site using asynchronous replication. 
  • Disaster Recovery stats under “Sizing Details” are updated accounting for the configured data protection policies
  • License tiers and add-ons are automatically updated based on the data protection configured. 
  • See the attached image to configure “Multi-site Data Protection” in Sizer.

2. Support for VDI – Containerized profiles (FSLogix)

  • Files workload type enhanced to support VDI use case with “Container-based” storage 
  • The default storage type is set to “Container-based” to avoid undersizing
  • I/O pattern in the case of container-based storage is set to “Random” as the I/O requirements of FSLogix are much higher than standard Citrix MCS
  • I/O requirements are calculated by factoring in the number of users, write operations per user & read operations per user. 
  • The same is enhanced under VDI workload – Container-based storage support for VDI home directories.  

Bug Fixes and Improvements

  • Sizer updated with SAP HANA best practices
  • The default hypervisor for all new sizings is set to AHV
  • Partners can now seek to extend the license term by 2 months when generating a Frontline quote 
  • Corrections to NX block dimensions in the Sizer proposal slides

Feedback

We are committed to enhancing Sizer. Your feedback is invaluable in this process. Please feel free to share any suggestions or concerns.

If you have any queries feel free to reach out to Sizer Support via Sizer Help or alternatively, you can reach the Sizer team via the Nutanix Community Page – Sizer Configuration Estimator

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Sep 2024 Releases

Sizer Sprint Release Announcement (10 Sep 2024) 

Hello everyone,

We went live with our latest Sizer release today. Here are the highlights:

Key Features & Enhancements

1. Prism Central Updates

  • Over the last couple of months, we have continuously enhanced PC capabilities in Sizer
  • PnP 1.0 aka legacy portfolio is no longer supported and PnP 2.0 mandates PC to perform licensing operations.
  • Starting today, Sizer shall automatically add Prism Central workload to every Sizer scenario containing PnP 2.0 products
  • Users do have an option to delete the automatically added PC

2. NC2 Expert Libraries

  • NC2 Expert Libraries are introduced in Sizer to standardize NC2 Sizings across Nutanix SEs and partners.
  • We have a couple of expert templates for both NC2 on AWS & Azure
  • The templates should help the field produce competitive TCO numbers when competing against native cloud vendors
  • NC2 Expert templates can be found under Templates > Cluster Templates > Expert Templates


3. Expanded Upgrade Sales Scenario to Cisco OEM

  • Upgrade sales scenario is enabled for Cisco OEM
  • Users can simulate existing Cisco OEM hardware for expansion & upgrades
  • Supported vendors for upgrade are – NX, HPE DX, Fujitsu, Dell XC & Cisco OEM

Bug Fixes and Improvements

  • Security add-on options are now available for Files Dedicated backup targets.
  • FSVMs limit for File Services within a cluster is enhanced to 32.
  • Sizer detects storage from Files & Objects Storage containers when importing Collector data and highlights the same.
    • As of today, the storage associated with these storage containers should be manually sized
    • In the future, Sizer shall automatically account for Files & Objects Storage.
  • Updated the minimum number of HCI nodes needed in HCI+CO cluster from 4 to 3

Recent Hardware Updates

  • New Models
    • Lenovo HX360 V2 Edge
    • DX560-16-G11-AC-NVMe
    • DX560-16-G11-LC-NVMe
  • EMR CPUs are now available across – Cisco & Fujitsu EMEA models

Feedback
As we continually work to refine Sizer, your input is invaluable. Please feel free to share your thoughts, questions, or concerns so we can continue to improve Sizer.

If you have any queries feel free to reach out to Sizer Support via Sizer Help or alternatively, you can reach the Sizer team via the Nutanix Community Page – Sizer Configuration Estimator