The storage industry has been turned on its head over the last 12 months due to a number of technologies which are now being readily adopted and are no longer considered emerging or cutting edge.

Hyperconverged solutions are typically software centric, allowing customers to utilise hardware components which in todays world are all considered to be commodity items. Hyperconverged solutions integrate Storage, Compute, Network and Virtualisation by a single vendor.

One of the challenges when looking at any new technology, is understanding some of the key factors which need to be considered as part of any infrastructure change. Below are some key considerations when considering a shift to a Hyperconverged solution;

One of the challenges when looking at any new technology, is understanding some of the key factors which need to be considered as part of any infrastructure change. Below are some key considerations when considering a shift to a Hyperconverged solution;

• How does the solution scale?

• What sort of resiliency is available?

• Does the solution include Cloud integration?

• What types of data efficiencies are available, Inline De-Dupe, Compression, Thin provisioning?

• Is this a good fit for ROBO?

• What hypervisors are supported?

• What Data Protection integration is included?

• Associated Licensing cost?

For many organisations the opportunity to consider Hyperconverged infrastructure will be driven by a requirement to refresh Storage, Compute or Both.

If your Storage or Compute systems are coming up to end of life or you’d like to know more about the Hyperconverged solutions by Sempre, please get in touch with any of our helpful staff.