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  "name": "Nutanix AHV/AOS Stack",
  "description": "The Nutanix AHV/AOS stack is a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution that integrates compute, virtualization, and storage into a single software-defined platform. AHV serves as the native enterprise-grade hypervisor, while AOS (Acropolis Operating System) provides the distributed storage fabric and management intelligence.",
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  "updatedAt": "2026-08-09T00:04:08.307Z",
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    "website": "https://nutanix.com",
    "founded": "2009 (Parent Company)",
    "headquarters": "San Jose, California, USA",
    "pricing_model": "Subscription (NCI/NCM bundles based on core/TiB)",
    "core_products": "AOS Storage, AHV Hypervisor, Prism Management, Flow Networking, Files, Volumes.",
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    "target_markets": "Enterprise Data Centers, Hybrid Cloud, Remote/Branch Office (ROBO), VDI.",
    "employee_count": "Not publicly available",
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      "how to reduce virtualization licensing costs",
      "Manual KVM Orchestration: Managing virtual machines via command line or scripts on top of bare-metal Linux (KVM).",
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      "best HCI software for enterprise",
      "VMware vSphere alternatives 2024",
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      "hyperconverged infrastructure storage fabric",
      "serverless cloud infrastructure for on-premise",
      "Traditional 3-Tier Infrastructure (Dell/HPE/Pure): Purchasing and maintaining separate storage arrays (SAN) and compute servers from traditional vendors."
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