![Verified User in Wholesale](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Wholesale") UW Verified User in Wholesale Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/28/2021 More Options - - [Respond as Nutanix Cloud...](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/nutanix-cloud-infrastructure-nci-review-4771409/official_response/new) Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "I found Nutanix AOS very useful." 3.5/5 What do you like best about Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)? Most helpful is to standardize on powerful, software-defined HCI. Nutanix Acropolis and the AHV hypervisor were both launched at Nutanix's .NEXT user conference in June 2015 Welcome to the Nutanix world and your understand is almost correct. AOS (formerly NOS) is the Acropolis Operating System and is the base operating system that runs on each CVM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)? Focus on Apps & Services is not enough for my needs. It contains a number of data services and features for data protection, space efficiency, scalability, automated data tiering and security. Acropolis comes with its own built-in hypervisor called AHV; the name was derived from the words Acropolis Hypervisor.About hypervisor, Nutanix support AHV (Acropolis HyperVisor), which is the Nutanix free hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere ESXi and Citrix XenServer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) solving and how is that benefiting you? Nutanix AOS helped me solve all of my data needs. Unlike competing vendors, Nutanix offers Acropolis as part of the hyper-converged platform with no licensing costs. My understanding is that the Acropolis ( AOS ) software is installed in CVM and CVM is called as Foundation. Hypervisor is either AHV or Vmware or HyperV. The Foundation is a tool used in field to perform cluster creation and imaging bare metal nodes. The Foundation is also built in to the CVMs and in that case, can also be used to perform cluster expansion and by some workflows like LCM (Life Cycle Manager) firmware upgrades. Keep in mind that you can perform Foundation upgrades independently of AOS upgrades to take advantage of new features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite See what 291 reviewers think of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) 4.5 out of 5 ยท Verified reviews from real users [ Read all reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/nutanix-cloud-infrastructure-nci/reviews)