An administrator migrated a physical MySQL database to a Nutanix cluster.

Nutanix storage architecture uses distributed data paths, where each vDisk represents a distributed logical object. The performance best practices for databases state:

“Multiple vDisks provide parallelism across the Nutanix storage stack, increasing I/O queue depth and distributing operations across multiple CVMs.”

Also, the guidance for Linux-based database workloads specifies:

“Using LVM striping across multiple vDisks increases throughput by merging multiple I/O channels and enhancing parallel read/write operations.”

Thin vs thick provisioning is irrelevant for performance in a Nutanix environment, as both types deliver identical I/O performance due to the metadata-driven storage engine.

Thus, database performance benefits from additional vDisks and striping across them.