A customer asks for a quote for a hybrid cluster to run general purpose VMs and an ERP application. The customer has a vSAN ReadyNode quote already and is looking for a comparable Nutanix solution. They share the following bill of materials: 3 Hosts, 2x E5-2640v4 CPUs , 512GB RAM , 1 x 480GB SSD , 2 x 8TB HDD , 2 x 1GB NIC What are two reasons to avoid sizing to match a competitor’s bill of materials ? (Choose two)

A customer asks for a quote for a hybrid cluster to run general purpose VMs and an ERP application. The customer has a vSAN ReadyNode quote already and is looking for a comparable Nutanix solution. They share the following bill of materials: 3 Hosts, 2x E5-2640v4 CPUs , 512GB RAM , 1 x 480GB SSD , 2 x 8TB HDD , 2 x 1GB NIC What are two reasons to avoid sizing to match a competitor’s bill of materials ? (Choose two)
A . Sizing data from the competition was shared.
B . There is no visibility to the actual customer requirement
C . The assumptions made in the competitor’s sizing cannot be determined.
D . Nutanix Collector is better at capturing the metrics needed

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Answer: B,C