Those of you following Nutanix know that the NPX program was announced earlier this month. My wife is well on her way to agreeing that I should make an attempt in 2015 or 2016 (touch wood plus a Louis Vuitton).
Nutanix Platform Expert = VCDX squared?
Nutanix have announced their version of the VCDX, the Nutanix Platform Expert (NPX). From reading the blueprint, it definitely takes Data Center architecture design to the next level.
NPX Summary for the VCDX-aware:
- IMPRESSIVE! – No submission or examination fees
- Must prove mastery of two hypervisors (candidate choices: vSphere, KVM or Hyper-V)
- Must be a Nutanix Platform Professional (NPP)
- Recommend being a Nutanix Support Specialist (NSS) Continue reading Nutanix Platform Expert = VCDX squared?
Monster VM FUD
NEWS FLASH! It blows my mind that in 2015 I am still having conversations where the statement, “My workload is WAY TOO HEAVY for virtualisation” makes an appearance. Any Infrastructure Architect that utters these words should be fired. Monster VMs have been industry accepted for more than 4 years now.
VCDX – My Journey
I deliberately did not write my “VCDX journey” story last year, since there are a plethora of blogs with the same message (read the blueprint, it is about the journey, everything is under NDA, etc.). Instead I started the VCDX Deep-Dive Series to shed an “NDA-compliant” light onto the process and now 12 months later I am posting this unique spin on my “journeyman” story.
NPX Link-O-Rama
The NPX Study Guide Link-O-Rama Resource Page
This is the NPX Study Guide Link-O-Rama for the NPX Certification Program. This collection of links has an “NPX Study Guide focus” regarding education, design, configuration, performance & optimization and troubleshooting.
VCDX – How to Start Your Design
When you start your first architecture design project, it will likely be very organic and unstructured and will focus on physical technology, where you will “add tech, for the sake of coolness”. In the back of your mind, you will have some requirements, but you will not use them to measure success (ie. were my business requirements met and is my design the simplest it can be?). Your supporting documentation will probably be non-existent and you will be lucky to have an implementation plan. This certainly was true for me when I began my VCDX journey.
List of articles in my VCDX Deep-Dive series (more than 70 posts)
So how do you make the leap to “VCDX-level” Architecture Design? Through hard work and a lot of pain and suffering! However, there are some things you can do to make the transformation easier:
#vBrownbag #VCDX series – Art of Infrastructure Design
Last night we had the third vBrownbag VCDX session – titled “The Art of Infrastructure Design” with John Arrasjid and Mark Gabryjelski, Gregg Robertson and myself. The session focused upon the upcoming book, “The Art of Infrastructure Design”, authored by John, Mark and Chris McCain.
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