Advanced features and capabilities

Platform architecture

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Ayman Hamed

Solutions Architect

How We Built It: Web-Scale Engineering

Off-the-shelf x86 servers

All intelligence in software

Scale-out architecture

Self-healing systems

Rich automation and analytics

X86

X86

X86

Unlimited scalability

• No limitation on the maximum number of node per cluster

• Start as small as you need and scale as you need

• Non-disruptive cluster expansion

Heterogeneous cluster A true scale-out architecture with no limitation

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4 x NX-1065-G4 ( 2 x E5 CPUs, 128G RAM, 1 960G SSD, 2 6TB

HDDs )

1 X NX-1075S-G5 ( 1 x E5 CPU, 256G RAM, 2 x 480G SSDs, 2 x

4TB HDDs )

2 x NX-8035-G6 ( 2 x Skylake CPUs, 384G RAM, 6 x 1.92TB SSDs

All Flash )

1 x node NX-5055-G6 storage-only

1 x NX-8055-G6 ( 2 Skylake CPUs, 786G RAM, 4 x 1.92TB SSDs,

8 x 6TB HDDs )

Tunable Redundancy

What is it

• Configure different levels of fault tolerance

for different applications dynamically

Points of differentiation

• Software-defined. No prior understanding of

storage required

• RF-3 offers protection against two

simultaneous disk, node and NIC failures

• Switch between RF-2 and RF-3

• Replication is set at the

container/application level

CPU

Memory

CPU

Memory

CPU

Memory

CPU

Memory

RF-2 Container

RF-3 Container

One platform - Multi-site - Multi-cloud

E N T E R P R I S E C L O U D | C O N F I D E N T I A L

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Main Site

DR Site

Branch - AHV

Branch on ESXi

1-niode

Prism Central

Branch AHV

Data LocalityUnlimited tax-free scale and performance!

Storage Storage

Hypervisor Hypervisor

Controller VM Controller VM

Anatomy of a Write I/O

Node

Guest VM

Hypervisor

Controller VM

Storage

Node Node

Performance and availability• Data is written locally

• Replicated on other nodes for high availability

• Replicas are spread across cluster for high performance

Intelligent real-time automated Data Tiering

• Hot data – in the SSD tier for fastest performance

• Cold data in the HDD tier for maximum efficiency

• All SSD and HDD resources are available for all VMs

across the cluster

VM Pinning to SSDs or HDDsThe right workload on the right tier

• Keep Data for critical VMs in the SSD tier for fastest

performance

• Enables Mix IOPS-sensitive and regular workloads in

the same cluster

• Consistent and fast storage performance for

applications such as databases

Advanced features and capabilities

Data Services

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Ayman Hamed

Solutions Architect

Compression (inline and post-process)Granular resource management/utilization

Inline and post-process compression

Inline: Data compressed as it’s written

MapReduce: Data compressed after “cold”

data is migrated to lower-performance

storage tiers

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No impact to normal IO path

Ideal for random batch workloads

Uses Snappy algorithm

Deduplication (inline and post-process)Granular resource management/utilization

“Inline fingerprinting with post-

process deduplication

Distributed across all nodes –

true scale-out

Global dedup across entire

cluster

SHA-1 fingerprinting offloaded to

Intel processors for greater

efficiency

100% software-defined

Strong hash allows dedup to

happen based on metadata

match

Reduction

Up to

Compression Benefits

Real life examples

AFSAFS

Nutanix Files

NFS/SMB

Store Files & Folders

FILES

Simple & Intelligent

• Deploys In Minutes

• Fully Managed Service

• 1-Click Insights & Recommendations

Scalable

• Pay As you Grow, Pay Only For What Your Store

• PB Scale, Billions Of Files, Large or Small

• Grow & Shrink Capacity & Performance As Needed

Enterprise Class

• Standard Interfaces - NFS & SMB

• Secure, Reliable and Resilient

• Support 1000s of ConnectionsEnterprise Cloud OS

Nutanix Volumes

What is Nutanix Volumes ?

