The following diagram shows the high-level logical architecture of an Anthos cluster that is deployed on a PowerFlex cluster in HCI deployment model. The following diagram shows the minimum recommended configuration of four nodes with both the SDC and SDS components installed on all four nodes, therefore sharing the compute and storage resources for workloads. The configuration can be scaled based on specific customer need. This architecture is best suited for small footprint environments and for environments where the compute and storage-capacity requirements are expected to grow linearly.
Figure 5: Anthos Cluster: Dell PowerFlex - HCI deployment