Can VMware run on Nutanix?

The Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform eliminates the high costs, variable performance, and extensive risk of conventional solutions. Nutanix Enterprise Cloud powered solutions are also certified by VMware and included on the VMware Storage Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for NFS.

Does Nutanix use vSAN?

Nutanix operates in the user space while Virtual SAN (which includes EVO:RAIL, of course) is embedded in the hypervisor kernel. Each design offers unique challenges and choices when designing, deploying and managing hyperconverged systems. VSAN is directly plumbed into the compute cluster.

What is the difference between Nutanix and VMware?

The VMware vSphere and Nutanix AHV hypervisors are two common choices but key differences between them persist. Unlike some other HCIA solutions, Nutanix gives organizations the flexibility to choose which hypervisor they want to run on their HCIA platform. They can choose to run the widely adopted VMware vSphere.

What virtualization does Nutanix use?

For example, Nutanix HCI software supports the most popular hypervisors in the industry—VMware’s ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, and KVM (via Nutanix’s own license-free AHV hypervisor).

What’s the difference between VSAN and Nutanix AOS?

Highlights Nutanix AOS and VMware vSAN are hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) products. VMware vSAN is a software-defined storage system designed to be used with other VMware products, such as vSphere and vCenter, to form a complete HCI system. Nutanix AOS, on the other hand, is sold as a single-pane-of-glass HCI solution.

Is the Nutanix Cloud Platform compatible with vSphere?

The Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform eliminates the high costs, variable performance, and extensive risk of conventional solutions. Nutanix NX-Series appliances are certified by VMware for vSphere and included on the VMware Hardware Compatibility List (HCL).

How does Nutanix increase the performance of a VM?

When adding individual drive/s or node/s with Nutanix, the performance of existing VMs immediately improves due to ADSF having either more drives to send data too AND/OR more Controller VMs (CVMs) to process the workload from the distributed storage fabric.

Are there storage only nodes in VMware VSAN?

VMware doesn’t typically talk about the concept of storage only nodes because (long story short) vSAN can only achieve a fraction of the value Nutanix delivers from their Storage Only nodes.