Hedvig Inc. offers a software-defined storage solution designed for large VMware environments, featuring a unique two-tier architecture that allows for independent scaling of application and storage resources. The platform supports various deployment options and integrates with existing virtualization and cloud tools, enabling flexible storage management across private and public clouds. Key capabilities include automated policies for disaster recovery, tuning storage for specific workloads, and seamless management within the VMware vSphere client.

1. Software-Defined Storage For
Large VMware Environments

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Hedvig is software-defined storage
Standard Servers
with HDDs, SSDs
Software
Hedvig Distributed
Storage Platform
+ =
Software decoupled from
commodity hardware
1
Distributed systems engine
with app-focused storage
policies
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Automated and
API-driven
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3. Hedvig is a
unique storage
architecture
VMware vSphere hosts
Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform
VM VM VM VM VMVM
Datacenter #1 Datacenter #2 Public cloud

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Hedvig is a hyperscale approach to software-defined storage
 Unique two-tier architecture:
Enables independent scaling of application
and storage tiers
 Any compute, any scale
Connects any OS, hypervisor, or container
 Modern programmable infrastructure:
Automates and integrates with all common
virtualization & cloud tools
Application servers
Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform
VM VM App App
Datacenter #1 Datacenter #2 Public cloud

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Tune storage and HA capabilities
for each VM, container, or app
The Hedvig Virtual Disk
 Size
 Disk type
 Residence
 Replication factor
 DR policy
 Compression
 Deduplication
 Caching

6. With Hedvig
you can . . .

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Disaster Recovery Sites
Extend vSphere Metro Storage Clusters to 3 or more sites
Single Hedvig storage cluster, active in all locations
VMware Stretched Cluster
VM VM VM VM VM VM
Data Center A Data Center B
VM
Data Center D
VM
Data Center C

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you can . . .

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Flexible architectures to align with your workloads
Hyperscale
Scale compute &
storage independently
Deploy an elastic storage cluster
using standard servers
Hyperconverged
Scale compute &
storage together
Deliver app compute &
storage in a single node

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Deployment Options
Apps and storage software
together on same nodes
Hyperconverged
App nodes with storage
proxies
Storage service nodes
Hyperscale
App nodes
Storage service nodes
Hyperscale
Storage proxy
nodes

11. With Hedvig
you can . . .

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Single Hedvig storage cluster,
active across private and public
cloudsVM VM VM
Data Center A
VM
VM
Extend storage across private and public clouds

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. . . and manage it all from within vSphere Web Client

14. Learn more at:
hedviginc.com/vmware
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