Who uses the converged data center infrastructure?

The emergence of a converged datacenter architecture has dramatically improved over the decades, servers, routers, storage, and the resulting management practices have been a huge problem for it executives, and this management challenge has helped to achieve the way resources are shared on demand.

"Previously, convergence refers to the integration of voice and data link communications," said Jeffrey Kaplan, head of management at a Wellesley information company, Think Strategies Inc. Today's integration management refers to the centralized control of the traditional data center environment, while allowing authorized end-users to implement autonomous operation of the resources assigned to them.

Enterprises can build their own converged data center architecture, but the resulting troubles and controversies are a big hindrance. As a result, a third-party converged infrastructure solution that provides a plug-and-play virtual computing platform is available at the right time, such as HP's Blade array system, Cisco packaged VMware Virtual Server technology, and the unified Computing Platform (UCS), which was launched after EMC's storage system. Geoff Woollacott, senior analyst and executive manager of a technology business research company in Neuhampton state, said: "These software products are tested, optimized, integrated, and have good support, and are quite a winning product".

"This is a very appealing and rewarding proposition," Woollacott, a converged infrastructure that greatly improves efficiency, and "the older generation of CIOs are builders, and a new generation of CIOs is transformed into architects, which is the blueprint for the future".
who uses the underlying architecture of a converged data center?

Joe Onisick, the World wide integrated technology Solutions architect for Saint Louis State, has repeatedly designed and implemented a converged infrastructure for customers based on Cisco and HP products.

His projects include the infrastructure to build a new converged data center for customers, as well as migrating from existing data centers to a new, converged architecture, which requires the greatest possible use of existing resources and equipment.

An IT education and strategy consultancy in Denver, a senior partner and chief technology expert at concentrated limited technology, Greg Shield commented, "Large business organizations have often deployed quite a number of applicable infrastructure, When they start to eliminate old hardware devices, they will consider using virtualized converged infrastructure hardware to replace outdated devices.

This "elimination" approach allows enterprises to frame a converged infrastructure by stages, by adding modular products and a unified platformSeamless docking, instead of repeatedly buying different stand-alone new devices to meet business needs. Shield believes that the current integrated infrastructure development trend can help enterprises to build a unified computing platform.

The extension of the private cloud by a converged datacenter infrastructure

At first glance, a converged datacenter infrastructure concept is very similar to the private cloud concept that many it executives think of by providing "packaged virtual meta operating systems, management patterns, and business practices" Server portfolio to provide the ability to provide "on-demand" services externally. In fact, the idea that a converged infrastructure can be understood as "a mechanism that the IT performer can add to the private cloud of the enterprise" will make the difference clearer.

"Everything comes from modularity," shields, "what could be better for a business than this?" Look at the screen to see how much more computing power is needed, memory and storage, and then go directly to a vendor's website to buy equivalent computing power or memory, instead of trying to assess business requirements, analyze, calculate, and design the computing power and architecture needed, and then start sourcing, installing, deploying, implementation, and so on such a loop. "

This convenient commitment has attracted the attention of large corporations such as PepsiCo, and the Ohio Pepsi Beverage and Kentucky State's drpepper distribution channel plant began planning to adopt HP's converged infrastructure to address the presence of corporate headquarters, Network bottlenecks between 10 distribution centers and another disaster preparedness center.

(editor: Heritage)