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How hyper-convergence can benefit SMBs
Why the simplicity and potential cost savings of a hyper-converged infrastructure from the likes of DataCore, Scale Computing and StarWind may be the way to go for some SMBs.
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HPE, Nutanix go from 'no relationship' to partners
Hewlett Packard Enterprise-Nutanix partnership springs up on two fronts, bringing more layers of coopetition to the world of HCI. But where does this leave HPE SimpliVity?
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What you need to know to make HCI data-resilient
What you need to find out from HCI vendors to architect a resilient hyper-converged environment that will protect data against failure, error and attack.
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Essential composable IT questions answered
Learn how composable IT works, and find out when this highly flexible, programmable infrastructure model makes sense for your servers, network, and storage and when it doesn't.
How to Craft a Converged Secondary Storage Strategy with Care
In this expert guide, receive answers to 7 fundamental questions, an analysis of Asigra, Cohesity, HPE and Rubrik hyper-converged secondary storage products, key benefits of converged secondary storage and cautions, and much more.
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Set secondary storage based on application needs
Using secondary storage can improve the performance of mission-critical applications, but deciding what data is secondary in importance isn't as easy as it seems.
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How hyper-convergence can benefit SMBs
Why the simplicity and potential cost savings of a hyper-converged infrastructure from the likes of DataCore, Scale Computing and StarWind may be the way to go for some SMBs.
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HPE, Nutanix go from 'no relationship' to partners
Hewlett Packard Enterprise-Nutanix partnership springs up on two fronts, bringing more layers of coopetition to the world of HCI. But where does this leave HPE SimpliVity?
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HCI Management Evaluate
What you need to know to make HCI data-resilient
What you need to find out from HCI vendors to architect a resilient hyper-converged environment that will protect data against failure, error and attack.
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Nutanix expands past HCI with Flow, Beam and Era
With the introduction of Flow, Beam and Era, Nutanix has made a clear statement that it's aiming for a comprehensive Nutanix enterprise cloud OS.
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Ensure a smooth HCI installation
Vendors tout hyper-converged infrastructure as a plug-and-play offering, but before you install anything in your data center, be sure your network supports the hardware.
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How hyper-convergence can benefit SMBs
Why the simplicity and potential cost savings of a hyper-converged infrastructure from the likes of DataCore, Scale Computing and StarWind may be the way to go for some SMBs.
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What you need to know to make HCI data-resilient
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Essential composable IT questions answered
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You don't always need all-flash for HCI storage
Find out why and for what use cases and application workloads 100% solid-state flash may not be the best storage choice for hyper-converged infrastructure.
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HCI is ideal for building out a private cloud
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Your top hyper-converged storage questions answered
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Some assembly required? Buy or DIY hyper-convergence
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Composing your infrastructure: Some assembly required
Some companies are opting out of SAN upgrades or costly converged systems in favor of composable architecture to build server and storage on the fly. But will the concept take off?
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Top HCI-based cloud questions answered
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HCI success depends on wider IT systems integration
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HCI and software-defined networking make a good match
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E-Handbook | July 2018
How hyper-converged secondary storage fits in the HCI world
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E-Handbook | April 2018
Hyper-converged IT options should match your workload needs
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E-Handbook | October 2017
VDI values hyper-converged infrastructure benefits
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E-Handbook | July 2017
How to build your own hyper-converged computing platform
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E-Handbook | May 2017
Making the case for converged and hyper-converged infrastructure
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Converged infrastructure Basics
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Explore link between composable and hyper-convergence
Find out if composable infrastructure is the next step in the evolution of HCI, if it is a completely different type of IT infrastructure or if the truth is somewhere in between.
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Top HCI-based cloud questions answered
Hyper-convergence can help make taking a cloud or multi-cloud approach to your architecture easier to implement, manage and scale. Read on to find out how and why.
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Network convergence is the efficient coexistence of telephone, video and data communication within a single network.
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HPE, Nutanix go from 'no relationship' to partners
Hewlett Packard Enterprise-Nutanix partnership springs up on two fronts, bringing more layers of coopetition to the world of HCI. But where does this leave HPE SimpliVity?
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Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Systems
Dell EMC refreshes VxBlock stacks
Ten years later, VCE is gone, EMC is part of Dell and Vblocks have become VxBlocks. But the early converged infrastructure stack is still going, with new products coming online.
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Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Management
Datrium Forward provides 'cloudy' pricing for DVX
With Datrium Forward, the software-defined storage startup looks to deliver a 'cloudy feel' to pricing for its DVX storage that spans on premises and in Amazon Web Services.