NUS dedicated mode: one user VM per node; mixed mode needs NCI
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
- Kind
- Virtualization
- Statement
- Software Options (modified 2026-09-04): "Mixed Mode: Applications and storage services run on the same cluster. When running in mixed mode, NCI or NCP licenses are needed in addition to NUS licenses." "Dedicated Mode: ... Only NUS licenses are needed when running in dedicated mode." "When running in dedicated mode, a max of 1 user/application VM is allowed per node in the cluster excluding any system VMs (CVM and FSVMs)."
- Applies when
- Running application VMs on a storage-only NUS cluster.
- Applies to
- Nutanix Unified Storage clusters.
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