Most hyperconverged infrastructures are turnkey solutions that include server hardware, storage software and a hypervisor. While that hypervisor tends to be VMware’s vSphere, we are seeing an increase in some of the alternative hypervisors, either Hyper-V or one of the…
Atlantis Briefing Note Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI) look good on the IT whiteboard. Their lower operational costs and longer desktop/laptop life expectancy are top expectations. In execution, however, the projects often stall. Calculating the necessary compute performance, storage performance and…
Maxta Briefing Note Hyperconvergence is a compelling solution to organizations trying to simplify their virtual infrastructures in an effort to be more “cloud-like”. The technology consolidates storage software into the hypervisor of a virtual infrastructure, eliminating the need for a…
Pivot3 Briefing Note IT professionals have a lot of choices to make when they design their next generation infrastructure. They have to choose between a hyperconverged offering that consolidates compute, storage and networking into a single tier or a more…
Sureline Systems’ Briefing Note Hyperconvergence and the cloud make similar claims to lure IT professionals to their products and services. Both solutions claim to simplify IT and eliminate the need for technology refreshes. For the most part these claims are…
Most vendors are positioning SDS and Hyperconvergence as THE replacement for legacy storage area network (SAN) investment. They want IT to shove the legacy SAN out the door, which most IT professionals are reluctant to do. The result is data…
Software Defined Storage promises adventurous IT professionals increased flexibility and potentially easier management of storage resources. And in many cases SDS delivers on that promise. But what about the legacy storage hardware and software already in the data center? Do…
Most vendors are positioning SDS and Hyperconvergence as THE replacement for legacy storage area network (SAN) investment. They want IT to shove the legacy SAN out the door, which most IT professionals are reluctant to do. The result is data…
Hyperconvergence is capturing the attention of IT professionals. The apparent simplicity of the technology is certainly appealing to an IT staff that is often stretched too thin to properly manage the environment. As a result the IT staff is often…
How To Break “The Cycle” and Move To Hyperconvergence Traditional three-tier (compute, network, storage) architectures have served their purpose. In today’s modern data centers, is a storage area network (SAN) the best fit to support your virtualized workloads and cloud…
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