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- 1. Kristof Heuninck – Product Sales Datacenter & Cloud Cisco HyperFlex The next generation of HyperConvergence
- 2. IT Evolution From Supporting the Business to Innovation The Garage The Guesthouse The Factory
- 3. “One Size Fits All”: An Idea Whose Time Has Come and Gone
- 6. Different applications, different needs Mission Critical Applications Reliable HW Random performance East-West traffic Big Data Applications Capacity focussed Sequential performance Easy integration Cloud Native Applications Distributed HW agnostic Agile, no HW redundancy Virtual (Desktop) Applications Write IO intensive East-West traffic Optimization ready
- 7. Mainstream Computing Scale Out UCS C3000 Fourth Generation UCS One Management Platform HyperFlex Systems Hyperconverged Infrastructure Converged Infrastructure Core Data CenterEdge Cloud UCS Mini True Hybrid IT with Cisco Enterprise Cloud Suite UCS Manager SmartStack and others
- 9. Focus of Hyperconvergence Fast Time to MarketSimplicityFirst Gen HCI
- 10. Some challenges with Hyperconvergence Gaps Fast Time to MarketSimplicity New management silos Inefficient scaling and data optimization Network not included in the system First Gen HCI
- 11. What could “Next-Gen HCI” bring us? Next Gen HCI Gaps Fast Time to MarketSimplicity New management silos Inefficient scaling and data optimization Agile Simplicity + Integration with Existing Data Center Easy Scaling + Resource Efficiency Existing Apps + Next Gen AdaptableEfficient First Gen HCI Network not included in the system
- 13. Hyperconvergence Compute Storage X86 Platform With Virtualization Storage Array
- 14. Compute Networking Compute Storage HyperconvergenceCiscoUCS The Power of Cisco HyperFlex Cisco HyperFlex
- 16. Cisco HyperFlex Systems 1 Complete Hyperconvergence Unified Compute and Network Infrastructure Wide Array of Rack and Blade Form Factors Integrated, High Performance Network Fabric Automated Management of all Hardware Virtualization Aware Cisco UCS: The Ideal System for Hyperconvergence
- 17. Cisco HyperFlex Systems 1 Complete Hyperconvergence Unified Compute and Network Infrastructure Cisco HyperFlex Cisco HX Data Platform Data Services and Storage Optimization 2 Next Gen Data Platform Designed for Distributed Storage
- 18. Cisco HyperFlex Systems 1 3 Complete Hyperconvergence Unified Compute and Network Infrastructure Part of a Complete Data Center Strategy Elastic and Secure at Enterprise Scale Cisco HyperFlex Cisco HX Data Platform Data Services and Storage Optimization 2 Next Gen Data Platform Designed for Distributed Storage Cisco One Enterprise Cloud Suite Cisco ACI Cisco Security
- 19. HX220c Nodes Smallest footprint Minimum of 3 Node Cluster (VDI, ROBO) HX240c Nodes Capacity-heavy Minimum of 3 Node Cluster (VSI: IT/Biz Apps, Test/Dev) HX240c + B200 for HF Hybrid Nodes Compute-heavy hybrid (Compute bound apps/VDI) Bundles and Configure to Order Annual Subscription Software Model Integrated with vSphere Hyperconvergence Meets Unified Computing HyperFlex HX-Series
- 20. Primary HyperFlex Use Cases • Agile provisioning • Frequent iterations • Instant cloning and snapshots Test and Development • Low upfront costs • Consistent performance • Predictable scaling Virtual Desktop Infrastructure • Reduce operational complexity • Adaptive scaling • Always-on resiliency Server Virtualization • Simple deployment • Centralized management • No “fly-and-fix” missions Large Remote Branch Office
- 21. Next Generation Data Platform Custom Built, Log Structured File System with Flash, Dedup and Compression as Foundational Elements Independent Scaling and Scale Out Architecture Predictable, Pay-as-You-Grow Efficiency Enterprise Storage Features Pointer-Based Snapshot Near Instant Clones Inline dedup and compression Enterprise Data Protection Highly Available/Self-Healing Single Button Non-Disruptive Rolling Upgrades Call Home and Onsite 24x7 Support Available Single Point of Management Integrated into vCenter Robust Reporting and Analytics
