Rob Steele

Tag: hyper-converged

  • VxRack Nodes

    VxRack Nodes

    I’ve been asked quite a bit lately on VxRack node types and options so I wanted to go over what is available and some of the options. First lets start off with the VxRack 1000 Flex options. At a high level there are 3 vxrack node types that can be configured in a VxRack solution; Dense Compute, Dense Storage, and a Storage only node.  Each of these nodes have a couple variations in order to properly size and accommodate various workloads.

    VxRack Node Types 1000 FlexVxRack Node: Dense Compute

    vxrack node dense compute

    VxRack Node: Dense Storage

    vxrack dense storage node

     

  • VMware Project Mystic – MARVIN Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance

    VMware Project Mystic – MARVIN Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance

    Word on the internets is: VMware is coming out with a new Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance. I plan to use this page to centralize any and all information I find out about this appliance.

    The converged infrastructure market will hit $17.8 billion in 2016, up from $4.6 billion in 2012. Converged infrastructure will account for 12.8 percent of total storage, server, networking and software spending by 2016, up from only 3.9 percent in 2012. With this momentum it is no surprise that VMware is ready to release their own appliance. It excites me to see a virtualization giant like VMware explore the appliance market.

    Project Codenames:

    VMware Project Mystic

    VMware Project Marvin

     

    From Twitter:

    “Introducing the world’s first 100% VMware powered hyper-converged infrastructure appliance.” The poster also displayed the name “MARVIN” and stated: “Arriving summer 2014.”
    I have a feeling the first version of these appliances will be marketed to more of the SMB space, just as vSAN is.

    TO BE CONTINUED…