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Thank you in advance for any advice. I have checked some other threads but I cant really get a concrete answer. I was looking through the hardware recommendations on this page: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Nutanix-Community-Edition-Getting-Started-v2_0:top-sysreqs-ce-r.html and it makes it seem that a CE node requires an HDD.

 

Im envisioning building a three node cluster, each node with the same storage layout, all flash:

Boot device: 1x 250GB SSD

Storage device, hot tier: 2x 2TB SSD

Storage device, cold tier: nothing

 

This would comply with the ‘maximum number of SSD/HDD drives per node is 4’ instruction. I dont want to have any HDDs in the installation. Is the drive layout I presented viable?

 

Cheers!

Answered this here:  https://next.nutanix.com/installation-configuration-23/is-an-hdd-required-for-ce-43389

No HDD required, you just need to identify 3 drives during the installation.

 

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