Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Google Cloud
Making Hybrid Cloud Easy for All Workloads
Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) is the public cloud deployment model for the Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP) solution, and it enables the seamless deployment of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) software on Google Cloud. It offers a straightforward path to migrate and modernize apps, augment on-premises capacity with cloud capacity for seasonal needs, or establish Google Cloud as a disaster recovery target for efficient business continuity.
Customers can quickly migrate apps and data across the clouds of their choice and modernize with Nutanix services and cloud-native services. They can also manage their entire infrastructure spanning across datacenters, edge locations, and Google Cloud, as one unified cloud to simplify operations and increase cloud efficiency.
With consistent IT management, processes and procedures across hybrid multicloud environments, NC2 accelerates cloud adoption quicker than other methods, reduces complexity, and lowers your total cost of ownership (TCO).
Key Benefits
- Accelerate Google Cloud adoption with zero-application-change migrations for faster time-to-value.
- Modernize applications with services from Nutanix, such as Kubernetes, database services, and AI, and integrate with native Google Cloud services.
- Increase density and cost efficiency on Google Cloud bare metal, eliminating micro-waste.
- Simplify hybrid cloud with existing Google Cloud accounts and VPCs for integration.
- Flexibly move licenses between on-premises and Google Cloud with Nutanix license portability.
- Access many Google Cloud regions and bare-metal instance types for broad availability.
- Gain multi-tiered DR protection for business-critical applications with integration into Google Cloud.
Product Use Cases
| Cloud Migration & Modernization | Cloud Disaster Recovery | Datacenter Extension |
|---|---|---|
| Migrate apps and data to Google Cloud quicker than other methods with minimal risk. Plus, modernize with Nutanix services and integrate with native Google Cloud services. | Cut the cost and complexity of maintaining on-premises DR sites with a one-click, multi-tiered solution that uses on-demand elasticity to Google Cloud. | Rapidly expand on-demand capacity for geographic expansion, VDI workloads, seasonal workloads, dev/test, mergers and acquisitions, and services integration. |
Capabilities
Hybrid Cloud Management
- Simplify app, data, and security management across clouds with a unified management control plane.
- Move workloads within your hybrid cloud seamlessly without refactoring your applications.
- Utilize existing Google Cloud accounts for streamlined migration and integration between existing apps and Google Cloud services–without complex transformation projects.
- Create multi-tiered disaster recovery (DR) between on-premises and Google Cloud with options for short Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) and fast Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), or leverage Google Cloud storage for apps with longer RTOs.
Infrastructure Intelligence
- Simplify cloud operations and lifecycle management across on-premises, edge, and public cloud.
- Ensure infrastructure resilience against unplanned outages with intelligent rack awareness and auto host remediation, with automatic node recovery during failures.
- Procure clusters in minutes, with build times under 2 hours.
- Achieve enterprise-level application performance, resilience, and data retention with Google Cloud bare metal.
- Networking options provide low-latency access to Google Cloud services, while Nutanix Flow Virtual Networking (FVN) enables seamless cloud-to-cloud migrations, offering integration and flexibility.
Flexibility and Efficiency
- Port flexible Nutanix licenses to the public cloud as needed to meet evolving business needs.
- Move applications between on-premises and NC2 on Google Cloud for flexible workload placement.
| Google Cloud Bare-Metal | Configuration Options |
|---|---|
| .metal Compute Instances | Z3 |
| Processor Cores | 96 physical cores |
| Memory Configurations | 1536 GB |
| Local Storage | 72 TB NVMe SSD |
| Network | Up to 200 Gbps |
Seamless Procurement and Support
NC2 will be widely available across global Google Cloud regions with joint Nutanix and Google Cloud customer support.
Customers will be able to transact Nutanix software via the Google Cloud marketplace and together with Google Cloud bare-metal, leverage cloud spend commitments for a more seamless procurement process. Nutanix customers will be able to seamlessly transfer existing on-premises licenses to NC2 on Google Cloud environments.
Resources and Getting Started
Additional NC2 on Google Cloud resources can be found at the following links:
Learn more about NC2 on Google Cloud
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