ThinkAgile Portfolio

Technical Overview
for Solution Architects
Bhavin Shah, Technical Product Marketing Manager, SDI
1/12/2021
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Agenda

• IT Architectural Trends
• ThinkAgile HCI & Cloud Platform Positioning
• ThinkAgile for Hybrid & Edge IT Operations
• HCI Platform Architectural Overview (HX, VX, MX)
• Cloud Platform Architectural Overview (SXM, CP)
• Cloud Solutions with ThinkAgile (BYO & Turnkey)
• Container Solutions with ThinkAgile
• Data Protection Solutions with ThinkAgile

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IT Architectural Trends
The Evolution of IT Operations

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 Evolution of IT Operations

Open Client / Server Converged Hyper-converged

Mainframe Cloud
Systems Server Virtualization Infrastructure Infrastructure

Centralized Distributed Standardized Service-oriented

but but but but
Cost-prohibitive Inefficient Rigid Localized

De-centralized Consolidated Simplified

but but but
Silo’ed Complex Constrained

Software-defined

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 Digital Evolution of Business Operations
Dynamic Requirements driven by the Data Economy

Customer Profiling Demand Predictive

& Forecasting Distribution
Targeted & &
Advertising On-Demand Supplier Integration Active Capacity Real-time Tracking
Consumption Management
& &
Adaptive Pricing Adaptive Delivery

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The Next Evolution: Edge to Cloud
Hybrid Cloud
Hybrid Cloud
Multi-cloud
Multi-cloud

Cloud
Cloud
Data Center Hyper-converged
Infrastructure Infrastructure
Data Center Hyper-converged
Infrastructure Infrastructure Core IT Operations
Core IT Operations

Data Flow
Data Flow

Distributed Edge IT Operations

IoT Operations 6
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ThinkAgile
for Core IT Operations

HCI & Cloud Platforms

Solving Related yet Unique Customer Challenges

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Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI)
A form of SDI that combines Both compute and storage virtualization is delivered
from every node in a cluster.
compute and storage virtualization
into a single integrated system Starting with just a few nodes, users can easily scale
out compute and storage capacity as a single building
block.
Traditional Hyper-converged
Compute Infrastructure Why Hyper-converged Infrastructure?
Virtualization (HCI) • As an integrated system, all updates can be applied
across hardware and both server and storage
virtualization software (e.g. one click upgrade)
• Easy to grow – add nodes to expand both compute
and storage capacity together.
• No need to manage a separate storage system and
SAN. HCI embeds software-defined storage, and
both virtualization and storage are integrated into the
Shared SAN Integrated SDS same management experience.
Storage
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 Cloud
A form of SDI that fully integrates and automates pooled compute,
network, and storage resources to deliver IT-as-a-Service

Cloud is an IT
Delivery & Consumption Model
Hybrid Cloud to provide infrastructure resources, applications
and services
on-demand or by subscription.

Hybrid Why Cloud?

Public Private
Seamless
Consumers Share Integration Consumers • No infrastructure to own or manage
Community Resources Across Control Dedicated • Application marketplace allows faster
through the Provider’s Unique Cloud Resources
deployment of software & services.
tenancy controls Environments
• As-a-Service utility
Examples:Examples: Examples:
Azure Stack,
AWS, Azure, ThinkAgile CP, – Get IT resources when you need them
VMware Cloud on AWS
Google IBM Cloud Private – Pay for what you use

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Infrastructure Foundations for Cloud
 Broad Network Access
 On-demand, Automated Self-service
 Multi-tenant Resource Pooling
Essential
Characteristics  Multi-tenant Automated Resource Metering,
Monitoring, and Usage Controls
of Cloud
 Elastic, Automated Provisioning & Scaling

Infrastructure alone does not deliver Cloud IT-as-a-Service

ITaaS operations must be designed, developed and integrated using additional tools, automation, and facilities.

