What is Hyper converged Infrastructure?
Hyper converged infrastructure (HCI) is a software-defined, unified system that combines all the elements of a traditional data center: storage, compute, networking, and management. This integrated solution uses software and x86 servers to replace expensive, purpose-built hardware. With hyper converged infrastructure, you’ll decrease data center complexity and increase scalability.
How Does Hyper converged Infrastructure Work?
Four tightly integrated software components make up a hyper converged platform:
- Storage virtualization
- Compute virtualization
- Networking virtualization
- Advanced management capabilities including automation
- The virtualization software abstracts and pools underlying resources, then dynamically allocates them to applications running in VMs or containers. Configuration is based on policies aligned with the applications, eliminating the need for complicated constructs like LUNs and volumes.
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Multi-Cloud Capabilities
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