Nutanix
Reserve Rebuild Capacity – Turn it On or Off?
When deploying a Nutanix cluster and looking into all configuration settings you have probably seen the “Reserve Rebuild Capacity” option. In this blogpost I…
Nutanix
Smart Tiering Nutanix Files to Azure Cool Blob Storage
This blog post outlines the process to configure an Azure Storage Account with cold blob storage integrated with Nutanix Files for smart tiering. It describes how to offload data from the Nutanix cluster, thus freeing up resources, while clarifying that Nutanix Files licenses remain in use.
Nutanix
Nutanix Erasure Coding Example
Erasure Coding in a 4-node Nutanix cluster provided a 25% data reduction in the author's lab by efficiently shrinking 'write-cold' data using storage optimization. Testing with virtual machines.
Nutanix Community Edition
Single Node Cluster with Replication Factor 2
The post describes setting up Replication Factor 2 on a single-node cluster running Community Edition. After installing CE on a VM with specific disk configurations, a new cluster is created with the desired redundancy factor. The post concludes with a positive impression of the results in Prism Element.