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Ready Stack is a portfolio of validated designs that enable users to build a converged infrastructure using components from Dell. It is backed by engineering validation and a digital library of design, deployment, and architecture guides.
The VxBlock 1000 is a converged infrastructure solution that integrates Dell storage and data protection into a turnkey converged system supporting all high-value, mission-critical workloads—from the core data center to the cloud. It helps users modernize and simplify their IT…
Dell's PowerEdge VRTX is a converged infrastructure platform and a small office solution.
Infinio is VMware Caching Software, from Ignite Technologies. Infinio is designed to deliver lightning-fast I/O for any storage — for the world's fastest VMs.
NVIDIA and NetApp collaborate to deliver ONTAP AI, a converged infrastructure stack that incorporates NVIDIA DGX A100, a 5-petaflop AI system, and NVIDIA Mellanox high-performance Ethernet switches to unify AI workloads, simplify deployment, and accelerate return on investment.
VersaStack(TM) Converged Infrastructure solution, jointly developed by IBM and Cisco, aims to deliver efficiency, performance and economics. It combines a comprehensive set of converged infrastructure and software-defined technologies from IBM and Cisco. Using VersaStack,…
StoneFly Unified Storage Appliances are hyperscale unified storage solutions with support for NAS, SAN and object storage. StoneFly converged storage appliances are capable of scaling out to thousands of nodes with support for petabytes of enterprise data.
Hitachi Vantara offers the Hitachi Unified Compute Platform CI series (or Hitachi UCP CI) product line of converged infrastructure solutions.
Dell's PowerEdge FX architecture is a solution for a software-defined converged infrastructure.
Lenovo offered their Converged System, the Lenovo HX series, as a converged infrastructure solution. The product line, which once included the HX3500, HX5500, and HX7500 Nutanix appliances has been discontinued.
Oracle SuperCluster is a scalable converged infrastructure released in 2016 offered by the vendor to support business-critical enterprise applications and cloud services in an integrated environment.
The Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is a converged infrastructure engineered to support a private cloud, boasting ease and rapidity of deployment, and scalability.
Arcserve OneXafe (formerly by StorageCraft) is a high performance scale-out file storage appliance, replacing the former Exablox line of scale-out devices acquired by Arcserve in January 2017 to boost that company's product line.
Oracle Netra Modular System is touted as a converged, plug-and-play blade system supporting rapid scale and high interoperability.
The SFA18KX is a high performance block storage and hyperconverged platform iwith an architecture that harnesses the power of the latest technologies, accelerates them with DDN high-performance software features and balances them to deliver fast performance with the lowest latency.…
HVE ConneXions (a Sphere 3D company based in Texas) offers HVE (hybrid virtual engine) virtual desktop infrastructure, an appliance supporting desktop virtualization. The product line includes a non-converged VDI appliance and converged VDI appliances.
HPE ConvergedSystem 500 for SAP HANA is a converged infrastructure solution.
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What is Converged Infrastructure?
Converged infrastructure breaks down traditional IT infrastructure silos by providing pre-configured bundles of hardware and software in a single chassis. Converged infrastructure solutions compute, networking, and storage together and links them using software. Other names for this approach to infrastructure are “unified computing” or “datacenter in a box”.
Converged infrastructure helps businesses to minimize compatibility issues, simplify vendor management, and lower costs. Converged infrastructure eliminates the difficulty of provisioning servers, storage, and applications, which requires teams of people and a lot of time.
When compute, storage, and networking are combined into a pool of shared, pre-configured resources, they can be up and running in a data center in a matter of hours.
Beyond Converged Infrastructure
After infrastructure convergence, the next step is “hyper-converged Infrastructure” where instead of being separate components engineered to work well together, hyper-converged systems are modular appliances sold by a single vendor – usually commodity hardware boxes - containing both computing, virtualization, and storage resources which can be added together for simple scaling.
Converged Infrastructure Solutions Features & Capabilities
- All in one Infrastructure Package
- Reduced Storage Expenses
- Reduced Operating Expenses
- Single Console Management
- Virtualized Storage
Converged Infrastructure Platforms Comparison
When comparing different converged infrastructure platform solutions, consider the following.
- Services included: Some converged infrastructures include the basics for making IT infrastructures “cloud-ready” including storage and networking, while others provide additional features. If your business is looking for more than the essentials, make sure you check what each offering includes.
- Security Features: Converged infrastructure solutions include storage and networking features that facilitate the transfer of data. If your business makes use of sensitive data it is important to think about security features offered by converged infrastructure solutions you are considering.
- Compatibility: Converged Infrastructures include packages of products that are built to work well together. If your business has other systems that exist outside this infrastructure, however, it is important to consider how they can be integrated with the converged infrastructure solutions you are considering.
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Pricing Information
Pricing for converged infrastructure solutions is dependent on what exactly is included in the converged infrastructure package. Additionally, most converged infrastructure vendors do not provide public pricing information, though businesses can reach out to vendors for a quote.
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How is converged infrastructure different from hyper-converged infrastructure?
What is the best converged infrastructure solution?
The highest reviewed converged infrastructure solutions include: