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Acropolis

Run any application at any scale with a turnkey hyperconverged infrastructure solution

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The foundation for your enterprise cloud

Nutanix Acropolis combines compute, storage, networking, virtualization, and much needed data protection and security capabilities into a hyperconverged solution that powers your enterprise cloud. Eliminate storage silos, expensive virtualization technology, and dedicated management. Achieve operational agility while retaining your ability to choose your hardware and virtualization technology.

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO HYPERCONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE

Learn the fundamentals of hyperconverged infrastructure and expert tips to build a fast, efficient and highly scalable enterprise datacenter.

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Enterprise-class Storage, Compute, and Virtualization Services

Hyperconverged Platform

Virtualization

Powerful, secure built-in virtualization that eliminates expensive hypervisor lock-in

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Networking​

A comprehensive set of network services to visualize, automate and secure the network​

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Acropolis Security

Security practices, features, and certifications to endure compliance and meet stringent requirements​

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Storage Services

Enterprise Storage Capabilities

Scalable, resilient and high performance storage

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VM Storage

Efficient, high-performance VM storage with data locality

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Acropolis File Services

Simple, Scalable and Reliable file storage for your enterprise cloud

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Container Storage

Enterprise class, persistent storage for containers​

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Block Services

A native scale-out block storage

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Data Protection

Backup and Recovery

Local snapshots and ecosystem support for backup solutions​

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DR Orchestration

Disaster Recovery solutions for different RPO and RTO requirements

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ESG PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS: NUTANIX HYPERCONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE

Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) examines Nutanix's hyperconverged infrastructure performance for real-world business-critical applications under load.

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Software Editions

Acropolis is available in several editions to fit your datacenter needs.

 STARTERPROULTIMATE
STARTERCore set of software functionalityPRORich data services, resilience and management featuresULTIMATEThe full suite of Nutanix software capabilities to tackle complex infrastructure challenges
Ideal ForSTARTERSmall-scale deployments with a limited set of workloadsPRORunning multiple applications or large-scale single workload deploymentsULTIMATEMulti-site deployments and advanced security requirements
Enterprise Storage
Cluster SizeSTARTER12PROUnlimitedULTIMATEUnlimited
Heterogeneous ClustersSTARTERPROULTIMATE
VM-centric Snapshots & ClonesSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Data TieringSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Inline CompressionSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Inline Performance DeduplicationSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Online Cluster Grow/ShrinkSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Acropolis Container ServicesSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Acropolis Block ServicesPROULTIMATE
Acropolis File ServicesSTARTERStandalone license availablePROStandalone license availableULTIMATE
MapReduce CompressionPROULTIMATE
MapReduce DeduplicationPROULTIMATE
Erasure Coding (EC-X)PROULTIMATE
VM Flash ModeULTIMATE
Infrastructure Resilience
Data Path RedundancySTARTERPROULTIMATE
Tunable Redundancy FactorSTARTER2PRO2 or 3ULTIMATE2 or 3
Availability DomainsPROULTIMATE
Data Protection
Disaster Recovery with Async Replication (1hr or larger RPO)STARTERPROULTIMATE
Application Consistent SnapshotsSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Local SnapshotsSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Self Service RestorePROULTIMATE
Cloud ConnectPROULTIMATE
Multiple Site DR (many to many)ULTIMATE
Metro AvailabilityULTIMATE
Disaster Recovery with NearSync or Sync Replication (1min-1hr RPO or 0 RPO)ULTIMATE
Security
Client AuthenticationSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Cluster LockdownPROULTIMATE
Data-at-Rest Encryption (SED and Software Based)*ULTIMATE
Management & Analytics
Prism StarterSTARTERPROULTIMATE
PulseSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Cluster HealthSTARTERPROULTIMATE
One-click Upgrades (Nutanix OS & Hypervisor)STARTERPROULTIMATE
Rest APIsSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Supported Hypervisors
Nutanix AHVSTARTERPROULTIMATE
VMware ESXiSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Microsoft Hyper-VSTARTERPROULTIMATE
XenServer for Citrix workloads
STARTERPROULTIMATE
Built-In Virtualization (Nutanix AHV)
VM ManagementSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Intelligent VM PlacementSTARTERPROULTIMATE
VM Automated Resource SchedulingSTARTERPROULTIMATE
VM Affinity RulesSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Virtual Network ConfigurationSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Host ProfilesSTARTERPROULTIMATE
VM High AvailabilitySTARTERPROULTIMATE
Open Stack DriversSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Hypervisor ConversionSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Cross Hypervisor DRSTARTERPROULTIMATE
Self Service PortalSTARTERPROULTIMATE

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