Category Archives: Software Defined Storage (SDS)

Nutanix Clusters on AWS – Hibernate Hosts to Lower Cloud Spend

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Humair

I’ve written a few prior posts on Nutanix Clusters on AWS: Nutanix Clusters on AWS – Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud Platform, Nutanix Clusters on AWS – Getting Started and on Nutanix Beam: Optimize Cost Across Public and Private Clouds with … Continue reading →

Posted in Amazon, Business, Hyper-converged infrastructure, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix Clusters on AWS, Software Defined Storage (SDS), Storage, Technology, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged AHV, AHV hypervisor, Amazon Web Services, AOS, Audit Trail, AWS, AWS EC2 bare metal hosts, AWS Tags, Azure, Beam, cloud, cloud bursting, cloud migration, cloud strategy, Cluster Hibernate, Cluster UUID, Clusters, Clusters portal, Cost Allocation Tags, DA, Disaster Avoidance, Disaster Recovery, DR, EC2, EC2 bare metal hosts, Flow, HCI, Hibernate, hybrid cloud, hybrid cloud strategy, hypervisor, Microsoft Azure, Move, Multicloud, multicloud cloud strategy, Nutanix, Nutanix AHV, Nutanix AHV hypervisor, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Beam, Nutanix Cloud, Nutanix Cluster Hibernate, Nutanix Cluster on AWS Hibernate, Nutanix Clusters, Nutanix Clusters Free Trial, Nutanix Clusters on AWS, Nutanix Clusters on AWS Free Trial, Nutanix Clusters on AWS portal, Nutanix Flow, Nutanix HCI, Nutanix Hybrid Cloud, Nutanix Move, Nutanix multicloud, Nutanix Prism, Prism, Resume, Tags, UUID, VDI | Leave a comment

Nutanix Beam – Chargeback and Tracking Spend Across Clouds

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Humair

My prior post on Nutanix Beam, Optimize Cost Across Public and Private Clouds with Nutanix Beam, provided a brief intro and described some of the basic functionality of Beam and how it can be used to define a cost control … Continue reading →

Posted in AWS, AWS, AWS, Business, Hyper-converged infrastructure, Microsoft, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Technology, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged AWS, Azure, Beam, business unit, chargeback, cloud, Cloud Cost Control, cloud cost governance, Cloud Cost Management, cloud cost optimization, Cloud Management, cloud optimization, cost, cost analytics, cost center, Cost Governance, cost optimization, hybrid cloud, hybrid-cloud visibility, Multi-cloud, Multicloud, Multicloud Cost Governance, multicloud visibility, Nutanix, Nutanix Beam, Nutanix Hybrid Cloud, Nutanix Xi Beam, on-prem, onprem, private cloud, public cloud, SaaS, Software as a service, visibility, Xi, Xi Beam | Leave a comment

Nutanix Clusters on AWS – Getting Started

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Humair

Nutanix Clusters on AWS is available globally across 20 geographic regions and 61 availability zones. See the Nutanix Clusters website for the most up-to-date information. In my prior post, I discussed the availability of Nutanix Clusters on AWS, use cases, … Continue reading →

Posted in AWS, Hyper-converged infrastructure, Network Architecture, Networking, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix Clusters on AWS, Software Defined Storage (SDS), Storage, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged AHV, AHV hypervisor, Amazon Web Services, AOS, AWS, AWS EC2 bare metal hosts, AWS IAM, AWS IAM role, Azure, Billing Widget, cloud, cloud bursting, cloud migration, cloud strategy, CloudFormation, CloudFormation Template, Clusters, Clusters portal, DA, Disaster Avoidance, Disaster Recovery, DR, EC2, EC2 bare metal hosts, Flow, HCI, hybrid cloud, hybrid cloud strategy, hypervisor, IAM role, Microsoft Azure, Move, Multicloud, multicloud cloud strategy, MyNutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix AHV, Nutanix AHV hypervisor, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Cloud, Nutanix CloudFormation template, Nutanix Clusters, Nutanix Clusters Billing, Nutanix Clusters Free Trial, Nutanix Clusters on AWS, Nutanix Clusters on AWS Free Trial, Nutanix Clusters on AWS Getting Started, Nutanix Clusters on AWS portal, Nutanix Flow, Nutanix HCI, Nutanix Hybrid Cloud, Nutanix Move, Nutanix multicloud, Nutanix Prism, Prism, VDI | Leave a comment

