Much has already been written about hyperconverged infrastructure. Which is not surprising, since a hyperconverged infrastructure – like HPE Simplivity – offers a reliable solution to the challenges that every IT department faces today, such as stricter security and greater complexity. These make traditional infrastructures difficult to manage. "Simplivity is an integrated product that bundles computing power, storage, network and data services, and guarantees unusual simplification and extraordinary flexibility," explains Realdolmen's specialist Bart van Ingelghem.
Why use a hyperconverged infrastructure?
Van Ingelghem: "In many companies the role of IT is shifting from support to strategic. This makes a streamlined underlying infrastructure a must-have. The IT department must be able to quickly respond to changing business needs. That is not always easy with a traditional infrastructure, where every component – the network, storage or servers – acts like its own domain. Everything is managed and tuned separately, not as a whole. This is where HPE Simplivity offers an attractive alternative. A hyperconverged infrastructure is an overall solution that uses centralized management to provide more operational efficiency, so you can react flexibly to new developments without having to tinker with individual infrastructure components."