– Exposes storage through direct block-

level iSCSI access

– Nutanix Volumes enables high availability, scalability,

and performance to non-virtualized Oracle, SQL, and

IBM DB2 workloads

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iSCSI iSCSI

Non-virtualized Servers

Nutanix Nodes

Advanced features and capabilities

Data ProtectionBackup, DR and HA

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Ayman Hamed

Solutions Architect

A Complete Data Protection solution

Nutanix Local and Remote Snapshots

Overview

Create unlimited local copies of VM

Allow policy-based snapshot management

Enable app and crash consistent

policies

Leverage Prism for snapshot management

Support for multiple hypervisors

Benefits

Self-service file-level restore

VM to LUN mapping eliminated

No performance impact through redirect on

write

Efficient storage utilization

Unified consumer grade interface

VM

Primary

Cluster

Local VM-Centric

Snapshots

CPU

Memory

CPU

Memory

CPU

Memory

CPU

Memory

DR

Cluster

Remote VM Snapshots

CPU

Memory

CPU

Memory

CPU

Memory

CPU

Memory

RTO:

MinutesRPO:

Minutes

Application Consistent Snapshots

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Overview

Application-aware snapshots for Windows and

Linux

Integrates with VSS on Windows

Pre & Post script hooks available on Windows

and Linux

Hooks provide even deeper application

integration

Benefits

Fast recovery on restore – no replays required

Guaranteed application consistent state on disk

Support for any application on Linux and Windows

Snapshot

call

Pre Script

Hookquiesce app, trunc logs,

etc

Post

Script

Hook

VSS*

Snapshot

Snapshot

return

* Windows OS support only

Async Backup and DR Replication scenarios

Cloud Connect

Local VM Snapshots

(On-cluster)Single-Node Target

(On-Prem)

(ROBO only) Backup/DR

over WAN to Main DC

ROBO/

SMB

AWS/Azure

Replication scenarios:

Replication to local

containers

Replication to remote cluster

Replication to a backup

target

Replication to the Cloud

Benefits

Data Redundancy at SSD/HDD tier

Cost effective alternative to

Nutanix Self Service Restore (SSR)

Overview

Recover independent files from VM

Snapshots

Multi-tenant in nature

Benefits

Self-service recovery without Admin

intervention

Eliminates the need to recover an entire

VM

Easy to set up and manage

VM Owner

Nutanix

Admin

• VM Owner can only see his/her VM

snapshots (multi-tenant)

• Can mount snapshot (drive letter), then

recover files without Admin involvement

• Gives control of VM snapshots to VM

owner

VM Snapshots

Nutanix Cloud Connect

Overview

Enable Hybrid Cloud deployment

Backup VMs to Public Cloud on a user defined

schedule

Leverage Prism for natively integrated

management

Support for AWS and Azure

Benefits

Unlimited and efficient cloud-based data storage

WAN optimized with over the wire compression &

dedup

Flexible policy management with RPO in minutes

Interoperability with Nutanix DP/DR portfolio

RTO:

MinutesRPO:

Minutes

DR

Cluster

Remote VM Snapshots

vdis

k

Local VM-Centric

Snapshots

Primary

Cluster

Disaster Recovery

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Asynchronous Replication

Overview

Asynchronously replicate VMs

Policy based replication

Incremental byte-level transfer

Cross-hypervisor replication support

Multi-site Replication Support

Multi-topology Replication support

Benefits

Support for multiple retention and

scheduling policies

WAN-optimized to eliminate network

throttle

Centralized management via Prism

One Click management using Prism

RTO:

MinutesRPO:

Minutes

DR

Cluster

Remote VM Snapshots

Location 2

Location 3

Protection Domain 1

Protection Domain 2Remote Site

Remote Site

Remote Site Remote Site

Remote

Site

vdis

k

Local VM-Centric

Snapshots

Primary

Cluster

Location 1

Near Sync Replication

Overview

Replication optimization that allows 1-minute

RPO for Mission-critical Applications.

No restrictions on latency or distance

Leverages Nutanix Light-Weight Snapshots (LWS)

Leverages existing Protection Domain-based

workflows

Benefits

Minimal data loss in case of disaster

Highly granular restore capabilities.

