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different workloads, including SQL Server VMs, into different VMware vSphere
clusters.
Figure 6.47
SQL Server on the Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform.
Although the storage is local to each node, NDFS makes it appear to the hypervisor as
shared storage and therefore integrates with VMware DRS, HA, and fault tolerance. The
combination of SSD and HDD local storage in addition to automated tiering is aimed at
balancing both cost and performance. Also, NDFS data protection techniques remove
some of the performance penalties associated with RAID. The localization of data
allows for performance and quality of service to be provided per host, so noisy VMs
can't greatly impact the performance of their neighbors. This allows for large mixed
workload vSphere clusters that may be more efficient from a capacity and performance
standpoint, while being resilient to failure.
Tip
Nutanix has a “SQL Server Best Practices” white paper and reference
bp.pdf
. For detailed information on the entire Nutanix architecture, see the