Traditional Infrastructure Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI) Composable Infrastructure

• Independently scale dedicated  Simpler to scale server & storage  Independently scale and flexibly pool
infrastructure virtualization in combined infrastructure shared infrastructure
• More complex to integrate and building blocks  Automatically assemble infrastructure
manage disparate technologies  Reduced complexity to manage resources to suit workload requirements 10

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“Modernize, Simplify, Transform”
What does this mean to the customer?

DME
O&M Development,
OPERATIONS &
MAINTENANCE Modernization
& Enhancements

Traditional IT operations typically

Leaving precious little time
struggle with
for IT innovation.
75-95% New projects & initiatives for
Operations & Maintenance
Development, Modernization
overhead due to hands-on & Enhancements
complexity, break/fix/update, and
that grow the business
process bottlenecks
which IT supports.
(a.k.a. “Keeping the Lights On”) Customer
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Goal
LISTEN: Customer Alignment & Goals
• Technology-focused • Service-focused
• Hands-on Operations • Self-service Operations
• Leverage existing • Minimize specialized skills
DME and maintenance
investments & skills

HCI  Improve
operational
O&M  Maximize
operational
Cloud
throughput
throughput
Modernize DME DME Transform
 Reduce
 Eliminate
& Simplify processDME
process Operations
overhead
Existing IT O&M ODME
&M
overhead to Deliver
 Reduce
Administration administrative
 Streamline IT-as-a-Service
administration
incremental
complexity paradigm
shift shift

Customer motivations can lie anywhere along this continuum

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Build a Cloud, or go Turnkey? Digging deeper…
• Technology-focused • Service-focused
• Leverage existing • Minimize specialized skills
investments & skills and maintenance

DIY Cloud Turnkey

from HCI Cloud
Custom Fast, Easy
Build Ready for
to Suit Business!

Customer motivations can lie anywhere along this continuum

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ThinkAgile Integrated Software-defined Infrastructure
Agile, Simple, and Transformational

Turnkey Cloud
Systems Foundations for Customized
Cloud
Integrated
ThinkAgile
Appliances
SXM
ThinkAgile ThinkAgile ThinkAgile
VX HX MX Appliance
Certified ThinkAgile ThinkAgile ThinkAgile Appliance Appliance
Hardware VX HX MX
Certified Node Certified Node Certified Node

HCI-ready HCI Turnkey Cloud

Lifecycle Grow &

Deployment Support
Services Management Upgrade

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ThinkAgile
for Hybrid & Edge IT Operations

Hybrid IT solutions for any operating model or ecosystem

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Hybrid Cloud & Edge with Public Cloud Providers
On-Premise Hybrid Cloud & IoT Edge Operations

Public
Data
Cloud
Center

GKE Anthos

Outposts &
Snowball Edge

Azure IoT
with validated OEMs

AWS-managed
Edge
infrastructure

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Cloud & Edge with ThinkAgile HX
Nutanix-based HCI Foundation for On-premise, Private Cloud, Multi-Cloud & IoT Edge Operations

Data Customized Private & Multi-Cloud Public

Center with Nutanix Calm, Flow, Beam
& Prism Central
Cloud

hosting
(integrated DR)

Edge

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Cloud & Edge with ThinkAgile VX
VMware-based HCI Foundation for On-premise, Private Cloud, Multi-Cloud, Hybrid Cloud
& IoT Edge Operations

Data Public
Customized Private & Multi-Cloud
Center with VMware SDDC Cloud
& vRealize Suite

• VMware Cloud hosting

SDDC-based Hybrid Cloud
on AWS, GCP, Azure
• GKE Anthos with GCP
IoT
Pulse & LIOTA

VMC Partners
Edge begin hosting Pulse
late 2019

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Cloud & Edge with ThinkAgile MX & SXM
Microsoft-based HCI Foundation & Turnkey Cloud for On-premise, Private Cloud, Multi-Cloud,
Hybrid Cloud & IoT Edge Operations

Data • SXM Azure Stack Hub Turnkey Private Cloud Public

(in disconnected mode)
Center Cloud
• MX Azure Stack HCI for Customized
Private & Multi-Cloud with
System Center Suite

