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Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Overview

Lower costs, simplify operations, and improve efficiency through hyperconvergence

In the public sector and the banking, telecommunications, energy, and retail industries, organizations often deploy critical applications on local server and storage infrastructures. But they face challenges like limited budget and space, lack of skilled IT staff, and complex infrastructure-management issues.

Red Hat® Hyperconverged Infrastructure―based on our leading OpenStack® and virtualization platforms―provides open source, centrally administered, and cost-effective integrated compute and storage in a compact footprint to meet the needs of businesses seeking infrastructure consolidation.

Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure lets you consolidate infrastructure by eliminating the need for an independently managed storage tier and delivering an integrated solution of compute plus software-defined storage. This reduces capital and operating expenses and operational overhead associated with managing a larger, more traditional infrastructure.

Datasheet: Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for cloud
Technical overview: Network Functions Virtualization on Red Hat
Datasheet: Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for virtualization
Analyst paper: Optimizing IT in branch offices

Use Case Examples

Remote and branch offices

Managing distributed IT at remote sites can be challenging based on the high level and diverse expertise needed to support those sites. Examples range from retail and bank locations to remote operations sites for the oil and gas industry.

Mobile edge computing

Telcos want to move computing resources typically found in large datacenters to local offices or other sites. This further enhances the performance of their networks by bringing computing resources to the edge.

Internet of Things (IoT)

Some IoT architectures require the deployment of computer resources closer to the endpoints in a microdatacenter format.

Benefits

  • Easier, centralized administration

    Eliminate dependence on complex storage area networks (SANs) that provision storage and I/O every time a new virtual machine (VM) image is created.

  • Lower costs

    Deploy virtual and storage infrastructures on a cost-effective, industry-standard, and compact hardware footprint.

  • No vendor lock-in

    Avoid becoming dependent on vendors of proprietary hyperconverged offerings.

  • Single-support software stack

    Deal with only 1 support team instead of several from different vendors when you need help troubleshooting.

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