Hyper-converged solutions integrates following resources into a ‘single solution box.’

  • Storage Resources            
  • Networking Resources
  • Virtualization Resources

 

Hyper-converged is a highly scalable platform that gives storage,networking and virtualization in a single box which seamlessly integrates your SAN, servers and virtualization software.

As in above diagram it is very evident that in traditional storage solution server, switch and storage are separate entities connected with cables.

 

Whereas in hyperconverged solution storage, networking,virtualization are integrated as one solution.

 

Advantages of Hyper Converged Solutions:

 

  • Single Vendor Support :There is no need to knock the doors of multiple vendors ( Storage , Networking and Virtualization) in case of  failures. in case of hyper converged solution you can directly get support with single vendor as storage, networking and virtualization is managed by hyperconverged  solution.
  • Consolidated and Compact Box : Occupies less space in datacenter because it of its compact physical size of box.
  • Cost optimization, data optimization, data rebalancing and high availability are also some key features which are provided by Hyper-Converged Solutions.
  • Software Centric :  Managing the hyperconverged solution is very important
  • High Availability Most hyper-converged solutions provide 24*7 data availability, greatly reducing downtime and data-loss possibilities.
  • Minimizing Recovery Time :Hence most hyper-converged solutions provide zero RPO (Recovery Point Objective) which corresponds to no data loss and zero RTO (Recovery Time Objective) which corresponds to no downtime. In the storage industry, data protection is very crucial, and hyper converged solutions provide efficient answers for them.
  • Disaster Recovery: Also disaster recovery and data protection is a very important aspect for storage systems. With the help of hyper-converged solutions, disaster recovery and data protection are managed very well.
  • No Interoperability Issues:  Hyper-converged solutions come with bare metal along with pre-installed operating systems which provide ease of management and avoid any compatibility issues.
  • No Manual Installations and Integration of Virtualization Softwares: No need to install virtualization solution separately it comes as packaged software with hyperconverged solution.