Best Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Solutions for VMware Cloud

NetApp®, a hybrid cloud infrastructure, delivers predictable performance for hybrid clouds. It is highly flexible and ultra-efficient, and can scale compute and storage on demand. Let the innovation-palooza commence. NetApp HCI allows you to scale storage and compute on-demand, independently or together, so that you don't pay for what you don't use. Consolidating multiple workloads with NetApp HPI can reduce your TCO up to 60% NetApp HCI does more than manage and run multiple apps. It guarantees the predictable performance that your customers and enterprise require. Furthermore, resource contention is eliminated, storage performance increases three-fold, and compute efficiency rises by 22%. Integration into your data fabric is seamless. NetApp HCI is the first hybrid cloud architecture for everything that matters. It makes it easy to manage infrastructure.

Wouldn't that be great to manage your NetApp storage operations from VMware vCenter. You can now. NetApp solutions can help you streamline your virtual infrastructure and protect virtual workloads. NetApp solutions for virtual infrastructure management are integrated with VMware vCenter to provide end–to-end management for virtual machines (VMs), in VMware environments that utilize NetApp storage systems. Administrators can easily access the NetApp storage environment via the vCenter console. This allows them to perform tasks that increase both storage and server efficiency. The NetApp®, SolidFire®, VMware vCenter plug in allows you to harness the SolidFire storage platform's capabilities from within your vCenter environment. It provides deep integration, end to end Quality of Service, automatic storage performance allocation, and simplified management. Streamline your virtual infrastructure.

The HPE SimpliVity380 gives IT organizations the flexibility and economics of cloud computing with the control and governance that comes with on-premises IT. It delivers a powerful hyperconverged solution that is optimized to support the most resilient and efficient data centers in the world. This solution simplifies IT dramatically by combining advanced data services and infrastructure to support virtualized workloads on one device. The HPE SimpliVity 380, which is a 2U rack-mounted building block, is based on HPE ProLiant DL380 servers. It consolidates storage, server, and storage networking services. SimpliVity solutions offer a complete range of advanced functionalities that enable dramatic improvements in operational efficiency, management and protection of virtualized workloads at a fraction the cost and complexity of traditional infrastructure.

StoneFly provides high-performing, elastic, and always available IT infrastructure solutions. StoneFusion, StoneFly's intelligent and patented operating system architecture, allows us to support data dependent processes and applications seamlessly from anywhere. You can configure backup, replication, disaster relief, scale out block and file storage in private and/or public clouds. Support virtual, container hosting and more. StoneFly also offers Cloud data migration for email, documents, SharePoint, and physical storage. Total backup and disaster recovery solutions in one appliance or cloud. Hyperconverged options allow physical devices to be restored as virtual machines on the StoneFly disaster restoration appliance for instant recovery.

The Lenovo ThinkAgile HX is designed for easy deployment and management. It combines Nutanix software and Lenovo's #1 reliable, highly performing platforms. The ThinkAgile certified node HX1021 is a purpose-built Edge solution that provides right-sized compute, storage, and a 1U height, half width, and short depth form factor to meet customer needs at remote locations. The solution's condensed design allows for new computing possibilities right where data is generated, such as in retail, manufacturing units and gas stations, restaurants or healthcare. The ThinkAgile HX portfolio has been enhanced with second-generation Intel processors to provide even greater performance. It is optimized for a wide range of virtualized workloads including Remote Office Branch Office, file, print and email applications, analytics, and in-memory database databases. For six consecutive years, Lenovo platforms have held the #1 spot in reliability and hold the highest number performance world records.

Maxta Hyperconvergence software allows IT to choose servers or hypervisors, scale storage independently of compute, and run mixed workloads within the same cluster. Maxta is free from vendor lock-in, refresh tax, and upgrade tax, unlike hyperconverged appliances. You can either use existing servers or buy pre-configured servers. Appliances can have hidden costs. Repaying software for hardware refreshes is not an option. Most storage solutions, including hyperconverged ones, can only manage policies at the volume, cluster, or LUN level. Maxta allows you to run multiple applications on the same cluster with no performance or availability loss. Appliance-based hyperconverged solutions allow you to repurchase your software license whenever you refresh hardware. You can also add storage capacity by simply adding additional appliances. Maxta software is yours forever. You can also add additional drives to the servers to increase storage capacity.

A cloud foundation that is flexible, seamless, and simple to use for operational consistency and business agility. A turnkey integrated software-defined cloud infrastructure will accelerate business results and increase flexibility. Hybrid cloud infrastructure is flexible, automated, and easily accessible. It also provides consistent operations and lowers total costs of ownership. You can run applications from anywhere and scale easily to meet increasing data requirements. Advanced automation allows for rapid deployment of hybrid cloud, which reduces IT burden and improves efficiency. Automated day 0-2 management of software and hardware. A complete SDDC solution powered through VMware Cloud Foundation to power all containerized and virtualized apps. Consistent Infrastructure across Data Center and Public Cloud. True hybrid cloud infrastructure that runs apps wherever you are without the need to rearchitect. You have the option of deploying workloads using SAN systems or hyperconverged infrastructure.

The architectural limits of modern IT infrastructure have been pushed to the limit by the explosion in applications and data being generated and transmitted through enterprise data centers. Traditional scale-up approaches, in which infrastructure services are embedded in top-of-rack switches and networking appliances, are no longer able keep up. This makes performance, agility, and scale limitations a reality for many businesses. Pensando Systems was established on the belief that there must be a better way of addressing these complex issues. We have developed a platform that allows enterprises to achieve cloud-like agility, security, and operational simplicity across their entire infrastructure. This platform is unmatched in scale and performance.

Our new multi-cloud offering includes VMware Cloud Foundation-Subscription (includes Tanzu Standard), which adds a flexible term-based licensing option for on-premises deployments. VMware Cloud Foundation supports both modern and traditional enterprise apps. It offers a complete set highly secure software-defined service for compute, storage and network security. This allows enterprises to increase agility and flexibility by ensuring consistent infrastructure and operations across public and private clouds. Reduce your CapEx, OpEx and TCO by using consistent operations and a wide range of deployment options. You can scale workloads without compromising with consistent infrastructure that supports both modern containerized applications and existing enterprise applications. A pool of virtualized resources can be used to provision agile infrastructure on the premises, at the edge or in the cloud.

Software designed for hyperscale networking, optimized for distributed 5G waves, from the data centre to the core to the edge to multi-cloud. This software delivers massive scale and super-fast convergence. The integrated monitoring and analytics engine provides deep network visibility, real-time intelligence, predictive analytics, and actionable insights. ACE can be run on existing infrastructure. It can be deployed from anywhere. You will reduce operating expenses and have higher reliability and faster onboarding. Open standards compliant. Network operators can seamlessly integrate with third-party automation and orchestration software. The ACE platform provides a three-layer stack that allows for interconnection between enterprise data centers and service/cloud provider infrastructure. The industry's first independent, internet-scale network operating system. With industry-leading convergence times, scale-out route reflector. Actionable real-time intelligence for your network.