Redefining HCI: How to Go from Hyper Converged to Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
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The document discusses the evolution and benefits of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), emphasizing its role in the digital transformation of organizations by reducing operational costs and risks while improving IT staff productivity. HCI enables simplified management of data center operations, fosters better resource utilization, and supports innovative business models by providing a flexible hybrid cloud platform. Additionally, it highlights the growing adoption of HCI solutions and their anticipated impact on future data center infrastructure needs.
Redefining HCI: How to Go from Hyper Converged to Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
- 1. The Evolution of Hyperconvergence Following the Drivers Leading to HCI Adoption to Date & How it is Expected to Change Going Forward © IDC Eric Sheppard Research VP, Enterprise Infrastructure
- 2. Organizations around the world are digitally transforming to create new value and competitive advantages through new offerings, new business models, and new customer relationships. 2 Critical Factors Changing Needed D.C. Infrastructure Infrastructure Investments are increasingly… 2) Aligning with Top Business Priorities1) Strategic in Nature Top Business Priorities Rank of Mean Score #1 #7 #3 #4 #5 #6 #2 #8 Source: IDC Business Consulting Client Value Survey, 2017 N=1334
- 3. Investing in new types of infrastructure that drive down cost and time of managing infrastructure © IDC IT Departments Align with Shifting Business Needs Data Center Teams Spend Little Time on InnovationSteady Increase to the Cost of Managing Infrastructure Every $1 CAPEX for Physical Server Drives $4 on OPEX Operational Simplicity & Agility are Critical Needs
- 4. 4 New Investments Targeting Operational Efficiency 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% Enterprise Storage Enterprise Servers Software Defined Storage (HW & SW) Public Cloud IaaS (Compute & Storage) All Flash Storage Systems Hyperconverged Infrastructure Compounded Annual Spending Growth – Last Three Years Public & Private Cloud SDIHyperconverged All Flash Systems
- 5. Elimination of SAN-based solutions in favor of industry standard servers that offer fully virtualized compute and data services. Scale-out architecture of hyperconverged solutions further lowers capital costs reducing overprovisioning, by starting small and scaling as needed. Lower CAPEX HCI Solutions: Rising to the Challenge HCI removes the need to managing physical SANs & LUN-level policies. Staff are able to manage virtual machines, applications, and services. Reduced overprovisioning and increased density helps to drive down costs of power, cooling and D.C. floor space. Reduced OPEX The highly automated nature of HCI solutions helps to reduce risk of downtime associated with common lifecycle management tasks (e.g., firmware upgrades, system refresh). The scale-out, software- defined nature of HCI solutions help to eliminate the need for complex and risky forklift upgrades. Reduced Risk
- 6. 6 Hyperconverged is Providing Real World Benefits Top Benefits Realized Through HCI Deployments 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Improve IT staff productivity Improved utilization of storage resources Reduced cost of data center facilities, power and cooling Reduced downtime and improved application availability Faster time to market Faster infrastructure/application provisioning Improved utilization of compute resources Reduced capital spending on storage systems Improved application performance and response times Reduced capital spending on storage networking Q. Which of the following best describes how your organization has benefitted from the use of HCI? N: 300 HCI Users
- 7. Historical Spending on Converged Systems 7© IDC $0B $5B $10B $15B $20B 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Annualized Quarterly Spending on Converged Systems § Virtual Machine Sprawl § DC Resource Utilization § Simplify Purchase & Support § Reduced Downtime § Productivity & Agility § Productivity & Agility § IT Credibility/Biz Alignment § Lower Cost DP & DR § Productivity & Agility § Enterprise Features § Platform for Hybrid Clouds Traditional CI HCI
- 8. Comparing HCI Spending by Workload with Total Server Market 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% Media streaming Traditional IT Infra. Web serving Unstructured Content / Data… VDI App Dev & Testing Engineering & Technical Apps Structured Data Mgt. Structured Data Analytics Content Apps Collaborative Apps Business Apps 8 HCI Spending by Workload 8 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Tradional IT Infra. Business Apps Web Serving Structured Data Mgt. Media Streaming Collaborative Apps Engineering/Technical Apps App Dev & Testing Structured Data Analytics Content Apps Unstructured Data Analytics VDI HCI Spending as a Share of Total Server Spending
- 9. 9 § Predictable performance under heavy loads § Support sub-millisecond response times § Support hundreds of thousands of IOPs § Provide a private cloud platform that can easily tie into public clouds § Create a seamless hybrid, multi-cloud experience for on & off prem. workloads § HCI should be thought of as a platform for on-prem, private cloud § “Lingua Franca” needed to ensure data can be leveraged no matter location § Essential to preventing/eliminating silos of private & public clouds § Support consolidation of D.C. roles § Horizontal view of staff skills to allow cross responsibility § Help the business drive innovative and new revenue streams Integratewith PublicClouds SupportCommon DataServices EnableDigital Transformation Requirements of HCI Solutions Going Forward § Few data centers scale infrastructure linearly § Must support independent scale of compute and storage IndependentScaling
- 10. NetApp HCI Hybrid Multicloud ExperienceBuild Clouds to Accelerate Services © 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. — NETAPP CONFIDENTIAL — Robert Klusman Director WW Marketing HCI
- 11. Deliver a Cloud Consumption Experience in Your Data Center Simplify consumption of IT for your users 11 © 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. — NETAPP CONFIDENTIAL — Cloud Volumes Cloud Insights Cloud Sync SaaS Backup Cloud Orchestrator Cloud Sentry Cloud Tiering Kubernetes Service The cloud experience must be: • Low-friction • Self-service • Automated • Consistent across all your public and private clouds Your users are demanding more.
- 12. NetApp HCI as an Extension of Public Cloud Automate management complexity to eliminate constraints in hybrid clouds 12 © 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. — NETAPP CONFIDENTIAL — Cloud service management and orchestration Extend public cloud into your data center Containers, VMware, private, local to you Right cloud, right workload Cloud Volumes Cloud Insights Cloud Sync SaaS Backup Cloud Orchestrator Cloud Sentry Cloud Tiering Kubernetes Service ServiceProviders CloudDataServices DataFabric NetApp HCI
- 13. Tap into Innovation from All Your Clouds Deliver new business faster 13 © 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. — NETAPP CONFIDENTIAL — New clouds, new services, new opportunities. Access to the best-in-class microservices allows you to outpace competition.
- 14. 14 © 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. — NETAPP CONFIDENTIAL — Enterprise design § High-performance, scalable hybrid cloud infrastructure § Guaranteed service levels through built-in quality-of- service (QoS) controls Automated § Heavily automated system, deep APIs § Optimal for enterprise and cloud-native applications Elastic infrastructure § Get seamless resource scalability § Align infrastructure with business needs Hybrid multicloud experience § Only NetApp offers public cloud architectures for private clouds § Integrated application flexibility, operations, and protection NetApp® HCI fast adoption § Less than 12 months on the market § 350+ customers with 200PB+ deployed NetApp HCI