All you need to know about hyperconvergence in 5 minutes
Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is the next step in the evolution of business computing.
It combines compute, storage and network and uses abstraction and automation to provide an all-in-one data centre that can be up and running in under an hour.
Key benefits are:
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Hyperconvergence evolved in a similar way to the mobile phone.
The mobile phone was conceived as a portable device for making calls. But now it includes a camera, it runs lots of software, and it can store loads of data such as photos and music.
That’s why it’s called a smartphone!
Similarly, business computing devices were conceived to perform specific tasks:
Compute – devices to provide the processing, memory, local storage, and network connectivity required to run software applications
Storage – devices used for housing data, such as tape, magnetic disk, and now today, flash memory (the same technology used in the USB stick)
Network – the physical cabling and wireless devices that connect compute and storage, plus switches and routers to direct network traffic between them
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You may be familiar with the term ‘data centre’, the name given to a network of computing and storage resources.
Hyperconvergence collapses all of these separate components into a single appliance.
In other words, it gives you an all-in-one business computing platform that’s powerful and feature-rich to support all of your software applications and business needs.