The cloud is just someone else's computer! And that computer is a Nutanix cluster. This topic covers all things storage, both virtual and physical, as well has how to manage the physical hardware of nodes that comprise your Nutanix clusters.
Nutanix Prism Storage Screen Overview

The Nutanix Distributed Storage Fabric is one of the core features of the Nutanix Acropolis product suite. Nutanix storage is one of the easiest storage compone...

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Create a Simple Nutanix Storage Container

The Nutanix Storage container is the primary storage construct where you store all virtual machine files, such as vDisks, configuration files, and other metadat...

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Create an Advanced Nutanix Storage Container

The Nutanix Storage container is the primary storage construct where you store all virtual machine files, such as vDisks, configuration files, and other metadat...

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Enable Nutanix Post Process Storage Compression

Nutanix supports post process data compression to be enabled on storage containers (datastores). Post-process compression with Nutanix means the data will run t...

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Enable Inline Compression for a Nutanix Storage Container

Nutanix supports both post-process and inline compression for a storage container. The compression setting can be changed on the fly, including enable or disabl...

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Delete a Nutanix Storage Container

Nutanix allows you to delete storage containers at any time. Deleting a storage container in Nutanix removes all virtual machine, container, and file or object ...

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Enable Caching Tier Dedupe for a Nutanix Storage Container

Nutanix supports deduplication at two different tiers, the cache tier and the capacity tier. Enabling dedupe at the cache tier can greatly improve performance f...

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Enable Capacity Tier Dedupe for a Nutanix Storage Container

Nutanix supports deduplication at two different tiers, the cache tier and the capacity tier. Enabling dedupe at the capacity tier can greatly improve the effect...

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Add New vDisk to a Nutanix VM

If you want more speed, more storage, or just want to separate your data the best thing to do is add more virtual hard drives to your Nutanix VM. The virtual ha...

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Expand an existing vDisk for a Nutanix VM

Nutanix virtual disks can be expanded past their creation sizes when the need arises. Expanding a vDisk on a Nutanix VM can also be done when a VM is running, w...

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Configure Maximum Size for a Nutanix Storage Container

The Nutanix Distributed Storage Fabric will automatically create storage containers with their max size as the same as the total storage available to the cluste...

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Configure a Nutanix Storage Container Space Reservation

A space reservation on a Nutanix storage container reserves space exclusively for the selected storage container. The storage amount supplied in the space reser...

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Disable Nutanix Storage Compression

Nutanix compression can be disable on a storage container at any time. The Nutanix Distributed Storage Fabric can have inline or post-process compression, which...

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