• SXM Azure Stack Hub Turnkey

Hybrid Cloud with Azure Public
• MX Hybrid IT Services with Azure Public

Azure IoT
Hub, Edge, Sphere
Edge

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Cloud & Edge with ThinkAgile CP
A Roadmap to Effectively Compete & Differentiate in Private, Multi-Cloud, Hybrid Cloud
& IoT Edge Operations

Data  Turnkey, Composable Private Cloud Public

Center + Multi-Cloud Integration & Turnkey Operations Cloud
+ Turnkey Hybrid Cloud Containers
+ Turnkey Hybrid IT Services

+ Edge Form Factors

+ Turnkey Edge Manageability
+ Turnkey IoT/Edge Services

Edge

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DCG Hybrid IT for Data Center, Cloud & Edge
Providing Differentiated Customer Choice and Ecosystem Enablement

Cross-Platform Operational Intelligence

Customized to Turnkey
Data Private, Multi-Cloud, Public
Center and Hybrid Cloud Cloud

Integrated
Hybrid IT
Operations

Multi-platform
IoT / Edge
Edge Ecosystem
Enablement

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ThinkAgile
HCI Platforms
Architectural Overview

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HCI Platform Similarities
ThinkAgile VX, HX, MX
Same Value Proposition: Reduce IT operational overhead and simplify administration by consolidating and ThinkAgile ThinkAgile ThinkAgile
automating pre-integrated virtualization & storage infrastructure VX HX MX

Hardware platform abstraction ✔ ✔ ✔

Pre-integrated compute & storage infrastructure administration ✔ ✔ ✔
Compute
• VM Templates ✔ ✔ ✔
• Native hypervisor administration (e.g. vCenter, Prism, System Center)
Networking
• Integrated virtual networking
• L2 segmentation ✔ ✔ ✔
• DHCP, firewall services, Micro-segmentation (VX & HX require additional licensing & configuration)
Storage
• Clustered RAIN architecture
• All-flash & Hybrid (cache + capacity) configurations ✔ ✔ ✔
• Replication
• De-duplication, Encryption, Compression
Support Mixed Workloads ✔ ✔ ✔
Manually-administered logical / virtual workload isolation ✔ ✔ ✔
Simple RBAC for cluster-wide operations (not multi-tenant) ✔ ✔ ✔
Simple Self-service (all platforms require additional licensing & configuration) ✔ ✔ ✔

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HCI Platform Differences
ThinkAgile VX, HX, MX
Hypervisor Support
Infrastructure
Management
Supported Cluster Node
Composition
Solution Certifications
Application Blueprint
Support
Networking Services
Storage Features
Security Standards
Compliance
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ThinkAgile VX ThinkAgile HX ThinkAgile MX
ESX ESX, Hyper-V, AHV Hyper-V
• VMware vCenter • Windows Admin Center
• Prism Element/Central
• XClarity Integrator plugin • XClarity Extension
Heterogeneous and Storage-only nodes in
Homogenous nodes in Cluster Homogenous nodes in Cluster
Cluster
• Intel Select configurations (coming
• Intel Select configurations Intel Select configurations
soon)
• SAP HANA
− DB size: 12TB/24TB on 2/4/8 - socket systems • SAP HANA on AHV
− DB size 4.5 TB on 2/4-socket systems
vRealize Automation CALM System Center Service Manager
(requires additional licensing & configuration) (requires additional licensing & configuration) (requires additional licensing & configuration)
NSX (requires additional licensing & configuration) Included:
Flow (requires additional licensing and configuration)
• DHCP, VM firewalls, NAT • DHCP, VM firewalls, NAT, LB, Routing
• DHCP, VM firewalls
• LB/ADC, VPN (SSL/S2S), Routing • VPN (SSL/S2S), 3rd-party NFV
• Max (limit) IOPs control • Min (reserved) & Max (limit) IOPs controls
No IOPs controls
• 3rd-party SAN/NAS support • Discrete storage-only cluster support
• FIPS 140-2
• Common Criteria • FIPS 140-2 using Bitlocker
• FIPS 140-2
• TAA • HIPAA
• Common Criteria
• Suite B
• 508
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HCI Platform Storage Architectures
CVM CVM CVM

Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor

VSAN VSAN VSAN S2D S2D S2D

ThinkAgile VX ThinkAgile HX ThinkAgile MX

Storage • vSAN runs natively in the vSphere kernel
HCI • Groups together all physical drives into a
Integration single cluster-wide datastore that is used to
store all VM disks (no segregation feature)
Storage Resiliency can be configured at the individual
Policies VM or VMDK level using Storage Policy-Based
Management (SPBM)
Read I/O Served from the cache tier for Hybrid configs
and directly from the capacity tier for All-Flash
Write I/O 1. VM writes to the virtual disk
2. Hypervisor picks it up and calls the vSAN
process in the kernel
3. The vSAN process decides where to place
the data, and forwards it accordingly to
more hosts depending on the “Failures To
Tolerate” (FTT) configuration
VM Data Data does not move or replicate when a VM
Locality migrates between hosts
• CVM running on each Node in the cluster.
• Groups together all physical drives into a
“storage pool” which can then be logically
divided into storage pool “containers” to
store VM disks
Resiliency can be configured at the storage
pool “container” level.
Always served from the cache tier (Hybrid or
All-Flash)
1. VM writes to the virtual disk
2. Hypervisor picks it up and forwards the I/O
to the CVM
3. CVM writes the data to the local node
drives and forwards it accordingly to more
node CVMs depending on the cluster
resiliency configuration
When a VM migrates, source and destination
CVMs coordinate to replicate a local copy of
the data on the destination node
• Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) runs natively
in the Windows Server kernel
• Groups together all physical drives into a
“storage pool” which can then be logically
carved into “volumes” to store VM disks
Resiliency can be configured at the storage
pool “volume” level
Served from the cache tier for Hybrid configs
and directly from the capacity tier for All-Flash
1. VM writes to the virtual disk
2. Hypervisor picks it up and calls the S2D
process in the kernel
3. The S2D process decides where to place
the data, and forwards it accordingly to
more hosts depending on the fault
tolerance configuration
Data does not move or replicate when a VM
migrates between hosts

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HCI Platform 2-node Cluster Options

CVM CVM

Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor

VSAN VSAN S2D S2D

ThinkAgile VX ThinkAgile HX ThinkAgile MX

Witness File Share running outside of cluster
Witness Witness VM running outside of cluster with max Witness VM running outside of cluster with max
(e.g. hosted in Azure, a USB drive attached to the
Requirement 500ms latency 500ms latency
router, etc) with min 5MB and dedicated
# Witnesses One Witness VM required per 64 two-node cluster One Witness VM for up to 50 two-node clusters One Witness File Share per two-node cluster

Resiliency • Nested 2-way Mirror

RF2 (two copies) for Data
FTT=1: Two copies of data - 4 data copies, 25% efficiency
Configuration Storage efficiency: ~50%
RF4 (four copies) for Metadata.
• Nested Mirror-accelerated Parity
Requirement Storage efficiency: ~50%
- 2 data copies + parity, 40% efficiency
Single Node Failure: Single Node Failure: Single Node Failure:
Fault R/W traffic handled by the surviving node R/W traffic handled by the surviving node R/W traffic handled by the surviving node
Tolerance Single Node + Single drive failure on Partner: Single Node + Single drive failure on Partner: Single Node + Single drive failure on Partner: R/W
Downtime Read-only Mode continues on surviving copy of data
Network Direct node attachment + 1GbE mgmt switch 10GbE switches required Direct node attachment + 1GbE mgmt switch
1. 10GbE switches required 1. 25GbE switches required
Cluster
2. Downtime for re-cabling Destructive, must rebuild cluster 2. Downtime for re-cabling
Expansion 3. Add node(s) and vSAN rebalances 3. TBD…

