Nutanix • Hybrid Cloud • Migrations

Architecting resilient Nutanix HCI and hybrid platforms for modern workloads.

Sagewood Company — Technology Consulting by Bill Wood

Results-driven architect with 15+ years across Nutanix AOS/AHV, Prism Central, Unified Storage, and Kubernetes (NKP). I lead VMware-to-Nutanix migrations, DR patterns with Leap & replication, and platform reliability for EUC and app stacks.

Consulting Services

VMware → Nutanix

Discovery, capacity modeling, Move-assisted migrations, VirtIO planning, RF2/RF3 policying, app cutovers.

HCI Architecture & Build

AHV/vSphere on Nutanix, Prism Central governance, NUS/Files, Flow microsegmentation, lifecycle & upgrades.

DR & Resilience

Leap runbooks, async/sync replication, cloud DR, RPO/RTO targeting, test failovers, cost-aware standby designs.

Hybrid Cloud

Azure integration, networking, identity, image and data placement strategy, monitoring and ops dashboards.

EUC on Nutanix

Citrix on AHV, Files for profiles and content, performance tuning, image pipelines, monitoring and alerting.

Automation & SRE

Scripted builds, policy-as-code, health checks, capacity & perf baselines, operational KPIs and runbooks.

Technical Expertise

Nutanix AOS, AHV, Prism Central, Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS), Files, Flow, Move, Objects; NKP (Kubernetes) & NAI (AI).
VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, NSX, vSAN — transition planning and coexistence with AHV.
Cloud Azure integration and hybrid landing zones; NC2 on Azure patterns by requirement.
EUC & App Platforms Citrix VDI, profile storage, app hosting, image lifecycle, monitoring (ControlUp/eG).

Selected Work

TVFCU Migration

VMware-to-Nutanix AOS migration assessment and cutover guidance; operational improvements post-transition.

PPLA DR Site

Built Nutanix-based DR leveraging Leap and replication; documented runbooks and executed test failovers.

LACMA VDI

Migrated VMware on legacy servers to Nutanix HCI and architected Citrix VDI for the museum workloads.

Asplundh NAI + NKP

Designed clusters for drone image pipelines, leveraging NAI on Kubernetes for high-volume processing.

TMI (Seattle)

Architected Nutanix infrastructure hosting Citrix & VMware workloads for a multi-site escrow business.

Healthcare Programs

Optimized hybrid Nutanix + Azure for healthcare orgs, improving resilience and agility.

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