Another feature packed release from Nutanix Objects team.  Objects 3.0 is GA now.

What's new:

This release includes the following new features:

• Introduced ESXi Support for Object Store 

• • You can now deploy Object Stores on ESXi clusters. (ESXi version 6.5 or above)

• Introduced Objects Streaming Replication Feature 

• • You can now replicate objects in a source bucket to a destination bucket with seconds of RPO (Recovery Point Objective) deployed in a different Object Store instance. 

• Added support for Object Lock API Operations 

• • You can now apply object lock policies on individual objects within a bucket using the S3 supported APIs. 

• Veeam Object Immutability Certification

• • Objects 3.0 is in the process of getting certified by Veeam for Object Immutability - this will enable customers to protect their Veeam based backup environments from ransomware attacks. 

• Added support for 350TB deep storage nodes

Useful Links:

• Objects 3.0 Release Notes can be accessed here.
• User Guide can be accessed here.
• Software downloads for Objects (darksite) is here.

I will start detail blog on each of above features soon.

Explore More :           

1. Upgrading Objects to 3.1 release.             

2. Deploying Objects on VMware Platform.    

3. Protection against Ransomware.               

4. Data migration from filesystem to Objects.