Nutanix v4 API Code Sample Update: February 2024

In our most recent article, Nutanix v4 API Update: January 2024, we covered the latest features and improvements made available in Nutanix Prism Central™ pc2023.3 and AOS™ 6.7. Along with that article a number of code samples were updated and published to the NutanixDev GitHub; today’s article outlines the new code samples now available and …

Running Windows Containers on OpenShift and Nutanix

Understanding Windows Containers There is increased interest in Microsoft Windows® containers due to the Kubernetes® container orchestration system becoming the go-to technology for container workload orchestration. The prospect of managing both Linux® and Windows workloads within a single system, such as Kubernetes, is an appealing one, especially for organizations with existing investments in Windows applications. …

Nutanix v4 API Update: January 2024

In 2023, Nutanix® released Prism Central™ version pc.2023.3 and AOS™ 6.7. This release marks an important milestone in the Nutanix v4 API release journey and includes a number of important updates. Today’s article will summarise the new Nutanix v4 API features available in Prism Central pc.2023.3 and AOS 6.7. Note: The latest version of Prism …

Running NVIDIA® Triton Inference Server on Nutanix

Introduction In September 2023, Nutanix announced certification of the Nutanix AHV® hypervisor for NVIDIA® AI Enterprise 4.0 suite. NVIDIA AI Enterprise is a suite of enterprise-grade AI software for accelerating AI initiatives. In this blog post, we’re going to set up one of the components of the software stack – the Triton™ Inference Server. Triton …

OpenShift on Nutanix Disconnected Installation

Exploring the Secured Realm In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, one concept that stands as a fortress against potential threats is the air-gapped environment. An air-gapped system operates in splendid isolation from the vast expanse of the internet, intentionally cut off from external networks to enhance security and protect sensitive information. Financial institutions, especially those …

Reducing consumption and improving sustainability: Part 2, Take only what you need

It’s become pretty much standard IT practice to “over provision” resources for many reasons, such as redundancy and projected (and unexpected) increased demands (growth). Or maybe just because it’s easier to buy a lot more stuff than you expect to need rather than spend time accurately gathering requirements and reviewing sizing options, especially when demand …

RLHF on Nutanix Cloud Platform

Introduction  The goal of this article is to show how customers can use a reinforcement learning on human feedback (RLHF) workflow to finetune a large language model (LLM)  from scratch using open source Python® libraries on the Nutanix Cloud Platform™ (NCP) HCI solution. RLHF is increasingly being used over vanilla supervised finetuning or instruction tuning …

Deliver Enterprise-grade Edge AI/ML with Nutanix

Context In the past, the Hyperscalers have always been positioned as the default/ “you can’t go wrong” deployment zone for AI/ML workloads. But this is not true for many use-cases, see Why AI and machine learning are drifting away from the cloud.  Real-world examples from many ISVs and customers tell a different story with multiple …

Persistent VDI Migration with Citrix DaaS

Many Nutanix customers deploy persistent workloads on Nutanix® infrastructure. These workloads may be Windows ® Client (Windows 10 or Windows 11) desktops, or they could be custom-built Windows Server (2019, 2022 etc) based Operating Systems.  Regardless of how a workload is built (note that we are not talking about MCS in this article), integrating it …

Persistent VDI Migration with Citrix VAD

Many Nutanix customers deploy persistent workloads on Nutanix® infrastructure. These workloads may be Windows ® Client (Windows 10 or Windows 11) desktops, or they could be custom-built Windows Server (2019, 2022 etc) based Operating Systems. Regardless of how a workload is built (note that we are not talking about MCS in this article), integrating it …