To operate in today’s business environment, companies need highly advanced technological networks that can easily communicate with one another. These IT infrastructures have to come in bundled packages that combine all the necessary technical aspects that run an efficient organization. Basically, businesses need to hyper converge their computing, storage, and networking systems into one single unit.
What is Hyperconvergence
As alluded to above, hyperconvergence is the bundling of storage, computing, and networking systems into a single IT infrastructure. This combining of resources helps to reduce data confusion and simplifies IT processes within an organization.
Hyper-converged platforms usually include the following:
- Standard Servers
- Hypervisor
- Virtual Networking
- Software Storage
Hyperconvergence infrastructures are easier to manage than traditional storage systems since they are easier to operate and provide a wider range of options.
For example, hyper-convergence has the ability to provide cloud infrastructure aimed at public use while allowing a company to retain control over its private hardware devices.
Converged vs. Hyper-Converged Infrastructures
While converged infrastructures tend to simplify managed systems through pre-defined packages, hyper-converged environments provide higher automation.
Since the different computing, storage, and networking systems in a hyper-converged platform cannot be separated, they must work as a single unit and therefore can easily be programmed to perform multiple automatic tasks.
With converged platforms, there is no option to integrate additional modules. Modular programming worked when each component worked separately. However, with hyper-convergence, more additions can be added which will ultimately work with all the other units as a single entity. This ability gives businesses and organizations the necessary resources to expand their function and output through the use of added extensions.
Hyper-Convergence Infrastructure Business Integration
Hyper-Convergence Infrastructures (HCI), gives businesses a software-based management system that provides better efficiency and management of resources.
While the above briefly describes the overall benefit of how hyper-converged systems for business, there are further reasons why a company of any size should integrate hyper-convergence into their IT framework. This include:
- Savings: Any business wishing to continue doing business well into the future must consider the costs of doing so. A major business expense is in regards to IT systems. With hyper-convergence, the long-term cost of maintaining and operating an IT system is greatly reduced. Two main cost-factors that hyper-convergence helps to mitigate are the reduction in equipment and certification expenses.
- Scaling: Businesses can scale up without having to replace equipment if they integrate a hyper-converged infrastructure into their IT framework. The ability to add new modules, software, and hardware to work with all the other infrastructure parts set in place not only saves money but also creates flexibility during peak and downward business cycles.
- Down Time Reduction: Hyperconvergence reduces downtime and so eliminates potential loss of profits. If integrated correctly, it can also increase productivity by eliminating or recovering from obstacles and setbacks rather quickly. Ultimately, businesses wishing to create long-term sustainability will have to switch over to hyper-convergence infrastructures. There is no other way for a business to compete with other organizations who use systems in terms of cost, efficiency, and response time.
HCI is the way of the future when it comes to IT systems and the future appears to have already arrived!