Extremely simple to setup and failover

Comparable RPO to high end arrays

Simple configuration with time based retention

policy

RTO:

MinutesRPO: 1

Minute

Local Cluster Remote Cluster

S0 S0

LWS

LWSS1

1 MIN

S1

*Adhere sizing requirements

• Enjoy hypervisor choice while using integrated backup and DR

• All the benefits of Nutanix async remote replication technologies

• Automatic migration of configuration and VM conversion

Value Proposition and Benefits

AHV

AHV

Cross-Hypervisor Backup and DR

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• Enable Cloud-based DR with a few clicks

• Automatically migrate apps and data to Xi Cloud

• One-click testing and failover

• Flexible subscription plans

Primary Site

Security Network Security Network

Live VMs

Offline

VMs

Nutanix Metro Availability Cluster

Site 1 Site 2

Site 3

Witness

Overview

Automates failover decisions for Metro

Availability Real-time copies of data

across two datacenters

Provides ‘outside view’ into difference

between a network partition and a remote

site failure

Located in separate failure domain

Benefits

Continuous availability of applications and

data

Avoid Split-Brain scenarios to prevent data

corruption

Operational simplicity with Prism interface

Scalable up to 50 containers/protection

domain

RTO: Near

ZeroRPO: Zero

Nutanix Data Protection, HA and DR

Advanced features

Security

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Husain Ebrahim

Sr. Systems Engineer

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Security-First Design

Security Lifecycle

SegmentationEncryption

Anti-VirusAnti-MalwareFirewall

KeyManagement

Features and

EcosystemStandards and

Certifications

Automated Validation

and Self-healing

Nutanix Data at Rest Encryption Portfolio

Self Encrypting

Drives

Nutanix Nodes

External Key

Manager

Regular Drives

Old Solution (still supported)

With AOS 5.5(Get rid of SEDs)

External Key

Manager

Regular Drives

Nutanix Nodes with

SW Encryption

With AOS 5.8(Get rid of both SEDs

and EKM)

Nutanix Nodes with

SW Encryption &

Native Key Mgmt.

Data at Rest Encryption

KMS

Choose Native Key management

or

Nutanix Ready KMS Providers

KMIP

Flow – Visibility, Security, Automation

TCP:8443

TCP:1575TCP:443

Application

Visualization

Microsegmentatio

n(East-West Firewall)

• APM

• Load Balancer

• vFirewallService Chains

Network

Functions

Advanced features

Automation and Operations Management

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Husain Ebrahim

Sr. Systems Engineer

Virtualization Management

Compute, Storage, Networking, Data Protection Management

Operational Analytics

Prism: Full-Stack Management & Analytics

Cluster Health

Firmware OS Hypervisor Software

Non-Disruptive, Dependency-Aware Upgrades

Full Lifecycle Management| 43

Buy

Deploy

Manage

Troubleshoot

Upgrade

Scale

Scale without Limit

• Add one node at a time

• Automatic redistribution

• 100% linear performance

Easy Deployment

• Quick cluster install

• Auto-discovered nodes

• Simple infra sizing

Simple Management

• Single pane of glass

• No IT expertise required

• Access on any device

Real-time Insights

• Machine Learning engine

• Capacity Planning

• Anomaly detection

One-Click Upgrades

• Nutanix software

• Hypervisor

• Firmware and BIOS

Prism Self-Service

What is it?

• Self-service access to IT resources

• IT sets policies and provides access to

end users such as developers

• Components:1. Admin Portal: Create projects, set policies, assign

users

2. End User Portal: Deploy and monitor applications

Benefits:

