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Up to 35% cost savings with NC2
Nutanix Cloud Cluster (NC2) on AWS enables fast application migration and operation in the cloud while preserving your familiar IT architecture and data security
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When a company is already running on Nutanix, the logical next step is extending its infrastructure beyond the boundaries of the on-prem environment.
Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) allow you to combine your own resources with cloud platforms while maintaining unified management, security, and cost control.
NC2 is a unified platform for hybrid infrastructure that enables seamless migration, centralized management, and stable application performance in any cloud.
Nutanix + AWS create a balanced solution: Nutanix’s private-cloud performance combined with the scale and flexibility of AWS.
This enables faster service deployment, smooth workload mobility across environments, and cost optimization without compromises.
Business challenge:
Excessive spending on servers, licenses, and data centers.
As companies grow, maintaining their own IT infrastructure requires more and more resources (servers, licenses, administration). The business wants to minimize operational overhead and focus on developing products and revenue.
Solutions:
Efficiency:
Business challenge:
Services with sharp or seasonal fluctuations in load (e-commerce, marketing campaigns, financial reporting) require a flexible IT model. Maintaining infrastructure “with spare capacity” is not cost-effective — the business pays for unused resources most of the time.
Solutions:
Efficiency:
Business challenge:
Companies don’t want to depend on a single cloud provider or technology. They need freedom of choice, cost control, and the ability to quickly switch between environments without migration risks.
Solutions:
Efficiency:
Business challenge:
Building a backup on-prem data center doubles expenses (infrastructure, support, licensing). Most of the time, the DR site sits idle — meaning the investment does not pay off.
Solutions:
Efficiency:
Business challenge:
Excessive spending on servers, licenses, and data centers.
As companies grow, maintaining their own IT infrastructure requires more and more resources (servers, licenses, administration). The business wants to minimize operational overhead and focus on developing products and revenue.
Solutions:
Efficiency:
Business challenge:
Services with sharp or seasonal fluctuations in load (e-commerce, marketing campaigns, financial reporting) require a flexible IT model. Maintaining infrastructure “with spare capacity” is not cost-effective — the business pays for unused resources most of the time.
Solutions:
Efficiency:
Business challenge:
Companies don’t want to depend on a single cloud provider or technology. They need freedom of choice, cost control, and the ability to quickly switch between environments without migration risks.
Solutions:
Efficiency:
Business challenge:
Building a backup on-prem data center doubles expenses (infrastructure, support, licensing). Most of the time, the DR site sits idle — meaning the investment does not pay off.
Solutions:
Efficiency:
Try NC2 with AWS – 30 days free
A wide range of supported instances allows you to solve tasks efficiently and scale according to workload growth. You can combine different instance types within a single cluster.
Supports native VPC networking and service segmentation using ACLs and Security Groups.
If an instance fails, Nutanix instantly initiates data protection recovery and automatically replaces the instance — no administrator intervention required.
Built-in snapshot functionality stores backup copies in AWS S3, allowing for rapid recovery in any Nutanix cluster.
With NC2 on AWS, there’s no need to change application or service architecture, rewrite code, or retrain your team — everything works the same way, just in the cloud.
Migration is smooth and up to 60% faster, saving both time and money.
NC2 on AWS uses EC2 bare-metal instances with built-in NVMe drives, delivering high performance and service density without overpaying for oversized instances.
At the same time, Nutanix software ensures data integrity and infrastructure resilience.
NC2 on AWS is natively integrated with AWS services, allowing you to get a traditional infrastructure in the cloud in under an hour and easily migrate your applications and services.
The next step is gradual refactoring of selected applications to natively leverage cloud services and reduce costs.
Starting October 31, 2025, the company is fully moving to a new subscription system, which will limit businesses in their choice of solutions and increase costs.
Let’s break down the key changes that are already affecting VMware partners and customers.