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ThinkAgile
Cloud Solutions
DIY and Turnkey Cloud Platforms

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 Cloud vs HCI platform technical differences
Case study: AWS, CP and HX
Broad Network Access
Essential Characteristics of Cloud
On-demand, Automated
Self-service
Multi-tenant, Automated
Resource Metering,
Monitoring, and
Usage Controls
Multi-tenant Resource
Pooling
Elastic, Automated
Provisioning & Scaling
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Cloud
Ubiquitous Access to SaaS-based
Self-service and Management
Pre-integrated Self-service Consoles,
Catalog, and Marketplace provisioning
to subscribed services
Pre-integrated CloudWatch
multi-tenant metering & monitoring
but no resource usage enforcement
Virtual Private Clouds (VPC)
subscribed to services for
Compute, Storage, Network, etc. to be
automatically consumed by self-service
 Capacity
Managed
by AWS
 Automated
Updates
Cloud
Ubiquitous Access to SaaS-based
Self-service and Management
Pre-integrated Cloud Controller
Self-service Consoles with Multi-tenant
Catalogs and Global Marketplace
provisioning to tenant pools
Pre-integrated Cloud Controller
multi-tenant metering, monitoring and
usage enforcement
Virtual Data Centers (VDC)
assigned pools of
Compute, Storage, Network, etc. to be
automatically consumed by self-service
 Plug & Play
Capacity
Expansion
 Automated
& Managed
Updates
HCI
Localized Self-service and
Management with no External Access
Prism Central Self-service can be
integrated to CALM for publishing
blueprints to project groups with
provisioning to shared cluster
CALM project-level resource quotas
but no provisioning admission controls,
no multi-tenant placement automation,
no multi-tenant metering or monitoring
Manually-administered
VM storage containers and virtual
networks on shared cluster, no
automated consumption by self-service
- Capacity
Managed by
Nutanix admin
- Manual &
partial LCM
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Cloud Solutions with ThinkAgile
DIY and Turnkey
ThinkAgile VX ThinkAgile HX ThinkAgile MX ThinkAgile SXM
Virtualization  Pre-Integrated  Pre-Integrated (AHV)  Pre-Integrated  Pre-Integrated
 VMware Cloud DIY: DIY:
Foundation + Custom + Prism Central + System Center
IaaS Dev + CALM Suite  Pre-Integrated
+ Flow + Custom Dev
+ Custom Dev
 vSAN File Services  ERA DB deployer  Database: SQL, MySQL
 Azure Kubernetes
 vSAN iSCSI Services  Karbon K8S deployer  Web App
PaaS Service on Azure
 VMware Tanzu for  Frame VDI deployer  Functions (serverless)
Stack HCI
Kubernetes + Build Your Own + Build Your Own
DIY:
DIY:
+ vRealize
+ CALM
Multi-Cloud Automation Build Your Own Build Your Own
(for AWS, Azure
(for AWS, Azure
and GCP)
and GCP)
 Hybrid IT using  Nutanix Clusters on
VMware Cloud AWS and Azure
(SDDC) on AWS,  Cloud Connect for  Azure services for
Hybrid IT & GCP, Azure, IBM, etc.  Hybrid Cloud IaaS and
VM/file backup with Backup, AD and
Hybrid Cloud PaaS with Azure
 Hybrid Container AWS & Azure Site Recovery, etc
IaaS using Google  Xi Leap service for
Cloud Anthos AHV DR with Nutanix

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 Hybrid IT & Cloud Solutions with ThinkAgile

Cloud on
AWS,Azure, GCP, IBM, etc.

