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Enterprise virtualization without the licensing trap

Nutanix AHV delivers the enterprise hypervisor capabilities your team needs — without per-socket fees, forced bundling, or vendor lock-in dictating your renewal cycle.
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Why Hyperconverged

Simplify the stack without sacrificing enterprise capability

Hyperconverged infrastructure converges compute, storage, and virtualization into a single platform managed through one console. The result is less operational overhead, simpler scaling, and a cleaner architecture — without the layered licensing complexity of traditional virtualized environments.

No separate hypervisor license

AHV is included with every Nutanix deployment — it's a capability of the platform, not a separate line item. No per-socket hypervisor fees, no forced software bundles on top of what you're already licensing.

Scale on your terms

Add nodes when you need capacity — compute and storage scale together or independently depending on your deployment model. No forklift upgrades, no complex sizing exercises, no artificial constraints.

One management plane

Prism Central provides a single operational view across clusters, sites, and cloud. Infrastructure management, monitoring, lifecycle operations, and policy enforcement from one interface instead of five.

Platform

What Nutanix AHV delivers

AHV is not a stripped-down hypervisor. It provides the enterprise virtualization features that operations teams depend on — the same capabilities that made VMware the standard, without the commercial model that's now working against you.

Core virtualization

Everything your team expects from an enterprise hypervisor, built into the platform.

  • Live VM migration with zero downtime
  • High availability and automatic failover
  • Snapshots and cloning for data protection
  • GPU passthrough for AI/ML and VDI workloads

Security and microsegmentation

Built-in network security without requiring a separate software-defined networking license.

  • Flow microsegmentation for east-west traffic control
  • Application-centric security policies
  • Security Configuration Management (SCM)
  • STIG and CIS benchmark compliance

Nutanix Move

Automated workload migration from VMware ESXi to AHV with minimal disruption.

  • Automated VM conversion — disk formats, boot config, networking
  • Parallel migrations for faster cutover windows
  • Pre-migration validation and test cutover
  • Rollback capability if issues are detected
VMware to Nutanix Migration Guide

NC2 on AWS

Extend your Nutanix environment into AWS for DR, burst capacity, and hybrid operations.

  • Same Nutanix software running on AWS bare metal
  • Consistent management across on-prem and cloud
  • DR and failover without application refactoring
  • Burst to cloud for seasonal or project-based capacity
Cloud Continuity Guide
Migration Path

From ESXi to AHV — a structured, low-risk transition

VMware migrations are high-stakes infrastructure changes. We treat them as structured programs with validation at every stage, not as weekend projects. The approach is designed to protect production while building confidence incrementally.

1

Discover

Inventory VMware estate, classify workloads by migration readiness, identify dependencies and blockers.

2

Design

Architect the Nutanix target state — cluster sizing, networking, storage, and cloud extension requirements.

3

Migrate

Deploy Nutanix, run Nutanix Move for automated migration with test cutover and validation before go-live.

4

Operate

Transition into Aegis co-managed operations for monitoring, incident response, and lifecycle management.

For workloads not yet ready to leave VMware: AWS EVS provides a cloud landing zone that maintains VMware compatibility while eliminating on-prem licensing costs. No workloads get stranded — every VM has a defined path forward through AHV migration or EVS transition.
Deployment Models

Converged or disaggregated — your architecture, your choice

Nutanix supports both hyperconverged (compute + storage in every node) and disaggregated (separate compute and storage tiers) deployment models. The right choice depends on your workload profile and scaling requirements.

Hyperconverged (HCI)

Compute and storage in every node. Simplest to deploy and scale — add a node, get more of both. Ideal for general-purpose workloads, VDI, and environments where operational simplicity is the priority.

General workloads VDI Branch / ROBO Simplest operations

Disaggregated (compute + external storage)

Nutanix AHV on Cisco UCS compute with Pure Storage FlashArray for external storage. Scale compute and storage independently. Ideal for database-heavy environments, high-performance workloads, and organizations with existing Pure investments.

Databases High-performance Independent scaling Pure Storage + UCS

Ready to evaluate Nutanix AHV for your environment?

We'll assess your VMware estate, workload profile, and migration readiness — then design a target-state architecture and phased transition plan specific to your environment.

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