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NDB per cluster (all physical cores) or per VM (all vCPUs)

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Software Options (modified 2026-09-04): "NDB is purchased and licensed on a per core basis and can be applied in two forms: Per cluster or per VM." "Per physical cluster - License all physical cores on a cluster ... NCI Ultimate functionality included." "Per VM - License all vCPUs of virtual machines (VM) managed by NDB ... Requires NCI to be licensed separately." "Purchased licensing can be split across the two modes as needed and also switched from one mode to another at any time." Included NUS for NDB "is capped at 200GiB/core of NDB purchased."
Applies when
Licensing database automation on Nutanix clusters.
Applies to
Nutanix Database Service (NDB).
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