VMware SDDC Nutanix Xi

Anthos Clusters Services Azure Services Azure Services
(vSphere, NSX, vSAN)

Nutanix Clusters Azure AD Hybrid Cloud

VMware SDDC Hybrid Kubernetes
Xi Leap Hybrid DRaaS Azure Backup IaaS & PaaS
Hybrid IT Container IaaS
Xi Clusters Hybrid IT Azure Site Recovery

VMware SDDC Azure Stack HCI Azure Stack Hub

VMware + GKE Nutanix AHV
(vSphere, NSX, vSAN)

SXM
VX VX HX MX
Azure Stack Hub
VMware Cloud Google Cloud Nutanix Azure Cloud Hybrid Cloud
on AWS, Azure, GCP, IBM, etc. Anthos Nutanix Clusters on AWS Service
with VMware Xi Leap for Hybrid DR Integrations
Xi Clusters for Hybrid IT
VMware/partner-managed
Public Cloud SDDC GCP-managed Turnkey Turnkey Turnkey
+ Customer-managed GKE Platform Hybrid IT Hybrid IT Hybrid Cloud
on-premise SDDC On-premise Services Services with Azure

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Turnkey Cloud Platforms
Architectural Overview

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Turnkey Cloud Platform Characteristics
ThinkAgile SXM, CP

Same Value Proposition: Deliver on-demand, IT-as-a-Service directly to the business stakeholders, removing IT
ThinkAgile
staff from the chores of traditional IT operations and the churn of routine request
SXM
fulfillment & hands-on administration, freeing them to focus on higher-value work.

Pre-integrated, Turnkey delivery ✔

VM Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) ✔

On-demand, Fully-automated Self-service ✔

Multi-tenant RBAC ✔

Multi-tenant Resource Pooling ✔

Automated, Multi-tenant Resource Metering, Monitoring, and Usage Controls ✔

Virtual Networking & Firewalls ✔

Automated Software & Managed Firmware Updates ✔

Application Marketplace ✔
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Turnkey Cloud Platform Characteristics
ThinkAgile SXM, CP
ThinkAgile SXM

• Discrete Cloud Admin and Tenant portals

Management
• Multi-Stack Management

Scaling Matching HCI nodes

Storage • Hybrid: SSD cache tier + HDD capacity tier

Configurations • All-flash: NVMe cache tier + SSD capacity tier

Scaling Limits • 16 nodes for Hybrid or All-flash configuration

Support Single Point of Contact with ThinkAgile Advantage

• Azure-connected mode
Deployment Models
• Disconnected mode (some features impaired or unavailable)

• Consumption-based
Licensing
• Capacity-based

Chargeback Reported per Tenant subscription

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Turnkey Cloud Platform Characteristics …continued
ThinkAgile SXM, CP
ThinkAgile SXM
• Maximum 700 VMs enforced per stamp, regardless of node count
Platform Limits • Bandwidth caps on networking egress
• Hard limits on storage IOPs

• REST APIs
Programmability • Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates
• PowerShell modules

Data Protection Azure Backup service (backup to Azure)

DR Solution Azure Site Recovery service (restore in Azure)

VM Import Import VHDs into local stamp marketplace

Segmentation • Logical resource segmentation

Support • L3 virtual network segmentation

Network Fabric 25GbE (for storage cluster traffic, egress is capped)

• FIPS 140-2
Security Standards • FedRAMP High
Compliance • CSA CCM
• PCI DSS

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Turnkey Cloud Platform: Storage Architecture
ThinkAgile SXM

Storage Uses Storage Spaces Direct as the Storage Virtualization layer

Virtualization

Resiliency Three copies of data (not configurable)

Read I/O • Served from the cache (SSD) tier for Hybrid configurations
• Served directly from the capacity (NVMe) tier for All-Flash
configurations

Write I/O 1. VM writes to the virtual disk

2. Hypervisor picks it up and calls the S2D process in the kernel
3. The S2D process decides where it wants to store the data, and
forwards it accordingly to three hosts to ensure three copies of data

VM Migration Data does not move or replicate when a VM migrates between hosts

Storage Features • Min (reserved) & Max (limit) IOPs controls

• Deduplication, Compression, and Thin-provisioning

Encryption • BitLocker 128-bit AES encryption

• No customer-managed key support

Object Storage Built-In Blob, Table and Queue Storage Support

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Kubernetes Solutions

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Lenovo DCG: Container Solutions
Monitoring & Open Source Open Source Cloud Operation vRealize Azure Azure
Logging Tools Tools Open Source Suite Monitor Monitor

