A field guide
to Nutanix.
Written for the people who have to explain it. Cert prep, customer-conversation language, whiteboard-ready diagrams, honest comparisons against the incumbent stacks.
Who this is for
- You came from VMware and you need the translation layer, not a 101.
- You have 30 seconds between meetings and you need the answer fast.
- You have two hours on a Saturday and you are studying for NCP-MCI.
- You will be sitting across from a competing architect next week and you need real comparisons.
Ten modules
01HCI FoundationsWhy hyperconverged, what it replaces.
02Nutanix ArchitectureCVM, Stargate, Cassandra, Curator.
03AHV HypervisorThe hypervisor most engineers underestimate.
04Prism ManagementElement vs Central, what each is for.
05DSF Storage Deep DiveThe data path, tiering, locality.
06Networking and FlowMicrosegmentation without the theater.
07Data ProtectionSnapshots, NearSync, Metro, NDR.
08Unified StorageFiles, Objects, Volumes.
09Licensing and EconomicsThe conversation customers want to have.
10Migration PathMove, design tradeoffs, what goes wrong.
Eleven appendices
Reference toolkit. Pull these up between meetings: definitions, comparisons, objection framings, sizing math, CLI, and the cert blueprints in one place.
AGlossaryEvery term, alphabetized A through Z, with module pointers.
BComparison MatrixSide-by-side vs VMware, NetApp, Pure, Cisco.
CScenariosTen capstone design exercises, escalating complexity.
DObjections Handbook45 objections, 9 topics, SA-chair response scripts.
EDiscovery Questions46 questions, 8 topics, 4 meeting types.
FSizing RulesCluster, compute, storage math, and replication bandwidth.
GCLI Referencencli, acli, afs, manage_ovs, curator_cli.
HCompetitive MatrixHCI vs HCI deep dive: VxRail, SimpliVity, more.
IReference ArchitecturesMulti-site DR, backup consolidation, ROBO, edge.
JPOC PlaybookDemo flows, success criteria, customer scripts.
KCert TrackerBlueprint coverage map across all 10 modules.
