Nutanix AHV

New to Nutanix? Here are a few of the core components to get you started.

• Prism - The management console for Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure.

  • Prism Element - The management console for 1 cluster.

  • Prism Central - The management console for multiple clusters.

• AOS (Acropolis Operating System) - The underlying OS for virtualization management.

• AHV (Acropolis Hypervisor) - Nutanix’s hypervisor.

  • AHV is based on KVM and extends its base functionality to include features like HA, live migration, and IP address management.

• AOS Storage - The underlying storage component of Nutanix.

A node is a server with compute and storage resources and a cluster is a grouping of nodes. At Expedient, our standard is a minimum of 3 nodes with a replication factor of 2 in an N+1 configuration.

Looking for more?

We recommend creating an account at my.nutanix.com to access more resources, including Nutanix Software Documentation and Nutanix University

Nutanix University has a course titled Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals (NHCF) Online that we recommend for admins, technicians, or engineers looking to gain more familiar with the platform.

You can also checkout Nutanix in 3 Minutes: A brief overview of Nutanix hybrid multicloud solutions for a quick overview.