Canonical MAAS Karbon Services Anthos

Cluster Health WAC /
VCF with Tanzu AKS Engine
& LCM Ansible Scripts Ansible Scripts vSphere Tanzu Powershell

Flannel / Calico
Network and Open
Calico NSX-T Flannel Kubenet
Security vSwitch Open vSwitch

CEPH Ntnx Volumes

Container VMware Cloud VMware Cloud
Native Storage Native Storage MS K8S CSI AzS Storage
Storage Gluster NFS Storage

Ubuntu K8s Karbon Services Anthos

Kubernetes
VCF with Tanzu AKS AKS
Solution RH OpenShift RH OpenShift vSphere Tanzu

Ubuntu AOS | AHV

Virtual vSphere and VMware Cloud Azure Stack Hyper-V,
Infrastructure RHEL AOS | vSphere
vSAN Foundation HCI S2D, ARM

Physical ThinkAgile ThinkAgile ThinkAgile ThinkAgile ThinkAgile

ThinkSystem
Infrastructure HX VX VX MX SXM
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ThinkAgile
Data Protection Solutions

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Data Protection for ThinkAgile
Native Capabilities and Partner Integrations
HX
HCI Admin Configuration
Native • Nutanix Mine for Data Protection
Capabilities • AHV local/remote (Async & NearSync)
• Synch replication (all hypervisors)
• Metro Availability failover for ESXi
VX
HCI Admin Configuration
• vSphere Replication (asynch),
vCenter extension
• Stretch Clusters (synch)
MX
HCI Admin Configuration
• Sync/Async included with AzS
HCI stretched Cluster
• Remote with Azure Backup
(asynch) additional service
SXM
Cloud User
Manual Configuration
• Remote with Azure Backup
(asynch), additional service

Partner Agent-based Agentless Cloud

Application
Cloud Windows
Available
Client Hyperviso Client Backup VSS HX VX MX SXM
Integrations Support r Support Support
Integrations
Repository Support
via

• SQL Server
• AWS S3
• AD
• AHV • AWS EC2 • Azure Blob
LEAD • SharePoint
WITH
Veeam Yes • ESXi
• Hyper-V
• AWS RDS
• AWS S3
• Exchange
•
•
IBM Object
other S3-
Yes DCSC ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
• Oracle
compatible
• SAP HANA

• AWS EFS • AWS Glacier

• AHV • AWS RDS • SQL Server • AWS S3
• ESXi • AWS S3 • AD • Azure Storage
• Hyper-V • Azure Blob • SharePoint • GCP Storage
CommVault Yes •
•
Xen
RHEV
• GCP Storage
• GCP DB
• Exchange
• Oracle
• Alibaba Object
• Oracle Cloud
Yes VLS Resell ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Other • oVirt • Alibaba RDS • SAP HANA • IBM Object
• OVM • Oracle Cloud many more... more...
Options more...

• SQL Server
• AHV
• AD • AWS S3
HYCU No
• ESXi
• Hyper-V
• GCP (beta) •
•
Exchange
Oracle
• S3-comp
• Azure Blob
Yes VLS Resell ✔ ✔ − −
(beta)
• SAP HANA

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ThinkAgile

Demo Resources

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ThinkAgile Demo Resources
On DCGSELL

• http://bit.ly/ThinkAgileDemos

• Demos Available:
– Difference between Cloud & Infrastructure Platforms
– ThinkAgile CP Composable Cloud
– ThinkAgile SXM (Azure Stack Hub) Demos
– Running Hybrid IT workloads using ThinkAgile VX with VMware Cloud on AWS
– Multi-Cloud Application Orchestration using ThinkAgile HX and Nutanix CALM
– Google Cloud Anthos with ThinkAgile VX
– And many more….

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