Tag: nx appliance

Nutanix Hybrid Selection Guide

In earlier post I went through some Nutanix spec sheet issues and while describing some disk size related issues, I made SSD/HDD capacity ratio calculations with Nutanix Hybrid (SSD+HDD) setups. I used only couple of SSD+HDD setups and Nutanix NX platforms as an example.

  • Why not go through possible SSD/HDD ratio ranges for more NX platforms?
  • Find the floor and the ceiling for SSD/HDD ratios?
  • It might be useful in selecting NX Hybrid setup for workloads with certain requirements for SSD/HDD ratio?

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Nutanix Spec Sheet Errata

The official Nutanix G6 & G7 generation NX appliance spec sheets are frequently updated and are getting better with every iteration. Unfortunately there are still issues with them. Some information in the NX appliance spec sheets is confusing and showing conflicting or wrong information and should be corrected. Some of the aspects of NX appliances are documented in fairly shallow manner and could benefit from more comprehensive documentation.

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