Converged System Vendors Definitions
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Atlantis Computing
Atlantis Computing is a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) software and hardware vendor.
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data center in a box
A data center in a box, also called a containerized or modular data center, is a self-contained computing facility that is manufactured in a factory and shipped to a location.
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data warehouse appliance
A data warehouse appliance is an all-in-one “black box” solution optimized for data warehousing. The appliance consists of a server pre-built with operating system, storage, database management system (DBMS), and software.
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DataCore SANsymphony-V
DataCore SANsymphony-V is a storage virtualization platform that pools capacity of heterogeneous storage hardware.
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FlexPod
FlexPod is a reference architecture for server, storage and networking components that are pre-tested and validated to work together as an integrated infrastructure stack.
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Fujitsu Ltd.
Fujitsu Ltd. is a Japanese technology company that specializes in consumer and industrial electronics. Fujitsu’s products include servers, PCs, laptops, media centers, tablets, storage hardware, displays, air conditioning and heat pump units.
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Hitachi Vantara (formerly Hitachi Data Systems or HDS)
Hitachi Vantara is a data storage systems provider, previously known as Hitachi Data Systems (HDS).
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HPE OneView (formerly HP OneView)
HPE OneView, formerly known as HP OneView, is a converged infrastructure management platform that provides a unified interface for the administration of software-defined systems in a data center.
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IBM Pureflex
IBM PureFlex is a combined hardware and software system for data centers that delivers infrastructure as a system (IaaS) optimized for scalable cloud computing.
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integrated stack
An integrated stack is a vendor product that provides an enterprise information technology (IT) customer with a scalable network, storage and server infrastructure that comes pre-loaded with virtualization, automation and management software.
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Maxta MxSP (Maxta Storage Platform)
The Maxta Storage Platform is a hyper-converged infrastructure product that is sold as software or a reference architecture and used for virtual machine storage.
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modular datacenter
Sun Microsystems' Modular Datacenter (known as "Project Blackbox" in the prototype phase) is a mobile and virtualized data center packaged in a standard 20-foot shipping container... (Continued)
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Nimboxx Inc.
Nimboxx Inc. was a hyper-converged infrastructure vendor that began shipping its Atomic Unit system in 2014. Atomic Unit could be purchased in three configurations.
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Nutanix
Nutanix is a hyper-converged infrastructure pioneer that markets its technology as a building block for private clouds.
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Nutanix Acropolis
Acropolis is a free server virtualization hypervisor developed by vendor Nutanix that is packaged on hyper-converged appliances, and can be used alongside competing hypervisors.