Core
Catalog row in Vendor License Metrics · Cited
- Unit
- Core
- Aliases
- per core; physical CPU core; raw CPU cores; capacity-based license (CBL)
- Definition
- "NCI is priced on a per core basis and licensing must cover the entire number of cores for full capacity of the cluster being licensed." (NCI datasheet.) "NCI licenses are purchased and applied on the number of physical CPU cores capacity in your deployment." (Software Options.) The License and Services Agreement lists "the number of raw CPU cores" among Usage Capacity metrics (§1.24).
- Counting rules
- License all physical CPU cores of every node in the licensed cluster. Capacity-based licenses "are based on the core count and flash TiB count within your cluster configuration. The quantity of nodes in your environment does not impact these licenses." (License Manager Guide.) Edition is set per cluster; mixed licensing defaults to the lowest tier (NCI datasheet).
- Floors / minimums
- No per-processor or per-node core minimum is stated in the retrieved documents. Term 6–60 months for NCI and NCM (NCI-C and NCI-D: 12–60 months).
- Applies to products
- Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
- NCI-C
- NCI-D
- Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM)
- Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP)
- Nutanix Database Service (NDB, per cluster)
- NKP Full Stack
- Applies to editions
- Starter
- Pro
- Ultimate
- Related metrics
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