NDB Agents handle log backups for database instances, but storing these backups locally can lead to bottlenecks (e.g., disk I/O, storage capacity). To alleviate this, integrating NDB with Nutanix Objects is the recommended solution. Nutanix Objects is an S3-compatible object storage service within the Nutanix ecosystem, ideal for offloading log backups from NDB Agents to a scalable, centralized storage platform. This reduces local storage pressure, improves performance, and ensures strict SLAs for database recovery by leveraging efficient backup retrieval.
Other options are less effective:
A: Integrating with AWS S3 or Azure Blob is possible but requires external connectivity and introduces latency, complexity, and cost compared to Nutanix Objects.
B: Adding NDB Agent VMs increases management overhead and doesn’t address the root storage bottleneck.
D: Increasing RAM/CPU on NDB Agents may help processing but doesn’t solve storage capacity or I/O issues for log backups.
Thus, C is the verified answer, aligning with Nutanix’s integrated ecosystem approach.
Official Nutanix Database Automation References
Nutanix Database Management & Automation (NDMA) course, Module 5: Data Protection and Recovery, Lesson 5.3: Configuring Log Backup Storage.
Nutanix Certified Professional - Database Automation (NCP-DB) v7.5Knowledge Objectives, Section 5: Protect Databases Using NDB, Objective 5.3: Configure Backup Storage Options (applicable to v7.5).
Nutanix NDB Administration Guide: "Integrating NDB with Nutanix Objects for Log Backups" section.
