Composable Infrastructure

Best Composable Infrastructure include:

HPE Synergy, Lenovo ThinkAgile CP Series and Fungible DPU Platform.

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Fungible DPU Platform

The Fungible Data Processing Unit (DPU) Platform aims to enable Hyperdisaggregation of Compute and Storage Resources Across Data Centers. The Fungible S1 DPU is the second device in the Fungible DPU family of purpose-built processors, and their current flagship product optimized…

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HPE Synergy

HPE Synergy is Hewlett Packard Enterprise's software designed to support a composable infrastructure, which treats IT resources as a service that can be "composed" and deployed out to applications in near real-time, eliminating the need to configure hardware.

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Lenovo ThinkAgile CP Series

The Lenovo ThinkAgile CP Series is a composable infrastructure solution for private cloud, presently including the ThinkAgile CP4000 and ThinkAgile CP6000 models.

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Microtica
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Microtica’s mission is to help teams get more done with less. It has 3 main modules:Developer Portal, Control Centre and Cloud Waste Manager.Through the Developer Portal UI, devs can access a library of battle-tested components, create and replicate Cloud environments and deploy…

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Western Digital OpenFlex

Western Digital offers the OpenFlex Composable Infrastructure solution, a new architectural approach that uses NVMe-over-Fabric to dramatically improve compute and storage utilization, performance, and agility in the data center.

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Dell APEX Flex on Demand

Presented as a flexible approach to right-size capacity and Infrastructure that meets the need for a more elastic, on-demand approach to capacity. Dell APEX Flex on Demand lets users customize hardware and software configurations and set “Committed” and “Buffer Capacity” upfront.…

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NVIDIA BlueField

According to NVIDIA, the BlueField data processing unit (DPU) for modern data centers delivers a broad range of advanced networking, storage, and security services for complex compute and AI workloads.

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Liqid Composable Infrastructure (Liqid CI Platform)

Liqid, headquartered in Broomfield, aims to enable users to configure and manage physical, bare-metal server systems in seconds. Their Composable Infrastructure solution combines the Liqid Command Center composable management automation and orchestration software with a variety of…

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What is Composable Infrastructure?

Composable Infrastructure enables the orchestration and automatic provisioning of IT resources and supports IaC (Infrastructure-as-code). It uses software to create pools of IT resources including computers, networks, and storage. These can be physical IT resources (often referred to as CDI – Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure) or virtual IT resources. These resources are automatically configured to satisfy application processing requirements.

It rapidly configures and provisions infrastructure allocating GPUs, accelerators, network, and storage resources to physical servers to meet changing business needs. It also enables the real-time setup, configuration, deployment, and decomposition of new servers.

Composable infrastructure readily scales, composing and deploying only those resources that are needed, eliminating over-provisioning. As workloads are completed, resources are returned to their pools and can be quickly allocated to new servers as required. Its software can discover available resources, detect unused resources, or resource issues, and suggest steps to resolve them.

Composable infrastructure supports both traditional and cloud operations from a single infrastructure and runs bare-metal, virtual machines, containers, and cloud-native applications. It supports resource-intensive workloads such as web services, enterprise applications, database processing and analytics, machine learning, AI, dynamic cloud and edge computing, gaming, and VR applications.

Converged Infrastructure vs. Hyperconverged Infrastructure vs. Composable Infrastructure

All three infrastructures are on-premises data center solutions. Converged Infrastructure provisions IT resources using pre-configured building blocks, potentially resulting in over-provisioning. Hyperconverged infrastructure uses networking, virtual servers, and software redefined storage to create a large cluster controlled by a single hypervisor. It lowers hardware requirements and simplifies deployment. Composable infrastructure treats compute, network, and storage as pools of resources, offering the convenience of functioning like a public cloud, provisioning capacity through shared resources.

Composable Infrastructure Features

Composable Infrastructure will support the following features.

  • Orchestrate and provision IT resources: compute, network, storage, accelerators, GPU
  • On-demand, real-time provisioning
  • Support bare-metal, virtual machines, container, and cloud
  • Software templates to set up, provision, and update infrastructure
  • Centralized management and control, using a single API
  • Web-based interface

Composable Infrastructure Comparison

Consider the following when purchasing composable infrastructure.

Preparation: Establishing a composable infrastructure entails significant cost and effort. Before settling on a solution, identify what applications and services it will be supporting, and evaluate the platform’s processing power and latency.

Limitations: Most IT resources can be composed; however, some cannot be composed such as dynamic RAM (DRAM).

Pricing Information

Implementing a composable infrastructure is a complex undertaking, and the cost of a solution will be driven by its scale and the capabilities required. Obtain a price quote based upon your needs. Businesses should expect to spend at least $10,000 on their composable infrastructure, with that rate increasing as feature needs become more complex.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What businesses benefit most from composable infrastructure?

Composable infrastructure is best used when you want virtualized infrastructure while still running some functions on bare metal. Businesses that want to fully virtualize may be better off using other infrastructure solutions.

Do you need a big IT team to manage composable infrastructure?

One of the advantages of composable infrastructure is that many businesses offer IT as a service, enabling businesses to manage their system with minimal IT resources.

What are the main benefits of composable infrastructure?

The biggest advantage of composable infrastructure is that it increases efficiency and improves the speed at which applications can be deployed.