Nutanix together with AWS ensures seamless migration, unified management, flexible scalability, and full compatibility — without dependence on Broadcom.
Virtual machines can be easily moved from VMware vSphere to Nutanix AHV via Nutanix Move — with no downtime or productivity risks.
Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) are deployed directly on AWS EC2 Bare Metal, fully integrating with AWS VPC and services.
Infrastructure administration is centralized through Nutanix Prism Central — with automation, monitoring, and analytics.
Use resources efficiently thanks to AWS Auto Scaling and the pay-as-you-go model, without strict Broadcom subscriptions.
Virtual machine formats, APIs, and DR solutions are supported — through Nutanix Leap and Nutanix Files.
Elcore’s technical expertise — certified Nutanix and cloud platform engineers — ensures a full implementation cycle, from the first demo to comprehensive team training.
We conduct workshops and training sessions based on your actual projects — delivering maximum value without abstractions.
We’ve delivered dozens of projects — from high-traffic retail environments to government systems with stringent security requirements.
We provide guidance and assistance from the first call through full implementation and ongoing operations.
Reach out to an authorized Nutanix and AWS partner. They will assist you with account registration, deploying an NC2 cluster on AWS, and migrating your services.
Nutanix provides a 30-day free NC2 license, and AWS covers the deployment and migration costs.
The NC2 cluster is automatically created in your selected AWS region with the specified parameters.
Set up connectivity between your on-premises datacenter and the cloud (e.g., using AWS Direct Connect or VPN).
Virtual machine migration is done via Nutanix Move — automatically and with minimal downtime (the switch takes just a few minutes).
The cloud model allows you to scale resources based on workload, reducing infrastructure expenses.
Later, you can refactor your applications to take full advantage of cloud-native services and further optimize costs.
Try NC2 + AWS free for 30 days
Pay only for actual resource consumption — hardware upgrades and infrastructure maintenance are handled by the cloud provider.
Pay only for what you use — hardware updates and infrastructure support are managed by the cloud provider.
Many companies overpay for oversized instances due to the lack of ideal sizing per service. NC2 enables consolidation and cost savings, providing a balanced ratio between cost and resource utilization.
Set up replication to NC2 on AWS and ensure fast recovery in case of on-premises datacenter failure.
99% of organizations surveyed in the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index
migrated applications across different IT environments over the past year, and 94% consider a unified management platform a key advantage.
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Forestry and Land Scotland is a government agency managing over 1.5 million acres of forest land. Since its establishment in 2018, the agency faced the challenge of rapidly modernizing its outdated IT infrastructure.
As part of a cloud-first government policy, the organization began transitioning to a cloud strategy to ensure flexibility, scalability, and effective management of digital services.
Implemented Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure (AHV) and Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on AWS to simplify workload migration to the cloud.
Nutanix implementation helped FLS avoid lengthy and costly application rearchitecture projects. AHV provided virtualization simplicity without additional licenses. Nutanix enabled FLS to centrally manage all resources from a single pane of glass. The solution also allows seamless workload mobility between on-premises and Azure.
A German pension company with assets over €11 billion sought a hybrid multi-cloud strategy that would enable migrating services to AWS without fully rearchitecting existing applications.
Implementing Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on AWS enabled HAPEV to migrate quickly and securely to the cloud without losing compatibility with existing services. The familiar Nutanix interface required no extra IT staff training. Parallel operation of on-premises and cloud environments ensured continuity and reduced migration risks. Additionally, the solution allowed secure testing of new cloud services without impacting the main infrastructure.
An international agribusiness company from the UAE tasked with rapidly migrating from an on-premises datacenter while ensuring high performance of its information systems.
Implementing Nutanix NC2 on AWS unified environments into a single cloud platform and enabled seamless migration. The solution allowed centralized application management, maintained high performance, and optimized cloud service costs. The unified infrastructure simplified deployment of new projects across countries. Backup and automation were implemented to enhance data protection.