Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Microsoft Azure
A Simpler, Faster and More Cost-Effective Hybrid Cloud for Microsoft Azure
Simplify your hybrid cloud with Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Azure to easily run apps, data and AI workloads across on-premises, at edge locations, and in Microsoft Azure.
Customers can accelerate cloud adoption by seamlessly migrating applications quickly without refactoring and eliminating lengthy hardware delays, while modernizing with Nutanix AI, Kubernetes, and database services and native Azure services.
While leveraging the same Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure software, organizations get consistent IT management, processes and procedures across the entire hybrid cloud for reduced complexity and lower total cost of ownership.
Mitigate the Risk of Hardware Delay
The global supply chain for IT infrastructure is currently under severe strain, which is leading to downstream price pressure and long lead times, restricting access to critical components. For organizations navigating the delay of hardware, this moment requires a deliberate strategy. Nutanix offers a comprehensive platform that delivers resilience through hybrid cloud agility. With Nutanix Cloud Clusters, you get immediate capacity on Microsoft Azure, your projects stay on track, and your IT strategy maintains flexibility - regardless of volatile market conditions.
We want to leverage the cloud to build for the future, and also to help us from a disaster recovery perspective. A hybrid cloud also gives us flexibility instead of being dependent solely on on-premises solutions.
Product Use Cases
| Migrate and Modernize | Cloud Disaster Recovery | Data Center Extension |
|---|---|---|
| Seamlessly deploy and migrate apps and data to Azure quickly without app refactoring or lengthy hardware delays. Flexibly modernize with Nutanix AI Kubernetes, and database services, and integrate with native Azure cloud services. | Use Azure regions as a secondary site for business continuity and disaster recovery preparedness. Benefit from global availability and geographic expansion of your disaster recovery solution without owning or managing a secondary datacenter yet recover in minutes if a disaster failover event occurs. | Eliminate wasteful on-premises resource requirements for geographic expansion, end-user computing, seasonal apps, and dev/test environments with Azure bare-metal nodes on-demand. Rapidly spin-up apps when required, then shrink down when they’re not. |
Capabilities
Hybrid Cloud Management
- Simplify app, data and security management across clouds with a unified management control plane to manage, move and secure apps and data across clouds.
- Seamlessly move workloads across on-premises and NC2 on Azure quickly for flexible workload placement without re-architecting or refactoring.
- Utilize existing Azure accounts for streamlined migration and integration between apps and Azure services without the need for complex network or security constructs between Azure accounts.
- Scale elastic disaster recovery to the cloud when you need it and reduce cloud costs.
- Migrate workloads seamlessly from on-premise or Azure VMware Solution (AVS) with Nutanix Move.
Infrastructure Intelligence
- Simplify cloud operations and lifecycle management across on-premises, edge and public cloud.
- Procure clusters in minutes via the Azure marketplace and with build times in a few hours.
- Achieve enterprise-level application performance, resilience and data retention with Microsoft Azure bare metal.
- Experience seamless deployment of on-premises and edge environment applications into Microsoft Azure without disruptions.
Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure
Flexibility and Efficiency
- Port flexible Nutanix licenses between on-premises and NC2 on Azure environments.
- Use Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) for cost visibility and governance across on-premises, native cloud and NC2 on Azure.
- Leverage a migration optimization assessment that can help customers uncover and address the hidden costs of software licensing in cloud migrations, delivering valuable insights while keeping costs under control.
- Choose from several bare-metal instance types that offer varied CPUs, memory and storage availability.
| Azure Model | AN36 | AN36P | AN64 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Platform | Dual Intel Skylake | Dual Intel Cascade Lake | Dual Intel Sapphire Rapids |
| Processor Cores | 18 Cores (per CPU socket) | 18 Cores (per CPU socket) | 32 Cores (per CPU socket) |
| Maximum Memory | 576 GB | 768 GB | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | NVMe and SSD | NVMe and Intel Optane | Local NVMe |
| Maximum Storage Capacity | 18.56 TB | 20.7 TB | 38 TB |
Seamless Procurement and Support
NC2 on Azure is available in these regions and with joint customer support. Customers get immediate capacity in the cloud without delay or refactoring for a low-risk, accelerated move to the cloud.
Azure users can subscribe via the Azure marketplace using their MACC for Nutanix software and Azure nodes. Nutanix customers can seamlessly transfer licenses to Azure across on-premises, edge and public cloud environments.
Resources and Getting Started
Additional resources about NC2 on Azure are available at the links below.
- Learn more about NC2 on Azure at www.nutanix.com/nc2onazure
- Experience NC2 on Azure with a complimentary test drive at www.nutanix.com/azuretd
- Start a 30-day free trial of NC2 with Microsoft Azure at https://www.nutanix.com/products/nutanix-cloud-clusters/azure/free-trial