hyperconvergence

hyperconvergenceis an IT framework that consolidates storage, compute, and networking into a single system that reduces data center complexity and simplifies operations and maintenance.

Separating infrastructure software from hardware

The HCI software-defined architecture separates infrastructure software from system hardware and converges them at the VM monitor program level to form a single, scalable building block (node). Multiple nodes can be clustered together to build pools of shared compute and storage resources, resulting in increased efficiency and ease of consumption.

Flexible and easy to manage

By using industry-standard hardware backed by a single vendor, an infrastructure can be created that is more flexible and easier to manage than traditional enterprise storage infrastructures. For organizations considering a data center refresh project, hyperconvergence provides the agility of a public cloud infrastructure without having to give up the security and control of an on-premise deployment.

How does a hyperconverged infrastructure work?

Hyperconverged Software DefinedAn HCI virtualizes all elements of a traditional hardware stack, including compute, storage, networking, and VM hypervisors, and manages them centrally with a single piece of software. A typical HCI system includes a VM hypervisor for virtualized compute, a software-defined storage (SDS) component, and a software-defined networking (SDN) component. These resources are combined into resource pools that can be dynamically balanced and allocated to provide the capacity, performance, and security that virtual machines need to run business applications.

What are the advantages of a hyperconverged infrastructure?

Hyperconverged systems allow you to seamlessly manage complex infrastructures, accelerate virtualized workloads, reduce complexity, improve operations and maintenance efficiency, and cut costs. Hyperconvergence delivers future-proof IT infrastructure and lowers total cost of ownership (TCO) while balancing the reliability, availability, performance and capacity needs of virtualized workloads. Hyperconverged Infrastructure:

Centralized management of virtual environments through a single interface

Provide data protection, disaster recovery and resilience

Includes advanced data services that improve data efficiency

Provide streamlined procurement, deployment, support and management

Provides an extensible building block solution for easy scalability

What is the difference between converged and hyper-converged infrastructure?

Hyper-converged and converged infrastructures are simplified by adopting a simplified architecture and centralizing the management of the major components of the data center - storage, compute, and networking. Whilehyperconverged systemThis is accomplished through software and is therefore independent of hardware, yet converged solutions cannot be supported without hardware.

A key difference between the two technologies is that in a converged infrastructure, all components are discrete and can be used for their intended purpose: servers can be separated out and used as servers, and the same is true for storage, which can function as storage alone. In hyperconverged infrastructure, the architecture is defined by software, which means that all components are tightly integrated and cannot be broken down into discrete parts.

Another key difference is how storage is handled. In a converged architecture, storage is attached directly to physical servers. In hyper-converged infrastructures, the storage controller function runs as a service-as-a-service on individual nodes in the cluster, which improves scalability and resiliency. Both use flash storage to ensure excellent performance for applications.

How to utilizeHyperconverged Infrastructure? - Yeah.

There are many use cases for HCI, including:

Data Center Consolidation / Hybrid Workloads

Data consolidation with HCI is ideal for customers looking to reduce their data center footprint, lower their total cost of ownership, and move away from endless update and refresh cycles. In an integrated solution, HCI simplifies data center consolidation and reduces the cost and complexity of ongoing operations and maintenance.

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As applications and data volumes grow in multi-site remote locations, simplifying the management and protection experience is imperative. HCI is the ideal solution for use in these environments because it gives organizations the capabilities they need to run a small data center in a compact, all-in-one system.Business-critical applications

Business-critical applications run faster and are easier to manage with HCI than with traditional infrastructure. With superior performance, high data efficiency and easy scalability, HCI is ideal for business-critical applications.

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

As organizations move from physical desktops to virtual desktops, the expectation is that virtual desktops will perform just as well. vdi deployments must offer several key features, including ultra-fast application provisioning and predictable performance during peak demand periods. The advantage of a top-tier HCI solution is that it not only delivers these features, but also delivers more desktops with less hardware, while integrating high-performance graphics support, data protection and resiliency, simple management, and scalability.

containers        

Containers and microservices are the new normal for application development, and even more so for emerging cloud-native applications. These new application development architectures require the adoption of modern infrastructure models like HCI to achieve the speed, simplicity and insight needed to drive transformation.