Nutanix Objects 3.0 (Object)

Model number: Objects 3.0
Storage Category: S3 compatible object storage
Drive quantity, size, type: 2 - 400 GB SSDs and 4 – 1TB HDDs per node
Storage configuration: 4-node cluster (each node is 10-core dual CPU, 256GB memory), RF2 (replication factor) used for storage configuration.
Firmware version: 3.0
Connection protocol and speed: 2- 10GbE per node
Additional support: All models and configurations of Nutanix Objects for S3 compatible storage with specifications equivalent or greater than the above.

Nutanix Objects is a software solution that can be deployed on all Nutanix validated hardware. This includes but is not limited to Nutanix NX, HPE DX, Dell XC, Lenovo HX and all other models supported by Nutanix Acropolis Operating System (AOS).

General product family overview:
Nutanix Objects provides a scalable, reliable, cost effective, and performant way to backup, restore, or access large volumes of data. With security at the center point of its design, Objects ensures mitigation against ransomware threats with end-to-end encryption (HTTPS, Data at Rest encryption, Native Key Management), Write Once Read Many (WORM) capabilities, and a scalable notification engine for insightful analytics. All this is delivered via the famed 1-click simplicity of Nutanix Prism interface.

Vendor Settings:

• Additional Storage Settings - Data reduction technologies such as Compression and Erasure Coding can be enabled.
• Vendor recommended per node configuration
  • CPU – 10 Core dual socket system or above.
  • Memory – 128 GB per node or above
  • SSDs – Minimum two SSDs per node are required
  • HDDs – Minimum 4 HDDs per node are required
  • Minimum 3-Nodes per cluster are required
  • 2 x 10GbE ports per node are required
• Array deduplication used in testing – no
• Array compression used in testing – yes
• Versioning on Nutanix Objects - enabled
• Object Lock used - yes