AHV
Webscale virtualization for the enterprise
Nutanix AHV is a modern and secure virtualization platform that powers VMs and containers for applications and cloud-native workloads on-premises and in public clouds.
Hypervisor without the hassle
Streamline legacy applications and extend cloud-native applications with a full-featured modern hypervisor built for the hybrid cloud.
Ease of management
Intuitive tools and automated workflows to simplify day to day administration of VMs and containers.
Full enterprise features
Includes all the advanced enterprise capabilities your business relies on to meet demanding SLAs.
Lower operational costs
Spend less time deploying and managing VMs and containers and benefit from license-free virtualization.
How AHV works
Open source at its core, Nutanix AHV extends advanced virtualization capabilities to modern hybrid cloud environments. It features a distributed systems core designed for the cloud to solve today’s complex enterprise IT challenges.
Nutanix AHV is engineered
for unrivaled ease of use
Optimized consumer-grade UI is easy to learn for admins of all skill levels.
Tight integration with the HCI stack eliminates complexity while ensuring intuitive access to networking and storage functionality like microsegmentation and storage snapshots without integration complexities.
One unified control plane simplifies management and administration.
Nutanix Cloud Manager features one unified control plane and interface to manage virtualization, hyperconverged infrastructure, virtual networking, security, and automation.
Nutanix AHV is seamlessly integrated with the Nutanix Cloud Platform.
AHV is native to the Nutanix stack of advanced technologies, requires no additional installation or integration, and features full-stack management from a single, intuitive UI.
Nutanix Prism simplifies workflows for easier hypervisor and VM management.
Full enterprise-grade virtualization capabilities
Ensure high availability for all workloads
Advanced virtualization features include VM live migration, dynamic scheduling, VM HA, and metro clustering.
Highly optimized utilization and performance
Memory overcommit, VM affinity, vNUMA, automated CPU compatibility, AHV turbo and an optimized storage stack.
Lifecycle management across the entire stack
Cloud infrastructure upgrades with one click. Start with firmware and then automate rolling full-stack upgrades.
White paper: A virtualization solution for the enterprise cloud.
Pre-integrated networking and storage
No additional configuration work is required.
Included in the Nutanix stack, AHV is easily up and running in a cluster deployment with no need to download additional documentation or advanced configurations.
Leverage AHV integration in the Nutanix stack
Nutanix supports multiple hypervisors while AHV enables microsegmentation, optimized storage paths, easy-to-manage virtual networking, and other native capabilities.
Everything you need to power your cloud
Hybrid cloud on your terms
Scale up and back with fast, just-in-time provisioning and move workloads quickly with minimal risk and bidirectional portability – all from one unified control plane across on-premises, the edge and the cloud.
Production-ready Kubernetes in a few clicks
We support a range of Enterprise K8S providers, including our Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE), which makes it easy to deploy and configure Kubernetes clusters in a matter of minutes. It also features integrated Kubernetes storage, monitoring, logging, and alerting.
Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) for Azure and AWS
NC2 makes it a snap to migrate on-premises applications and workloads to Azure and AWS. No need to refactor or re-architect applications, giving you the freedom to quickly move to the cloud of your choice.
Make life easier by unifying your private and public clouds.
Fully integrated security
Security-hardened clusters in just one click
One-click hardening with machine-readable security technical implementation guides (STIGs) for Nutanix AHV plus self-healing and compliance using security configuration management automation (SCMA).
Microsegmentation with Flow Network Security
Nutanix Flow Network Security delivers granular microsegmentation of network security with workload-aware stateful firewalls that protect against cyberthreats, reduce the spread of malware and prevent data loss.
Secure Development Lifecycle (SecDL)
Nutanix SecDL takes a defense-in-depth approach and hardened-by-default posture for every piece of code produced to ensure a secure architecture and performs continuous audits and tests for known vulnerabilities.
What’s the best way to protect your applications and data?
Everything you need
without the cost and complexity
AHV is a lean virtualization solution that delivers self-healing security, automated data protection with disaster recovery, rich analytics, and more No software bloat, no costly shelf-ware and no hidden costs.
Other capabilities
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Explore our latest resources
Getting Started: Why AHV Virtualization is Made for Your Enterprise Applications
Deep Dive into the Native Virtualization Architecture of AHV Virtualization
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