Converged / HyperConverged

When all three core data centre components of servers, storage and the network are virtualised, smart software can be used to define their operation and deliver optimum results.

When combined with business logic, the underlying hardware solution is overlaid with software that also manages application requirements, SLAs, security, policies and cost profiles.

Through embedding storage tiers into servers, compute and storage becomes effectively merged (hyper-converged), utilising smart software to integrate and manage the modular units, and the networking that interconnects them. Importantly, this is performed through a single interface making platform management simple and uniform for the user. As with the trend for virtualisation, the hypervisor plays a key role in delivering functionality and workload portability.

Converged solutions enable the acquisition of best of breed solutions architected, sold, implemented and supported as a single deliverable. Interoperability challenges are eliminated by well-defined vendor reference architectures and factory testing to ensure rapid solution deployment.

Converged solutions offer some flexibility into the selected vendor components to be deployed.

With more choice, comes more uncertainty. The choices available today for data centre infrastructure architectures offer a range of solutions from the traditional server/storage stack to a hyper-converged platform that scales out to support demanding business growth. The experts at Lumen IT can articulate the differences between these platform choices and ensure your organisation ends up with a dependable platform that will scale for years to come.