This article compares VMware and Nutanix for enterprise virtualization, outlining why companies consider leaving VMware after Broadcom’s acquisition and detailing Nutanix’s architectural, management, scalability, cost, automation, and hybrid‑cloud advantages in order to help decision‑makers evaluate migration options.
This guide explains the fundamentals of hyper‑converged infrastructure, compares it with traditional three‑tier architectures, and provides detailed hardware recommendations, preparation steps, and step‑by‑step commands for installing and configuring a Nutanix CE community edition single‑node (or multi‑node) AHV/KVM cluster.
The article explains how Nutanix's hyper‑converged infrastructure combines general‑purpose servers, local storage, and intelligent software to replace traditional siloed data‑center components, offering scalable, fault‑tolerant, and cloud‑like performance for enterprise IT environments.
The article examines Nutanix’s evolution from hardware‑centric sales to a subscription‑based model, detailing its financial performance, market share, strategic partnerships with Microsoft and AWS, expansion into enterprise cloud services, and its growing presence in the financial sector, while highlighting broader industry trends toward hybrid cloud and hyper‑convergence.
This step‑by‑step guide shows how to install Nutanix's Docker Volume Plug‑in (DVP), configure iSCSI connectivity, create persistent volumes in Docker Swarm, deploy Docker Datacenter components, and run an ownCloud service backed by Nutanix storage.
This article explains the concepts of hyper‑converged infrastructure, details Nutanix hardware and software architecture, shows how it supports Docker containers, and provides a complete step‑by‑step deployment guide—including host creation, block device allocation, DCE installation, application publishing, and status verification—using practical commands and diagrams.
The article provides a comprehensive overview of converged and hyper‑converged infrastructure, discusses typical use cases such as VDI and database acceleration, compares major vendor solutions, and details Nutanix’s product lines, architecture, performance considerations, cloud integration, and micro‑service capabilities.
The article explains Nutanix’s hyper‑converged architecture, detailing its storage‑control virtual machine, distributed metadata services, data tiering with FlashStore and DiskStore, support for multiple hypervisors, and advanced features such as snapshots, compression, and real‑time vDisk migration.
