In 2022, OVHcloud partnered with Nutanix (named as Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure) to bring to the market a pair of new Nutanix services.
As a result, either packaged with Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP) licences or with the customer’s own licences (BYOL), we have released the Nutanix on OVHcloud solution, a new scalable and ready-to-use private cloud platform for new or existing Nutanix users.
With multiple global locations, fast delivery, robust, sustainable and Nutanix-qualified hardware built in-house by OVHcloud, these services bring a breath of fresh air to the hybrid multi-cloud market.
To maintain the initial release innovation pace, we’re offering over 30 guides to discover, implement, secure and backup your platform, in partnership with well-known and Nutanix-certified System Integrators. We’ve also introduced scalability and more locations to deploy the Nutanix on OVHcloud hyperconverged platform.
As the next step, we’re pleased to announce that Nutanix on OVHcloud will enlarge its servers range with a new, dedicated and Nutanix-qualified SCALE servers range launch. a new backup service in partnership with HYCU and the OVHcloud’s Key Management Service (KMS) Nutanix Ready certification.
Let’s look at the new dedicated and Nutanix-qualified SCALE servers’ range available on Nutanix on OVHcloud solution.
These mono-socket servers use Intel Xeon Scalable 5th gen processors including limited core numbers (16 cores for Scale-i1, 24 cores for Scale-i2 or 36 cores for Scale-i3 or 32/48/72 threads if you prefer). They also include from 128 GB to 1 TB of memory and either 4 or 6 SSD NVMe PCIe 4.0 drives each (1.92/3.84/7.68 TB capacity).
Most importantly, this range of single socket servers comes at a lower price point.
That’s 72 possible configurations at best price/performance ratio to match limited budgets and smaller company’s needs!
This means you benefit from a highly resilient infrastructure based on an architecture with complete redundancy of electrical circuits, cooling system, network and power supply which offers 99.95% SLA. Discover the perfect solution for easy, fast and cost-effective Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity or Move to Cloud operations by reducing the OPEX bill (and still no egress/ingress fee).
You’ll also get more nodes in your cluster with the same budget as before, which leads to:
• improved load-balancing and redundancy,
• less impact when you need to restart a node during an upgrade,
• better/easier tenant isolation if you wish to share them.
Choosing the 6 SSD NVMe PCIe 4.0 drive configuration gives an optimal core/storage ratio as the new drives can be twice the size of the HGR drives and benefit from better connectivity!
Don’t forget that we also have plenty of storage options if you want more: NAS/HA, Enterprise File Storage, Object Storage and Bare Metal storage servers.
Plus, if all that’s not enough to convince you, these servers use a lot less power!
For example, the new Scale-i3 server has the same number of cores/threads than the HGR-HCI-1 but uses only 2/3 of the power.
So, your sustainability commitments and reports will look even better than before and you’ll improve your bottom line.
This new SCALE servers’ range will be available worldwide (coming soon to the US). Additional locations are being considered based on interest.
They’re also ISO 27701, SOC I and II type 1 and HDS (French healthcare data protection) certified.
Key points to remember:
• Lower price point = easier to migrate to the cloud for smaller needs, up to 50% cheaper vs current HGR-HCI server range (depending on the selected configuration).
• More bandwidth (intra-cluster)
• Better segmentation of workloads
• More granularity for scalability (no big steps in terms of performance and price)
• Easier to set up anti-affinity rules and to spread/isolate workloads
• More resilient, based on an architecture with redundant electrical circuits, cooling system, network and power supply
• Designed for cost-competitive DRaaS (via our Partners) for critical workloads
Discover our Nutanix on OVHcloud servers configuration and prices.
Let’s look at our brand new HYCU for OVHcloud backup service:
OVHcloud and HYCU (named as Visionary in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software Solutions), have partnered to bring you the HYCU R-Cloud Hybrid Cloud Edition licences directly from OVHcloud.
HYCU has a history of smooth integration and high reliability with Nutanix, so it was logical to develop this partnership beyond “compatibility”.
Nutanix on OVHcloud has always been compatible with HYCU (you can see the configuration steps in this 2022 guide) and installation is easy.
Now HYCU for OVHcloud enables you to get your HYCU R-Cloud Hybrid Cloud Edition licences directly from OVHcloud to protect your Nutanix workloads and reduce your infrastructure’s procurement to backup, disaster recovery, and migration activity time. And since you never know when a disaster may happen, any time saved is precious.
Our service is based on the number of Virtual Machines (VMs) you want to backup (from 25 to 500 VMs packs), starting from under €160 (ex VAT) per month for a 25 VMs pack.
Add some budget-friendly, soon-to-be HYCU-certified OVHcloud Object Storage (Standard/High performance /Cold Archive) to accelerate and simplify your data backup and recovery, and you’re ready to go.
In addition to its competitive cost, our Object Storage service offers immutability and replication options to further protect your data and enforce your 3-2-1 backup rules.
Our partners’ ecosystem is also ready to assist you with Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) which combines Nutanix on OVHcloud and HYCU.
Click here for more information about HYCU for OVHcloud.
Finally, OVHcloud’s Key Management Service (KMS) has obtained the Nutanix Ready certification, allowing you to integrate it seamlessly with your Nutanix environments (especially on Nutanix on OVHcloud) and reinforce your platform security by ensuring that encryption practices do not disrupt existing operations and are fully compliant with industry standards.
This allows top-tier protection for your data while streamlining security operations on your journey to hybrid cloud or multi-cloud and addresses use cases such as Data-At-Rest-Encryption for software encryption and SED protection.
Our KMS, available from our Public Cloud product portfolio, empowers you to manage robust encryption keys across all your applications whether hosted in the cloud or on-premises, from one central place, without worrying about redundancy and accessibility.
Located in the datacentre of your choice, compliant with ISO27001 and FIPS 140-3 standards (certification in progress) and offering broad integration capabilities and increased interoperability with Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) standards, OVHcloud KMS brings you a highly accessible KMS without the on-premises hurdles.
With no query fee, a low per-key charge and complete key access management, you get the convenience and reliability of a cloud-hosted KMS that’s accessible from anywhere, and can be used by any application.
Soon you’ll be able to use your own keys to save the headache of reconfiguration of your existing platforms.
Our Nutanix on OVHcloud solution, HYCU for OVHcloud service and OVHcloud KMS offer you everything you need to start or expand in the cloud without sacrificing price, performance or security.
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Technical Marketing Specialist @OVHcloud
About 20 years of experience in HW storage/backup/replication.....