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

Dec 2024 Releases

Sizer Sprint Release Announcement (17th Dec 2024)

Hello everyone,

We are pleased to announce the completion of our last sprint release for Calendar Year 2024.  We’re excited to share the key highlights from December releases (3rd Dec & 17th Dec):

Key Features & Enhancements

1. Auto-generated Leads 

  • Sizer intelligently identifies and displays leads at the account level
  • The leads are across two categories – Tech Refresh and Expansion Leads
  • A card with the top 3 tech refresh & expansion leads is made visible on the create & edit scenario page on entering the account/opportunity details. See attached image – “Auto-generated Leads”
  • Tech Refresh leads automatically gather workload information from existing clusters, size the scenario & display the potential ACV that can be made.
  • Expansion leads display the potential ACV and are currently limited to the potential opportunities to sell U-Nodes for multi-node NX G8 blocks.
  • Resource utilization-based expansion leads across NX & OEMs are in the works. 

2. Support for NKP Full Stack (NKP FS) License

  • The license, Support & Services section is enhanced to allow the selection of NKP Full Stack Licenses
  • The Budgetary quote, Frontline quote, BOM & Proposal are updated with the NKP FS licenses
  • Refer to the attached image – “NKP FS License”

3. Ability to size by consumed Memory or Storage & specify the headroom

  • Workload import enhanced to support sizing based on consumed memory values 
  • When sizing by consumed memory or storage, users can now specify the headroom for growth & unexpected spikes
  • The default headroom is 20% and users can increase or decrease the percentage
    • Decreasing the percentage will warn the users as it can result in undersizing
  • See attached image – “Headroom when sizing by consumed values”

Bug Fixes and Improvements

  • Support for RF3 with CFT of 1N/2D is extended to Files workload in addition to Objects workload
  • Sizer Proposal Slides are updated with FY25 Q1 Financial Results & NKP Offerings 
  • Bulk-edit functionality is extended to MST-protected workloads 
  • Per-VM licensing excludes PC VMs from User VM license entitlement (E.g. ROBO License)
  • Consistency across Storage Capacity Calculator, Extent Store Capacity & Sizer BOM.
  • Sizer flags VMs skipped on importing workloads and provides a link to the file with additional details. 
  • PC not added by Sizer for Objects workload when the user specifies “Customer already has a PC”

Recently launched New Models

  • NX-1150S-G9 – A brand new NX platform for the mid-segment of ROBO/Edge Market 

Bonus highlight of today’s release: We are committed to improving Sizer. To better understand your experience, we have launched an in-app NPS survey. Your feedback is invaluable as we continue to enhance our product. Look for the survey prompt within the app. See the attached image – “Sizer in-app NPS Survey”

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

Wishing everyone a wonderful week, Merry Christmas, and a joyous holiday season! 

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