IT professionals have a laundry list of challenges to tackle. Rising to meet the changing dynamics of the businesses they support can be a full-time job in itself. Add to that the task of keeping up with new technology, infrastructure that is difficult to deploy, disparate tools that can be cumbersome to maintain and hard to manage, limited personnel resources…you get the idea.
Still, job #1 is ensuring that they can accommodate the demands of today’s businesses. In response, many IT organizations have launched virtualization and cloud projects to drive improved service delivery and increase IT agility. However, for some organizations, these virtualization and cloud initiatives have led to incomplete projects, increased management complexity and higher operational costs. What is really needed is an IT infrastructure where everything is designed to work together as a unified system.
Enter the HPE Hyper Converged infrastructure
It is the natural progression in the evolution of IT architecture. Everything an organization needs to compete in today’s online marketplace is integrated and packaged together into a single appliance—from a single vendor. This includes servers, storage, virtualization software, networking and intelligent management capabilities.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Hyper Converged systems are preconfigured, preinstalled and designed to scale—the system is essentially a virtualized data center in a box. The HPE Hyper Converged 380 powered by Intel® Xeon® processors is based on the highly configurable HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 Server combined with VMware vSphere®. These systems significantly improve flexibility in deployment and ease of management. HPE Hyper Converged 380 is available in configurations for general purpose virtualization or cloud applications or tuned for VDI/client virtualization. HPE Hyper Converged 380 is delivered as a fully integrated system including storage, server, graphics and virtualization, fully tested and supported.
Adjusting for growth is frictionless as these systems scale out in a linear manner. The HPE Hyper Converged architecture integrates grid software that automatically discovers and adds new nodes to the cluster, delivering additional compute and storage resources as needed. With the integration of all components in a simple chassis and a common management scheme, you don’t need an extra team of specialists. As such, these systems create an immediate and positive impact on capital and operational expenses.
At American Digital, we live and breathe data center transformation. As an HPE Platinum Partner, we can help you identify, source, implement and manage your ideal IT environment. Contact us at marketing@americandigital.com or call us at 847-637-4300 for a free assessment.
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