Nutanix Solutions for Private Cloud Kees Baggerman Performance and Solution Engineer
Nutanix: Web-Scale Converged Infrastructure ü Founded in 2009 ü Now on fourth generation ü Core team from industry leaders ü Strong background in distributed system and enterprise architectures ü Great adoption worldwide ü Hundreds of customers world wide Including Global 500 organizations ü Global support and enterprise services ü One platform for all virtualization ü Deployed for variety of workloads
A Look at Traditional Infrastructure Servers Commoditized multicore processors and dense memory Managed by virtualization Complex to manage Costly to scale Storage Network Traditional Storage (SAN/NAS) Performance bottleneck Difficult to scale Managed separately
Evolution of Windows Server Windows Server 2003/R2 Traditional Datacenter Windows Server 2008/R2 Virtualized Datacenter Windows Server 2012/R2 Private Cloud
Evolution of Windows Server Windows Server 2003/R2 Traditional Datacenter Windows Server 2008/R2 Virtualized Datacenter Windows Server 2012/R2 Private Cloud Microsoft s successful follow-on to Windows Server 2000 Enhancements to Active Directory and network services Significant security and quality improvements Ushered in significant migration from UNIX to Windows/x86
Evolution of Windows Server Windows Server 2003/R2 Traditional Datacenter Windows Server 2008/R2 Virtualized Datacenter Windows Server 2012/R2 Private Cloud Dramatic scaling improvements taking advantage of Intel/x86 enhancements Improved services including read-only domain controller, web serving (IIS), and remote infrastructure. Continued improvements to management including fully integrated PowerShell scripting Remote Desktop Services and Hyper-V And more
Evolution of Windows Server Windows Server 2003/R2 Traditional Datacenter Windows Server 2008/R2 Virtualized Datacenter Windows Server 2012/R2 Private Cloud Hyper-V and virtualized datacenter improvements Enhanced PowerShell scripting now the default management tool. High-density web sites with ability to sandbox resources SMB 3.0 And more
Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform Built for Virtualization Web-Scale Converged Infrastructure Traditional Infrastructure Software-based High performance Linear scalability VM-centric design
Nutanix Web-Scale Converged Infrastructure Software-defined approach ü Storage & Compute together ü Storage IO is serviced by local SSDs ü MapReduce storage efficiency
Scale Out with Simplicity NDFS 10Gbps Ethernet SINGLE NODE Compute: Up to 20 Cores Storage: Flash: 800GB SSD HDD: 4TB Controller: Nutanix controller VM
Technical Specifications Complete Portfolio NX-1000 Series NX-3000 Series NX-6000 Series NX-7000 Series NX-8000 Series NX-9000 Series Per Node (4 per appliance) Per Node (4 per appliance) Per Node (2 per appliance) Per Node (1 per appliance) Per Node (1 per appliance) Per Node (2 per appliance) Compute Dual 6 core Sandy Bridge E5-2620 2.0GHz Dual 8-10 core 2.6-2.8 GHz Dual 6, 8 or 10 core 2.6 3.0 GHz Dual 10 core Ivy Bridge E5-2680v2 2.8GHz Dual 10 core Ivy Bridge E5-2680v2 2.8GHz Dual 10 core Ivy Bridge E5-2690v2 3.0 GHz Cold 2-4 x 1 TB 4 x 1 TB 4 5 x 4TB 6 x 1 TB Up to 20 x 1 TB n/a Hot 1 x 240-400GB SSD 2 x 400GB SSD (800GB) 2 x 800GB SSD (1.6TB) 1 2 x 400 or 800 GB SSD 2 x 400GB SSD (800 GB) 4 x 400SSD (1600 GB) 6 x 800 SSD (4800 GB) Memory 23, 64 or 128GB 128, 256 or 512GB 32, 64, 128, 256 or 512GB 128 or 256GB 128, 256 or 512GB 256 or 512GB Network Dual 10GbE, 2 x 1GbE 1 x IPMI (10/100 Mb/s) Dual 10GbE, 2 x 1GbE, 1 x IPMI (10/100 Mb/s) Dual 10GbE, 2 x 1GbE, 1 x IPMI (10/100 Mb/s) Dual 10GbE, 2 x 1GbE 1 x IPMI (10/100 Mb/s) Dual 10GbE, 2 x 1GbE 1 x IPMI (10/100 Mb/s) Dual 10GbE, 2 x 1GbE 1 x IPMI (10/100 Mb/s) Power Redundant 1100W, 110/1620W, 208V Redundant 1620W, 208V Redundant 1620W, 208V Redundant 1100W, 110/1620W, 208V Redundant 1100W, 110/1620W, 208V Redundant 1620W, 208V
