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

November 08, 2018 08 Nov'18
Dell EMC VxRail HCI builds on VMware Cloud Foundation

Dell EMC builds on VMware Cloud Foundation and plans to offer a new two-node VxRail entry point, with a flexible VMware vSAN license. Dell EMC also adds VMware integration to VxBlock.
October 29, 2018 29 Oct'18
NetApp HCI aimed at hybrid clouds

Late to HCI, NetApp tries to play catch up against Dell EMC, VMware and Nutanix by pushing its SolidFire flash-based product into hybrid cloud deployments.
October 24, 2018 24 Oct'18
NetApp flash offerings push into cloud, edge and IoT

At the NetApp Insight user show, the vendor advocates for flash to replace disk for backup, cloud and object storage. NetApp HCI expands, and StorageGrid gets flash.
October 16, 2018 16 Oct'18
Violin buys ISE, X-IO splits off Axellio

Two storage companies on the comeback trail make moves -- Violin Systems buys X-IO's ISE platform, and X-IO rebrands as Axellio. Both have been in transition over the past few years.

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Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Systems Get Started

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Learn how to best deploy VDI on HCI

IT pros considering using HCI to power their VDI deployments should listen to this advice from three IT pros on how to get buy-in throughout the organization and more. Continue Reading
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
Storage conferences aren't what they used to be

If you're an IT pro looking for a good storage user conference these days, you'll probably have to go through one or more of your storage vendors to find one. Continue Reading

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Evaluate Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Systems 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
Is hyper-convergence infrastructure becoming stratified?

As more options for converged or hyper-converged IT types come to market, organizations may find themselves siloed into an option by size. Continue Reading
Pivot3 HCI: 7 things you should know

Where did Pivot3 first target its hyper-converged storage systems, and where is it focused today? Find out answers to these and other frequently asked questions. Continue Reading

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Manage Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Systems

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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
StorOne storage is set to disrupt the software-defined market

StorOne's TRU Storage technology raises the bar for software-defined storage by gathering together universal pools of storage across disparate hardware that any workload can use. Continue Reading
IT migration success hinges on minimizing downtime

Data, software and hardware migration projects should, but don't always, fully exploit the features and settings of the new environment and minimize application downtime. Continue Reading

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Problem Solve Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Systems Issues

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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
Hyper-converged infrastructure appliances vs. DIY options

If you're ready to invest in a hyper-converged infrastructure, it's worth it to explore all your possibilities. Take our quiz and decide if a prebuilt or DIY system is right for you. Continue Reading
Hyper-convergence improves VDI storage performance

Hyper-converged infrastructure can help with VDI performance issues by bringing linear scalability to the deployment and reducing -- or even eliminating -- bottlenecks. Continue Reading

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