- 22. Cisco HX Data Platform
- 23. Reduced management complexity Integrated Management Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform Flash endurance, compression friendly, faster rebuilds Log Structured Layout Scale performance and capacity independently, eliminate hotspots Data Distribution Flash performance, low cost capacity Data Virtualization Fast, efficient snapshots and clones Data Services
- 24. Building on the Right Foundation Cisco HX Data Platform Built From the Ground Up for Hyperconvergence Distributed Log- Structured File System Designed for Scale-out, Distributed Storage Advanced Data Services (Snapshots, Clones) and Data Optimization (Inline Dedupe, Compression) Without Trade-offs Better Flash Endurance and Disk Performance Computing, Storage, Networking, and Hypervisor Integration Eliminates Management Silos Distributed File system Local FS Local FS Local FS Local FS Unique Architecture
- 25. CONTROLLER VMHYPERVISOR VM VM VM HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM CONTROLLER VMHYPERVISOR VM VM VM CONTROLLER VMHYPERVISOR VM VM VM CONTROLLER VMHYPERVISOR VM VM VM CONTROLLER VMHYPERVISOR VM VM VM Software Modules Inside a Server Controller VM Has Direct Access to Drives VAAI Plugin Offloads Snapshots and Clone Operations IO Visor Module Presents NFS to ESX and Stripes IO DATASTORE/VOLUME CONTROLLER VM HYPERVISOR VMVMVMVMVM HDD HDD SDD SDD IO Visor VAAI
- 26. Dynamic Data Distribution • HX Data Platform stripes data across all nodes simultaneously, leveraging cache across all SSDs for fast writes • Balanced space utilization: no data migration required following a VM migration Systems built on conventional file systems write locally, then replicate, creating performance hotspots CONTROLLERHYPERVISORHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM HX Data Platform VM VMVM CONTROLLERCONTROLLER
- 27. Independent Scaling of Compute and Capacity Scale Compute HX Data Platform Add NodesScale Cache or Capacity Within Nodes HX Data Platform CONTROLLERHYPERVISORCONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR IOVisorIOVisor IOVisorIOVisor IOVisorIOVisor IOVisorIOVisor VM VM VM VM Non- HyperFlex Hosts Can Connect to Storage with IOVisor VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM IOvisor
- 28. High Resiliency, Fast Recovery Platform Can Sustain Simultaneous 2 Node Failure Without Data Loss; Replication Factor Is Tunable If a Node Fails, the Evacuated VMs Re-attach With No Data Movement Required Replacement Node Automatically Configured Via UCS Service Profile HX Data Platform Automatically Re-Distributes Data to Node CONTROLLERHYPERVISORCONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM HX Data PlatformHX Data Platform IOvisor
- 29. Continuous Data Optimization BEFORE Inline Deduplication 20–30% space savings Inline Compression 30–50% space savings No Special Hardware No Performance Impact Log-Structured File System Yields More Efficient Data Optimization Always ON
- 30. • Pointer-based snapshots • Space-efficient • Fast creations and deletions • Fine-grained or coarse-grained • VM-level or VM folder-level • VAAI-integrated • Quiesced and crash-consistent • Use vCenter Snapshot Manager • Policy-based • Schedules, retention period Fast and Flexible Native Snapshots for Backups VAAI
- 31. • Pointer-Based Writeable Snapshots (Instantaneous Clones) • VAAI integrated • VM-level granularity Native VM Clones for Rapid Provisioning • Batch creation GUI • Apply unique names • Use customization spec to apply IP • Powerful tool to rapidly setup a large set of VMs using just VC (without scripting or View composer); Up to 256 clones in parallel per job • Golden/Base VM can be a template, powered on or powered off VAAI