Simplify Deployment and Management 100% so'ware- defined architecture Installs in less than 1 day Single intui:ve console with VM- centric insight and REST APIs ü Rapid Time To Value ü Zero- touch infrastructure ü Extensible manageability
Nutanix Web-Scale Converged Infrastructure Nutanix Prism Analytics and Monitoring Infrastructure Management Scale-out Data Plane Nutanix Distributed File System Scale-out Control Plane Data Protection Services VM Data Reduction Services VM Integrated Data Protection System Resilience Services Intelligent Data Tiering Services
Nutanix Solutions for Microsoft Environments Private & Hybrid Clouds MicrosoB Applica9ons VDI Enterprise Applica9ons Branch Office Disaster Recovery
Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform for Microsoft Applications
Deploying Microsoft Exchange with Nutanix Users Service Interaction Mail Interaction Run all exchange roles on a single Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform Desktops Applications/Data Servers Data Integration External Sources Benefit from compression & deduplication optimizing capacity Increased availability for virtualized Exchange utilizing HA and DRS along with Database Availability Groups (DAGs) Exchange VMs SCALE SCALE
Microsoft Exchange On Nutanix Web-Scale Converged Infrastructure Primary site 3,500 mailboxes/ 2 rack unit Primary copy Secondary copy DR site DAG replication C: DB Logs VM clones Immutable copy Secondary (also for compliance) For litigation/ in-place hold Database Availability Groups Microsoft Exchange 2010 and 2013 Provides mailbox resiliency and can be used as the primary protection mechanism.
Web-Scale Infrastructure for Microsoft SQL Server Transactional Databases (OLTP) Localized I/O for low latency random Users operations SSD for indexes and key database files Service Interaction Operational Intelligence Ability to automatically tier data depending Data Integration on usage Desktops Applications/Data Servers External Sources Analytical Databases (OLAP/DSS) Local read I/O for high-performance queries and reporting Abundant sequential write and read throughput Scalable performance and capacity SCALE MSSQL VMs SCALE
Deliver Predictable Performance Pay-as-you-grow Mailboxes Number of Nodes ü Consolidate multiple workloads without working about overprovisioning ü Get excellent price/performance allowing you to keep costs low ü Do away with complex and disruptive upgrades 19 19
The Journey to Private Cloud
The Journey to the Cloud OS Traditional Datacenter Windows Server 2003 Virtualized Datacenter Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Private and Public Cloud Window Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Azure System Center 2012 R2 Hybrid Cloud & Cloud OS
Powering Cloud OS Microso' Azure & Windows Server 2012 R2 Microso' System Center 2012 R2 Microso' SQL Server 2012+ Visual Studio
Nutanix Enables Microsoft Vision of the Cloud OS Web-Scale Converged Infrastructure Fast performance in fraction the space Linear, predictable scale-out One platform for all VMCaliber Operations Meet SLAs & cost effective DR VM and Infrastructure insight Non-disruptive operations Eco-System Integration Certified turnkey infrastructure Minimal manual intervention Flexibility for customization
Web-Scale for the Cloud: Build or Buy Build + Maintain Dynamic Resource Management Advanced Data Optimization Intelligent Analytics Simplified Management Distributed File System OR Windows Azure Pack +
Build Your Foundation with Web-Scale What s In Software-based Smart software, commodity HW Scale one x86 server at a time Highly distributed, but local storage Heavily automated What s Out Custom hardware Islands of storage Unused, overprovisioned resources North-south network traffic Low productivity tasks
