Hyper-converged infrastructure

StorPool Improves Support for VMware Alternative Apache CloudStack

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

StorPool Storage today announced that it has extended the capabilities of its Apache CloudStack integration in light of skyrocketing demand from VMware customers.

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  • StorPool Storage today announced that it has extended the capabilities of its Apache CloudStack integration in light of skyrocketing demand from VMware customers.
  • CloudStack is becoming increasingly popular with VMware customers looking to reduce vendor lock-in, optimize the cost of their IT environments, and future-proof their businesses.
  • StorPool extends the HA feature by adding a mechanism that overcomes the NFS primary storage heartbeat dependency to extend KVM host high availability for non-NFS storage in Apache CloudStack environments.
  • Future enhancements will support KVM host HA for Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) deployments with CloudStack compute and StorPool storage running concurrently on the same servers.

Topio Networks Launches Intelligent Infrastructure 2022

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

AUSTIN, March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Topio Networks, the leading industry accelerator focused on Hyper-Convergence and organizers of premier industry events in emerging technologies, today announced that it will host the first Intelligent Infrastructure 2022 conference April 28-29 at the Fairmont Hotel in Austin, Texas. This annual conference is in its first year. It will address one of the key opportunities of our time: how to digitize national infrastructure to prepare for the next generation of growth.

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  • A sound and fair Intelligent Infrastructure is now as critical as rail and road infrastructures," said Philippe Cases , CEO of Topio Networks.
  • The critical technology for Intelligent Infrastructure is edge computing, allowing data analysis close to its origin in an efficient and privacy-friendly manner.
  • Topio Networks, an industry research platform, accelerates markets and businesses by providing detailed information about use cases, verticals and industries.
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Ethernet Storage Fabric: Industry Trends & Opportunities 2021-2026 - Global Market to Cross $2.06 Billion by 2026 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

The Global Ethernet Storage Fabric Market is estimated to be worth USD 1.1 billion in 2021, and is expected to reach USD 2.06 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 13.4%.

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  • The Global Ethernet Storage Fabric Market is estimated to be worth USD 1.1 billion in 2021, and is expected to reach USD 2.06 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 13.4%.
  • By Switching Port, the market is classified as 10GbE to 25 GbE, 40GbE to 50GbE, and 100 GbE and above.
  • By Storage Type, the market is classified as Block Storage, File Storage, Object Storage, and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure.
  • By Application, the market is classified as Enterprise Data Centre, Cloud Service Provider Data Centre, Telecommunications, and Government.

Supermicro Announces World's First TPCx-HCI Benchmark Result

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Thursday, December 16, 2021

"The TPCx-HCI benchmark showcases a total IT solution for HCI workloads and reflects the fastest and most cost-effective solution for environments where a vast number of virtual machines are required," said Raju Penumatcha, SVP, and chief product officer, Supermicro.

Key Points: 
  • "The TPCx-HCI benchmark showcases a total IT solution for HCI workloads and reflects the fastest and most cost-effective solution for environments where a vast number of virtual machines are required," said Raju Penumatcha, SVP, and chief product officer, Supermicro.
  • The cluster ran on four Supermicro WIO A+ Servers (model AS -1114S-WN10RT), each with one AMD EPYC 7713 processor and 1TB of main memory.
  • TPC Express Benchmark HCI (TPCx-HCI) was developed by the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) for measuring the performance of HCI.
  • "We are pleased to jointly certify our HCI software with VMware vSAN ReadyNode partners, including Supermicro."

Supermicro Announces World's First TPCx-HCI Benchmark Result

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Thursday, December 16, 2021

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global leader in high-performance computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing technology, announces the first published TPCx-HCI benchmark result, with a measured performance of 4,790.18 tpsHCI at $49.60/tpsHCI. Working with AMD and VMware, Supermicro used 3rd Generation AMD EPYC™ processor-based servers and VMware vSphere 7.0 Update 2, setting a world record and demonstrating industry-leading performance for computational-intensive workloads for Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) environments.

Key Points: 
  • "The TPCx-HCI benchmark showcases a total IT solution for HCI workloads and reflects the fastest and most cost-effective solution for environments where a vast number of virtual machines are required," said Raju Penumatcha, SVP, and chief product officer, Supermicro.
  • The cluster ran on four Supermicro WIO A+ Servers (model AS -1114S-WN10RT), each with one AMD EPYC 7713 processor and 1TB of main memory.
  • TPC Express Benchmark HCI (TPCx-HCI) was developed by the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) for measuring the performance of HCI.
  • "We are pleased to jointly certify our HCI software with VMware vSAN ReadyNode partners, including Supermicro."

