A customer wants to validate the Microsoft SQL workload performance for a CRM application before...

To validate the performance of a Microsoft SQL workload for a CRM application, using X-Ray with an OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) Workload is most suitable. OLTP workloads simulate typical transactional database operations which are representative of CRM application usage, providing accurate insights into expected performance on the Nutanix platform.

References:

Nutanix Bible (https://www.nutanixbible.com ), specifically the sections on performance testing tools and methodologies.

Nutanix University: NCS-Core 6.8 Training (https://university.nutanix.com ), detailing how to use X-Ray for specific application testing.