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Publication Date: 2018-07-05 07:00:00
The Esri Performance Engineering team tests hardware, software and infrastructure platforms and systems to find solutions that work with our software stack but most importantly provide the best user experience possible. Input from customers assists us in finding solutions, testing and evaluating the technology, and in turn publishing information to our users. Nutanix is a software-based platform that allows users to run a virtualized infrastructure, with a variety of hypervisors (VMware-ESXi, Citrix-XenServer, Nutanix-AHV).
What is Nutanix, and how does it work?
See the video for a quick overview.
ArcGIS Pro users expect fast 3-D rendering, execute complex geoprocessing models, and perform speedy network analysis. To meet these demands, GPUs and virtualized GPUs will play a vital role in delivering a fast and responsive user experience. This is giving rise to new hardware, software and infrastructure options from GPUs, server hardware, and virtualized infrastructure.
Based on user interaction and working with the Nutanix team, Esri Performance Engineering tested a NX-3155G-G5 and NX-1065-G4 system with 5 nodes that were equipped with (2) Nvidia M10 GPUs. the hardware was tested using two different hypervisors, first with VMware’s ESXi 6.5, followed by the Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV). Testing focused on usability and rendering quality. The VMs with ArcGIS Pro installed…
