Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure
Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure is a solution that enables organizations to deploy and manage Nutanix clusters on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. This solution provides a seamless way to extend your on-premises infrastructure to Azure, allowing you to run your virtualized workloads in a hybrid cloud environment. Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure provides a unified management experience across your on-premises and cloud environments, allowing you to manage all your workloads and applications from a single pane of glass.
The Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure solution is built on the same foundation as the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS, providing a highly scalable and resilient platform for running your virtualized workloads. The solution leverages Azure services allowing you to easily integrate your Nutanix clusters with your Azure resources.
One of the key benefits of Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure is the ability to automate the deployment and management of your Nutanix clusters. The solution uses Nutanix Calm, a powerful automation and orchestration tool, to automate the deployment and lifecycle management of your Nutanix clusters. This allows you to quickly and easily deploy new clusters, scale them up or down, and perform rolling upgrades with minimal downtime.
In addition to automation, Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure also provides advanced networking capabilities, including support for multiple virtual networks, advanced network security, and integration with Azure ExpressRoute. This allows you to create highly secure and isolated networks for your workloads and applications, while also leveraging the high-speed, low-latency connectivity of Azure ExpressRoute.
Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure also provides advanced storage capabilities, leveraging Nutanix's highly scalable and resilient storage fabric. This allows you to easily manage your storage resources across your on-premises and cloud environments, with features such as data deduplication, compression, and tiering to optimize performance and cost.
To illustrate how Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure works in practice, let's consider an example scenario. Suppose you have an on-premises Nutanix cluster running your virtualized workloads, and you want to extend your infrastructure to Azure for additional capacity and resilience. Using Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure, you can quickly and easily deploy a new Nutanix cluster on Azure, using Nutanix Calm to automate the deployment and configuration. You can then create a virtual network in Azure and connect it to your on-premises network using Azure ExpressRoute. This allows you to seamlessly extend your on-premises network to Azure, with secure and high-speed connectivity.
With Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure, you can manage your on-premises and cloud infrastructure from a single pane of glass, using Nutanix Prism Central to monitor and manage your Nutanix clusters across your entire hybrid cloud environment. This provides a seamless and unified experience for managing your workloads and applications, regardless of where they are running.
In conclusion, Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure is a powerful solution for organizations looking to extend their on-premises infrastructure to the cloud. With Nutanix's advanced automation, networking, and storage capabilities, and integration with Azure services, Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure provides a highly scalable and resilient platform for running your virtualized workloads in a hybrid cloud environment.