Accelerate your cloud strategy using Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS (HYB312)

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Leveraging Cloud Resources with Nutanix and AWS

Overview

  • The speaker discusses how companies can leverage cloud resources, such as services and infrastructure, that may not be available or too costly in their current on-premises environment, while maintaining the applications and infrastructure that are generating value for the company.
  • The presentation is given at AWS re:Invent, where the focus is on AI and new technologies, but the speaker emphasizes that "nothing truly ever dies" - mainframes are still widely used by Fortune 500 companies.
  • The landscape is changing due to mergers and acquisitions, which are pressuring companies to adapt their environments, often requiring the adoption of technologies like Kubernetes.

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on AWS

  • Nutanix software, called Cloud Clusters (NC2), can run on AWS bare metal instances, providing a managed service-like experience.
  • NC2 on AWS offers the following benefits:
    • Flexibility to add, remove, or eliminate NC2 at any time, leveraging Nutanix's strength in day-to-back operations.
    • Native AWS IP addressing for workloads running on Nutanix, allowing easy integration with other AWS services.
    • Optional overlay networking using Nutanix's virtual networking capabilities, providing layer 2 subnet extensions and microsegmentation.

Disaster Recovery (DR) with NC2 on AWS

  • Many companies struggle to meet their IT expectations for DR, often not performing regular testing.
  • NC2 on AWS can help with DR by leveraging EBS storage for replication, allowing you to start with a small number of storage nodes and add more as needed to cover the change rate of your applications.
  • Nutanix provides automation and APIs to help with elastic DR, where you can add additional nodes at failover to cover the required CPU and memory.

Hibernate and Resume for NC2 on AWS

  • Nutanix offers a "hibernate and resume" feature for NC2 on AWS, where you can fully deploy a cluster, configure the networking and security, and then hibernate it to save on bare metal licensing costs.
  • When needed, you can resume the hibernated cluster, and it will be ready to go for the restore process.

Zero Compute for Disaster Recovery

  • Nutanix has introduced a "zero compute" capability in version 7.0, which allows you to use Nutanix's multicloud snapshot technology to send snapshots directly to S3, enabling DR for companies of all sizes.
  • You can then spin up a Nutanix cluster on-demand or send the snapshots back to the on-premises side when needed.

Migrating to Nutanix on AWS

  • For companies looking to move off VMware or consolidate AWS/Azure instances, Nutanix offers a migration tool called "Move" that can migrate thousands of virtual machines to the Nutanix platform.
  • The process involves deploying the Move appliance on the source side, configuring the source and destination details, and then seeding the data behind the scenes before performing a final cutover.

Migrating from VMware Cloud (VMC) to Nutanix on AWS

  • Nutanix provides a process to migrate from VMC to Nutanix on AWS, which involves:
    • Deploying an external Transit Gateway to connect the VMC environment to the Nutanix AWS account.
    • Configuring routing between the two environments.
    • Leveraging Nutanix's "Move" appliance to migrate the data.
  • Nutanix also offers the ability to maintain networking between the on-premises and public cloud environments using its virtual networking capabilities.

Kubernetes and Storage

  • Nutanix has a Kubernetes platform that it acquired from D2iQ, which includes a storage platform (Nutanix Files and Objects) that can provide storage for stateful Kubernetes applications.
  • Nutanix Files can be deployed within AWS without the need for Nutanix infrastructure, enabling use cases like edge video processing with quick data ingestion into AWS.
  • Nutanix also offers a platform for securing Kubernetes and AI deployments called "Enterprise AI".

Nutanix Support and Conclusion

  • Nutanix's support is highly rated, with a 90% NPS score, providing customers with a great experience when they need assistance.
  • Nutanix and AWS can help companies on their journey, whether they are on-premises, in the public cloud, or moving between the two, to get their applications in the right environment when they need to.

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