Hyper-convergence is the current and potentially future course of a journey that began years ago with server and storage virtualisation, in a bid to optimise the traditional siloed approach to information technology.
Hyper-convergence is basically an emerging technology in which the server, storage and networking equipment are all combined into one software-driven appliance. Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) can be managed comfortably through an easy-to-use software interface. Typically, a hyper-converged platform uses standard off-the-shelf servers and storage, and a virtualisation hypervisor that helps abstract and manage these resources conveniently. A simple operational structure makes this infrastructure flexible, easy-to-scale and manage.
HCI is gaining traction not just in enterprises but also with others who can benefit from heavy computing without complex management, such as professional racers! Training and racing is usually data-intensive. Racers need information about their speed, acceleration and torque in real-time to understand how they are performing and how they need to proceed. One mistake could cost them not just a victory, but a life too! Racing speeds depend on the speed and reliability of the data processing and analytics that takes place behind the scenes. Last year, Formula One racing team Red Bull Racing replaced its legacy systems with HPE Simplivity hyper-converged infrastructure, achieving 4.5 times faster performance, increased agility and lower TCO, based on this move.
At the outset, hyper-convergence might sound similar to all the virtualisation stuff you have read about in the past. So, let us first set out some facts about HCI before rounding up the latest updates:
1. Nutanix, a leader in HCI, states that the technology streamlines deployment, management and scaling of data centre resources by combining x86-based server and storage resources with intelligent software in a turnkey, software-defined solution.
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