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Simplify, Scale, and Secure with Hype converged Infrastructure!

While traditional server-storage solutions have served well for many years, their drawbacks are becoming more pronounced in the face of modern IT demands. Users are facing various issues related to complexity, scalability, cost, efficiency, agility, downtime risk, security, and disaster recovery. Organizations looking to optimize their IT infrastructure for the future may find significant benefits in transitioning away from traditional server-storage solutions. To resolve these drawbacks, users are transitioning to a newer and better-adaptable Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) solution. Migrating to HCI offers numerous advantages in terms of simplicity, scalability, performance, cost efficiency, agility, reliability, security, and flexibility. ESL helps organization through this transition journey aligning their business goal with the technology transformation.

HCI Components

HCI integrates several components into a unified system. These components work together to provide a simplified, scalable, and efficient IT environment. Below are the key components of HCI:

Compute

Virtual Efficiency, Scalable HCI Compute!

Virtualization: HCI relies on virtualization to abstract compute resources from physical hardware, enabling the efficient use of resources. This is typically achieved using a hypervisor.

Nodes: Each HCI node includes CPU and memory resources. Nodes can be added to the HCI cluster to scale out compute capacity.

Storage

SDS Efficiency, Distributed Resilience, Optimized Storage!

Software-Defined Storage (SDS): HCI systems use software to manage and virtualize storage resources, pooling them across all nodes in the cluster. This eliminates the need for separate storage systems.

Distributed Storage: Storage is distributed across multiple nodes, providing redundancy, high availability, and improved performance.

Data Services: Features like deduplication, compression, and replication are often built into the storage layer to optimize storage efficiency and resilience.

Networking

Seamless Connectivity: SDN-Driven Virtual Networks, Integrated Simplicity!

Virtual Networking: HCI systems use software-defined networking (SDN) to virtualize and manage network resources. This includes the creation and management of virtual networks, switches, and routers.

Integrated Networking: Networking is integrated into the HCI nodes, reducing the need for separate network hardware and simplifying network management.

Management

Unified Control: Simplified Management, Automated Efficiency!

Unified Management Interface: HCI solutions typically provide a single management interface for the entire infrastructure, including compute, storage, and networking. This simplifies administration and reduces the need for multiple management tools.

Automation and Orchestration: HCI platforms often include tools for automation and orchestration, enabling streamlined deployment, scaling, and maintenance of resources.

Security

Unlocking HCI’s Security Potential: Encryption, Access Control, and More!

Integrated Security Features: HCI systems often come with built-in security features such as encryption, secure boot, and role-based access control (RBAC).

Consistent Security Policies: Unified management allows for the implementation of consistent security policies across all components.

Backup & Disaster Recovery

Built-In Backup: Instant Snapshots, Reliable Replication, Complete Data Protection!

Integrated Backup Solutions: Many HCI solutions include built-in backup and disaster recovery capabilities, providing data protection and quick recovery options.

Snapshot and Replication: Features like snapshots and data replication are commonly integrated, ensuring data availability and resilience.

Hypervisor

Core Virtualization: Hypervisor-Powered Efficiency and Management!

Core Virtualization Engine: The hypervisor is a critical component of HCI, providing the virtualization layer that abstracts and manages the underlying hardware resources.

How HCI solution function

Transform Your Datacenter: Unified Power, Flexible Scalability, Superior Performance!

ESL’s HCI solutions converge the entire data center stack, including computing, storage, storage networking, and virtualization. They combine commodity data center server hardware with locally attached storage devices and use a distributed software layer to eliminate common pain points associated with legacy infrastructure. Our HCI solutions replace complex and expensive legacy infrastructure with a distributed platform running on industry-standard commodity servers, enabling enterprises to size their workloads precisely and scale flexibly as needed. Software running on each node distributes all operating functions across the cluster for superior performance and resilience. We offer hardware platform configurations to fit any workload, independently scaling various resources (CPU, RAM, and storage) and providing flash nodes for optimal storage performance. Additionally, ESL’s HCI solutions include a management pane for easy administration of HCI resources from a single interface, eliminating the need for separate management solutions.

Workflow of an HCI Solution

Integrated Excellence: Compute, Storage, Networking for Performance and Scale!

  • Deployment: An HCI solution is deployed by setting up a cluster of nodes. Each node includes compute, storage, and networking components.
  • Resource Pooling: The hypervisor abstracts the compute resources, SDS pools the storage resources, and SDN virtualizes the networking resources.
  • Management: The entire infrastructure is managed through a single interface, where administrators can create and manage VMs, allocate storage, and configure network settings.
  • Operation: Applications run on VMs, leveraging the pooled resources. The HCI system ensures optimal performance, high availability, and efficient resource utilization.
  • Scaling: As demand grows, additional nodes can be added to the cluster, automatically integrating into the existing infrastructure and expanding the resource pool.

HCI solutions function by integrating compute, storage, and networking into a cohesive system managed by software. This integration simplifies management, improves scalability, enhances performance, and reduces costs, making HCI an attractive option for modern IT environments.