CLOUD BANDWIDTH STRETCHED? IT’S TIME TO HYPERCONVERGE. CLOUD: NOT FOR EVERYONE
Let’s face it, the cloud isn’t for everyone, but nevertheless it has its merits. Yet before you go and invest in new technology or move to it, you should examine whether your existing infrastructure is sufficient to do the job you need it for. Ask yourself questions, including: “the hyperconvergence story: what’s really important?”
In response to this, David Trossell, CEO and CTO of data acceleration vendor Bridgeworks, notes: “We’ve been shouldered traditional system architecture for more than 50 years now”. He explains that there have only been a few significant changes along the way. Apart from the likes of IBM, which has traditionally provided a one-stop shop, the company still purchases different parts of the system from different vendors.
This approach means customers can source parts for the most competitive price or which offer the best solution, from different vendors. However, the downside is the need to repeat the entire process of verifying compatibility, performance and so on.
“The other often unseen consequence is the time taken to learn new skill sets to manage and administer the varying products”, Trossell warns. Yet he points out that there is increasing pressure on organisations’ budgets to spend less while achieving more for each pound or dollar. This means that there is an expectation to deliver more performance and functionality from decreasing IT budgets.
He adds: “With its Lego-style building blocks, where you add the modules you require knowing everything is interoperable and auto-configuring, increasing resources in an area becomes a simple task. Another key benefit is the single point of administration, which dramatically reduces the administrative workload and one product skill set.
“So, what about the cloud? Does this not simplify the equation even further?” he asks. With the cloud, he says there’s no need to “…invest in capital equipment anymore; you simply add or remove resources as you require them, and so we are constantly told this is the perfect solution.” To determine if it is the perfect solution, there is a need to examine other aspects of a cloud-only strategy. The cloud may be one of many approaches that’s needed to run your system.
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Published by Data Centre News - October 2017. Author: Graham Jarvis. Client: Trudy Darwin Consulting for Bridgeworks.
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