Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Systems

Find up-to-date news and tips for choosing, implementing, managing and working with hyper-converged systems – technology that combines storage, networking, compute and virtualization in one node with a goal of simple scalability and deployment.

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Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Systems News

March 25, 2020 25 Mar'20
Nutanix Objects 2.0 lays groundwork for hybrid cloud

The latest Nutanix Objects update gives users higher capacity per namespace, but experts say the endgame is flexibility between the data center and the cloud.
March 05, 2020 05 Mar'20
HCI market grows as storage, servers shrink

Dell EMC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise say their storage and server revenues declined sharply last quarter, while hyper-converged infrastructure sales keep growing.
February 25, 2020 25 Feb'20
New Dell hybrid cloud pricing offers VxRail by subscription

Dell will offer monthly VxRail subscriptions in hopes of appealing to customers that want a more flexible way to create and pay for hybrid and private cloud environments.
February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20
Nutanix Karbon upgrade focuses on non-Kubernetes experts

Nutanix aims Karbon at 'mere mortals' who want to run Kubernetes in on-premises data centers, but it faces plenty of competitors preparing for containers that need persistent storage.

Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Systems Get Started

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Computational storage terminology explained

Computational and edge storage are changing the way we manage data at the network edge. Understanding the terminology around this technology can help clarify how it works. Continue Reading
What's behind today's IT infrastructure modernization strategies?

See how businesses have altered operating environments, applications and processes to meet IT infrastructure modernization goals, their budgets and how far along they've gotten. Continue Reading
The advantages of SAN technology in an HCI world

Is your organization debating whether to replace its SAN with hyper-converged storage? Know the questions to ask, SAN's advantages for certain applications and more. Continue Reading

Evaluate Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Systems Vendors & Products

Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

What is Pivot3 Acuity Intelligence Engine for AI and automation?

The Acuity Intelligence Engine delivers advanced data and performance management to simplify data protection and system administration for Pivot3 hyper-convergence. Continue Reading
Hyper-converged use cases beyond VM stacks: A hardware guide

Explore best hyper-converged appliance and cluster configurations for containers, machine/deep learning, streaming analytics and specific products supporting each of these workloads. Continue Reading
What is AI-defined infrastructure, and does it work?

Software-driven hyper-converged, composable infrastructures and incorporation of AI technologies into compute and storage has brought more intelligence to enterprise IT than ever. Continue Reading

Manage Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Systems

Learn to apply best practices and optimize your operations.

Infrastructure modernization via hyper-convergence can equal success

How hyper-convergence can help modernize IT infrastructures to better meet challenges like the digital transformation of the business and the adoption of edge computing. Continue Reading
Plan for simplicity when approaching HCI networking

HCI networking isn't as easy as plugging cables in and hoping the HCI system works. IT teams need to strategize around capacity and resiliency to achieve true simplification. Continue Reading
How to benchmark 25 GbE NICs in converged networks

Network teams can use an array of tools to benchmark the performance and efficiency of 25 GbE network adapters that support converged networks and HCI environments. Continue Reading

Problem Solve Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Systems Issues

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Composable infrastructure platform pros and cons

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How to maintain your hyper-converged data center

Data center managers can run HCI once it's out of the box, but the technology still requires performance monitoring and support to bring IT benefits to the organization. Continue Reading
Continuous HCI platform maintenance ensures system health

These best practices will help data center managers keep their hyper-converged platform in tip-top shape and make the process of deploying future updates simpler. Continue Reading