What Makes Nutanix Unique Turnkey Infrastructure On-premise Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud Service Power of NDFS Fast linearly-scaling performance VMCaliber data protection Onpremises 1 platform Service Providers Integration with Windows Azure Pack Nutanix Prism REST APIs Nutanix Powershell toolkit
Nutanix Solution for Private Cloud Fast Track Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform Turnkey model for deploying Private Cloud using Hyper-V Converges compute and storage no need for separate storage SW Defined Infrastructure Linearly scale performance from 3 nodes to 100s of nodes Mix and match nodes in a cluster depending on VM needs Integration with Microsoft Stack Leverage integration with Azure Pack for on-premises cloud Use Nutanix Windows PowerShell toolkit for customize scripting 2U space for 4 hosts including storage Runs Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper- V
Nutanix and Windows Azure Pack Windows Azure Pack REST Tenant A Tenant N VMs Databases Web Sites VMs Databases Web Sites... SCALE Simple.
Under the Covers: Web-Scale Converged Infrastructure User VM(s) User VM(s) User VM(s) Hypervisor VM I/O Hypervisor VM I/O... Hypervisor VM I/O SSD SCSI Controller ODX SSD HDD REST API HDD ILM Trim HDD HDD No SPOF Controller VM Deduplication SSD SCSI Controller Native Snapshots SSD Compression HDD Availability Domains HDD HDD HDD NDFS NDFS SCALE Controller VM Tunable Redundancy Native DR SSD HTML5 UI SCSI Controller SSD HDD HDD Data locality HDD HDD Replication PowerShell API Controller VM Rich Analytics
Under the Covers: Nutanix Node Storage I/O Controller VM VM I/O Hypervisor SCSI Controller SSD SSD HDD HDD HDD HDD User VM(s)
Designed for High Availability From the Ground Up Hardware Node Data VM Site Self-healing from disk failure Redundancy of key components Node failure resiliency Tunable redundancy Non-disruptive upgrades Transparent consistent checks VMCaliber Protection Multi-site replication Eco-system integration Metro Availability Cloud Connect
Simplify Deployment and Management 100% software-defined architecture Single intuitive console with VM-centric insight and REST APIs ü Consumer grade simplicity ü Extensible manageability
Nutanix Prism APIs and Integration Custom run book Event triggered run book interfacing using Nutanix PowerShell commandlets and REST APIs Example application: Provision new container for new Tenant Custom resource provider Native integration into Admin and Tenant portal via C# and PowerShell/REST Example application: - Clone VM/Template using NDFS Quick Clone
Bringing it Together Automation, integration, convergence à agility DevOps / cloud couldn t happen without it Requires APIs and simple interfaces -> PowerShell/REST Web-Scale = Easy Nutanix & Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track Windows Azure Pack make it easy Full reference architecture and team to help We (Nutanix + Microsoft) are here to help Nutanix brings web-scale convergence Windows Azure Pack provides a private cloud foundation and cloud consistency
Where to start Windows Azure Pack + Nutanix reference architecture info@nutanix.com nutanix.com/microsoft Nutanix community: next.nutanix.com Tweet using #WApack #Nutanix
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In Summary Uncompromisingly simple 30 to 60 minute deployment. No storage exper:se required. Rapid, and risk- seamless free scale scalability Scale datacenters one server at a :me with zero down:me Predictable performance Fast and linear performance at any scale Low TCO No more IT silos à 40-60% management savings Business agility Fastest :me to value. Pre- validated solu:ons.
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