- 32. Integrated Management and Data Services • Clones and snapshots are pointer-based and space-efficient • Creation and deletion do not impact performance • Instant provisioning, cloning and snapshotting of virtual machines from within vCenter • No separate console, no learning curve • UCS Manager familiar to 50,000 customers WW • Server and network deployment settings in pre- configured Service Profiles
- 33. HX UCS Domain iSCSI/NFS or FC Storage Volume* HX DATASTORE iSCIS/NFS FC Cisco HyperFlex Supported Designs HX Cluster Support of External SAN Other storage Other storage
- 34. Flexible, Extensible Storage Interfaces Future Ready Architecture API-Enabled Data Platform Supports Multiple Storage Formats At Launch Support for VMware Future Releases • Containers • Additional VM environments ObjectFile Block Bare MetalContainers Cisco HyperFlex: HX Data Platform Data Services and Storage Optimization
- 35. To summarize
- 36. Cisco vs. First Generation HCI Solutions Complete Solution Scaling Data Availability Management Simplicity Architectural Underpinning Total Cost of Ownership Cisco HyperFlex • Compute • Storage • Networking • Independent Scaling • Wide Striping • 100% integrated • Purpose Built H/W and S/W • Pricing Advantage • Use of Existing Resources
- 37. Mission Critical Applications Big Data applications Cloud native applications Virtual (Desktop) applications UCS C-series UCS B-series Cisco HyperFlex FABRIC INTERCONNECT Workload Optimized Infrastructure Converged Infrastructure ONE OPERATING MODEL Single point of management across all UCS platforms Unified Management (firmware, KVM, inventory, alert, ...) Configuration consistency through Service Profiles Consistent performance Convergence of datacenter components
- 38. Don’t get HyperConverged without Converged UCS Mini (8 bays) • 3 Blades B200M4 • 48 cores E2609 • 192GB memory • 8x 10Gbit interfaces Nimble CS215 • 12TB Net capacity • 10GB iSCSI connectivity 3Y support (HW & SW) 57.500 EURO budgetary price HX220 3 node bundle • 2x 48x 10Gbit Fabric Interconnects • 3 nodes / 48 cores E2630 • 768GB memory • 3x 120GB EV SSD Datastore HX • 3x 480GB EP For Caching • 10.28TB Net capacity (30% dedup, 20% compression) 3Y support (HW + SW) 69.000 EURO budgetary price SmartStack Bundle HyperFlex Bundle
- 39. 69.000 EURO budgetary price57.500 EURO budgetary price Don’t get HyperConverged without Converged SmartStack Bundle HyperFlex Bundle
- 40. Sustainable Differentiation Technology Area Result Operational Simplicity Software Defined Infrastructure Deploy in Less Than an Hour Resource Efficiency Always on Data Optimization 30% TCO Advantage Workload Scaling High Performance File System and Fabric 40% Performance Advantage
- 41. Kristof Heuninck kheuninc@cisco.com Product Sales Datacenter & Hybrid IT
Editor's Notes
- HyperFlex is based on UCS, which means our customers can adopt hyperconverged technology - for the applications where it is the right fit - and still continue to operate the other forms of infrastructure they need, all without creating new management silos.
- Many hyperconverged solutions solve these problems to varying extents. All HCI solutions claim to be agile: you can rapidly provision, clone and snapshot applications. That means you can get solutions up and running quickly. Additionally, these solutions are efficient in that the solutions can handle a wide range of workloads, such as desktop virtualization, virtualized app environments and dev and test. And many claim to scale as you grow, which means you can scale linearly and in small increments. First movers in the hyperconverged space focused primarily on delivering simplicity, and speed and agility that come along with that. They were also intent on getting to market very quickly to satisfy the enormous market demand.
