Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Management

Simple management is a benefit of hyper-converged infrastructure, but administrators still need to be aware of tips and tricks. Learn about the most efficient way to manage these integrated systems here.

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September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18
Dell EMC VxRail powers Mercy Ships' floating hospital DCs

Dell EMC hyper-converged appliances float the Mercy Ships IT team's boat. VxRail helps the medical charity consolidate IT technology in its floating hospitals and headquarters.
August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18
VSAN hyper-converged users offer buying, implementing advice

Users provide tips on going from three tiers to tears-free hyper-convergence using VMware vSAN software or other HCI architectures proliferating in the data center and beyond.
August 27, 2018 27 Aug'18
Dell EMC HCI and storage cloud plans on display at VMworld

Dell EMC promises to synchronize releases of VMware's vSAN on VxRail HCI appliances, although it may take 30 days to do it; fleshes out cloud support for storage, data protection.
August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18
HiveIO seeks to create buzz in HCI market

HiveIO says artificial intelligence makes its Hive Fabric's Message Bus management unique; now, the HCI startup must prove it's really AI and not just an AI-wash.

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Definition of hyper-converged infrastructure evolves, as do products

Defining hyper-convergence can be a challenge. Focus instead on learning about hyper-converged infrastructure product options and how they fit your data center and cloud plans. Continue Reading
hyperconvergence

Hyperconvergence -- also spelled hyper-convergence -- is a software-centric architecture that tightly integrates compute, storage and virtualization resources in a single system that usually consists of x86 hardware. Continue Reading
Healthcare VDI ties strongly to high-performing storage

Virtual desktop infrastructures offer clinicians -- particularly mobile-based ones -- better ways to easily access their desktops. However, storage concerns can creep up. Continue Reading

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Evaluate Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Management Vendors & Products

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The right hyper-converged system yields software-defined gains

This review of 10 market-leading hyper-converged products can help you select the HCI system that will best enable your organization to create a software-defined data center. Continue Reading
Storage admin roles and responsibilities follow convergence and cloud

With their jobs under constant assault, what must storage administrators do to stay relevant as data center technologies and the data storage world converge and change? Continue Reading
Hyper-converged product comparison: What leading HCI vendors offer

Before you purchase a hyper-converged infrastructure system, use the criteria and factors examined here to evaluate 10 leading HCI products. Continue Reading

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Storage administrator skills and jobs in the age of convergence

Simpler data centers can complicate the lives of IT pros with specialized skills, such as storage admins. But they can still thrive by specializing further or becoming generalists. Continue Reading
Hyper-converged infrastructure cloud backup brings many benefits

Public cloud backup offers a low-cost solution to data protection challenges in hyper-converged infrastructure shops, but disaster recovery poses a new set of issues. Continue Reading
Hyper-converged benefits and concerns for storage

There is a lot of information out there on hyper-converged storage, and it can be difficult to get down to basics. Here are five common questions about hyper-convergence, answered. Continue Reading

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Avoid VM resource contention in hyper-converged platforms

With a high number of virtual machines competing for resources and consuming bandwidth, storage performance can suffer in hyper-converged environments. Continue Reading
How do I manage VM resources in hyper-converged systems?

Hyper-converged systems are growing in popularity, but the setup of virtual environments can result in wasted VM resources. Continue Reading

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