Nutanix Clusters on AWS – Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud Platform

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Humair

Starting from last Tuesday, August 11th, 2020, Nutanix Clusters, similar to what many customers have in on-prem data centers, can now be deployed on the AWS Cloud globally – 20 regions, 61 availability zones and counting. Super cool. In this … Continue reading →

Posted in AWS, Hyper-converged infrastructure, Network Architecture, Networking, Nuatnix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix Clusters on AWS, Security, Software Defined Storage (SDS), Storage, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged AHV, AHV hypervisor, Amazon Web Services, AOS, AWS, AWS EC2 bare metal hosts, Azure, cloud, cloud bursting, cloud migration, cloud strategy, Clusters, Clusters portal, DA, Disaster Avoidance, Disaster Recovery, DR, EC2, EC2 bare metal hosts, Flow, HCI, hybrid cloud, hybrid cloud strategy, hypervisor, Microsoft Azure, Move, Multicloud, multicloud cloud strategy, Nutanix, Nutanix AHV, Nutanix AHV hypervisor, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Cloud, Nutanix Clusters, Nutanix Clusters Free Trial, Nutanix Clusters on AWS, Nutanix Clusters on AWS Free Trial, Nutanix Clusters on AWS portal, Nutanix Flow, Nutanix HCI, Nutanix Hybrid Cloud, Nutanix Move, Nutanix multicloud, Nutanix Prism, Prism, VDI | Leave a comment

First Impression – Using Nutanix’s HCI and Hypervisor (AHV)

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Humair

What is my first impression of using Nutanix’s HCI and Hypervisor (AHV)? Short answer – very easy to use, even for a first time user, and intuitive design with well thought-out integrations with other Nutanix products; love the one-click feature/service … Continue reading →

Posted in Hyper-converged infrastructure, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Nuatnix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Security, Software Defined Storage (SDS), Storage, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged Acropolis Operating System, AHV, AOS, Calm, Categories, Category, Controller VM, CVM, Disaster Recovery, Flow, Flow Isolation Policy, Flow Micro-segmentation, Flow Microsegmentation, Flow Security Policies, HCI, hyper-converged infrastructure, hypervisor, Karbon, Leap, micro-segmentation, microsegmentation, Networks, Nuatnix One-Click, Nutanix, Nutanix Acropolis Operating System, Nutanix AHV, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Calm, Nutanix Categories, Nutanix Category, Nutanix Controller VM, Nutanix CVM, Nutanix Disaster Recovery, Nutanix Flow, Nutanix Flow Isolation Policy, Nutanix Flow Security Policies, Nutanix HCI platform, Nutanix Hypervisor, Nutanix Karbon, Nutanix Leap, Nutanix Micro-segmentation, Nutanix Microsegmentation, Nutanix Networks, Nutanix Objects, Nutanix Prism, Nutanix SDS, Nutanix Security, Nutanix Software Defined Storage, Nutanix Storage Container, Nutanix Storage Containers, Nutanix Subnets, Nutanix VMs, Nutanix Xi Cloud Services, Objects, Prism, Prism Central, Prism Element, SDS, security, Security Policies, software defined storage, Storage Container, Storage Containers, Subnets, virtual machines, vms, Xi Cloud Services | Leave a comment

New year, new challenges, new learnings @ Nutanix!

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Humair

New year, new challenges, new learnings! It’s been a great start to a new year. Looking forward to a new role and exciting year ahead @ Nutanix! Can’t believe it’s been 3 months already! First new official Nutanix swag above, … Continue reading →

Posted in Hyper-converged infrastructure, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix Tech Summit 2020, Storage, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged Acropolis, AHV, AOS, HCI, hyper-converged, hyper-converged infrastructure, hypervisor, Nutanix, Nutanix Acropolis, Nutanix AHV, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Prism, Nutanix Tech Summit, Nutanix Tech Summit 2020, Prism, virtual machine, VM | Leave a comment

Hyper-Converged with Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Humair

There’s a lot of interesting things going on in the industry with servers, storage, and networking: SDN (software defined networking), SDS (software defined storage), NFV (network function virtualization), SD-WAN (software defined WAN), hyper-convergence, and more and more focus on private … Continue reading →