• Frictionless service delivery

• Developers empowered to get AWS like

experience

Prism Pro – Advanced operations features

Anomaly detection and

dynamic alerts

VM Efficiency & Right-

sizing

Scheduled Reporting

Multi-Cloud Is The New Normal Today

Enterprise

Applications

Productivity

Workloads

AI, ML & Data

Applications

Burstable

Workloads

Right Cloud for the right workload

Laws of land, laws of physics and laws of

locality

De-risk reliance on single cloud for the

business

Nutanix Confidential – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE

Complexity In Multi-Cloud Brings Many

Challenges

Budgeting

and Planning

Financial

Governance

For Teams

Cost Optimization

Across Clouds

Visibilit

y Across

CloudsCloud

Compliance

Cloud

Resources

Sprawl

Consumption

Cost Control

Tracking

Resources

Fine Grained

Audit

Controls

Spiraling Costs

Beam and Calm: Cloud from Both Sides

Cost Optimization

Security Compliance

Provisioning and Lifecycle

Operations

Self-Service

for End-Users

Multi-Cloud

Governance

Top Down Business Challenges

Bottom-up Operator Challenges

Multi-Cloud Application

Management Calm

Nutanix Era

NUTANIX ERA | CONFIDENTIAL

Multiple Engines

GBs

TBs

Different Sizes

Monitorin

g

Provisionin

g

LCM

Complex Operations

Database Operations Complexities

Lots of Copies

Th

ou

sa

nd

s

Traditional DB Provisioning Process

Specifies

DB Config

Gets

DB

Configure

compute

Allocate

storage

Creates a

Cluster

Setup

Network

Provisions

DB

Protect

DB

Requests

DB

Time 0

NUTANIX ERA | CONFIDENTIAL

• Takes hours, days, or weeks

• Involves multiple teams

• Introduces friction & complex process

• Lowers business agility

• Decreases innovation rate

• Increases time to market

Nutanix Era – DBaaS for the Enterprise Cloud

NUTANIX ERA | CONFIDENTIALNot GA

Roadmap

Volumes Files Buckets

Acropolis - HCI Platform

vSphere AHV

Infrastructure

Services

Storage Services

Virtualization

Recovery, Update - Patching/upgrade

Time-machine

Snap, Clone/Refresh, Backup

Provisioning

Platform

Services

Monitoring

DR

Databases

API CLI GUI

Provisioning Snap, Clone Replication

Nutanix Karbon

Application Evolution

Traditional Applications

User Interface

Business Logic

Data Access Layer

Single Deployable Unit

• Complex code structure to maintain

• Update, modification, and upgrades are

complex operations

• Slow application code update

• Requires build & deployment of a new

version of applications for any code

update

• Long application qualification time

• Decreases business Agility

Microservices

User Interface

Microservice Microservice

• Update, modification, and upgrades are simple operations

• Fast application code update

• Short application qualification time

• Increase business Agility

Microservice

Microservice

T I T L E O F P R E S E N T A T I O N | C O N F I D E N T I A L

Containers are the Key Enabler

Heavyweight

Each VM runs in its own OS

Hardware-level virtualization

Startup time in minutes

Allocates required memory

Fully isolated and hence more secure

Less potable

Lightweight

All containers share the host OS

OS virtualization

Startup time in milliseconds

Requires less memory space

Process-level isolation, possibly less secure

Extremely portable

“By 2020, more than 50% of enterprises will run mission-critical, containerized cloud-native

applications in production, up from less than 5% today.”

Nutanix Karbon

Managed Kubernetes offering for deploying and managing Kubernetes Clusters.

• Production ready multi-cluster Kubernetes management platform.

• Prism user experience for Kubernetes to abstract Kubernetes operational complexities

• Extends upstream Kubernetes capabilities, improving its resilience and security.

• Integrated Storage, Networking, Logging & Monitoring.

One-Click Kubernetes in three basic steps

• Provision a Kubernetes cluster

• Setup the container network

• Setup the storage provider

Frame Desktop and Application Delivery

NX Hardware Platform

Flow Networking

Acropolis Hyperconverged

AHV ESXi Hyper-V Virtualization

Platform and Infrastructure ServicesEra Buckets Files Karbon Volumes

Prism Infrastructure Management

IoTLeap

Xi AWS Azure GCP

Beam Calm Epoch App & Multi-Cloud Management

Xi Cloud Services

Enterprise Cloud with Freedom to Choose

T H E E N T E R P R I S E C L O U D

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Clouds

Demo

Modernize IT with HCI

Secure and automate applications, and consolidate storage

Build an Enterprise Cloud

Multi-Cloud Services for Apps and Data

Nutanix Customer Journey

Unify operations across public and private clouds

Deliver enterprise apps and VDI from any site

E N T E R P R I S E C L O U D | C O N F I D E N T I A L

Hypervisor

Choice

Platform

Choice

Cloud

Choice

Freedom to

Choose

Nutanix AHV

More

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Undisputed Leader| 63

Challengers Leaders

Niche Players Visionaries

Nutanix, 51

VMware, 41

Other, 8

Gartner Magic

Quadrant for HCI,

2018

The Forrester Wave

Hyper-Converged

Infrastructure, 2018

IDC’s Competitive

Landscape of HCI

Software Only, 2018

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Amsterdam

San

Jose

Sydney

Bangalore

Tokyo

Beijing

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Over 100 Countries

24x7x365“Follow the Sun” Support

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<30 min Mission Critical

Support Response Time

7 WW Support Centers

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+90 Net Promoter Score

for > 4 Years

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