#Nimble infosight portal software#
The software defined storage layer that removes the need for a SAN array, can often be difficult for a new customer to grasp and can be seen as a bit of an “unknown”. For the technician running the infrastructure there’s sometimes a leap of faith in terms of underlying technical architecture. Ease of operation, (near) infinite scale and finally an operational cost model rather than big lumpy capital expenditure – sometimes called cloud cost models. In my opinion, HCI is predominantly a management and purchasing experience moreover, from a technical standpoint, it’s a scale out architectural design rather than the familiar 3tier design. So, what is Hyper-converged Infrastructure? Fundamentally, Converged Infrastructure is still a 3-tier stack, but one vendor is pulling it together via a partnership. This reduces complexity, avoiding that horrible situation of one vendor passing the blame to other when issues arise. The main selling point being that the component parts are certified to work together with a hypervisor (such as VMWare vSphere) and the vendor often includes a wrap-around support model, supporting the entire stack as one unit. What is Converged Infrastructure?įor many years now, hardware vendors have pulled together stacks of servers, SAN switches and storage products and presented them as converged (or referenced) architecture. This is important because dHCI is neither of these things and the distinction is key to understanding the bold position HPE is taking here. Before we get under the hood of dHCI, let’s pause to consider the differences between HCI and Converged infrastructure. Combining the simplicity of HCI management with the reliability, familiarity and flexibility of scale of our beloved 3-tier architecture. HPE Nimble Storage dHCI pulls together the best elements of each type of infrastructure. Catchy huh? What does that actually mean? Well dear reader, it’s not Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) and it’s not just Converged Infrastructure (CI) either. dHCI stands for “disaggregated hyper converged infrastructure”. It’s fantastic to see it hit the market so we can finally talk about it! So, what is dHCI?
We see this as a solution that will be of serious interest to our customers and the storage market in general. Cristie Data is one of HPE’s primary partners in the UK, focused on Nimble Storage, providing solid, reliable and expert advice to our customers. We’ve been delivering solutions based on HPE servers and storage for a long time. This was the launch of HPE Nimble Storage dHCI, a compelling new infrastructure solution, that we’ve been heavily involved in beta testing and providing product feedback on to HPE for the past six months. HPE’s annual partner summit HPE Discover is always a great showcase for new storage technologies but one particular announcement at this week’s event in Las Vegas has been of special interest for myself, my colleagues at Cristie Data, and our customers.
What is it, what’s the inside scoop and how can it improve my infrastructure?
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