Nutanix Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
Traditional enterprise infrastructure — separate servers, storage arrays, and hypervisors from different vendors — creates complexity, cost, and risk. Nutanix hyper-converged infrastructure eliminates that complexity by converging compute, storage, and virtualisation into a single software-defined platform. For OAS clients, Nutanix provides the proven infrastructure foundation for Citrix virtual desktop workloads and a clear migration path away from VMware.
Infrastructure Should Not Be This Complex
Traditional data centre architecture requires separate servers, storage area networks (SANs), and hypervisors — each from different vendors, each with its own management console, licensing model, and specialist skill requirements.
Your IT team manages compute from one vendor. Storage from another. A hypervisor from a third. Networking from a fourth. Each layer adds complexity, cost, and points of failure.
Nutanix converges all of this into a single, software-defined platform managed from one console. Enterprise storage, compute, and virtualisation — delivered as a turnkey solution.
The Nutanix Cloud Platform
AHV Hypervisor — No Licence Fees
Nutanix AHV is a licence-free enterprise hypervisor included with every Nutanix deployment. It provides the virtualisation layer without the licensing costs of VMware vSphere.
For organisations evaluating their VMware position following Broadcom's acquisition and aggressive licensing changes, AHV provides a proven, cost-effective alternative — particularly for Citrix virtual desktop workloads where AHV is a validated platform.
Prism Central Management
Prism Central is the centralised management console for all your Nutanix infrastructure:
- Multi-cluster management — manage all Nutanix clusters from a single console
- Infrastructure monitoring — real-time health, performance, and capacity visibility
- Capacity planning — predictive analytics for resource planning and procurement
- Automation — policy-based automation for routine infrastructure operations
- One-click upgrades — non-disruptive, rolling upgrades across the entire stack
Your infrastructure team manages everything from one place. No switching between vendor consoles.
Distributed Storage
Nutanix Distributed Storage Fabric (DSF) delivers enterprise storage features without requiring a separate SAN:
- Deduplication and compression — reduce storage consumption
- Erasure coding — efficient data protection
- Replication — synchronous and asynchronous replication between clusters
- Self-healing — automatic data redistribution after hardware failures
Enterprise-grade storage, built into the platform.
Citrix-on-Nutanix
The Citrix and Nutanix integration is a validated reference architecture — designed, tested, and documented by both vendors.
Native Prism Central Integration
Citrix DaaS and CVAD now manage virtual desktop infrastructure hosted on Nutanix AHV through a native Prism Central connection. This means:
- VM power management — Citrix controls VM lifecycle directly through Prism Central
- Multi-cluster support — manage Citrix desktops across multiple Nutanix clusters from a single control plane
- Single image management — one desktop image deployed consistently across all clusters
- On-premises and cloud — supports on-premises AHV, NC2 on Azure, and NC2 on AWS
This integration is generally available and represents a significant simplification for large-scale Citrix deployments.
VMware Migration
Broadcom's acquisition of VMware has created licensing uncertainty across the South African enterprise market. Bundle-only pricing, partner programme consolidation, and aggressive price increases are driving many organisations to evaluate alternatives.
Migrate Without Disruption
OAS migrates Citrix and other workloads from VMware vSphere to Nutanix AHV without disrupting the application delivery layer. Your Citrix environment continues to function — the infrastructure underneath changes, but the user experience does not.
- Preserve your Citrix investment — your Citrix configuration, policies, and user experience remain intact
- Eliminate vSphere licensing — AHV is licence-free, removing a significant recurring cost
- Reduce complexity — one vendor for compute, storage, and virtualisation instead of three
- Proven migration path — OAS has deep expertise in both Citrix and Nutanix architectures
Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
NC2 extends your Nutanix infrastructure to Azure and AWS. Run the same Nutanix stack on bare-metal cloud instances with the same management tools.
- Hybrid cloud — extend on-premises workloads to the cloud without re-architecting
- Disaster recovery — replicate on-premises workloads to cloud-based Nutanix clusters
- Burst capacity — scale into the cloud for temporary workload spikes
- Same management — Prism Central manages on-premises and cloud clusters identically
No new tools. No new skills. Your infrastructure team manages everything the same way, regardless of location.
Flow Microsegmentation
Network microsegmentation is built into the Nutanix platform. Isolate workloads at the network level without additional hardware or third-party solutions.
- Workload isolation — a breach in one segment cannot reach another
- Policy-based security — define security policies based on application tiers, not network addresses
- No additional hardware — microsegmentation runs within the Nutanix platform itself
Key Capabilities
- AHV hypervisor — licence-free enterprise virtualisation
- Prism Central — centralised multi-cluster management with capacity planning
- Citrix-on-Nutanix — validated reference architecture with native Prism Central integration
- VMware migration — migrate from vSphere to AHV without disrupting Citrix workloads
- Nutanix Cloud Clusters — extend to Azure and AWS with the same management tools
- Flow microsegmentation — network-level workload isolation built into the platform
- Distributed storage — enterprise storage without a SAN
Delivered by OAS
OAS deploys and manages Nutanix infrastructure specifically optimised for Citrix virtual desktop workloads:
- Architecture design — Nutanix sizing and configuration for your Citrix user profiles and workload requirements
- Citrix integration — Prism Central host connection setup, multi-cluster management, and image management
- VMware migration — end-to-end migration from vSphere to AHV with Citrix workload preservation
- NC2 hybrid cloud — extending on-premises Nutanix to Azure for DR and burst capacity
- Ongoing management — infrastructure monitoring, capacity planning, and firmware updates
Recognition
- Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Hyper-Converged Infrastructure — consistent leader position
- Citrix Ready Verified — Citrix-on-Nutanix validated reference architecture
- NetScaler on AHV — NetScaler VPX deployable natively on Nutanix AHV
Simplify Your Foundation
The most secure, high-performance application delivery starts with the right infrastructure. Nutanix, deployed and managed by OAS, provides the proven foundation for Citrix virtual desktops — with a clear path away from VMware and into hybrid cloud.