- However, there are numerous gaps in the first generation systems. Architectural shortcuts were made in order to get to market quickly and design tradeoffs made to prioritize simplicity. For instance, instead of taking the time to integrate into existing toolsets and virtual machine managers, many developed new, stand alone interfaces. This adds management and operational complexity as you now have to manage multiple systems in different ways. First generation solutions also used lock-step building block appliances with fixed ratios of compute and storage. They are fixed systems with little flexibility in scaling specific elements of memory, computing, storage as needed. This provides very little flexibility and impacts the economics of the overall solution. First gen players built on top of conventional write-in-place file systems, mostly EXT4 from the Linux kernel. This put limitations on performance and data optimization in a multi-node cluster environment. First gen systems overlooked network integration in the solution, an essential element in a clustered system. So while they’ll claim rapid provisioning of their solution, the network might still take days or weeks to provision. First generation systems provide intelligent placement and migration of VMs, but do so without security or taking into account provisioning and configuration of the network (they’ll focus only on computing and storage). Many of these systems don’t provide centralized faults, logs and inventory. Current solutions have limited ability to provide remotely distributed deployments. Solutions today to not provide scale-up and out integration, where Cisco HyperFlex solutions can leverage both. Current solutions only leverage scale-out deployments and, even then, only in fixed configuration blocks. And finally, first generation systems did not take into account the network, which was not included in the system. So while you could bring up compute and storage quickly, you often had to wait weeks for the network configuration. All of this contributed to significant gaps in capability and efficiency
- So while many in the industry talk about being “beyond Hyperconvergence” or second or third generation Hyperconvergence, Cisco believes customers haven’t yet received the full credit answer for what Hyperconvergence should deliver in the first place. We also believe Hyperconvergence isn’t going to solve every need. Our customers are telling us they want: Simplicity AND integration into existing tools and processes Easy scaling AND the right mix of capacity and performance for the applications Support for VM’s and VDI AND a system that will support a world of containers and microservices In order for HCI to go mainstream and provide lasting value, the industry needs to close these gaps and deliver HCI as part of a comprehensive architecture. Here are some more specific proof points as to what HyperFlex Systems can deliver Agility. Cisco HyperFlex adds to that with automated bare metal and virtualized infrastructure set-up, install and configuration as well as automated networking and server configuration as well as distributed storage cluster. Cisco provides a single, easy to use interface that simplifies daily operations. No new consoles are required and it can be managed via integration with existing tools. Cisco adds to that by providing secure application containers for VM, bare metal and dynamic network deployments. UCS Director support for application containers with one or more fenced networks and VMs/BMs Cisco provides common infrastructure control plane, centralized monitoring and integrations with third tools, as well as an API for servers, networking with centralized logs, error reporting in existing tools. Efficiency Current systems don’t provide cloud-like resource expansion/contraction. Cisco provides a simple automated expansion at the cluster level and subscription pricing. This includes one-button expansion at the cluster level, auto-discovery of infrastructure elements and subscription pricing per server Current solutions have limited ability to provide remotely distributed deployments. Cisco delivers the ability to manage remote infrastructure as easily as easily as a single system, including simplified global management using domains and service profiles Current systems create infrastructure and management silos by providing new interfaces. Cisco provides orchestration across traditional, converged, HCI and composable infrastructure across vendor and third party infrastructure. HyperFlex provides integration with UCS Director provides IaaS and orchestration across Cisco and third party infrastructure Cisco provides a programmable networking with consistent workflows and integrations with a broad partner ecosystem for UCS and ACI through UCS Director. Adaptable solutions Solutions today to not provide scale-up and out integration, where Cisco HyperFlex solutions can leverage both. Current solutions only leverage scale-out deployments First generation solutions scale via fixed ratios. Cisco provides linearly independent CPU and storage scaling. We are able to scale CPU and storage separately using different server types Cisco HyperFlex is architecturally adaptable to expanded uses case, whereas most solutions today support a very limited set. The architecture overcomes the performance overhead of SDS and virtual fabric to support more workloads by leveraging the performance advantages of the UCS fabric architecture
- When we released UCS in 2009, we brought something to the blade server market that until then did not exist. The convergence of compute and networking (and actually also Storage Access, but for this discussion lets ignore that). That after 6 years is still a differentiating capability that provides great operational benefits to customers. The additional key differentiating capability is the abstraction layer we placed on top of the the compute and network hardware. We used the term “stateless” in 2009, today we would use the term “software defined or policy driven” as a differentiating capability.
