Sharing Infrastructure Platform Advantage analysis

Small and medium-sized Enterprises initially started from the deployment of a server, and then slowly extended to three or four different models different generations, and even different brands of servers. In the process, they also install network switches to connect to these servers, as well as different storage platforms to keep their growing data. In the end, interoperability problems, and a large amount of space-consuming devices, are not only cluttered, but extremely difficult to maintain. Such a chaotic and thread-free IT environment makes it hard for companies to drive business growth and improve productivity.

In recent years, with large data and cloud computing convergence trend, manufacturers have launched an integrated product solutions. The implication of this scenario is that multiple information technology (IT) components are fused to form a single, optimized computing solution. Among them, Dell has put forward the concept of shared infrastructure platform.

As the name suggests, this is an infrastructure platform that integrates servers, data storage devices, network equipment and IT infrastructure management, as well as automation and business process software. such as the PowerEdge VRTX that Dell has built for small offices.

In the SME perspective, the shared infrastructure platform lowers costs first, which is the greatest boon for small and medium-sized enterprises with limited budgets. With shared infrastructure resource pooling, computing, storage, power, and cooling resources are shared, and businesses can reduce TCO in terms of energy efficiency, system expansion efficiencies, and computational density.

Second, the hardware complexity and spread challenges are eliminated. Since the shared infrastructure platform has integrated servers, storage, and network resources, there is no hardware compatibility issue and no server sprawl due to physical expansion.

Management is more convenient. The shared infrastructure platform consolidates server, storage, and network management capabilities into a single management console, making management very easy and reducing the learning curve without the need to spend time learning a whole new set of tools to manage all the resources.

The biggest bright spot is shared storage. Small and medium-sized enterprises can get similar capabilities to SAN (storage area Network) to take full advantage of virtualization and high availability. Shared storage can be configured to manage the lifecycle of the system more efficiently through the use of tools for managing servers and I/O.

Obviously, the past kind of "to provide enterprises with a large pile of parts, we can assemble ourselves." System complexity, high cost and difficult management are not the problem "the era has passed. Today's enterprises want to unify all the equipment, placed in a unified platform.