Node A physical server contained in a Nutanix block Model Comparison: 2 Node (6000/7000) 4 Node (1000/2000/3000/3050) Each node runs a hypervisor (ESXi/HV/KVM) + Nutanix CVM (Controller VM) Block A set of Nutanix nodes contained in a single enclosure Uniform populated blocks recommended Prevents storage skew Ensures if block fails/maintenance needed, system can run without…
Acropolis Acropolis is a distributed multi-resource manager, orchestration platform and data plane. It is broken down into the following three main components: Distributed Storage Fabric (DSF) This is at the core and birth of the Nutanix platform and expands upon the Nutanix Distributed Filesystem (NDFS). NDFS has now evolved from a distributed system pooling storage…
I have always been a fan of leveraging community resources when studying for certification exams. The VCAP study guides here, and here were invaluable when I was studying for those exams. When I began preparing for the Nutanix NCP, I was a little bummed out when I couldn’t find any community resources like these. I…