- What SimpliVity has done is move the storage to the compute.
- Together we bring the best of both world in a single appliance and system together. Networking, Compute and Storage.
- Cisco HyperFlex Systems is a new family of fully productized, Cisco branded solutions that we are adding to our Data Center portfolio.
- First let me give you a high level view of what HyperFlex is and then we’ll step through the components and functionality in detail. HyperFlex is built on UCS, which means complete Hyperconvergence. We’ve already done the hard work to deliver tight integration of servers and network, which are the infrastructure underpinnings of HCI. UCS leverages a fabric-centric architecture, built for scale-out computing. Because UCS, by design, includes the networking capability, you now have a truly “hyper-converged” solution that includes servers, storage and networking. Then, there’s the management: Cisco UCS has unified management of all physical and virtual infrastructure, which makes this system easy to deploy, scale, and manage
- HyperFlex is powered by the HX Data Platform, which we will discuss in detail. This is a next generation platform built from the ground up for distributed storage and hyperconverged computing. It offers advanced data services and always on storage optimization features. The HX Data Platform with the UCS to deliver exceptional performance, efficiency and elasticity.
- HyperFlex is part of a comprehensive set of data center technologies from Cisco. As mentioned earlier, HyperFlex is built on UCS. As part of the overall Data Center architecture, it can take advantage of a number of key Cisco capabilities. The first of these is Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure, which provides application-centric network services, and secure micro-segmentation and workload placement. This stretches automation of application services from HyperFlex into the rest of the data center network. Combined with UCS, you get end-to-end Fabric and Systems programmability and automation. It also includes Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite (ECS). This provides integrations for cross-data center orchestration, IaaS and hybrid Cloud Bursting. With HyperFlex, Cisco is bringing forward a set of capabilities unmatched by any of the existing Hyperconverged solutions, one that customers can easily adopt as part of a future-ready strategy for all applications and operating models.
- Now let’s turn to the HX Data Platform, which is the revolutionary software at the heart of Cisco HyperFlex. The HX Data Platform has taken an extremely innovative and differentiated approach that begins with a log-structured file system they developed from scratch, expressly designed for hyperconvergence. HyperFlex provides high resiliency and fast recovery. The HX data platform defaults to a 2X replication factor, which means three copies of data are distributed across the system and it can sustain a simultaneous two-node failure without data loss. Customers can increase the replication factor if they wish. When a node fails, the VM’s that are evacuated to other nodes re-attach to the data store seamlessly; no data movement is required among the remaining nodes in the cluster. When the node is replaced, bare metal hardware is automatically configured with all identity information and network settings via UCS service profile in a matter of minutes. The HX data platform then re-distributes data automatically to the recovered node. This capability also allows for non-disruptive rolling upgrades. HyperFlex provides Continuous data optimization Always-on inline data deduplication and inline compression provide highly-efficient resource utilization, minimizing the amount of infrastructure required. This is tuning-free and done automatically. First Gen HCI solutions often suffer significant performance penalties for de-dupe and compression, forcing customers to buy more capacity than they need, or to buy hardware accelerators in the cast of Simplivity. This is another benefit of the purpose-built HX Data Platform vs. systems built on conventional filesystems HyperFlex provides extensible, flexible storage interfaces. The HX Data Platform has been designed to support today’s workloads as well as next-generation applications. The overwhelming majority of customers have built their current operational framework around VMware virtual machines. At launch HyperFlex will support VMware as well as file access by other servers, with future support built in for containers and other virtual machine types. HyperFlex provides integration with existing tools and processes is an essential tenet of next-generation Hyperconvergence UCS Manager is the most advanced systems management framework and familiar to 50,000 customers worldwide. Cisco HyperFlex ships from the factory with pre-configured services profiles that will allow customers to deploy the total environment – servers and networking - quickly and error-free. The HX Data Platform features Integrated, native Data Management Features. Native storage functionality is integrated into vCenter, allowing instant provisioning, cloning and snapshotting of applications, dramatically simplifying daily operations and avoiding additional management toolsets. Let’s now go into two of very unique capabilities of the system: Independent scaling or compute and capacity and dynamic data distribution.