Posted in Dell, Dell Force10, Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Servers, Software Defined Storage (SDS), Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware VSAN | Tagged Dell, Dell EVO:RAIL RA, Dell EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, Dell N4064, Dell Networking, Dell Networking Dell-EVO:RAIL RA, Dell Networking Dell-EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, Dell Networking EVO:RAIL RA, Dell Networking EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, Dell Networking N-series, Dell Networking N4032, Dell Networking N4064, Dell Networking S4048-ON, Dell Networking S4810, Dell Networking S4820T, Dell Networking S5000, Dell Networking S6000, Dell Networking S6000-ON, Dell Networking Z9500, Dell S4048-ON, Dell S4810, Dell S4820T, Dell S5000, Dell S6000, Dell S6000-ON, Dell VMware EVO-RAIL, Dell VMware EVO:RAIL RA, Dell VMware EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, Dell Z9500, Dell-VMware EVO RAIL solution, Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL, Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL solution, EVO, EVO RAIL Appliance, EVO RAIL configuration, EVO-RAIL, EVO:RAIL, EVO:RAIL Appliance, EVO:RAIL cluster, EVO:RAIL configuration, EVO:RAIL management daemon, EVO:RAIL MARVIN, EVO:RAIL MARVIN daemon, EVO:RAIL Marvin Management, EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, hyper-converged, hyper-converged infrastructure appliance, hyperconverged, IPv4 multicast, IPv6 multicast, Loudmouth, MARVIN, N-series, N4000, N4000-series, N4032, N4064, RAIL, S-series, S4048-ON, S4810, S4820T, S5000, S6000, S6000-ON, SDS, software defined storage, vCenter Server Appliance, VCSA, virtualization platform, vmware, VMware EVO:RAIL, VMware EVO:RAIL cluster, VMware EVO:RAIL configuration, VMware EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, VMware Loudmouth, VMware vCenter Server Appliance, VMware VCSA, VMware VSAN, VSAN, VSAN Cache, VSAN storage, Z-series, Z9500, Zeroconf | Leave a comment

Dell Networking with Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Humair

Checkout the Dell Networking with Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture available here on Dell.com. In this white paper, I discuss the details of the network connectivity at the ToR for the Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL appliance, reference architecture and respective network configuration required, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dell, Dell Force10, Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Servers, Storage, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware VSAN | Tagged Dell, Dell EVO:RAIL RA, Dell EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, Dell N4064, Dell Networking, Dell Networking Dell-EVO:RAIL RA, Dell Networking Dell-EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, Dell Networking EVO:RAIL RA, Dell Networking EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, Dell Networking N-series, Dell Networking N4032, Dell Networking N4064, Dell Networking S4048-ON, Dell Networking S4810, Dell Networking S4820T, Dell Networking S5000, Dell Networking S6000, Dell Networking S6000-ON, Dell Networking Z9500, Dell S4048-ON, Dell S4810, Dell S4820T, Dell S5000, Dell S6000, Dell S6000-ON, Dell VMware EVO-RAIL, Dell VMware EVO:RAIL RA, Dell VMware EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, Dell Z9500, Dell-VMware EVO RAIL solution, Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL, Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL solution, EVO, EVO RAIL Appliance, EVO RAIL configuration, EVO-RAIL, EVO:RAIL, EVO:RAIL Appliance, EVO:RAIL cluster, EVO:RAIL configuration, EVO:RAIL management daemon, EVO:RAIL MARVIN, EVO:RAIL MARVIN daemon, EVO:RAIL Marvin Management, EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, hyper-converged, hyper-converged infrastructure appliance, hyperconverged, IPv4 multicast, IPv6 multicast, Loudmouth, MARVIN, N-series, N4000, N4000-series, N4032, N4064, RAIL, S-series, S4048-ON, S4810, S4820T, S5000, S6000, S6000-ON, SDS, software defined storage, vCenter Server Appliance, VCSA, virtualization platform, vmware, VMware EVO:RAIL, VMware EVO:RAIL cluster, VMware EVO:RAIL configuration, VMware EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, VMware Loudmouth, VMware vCenter Server Appliance, VMware VCSA, VMware VSAN, VSAN, VSAN Cache, VSAN storage, Z-series, Z9500, Zeroconf | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Software Defined Storage (SDS)

First Impression – Using Nutanix’s HCI and Hypervisor (AHV)

New year, new challenges, new learnings @ Nutanix!

Hyper-Converged with Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL

Dell Networking with Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL

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