LLM Model Selection and Inference Benchmarking on Nutanix Cloud Platform

Summary Large Language Models (LLMs) based on the transformer architecture (for example, GPT, T5, and BERT) have achieved state-of-the-art (SOTA) results in various Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks such as multi-language understanding (GPT-4 achieving MMLU score of 86.4), logical interpretations (PaLM-2-L achieving BBH score of 65.7), multi-step mathematical reasoning (GPT-4 achieving GSM8K of 92.0), reading …

Build Private LLM Apps on Nutanix Cloud Platform

Summary  Large Language Models (LLMs) based on the transformer architecture (for example, GPT, T5, and BERT), have achieved state-of-the-art (SOTA) results in various Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks, especially for text generation and conversational bots. The real benefits of LLMs can be tapped only when they can be translated into applications which generate end-user values. …

Journey to the Hybrid Cloud with Nutanix and Intel®

Rapid Application Development When the pandemic hit in early 2020, here at Nutanix we were in the midst of developing an application to allow customers to try out our products and services quickly, through just a web browser and an internet connection. This became even more critical once the world effectively shut down and in-person …

Getting Started with Nutanix X-Play

Introduction Nutanix X-Play (pronounced CrossPlay) is a simple low-code, no-code automation tool built into Nutanix Prism that allows you to automate routine tasks, by defining a trigger and a set of actions that should be carried out when the trigger is fired. If you are familiar with IFTTT, it’s essentially what X-Play is, but for …

Code sample: Collecting cluster-wide VM performance data with Python

When discussing automation tasks with customers, one of the common questions is “How do I collect performance statistics for my VMs?” In today’s quick article we’ll introduce a brand new complete code sample by Laura Jordana, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer at Nutanix, that does exactly that. The requirements for Laura’s script were relatively simple: Shown …

Calm Cookbook – Recipe #1 – Blueprint Import

Written by Laura Jordana, Technical Marketing Engineer at Nutanix While working on a recent project, I came across a need to automate certain operations in Calm. One of these operations was to automate the import/upload of a blueprint within Calm. Of course, we can easily do this in Prism by clicking on Blueprints > Upload …