- Cisco HyperFlex Systems is a new family of fully productized, Cisco branded solutions that we are adding to our Data Center portfolio.
- HX Data Platform is a distributed filesystem built from the ground up to deliver high performance without compromising on data optimization, data management, scalability or resliency. General: Appending (in log strcutre file system) is fast. - Legacy filesystems are write-in-place so slower; need to read the block first Data services - the log structured distributed objects layer does not impact any modifications (writes) to already compressed data. All incoming modi cations are compressed and written to a new location, and the older data is marked for deletion (unless the data needs to be retained in a snapshot). None of the data that is being modi ed needs to be read for modi cation before writing. - Legacy is read-modify-write resulting on significant performance penalty; need to uncompress, read and then modify Flash – we append so more flash friendly Legacy wears out heavily written cells Key solution capabilities. Get Technical for ~3 slides….. Can we get a slide on the magic of a log-structured filesystem vs. EXT4 or other. How it is the foundation for all the differentiation…. Ingredient brand for equivalent of HALO
- First gen hyperconverged systems typically write to the local node and then replicate across the cluster, creating hotspots. The HX data platform is unique: Incoming data is distributed simultaneously across multiple servers in the cluster, taking advantage of the combined memory and flash cache of the entire environment. This immediate data distribution is an area where the low latency, single hop fabric of UCS combines exceptionally well with the design of the HX Data Platform.
- The HX Data Platform has been designed to support today’s workloads as well as next-generation applications. Like any hyperconverged system, adding nodes to the cluster to increase capacity is easy. What’s hard is mapping what you have to what you need. In HyperFlex, flash and disk in each node can be scaled separately to match application requirements. This means that, if you need more storage, you can add storage to the pool of resources HyperFlex provides. The HX Data Platform has a feature called IOVisor. This component allows servers not in the cluster to access the cluster’s data store. This allows customers to scale computing without bottlenecks. This is unique. Nutanix and others do not have this capability so they cannot support blade-based scaling for compute. Customers need to add more expensive HCI nodes to get more compute, whether they need more storage or not. All of this results in independent scaling of compute, caching or capacity, allowing full flexibility to match performance and capacity to the needs of the application and accommodate changing requirements.
- Dynamic Data Distribution - incoming data is distributed across multiple servers in the cluster and accelerated by the Cisco UCS Network Fabric in order to eliminate performance bottlenecks and achieve high IO performance
- Continuous data optimization – always-on inline data deduplication and inline compression provide highly-efficient resource utilization, minimizing overall IT footprint 2–5X Data Reduction Need some VO on how the filesystem lends itself to higher efficiency here.
