A prospective customer wants to refresh their current on-premises infrastructure that.

To address the customer's concern about meeting storage requirements without significantly increasing the number of ESXi hosts and licenses, the systems engineer should review the capability of positioning storage-only nodes.

Storage-Only Nodes: Nutanix allows the addition of storage-only nodes to a cluster. These nodes contribute additional storage capacity without requiring extra ESXi licenses since they do not run VMs.

Seamless Integration: Storage-only nodes integrate seamlessly into the existing Nutanix cluster, providing additional storage while leveraging the same management interface.

Cost Efficiency: By adding storage-only nodes, the customer can meet their storage requirements without increasing the number of compute nodes and thus avoid additional ESXi licensing costs.

References:

Nutanix Storage Solutions: Detailed explanation of storage-only nodes and their integration.

Nutanix Community Documentation: Examples and best practices for adding storage-only nodes to a cluster.