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May 2025 Releases

Sizer Sprint Release Announcement (20 May 2025)

Hello Sizer Users,

We’re excited to announce the latest enhancements from our May 2025 sprints, designed to make your infrastructure planning even smoother and more efficient!

✨ Key Enhancements:

1. In-App Hardware Vendor Request for Partners

  • We’ve streamlined the process for Partners to request hardware vendor access directly within the Sizer application, significantly reducing friction.
  • This functionality is also available for customers and prospects who wish to perform sizing with their preferred hardware vendors.  
  • All requests will undergo a review and due diligence process before access is granted. 
  • Our Sizer FAQs have been updated to reflect this new process.

2. Shift to SPEC 2017 Integer Rates

  • Sizer has transitioned from using SPEC 2006 Integer Rates to the more current SPEC 2017 Integer Rates. 
  • While the 2017 values are generally lower, this change does not impact any existing or future sizings, ensuring consistency and accuracy.

3. Other enhancements

  • NAI Licensing Option: The licensing dropdown now includes the option to select NAI licenses, providing more comprehensive configuration choices.
  • Hybrid Nodes for Large FSVM: Sizer now supports hybrid nodes for large FSVMs, expanding beyond small-Str, Small, and Medium FSVMs to offer greater flexibility. 
  • Strip Size Details: Striping details will now be displayed in Sizer solutions when EC (Erasure Coding) savings are applicable, offering more transparency into storage efficiency. 
  • Generate CCW File: CCW File generation has been extended to support multi-cluster solutions and clusters with mixed nodes, making it simpler to import into Cisco CCW and produce comprehensive quotes.
  • Thermal restriction guardrails for XC7625-24N – it has the same thermal restrictions as XC7625-24

🐛Bug Fixes:

We’ve also squashed a few bugs to improve your experience:

  • Resolved an issue where NX-9151-G9 with drives could not be configured as an HCI node.
  • Fixed the automatic closure of the bulk edit dialog upon enabling Sync Rep.
  • Corrected the download failure for single-node solution proposals.

🚀 New Models Launched This Month:

  • We’re expanding our supported hardware with the addition of new OVHcloud models:
    • OVHcloud-Scale-i1-G2-EMR-01
    • OVHcloud-Scale-i2-G2-EMR-01
    • OVHcloud-Scale-i3-G2-EMR-01

👂 Your Feedback Matters!

Your input is invaluable as we continuously strive to make Sizer the best tool for your infrastructure planning. Please share any suggestions, questions, or issues you encounter.

You can reach out to the Sizer team via Sizer Help or alternatively, you can reach us via the Nutanix Community Page – Sizer Configuration Estimator

Thank you for your ongoing support and for being a valued member of the Sizer community!

Best regards,
The Sizer Team

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April 2025 Releases

Sizer Sprint Release Announcement (22 Apr 2025) 

Hello Sizer Users,
We’re thrilled to bring you the latest updates from our April 2025 sprint! This release focuses on enhancing your flexibility, optimizing storage efficiency, and expanding our support for modern infrastructure and AI workloads. Here’s a breakdown of the key improvements:

 Key Features & Enhancements:

1. Enhanced Disaster Recovery with Zero Compute MST:

  • Now, you can leverage the cost-effective Zero Compute deployment mode for remote snapshots via MST. This allows you to replicate snapshots directly from your on-premises clusters to object storage.
  • Nutanix Objects Support Extended: Configure remote snapshots via MST for Nutanix Objects in both Pilot Light and Zero Compute deployment modes. (Note: Nutanix Objects cluster sizing is currently manual).
  • Benefit: Achieve a more efficient and cost-effective disaster recovery strategy for your critical data.

2. More Accurate Power Planning for HPE DX Solutions:

  • We’ve updated the power requirements and PSU recommendations for HPE DX solutions to provide greater accuracy in your BOM.
  • Power calculations now assume fully populated memory and drive configurations for a given platform.
  • Important Note: Power requirements may vary if your configuration differs from fully populated memory and drives. Chassis, CPU, and GPU power requirements are based on actual HPE wattages. Other component estimations are detailed below:
    • Memory: 5W per DIMM
    • Drives: HDD (10W), SATA SSD (5W), SAS SSD (18W), NVMe (20W) per drive
    • NIC: 10W per card
  • Benefit: Plan your HPE DX deployments with more confidence and accuracy, ensuring you have the right power infrastructure.

3. Optimize Storage with Wide Stripping Support:

  • Sizer now supports wider striping options (6D, 2P & 8D, 2P) for Files and Objects use cases.
  • Sizer intelligently considers these new options to automatically determine the most storage-efficient strip size for your workloads.
  • Coming Soon: In a future release, Sizer will display the automatically selected strip size, providing even greater transparency.
  • Benefit: Maximize your storage utilization and efficiency for Files and Objects deployments.

4. Accelerate AI Initiatives with GPT-in-a-Box 2.0 Reference Scenario:

  • A new “GPT-in-a-Box 2.0” reference scenario is now available in the AI section.
  • This comprehensive scenario provides solution sizing for:
    • NKP Management Cluster
    • Control Plane & Worker Node Pool
    • NKP NAI – Managed Workload Cluster (GPU Node Pool, Control Plane & Worker Node Pool)
    • 10 TB of Files for GPT offering & Objects Worker Nodes
    • Scale-out Prism Central
  • Benefit: Streamline the sizing process for your GPT-in-a-Box 2.0 deployments, accelerating your AI initiatives.

5. Introducing Early Access to Licensing by Cluster:

  • We understand that multi-cluster environments have varying licensing needs.
  • We’re excited to offer early access to our new “Licensing by Cluster” feature!
  • Important: This is an opt-in feature and is not yet available to all users. Some minor updates are still in progress.
  • Call to Action: If you’re interested in exploring this new capability, simply comment “License by Cluster” below, and we’ll grant you access.
  • Benefit: Gain more granular control over licensing in your multi-cluster deployments.

 Improvements:

  • NUS Licensing Option: The licensing dropdown now includes the option to select the NUS license.
  • Data Lens Premium: The ‘Data Lens Premium’ add-on option is now available when the NUS license is chosen.
  • Flexible Prism Central Sizing: You can now specify the exact number of PC instances required when manually configuring the PC management cluster. @rob.buchanan
  • Simplified Manual Node & Component Editing: Easily adjust the quantity of nodes and components in manual mode using intuitive “+” and “-” buttons, similar to the automatic mode.
  • Nvidia H100 NVL GPU Support: The Nvidia H100 NVL GPU is now supported on the NX-3155-G9 model.
  • VMware Horizon Renamed: “VMware Horizon” has been updated to its new name, “Omnissa Horizon.”

 New Models Launched This Month:

  • NC2 on AWS: i7i.metal-24xl, i7i.metal-48xl, i7ie.metal-24xl, & i7ie.metal-48xl
  • Dell XC7625-24N

 Your Feedback Matters!
We are committed to making Sizer the best tool for your infrastructure planning needs. Your feedback is crucial to our continuous improvement. Please don’t hesitate to share your suggestions, questions, or any issues you encounter. You can reach out to the Sizer team via Sizer Help or alternatively, you can reach us via the Nutanix Community Page – Sizer Configuration Estimator

Thank you for your ongoing support and for being a valued member of the Sizer community!

Best regards,
The Sizer Team