- Integrated native Data Management Features – native storage functionality is integrated into existing management tools allowing instant provisioning, cloning and snapshotting of applications, dramatically simplifying daily operations Policy Snapshot Pointer Based Snapshots Fast creations and deletions No consolidation overhead Fine-grained or coarse grained VM-Level or VM Folder Level VAAI/Cinder integrated Quiesced and Crash-consistent Use vCenter Snapshot Manager Policy based Schedules, Retention period Pointer Based Writeable Snapshots VM-level VAAI integrated Batch creation GUI Clone names Use Customization spec
- BUILT ON UCS Fabric-centric, built for scale-out computing Unified management of all physical and virtual infrastructure Easy to deploy/ scale/manage
- 1) Turn-key appliance +tier1 support better integrated Networking integration allows for simpler cluster creation. Could mean days vs hrs in terms of installation time savings. Cisco UCS underpinning means UCS manager and system profile simplicity carries forward. 2) Scaling With the ability to support compute, storage and network scaling separately, enables customers full on-demand response. With the ability to independently scale caching (memory and SSD) in the near future, this advantage will only grow. This is one the key negatives traditional vendors site against HCI and Cisco is the first and only vendor to address it. Performance advantages are also manifested as part of this, were in a standard 70/30 Read/Write mix workloads, Hyperflex can offer 50% or greater performance advantage. 3) Data Availability Wide striping means that any node that is part of the cluster can respond to application demands. It also means failures, upgrades, etc are managed seamlessly. With built in replication factor of 2, checksums and fingerprints on the key value stores, means data integrity is deeply integrated into the system software. 4) Management Simplicity With Cisco if they know vSphere they know how to orchestrate and manage the system. In addition if the customer is an existing Cisco customer, they are already familiar with Cisco UCS Manager and can leverage those skills to provide h/w management. Cisco additionally offers Role Based Access Control (RBAC) to enable that application data security is matched with operations security for true Enterprise class deployment. 5) Architectural Underpinning Cisco entered the Server market only 5 years ago and are the #1/2 blade vendor and penetrating the rack market due to their differentiated and purpose built approach to servers. With a simplified management concept at their heart, UCS creates a fundamental new approach to server flexibility and management. With the new HyperFlex software engine, they extend the concept of purpose built to the HCI market. Combined with the UCS underpinning and now the HyperFlex software engine, Cisco is bringing to market the most advanced and complete HCI offering today and one that enables customers to see value today and also be prepared to support future environments like Containers, or bare-metal clusters. 6) TCO
- Why others cannot do this within the next 2 yrs? TBF TBF TBF
- HyperFlex is a new product from Cisco which provides the next generation of hyperconvergence. Unlike other solutions, it unifies computing, storage and networking under a common management platform. Custom designed software provides better data management and features than current solutions. And finally, it is ready for today’s and future workloads. HyperFlex is a built on (and within) the UCS architecture. This means that, in addition to the HX Data Platform capability we’ll be talking about in a few slides, HyperFlex assumes all of the inherent benefits and capabilities of the UCS system. Perhaps the most important capability is the centralized management. As we’ve mentioned earlier, first generation systems typically had their own management, which created silos of management which in turn added operational complexity. HyperFlex is managed via UCS Manager, leverages service profiles, and can be managed in a UCS domain along with converged infrastructure solutions, scale-out and more traditionally-deployed blade servers. The architecture of the system means that networking is automatically included into the configuration, deployment and management of the system – which is something first generation systems do not account for. Cisco UCS has been in market for 5 years and has is the revenue market share leader in the US for x86 blade systems. We currently have 48,000 customers and growing and nearly 4000 channel partners worldwide.
- https://cisco.box.com/s/k512eya7a8kb3rgck9kgdyosknn5h6ot For Hyperconverged, Nutanix claims to reach $500M run-rate by 2H2015. Simplivity numbers: 2013 - 10M 2014 - 50M 2015 - 150M 2016 - 290M 2017 – 400M
- Let’s take a look first at some of the challenges that you’re facing – challenges which are causing you to evaluate hyperconverged-based infrastructures. First, in this new mode of speed and agility has created a mismatch with infrastructure. Current infrastructure for the applications you’re considering, adds cost, time and inefficiency. Much of the infrastructure typically available – storage arrays, traditional blade servers, networking – requires a degree of expertise which can hamper rapid deployment. The drive towards hyperconverged solutions fills the need for moving at the speed of business, but often there’s another cost – proliferation of solutions that are managed separately, which complicates infrastructure management and operations. Most solutions today solve the Day 0 challenge, which is infrastructure procurement and standing up the infrastructure. HCI solves that, but day 2. So there’s an opportunity leverage to deploy a hyperconverged infrastructure with a common management paradigm to other solutions. The final challenge is around the “promise” of cloud economics. Note that cloud doesn’t save you money – it provides simplified scaling at far more granular levels with scale out and allows you to spend the money when you need it. So for these new applications and operational models, a solution is required that helps you scale capabilities as you need it.