Valued to be $26 Billion by 2026, Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Slated for Robust Growth Worldwide

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Thursday, October 14, 2021

Companies:38 - Players covered include Cisco Systems, Inc.; Maxta, Inc.; Nutanix, Inc.; Pivot3, Inc.; Scale Computing; Vmware, Inc. and Others.

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  • Companies:38 - Players covered include Cisco Systems, Inc.; Maxta, Inc.; Nutanix, Inc.; Pivot3, Inc.; Scale Computing; Vmware, Inc. and Others.
  • Geographies:World; United States; Canada; Japan; China; Europe (France; Germany; Italy; United Kingdom; and Rest of Europe); Asia-Pacific; Rest of World.
  • The U.S. Market is Estimated at $2.2 Billion in 2021, While China is Forecast to Reach $4.5 Billion by 2026
    The Hyper-Converged Infrastructure market in the U.S. is estimated at US$2.2 Billion in the year 2021.
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LF Edge Welcomes New Premier Members F5, VMware as it matures into a Framework for Real-World Edge, Telco, and IoT Solutions

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Monday, October 11, 2021

Industry leaders F5 and VMware have joined the community as Premier members as LF Edge maturation includes new projects, general members, project releases and blueprints that enable deployable solutions.

Key Points: 
  • Industry leaders F5 and VMware have joined the community as Premier members as LF Edge maturation includes new projects, general members, project releases and blueprints that enable deployable solutions.
  • Our diverse set of new projects and new members works in tandem with the broader LF Edge community to enable real-world edge, IoT, IIoT, and telco solutions. "
  • Two new Premier members have joined LF Edge (F5 and VMWare), along with four General members (mimik, Platform 9, Teal Communications, Veea, Inc.), and one Associate Member (Eclipse Foundation).
  • As such, we are excited to join the LF Edge, an organization focused on building an open framework to support edge-native workloads.

Sangfor Releases Extended Detection, Defense and Response (XDDR) Application Containment

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Thursday, September 16, 2021

HONGKONG, Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sangfor Technologies (300454.SZ)announced the release of their long-awaited extended protection solution, XDDR Application Containment .

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  • HONGKONG, Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sangfor Technologies (300454.SZ)announced the release of their long-awaited extended protection solution, XDDR Application Containment .
  • Sangfor XDDR Application Containment solutions enable the organization to quickly create Proxy Avoidance Protection policies for blocking usage of proxy avoidance tools and applications on the endpoint.
  • Sangfor NGAF, IAG and Endpoint Secure coordinate responses so Application Containment can provide real-time blocking and monitoring of unapproved or malicious applications.
  • Sangfor Application Containment blocks the bypassing of internet access controls and prevents users from bringing them in again.

Lenovo ThinkSystem SE350 Edge Servers Certified to Run Sunlight NexVisor

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Thursday, July 8, 2021

Sunlight.io , the edge infrastructure company, today announced that it has certified Lenovos compact and rugged Edge Compute Server - the ThinkSystem SE350 - for use with Sunlights hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) stack.

Key Points: 
  • Sunlight.io , the edge infrastructure company, today announced that it has certified Lenovos compact and rugged Edge Compute Server - the ThinkSystem SE350 - for use with Sunlights hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) stack.
  • Lenovo has responded to these requirements with its workhorse, the ThinkSystem SE350.
  • Our customers are increasingly looking for ways to simplify their edge architectures - and Sunlight plus SE350 offers a great way to do that.
  • Sunlights founder and CEO, Julian Chesterfield said: The Lenovo SE350 is a powerful multi-purpose edge device.

QCT Orqestra Management Tool Enables Hyperscale Monitoring with Intuitive GUI

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Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), a global data center solution provider, today announced its QCT management tool, Orqestra, to help IT administrators monitor, remotely control, and manage QCT servers running 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors and AMD EPYC 7003 Series CPUs collectively, from a single intuitive graphical user interface.

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  • Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), a global data center solution provider, today announced its QCT management tool, Orqestra, to help IT administrators monitor, remotely control, and manage QCT servers running 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors and AMD EPYC 7003 Series CPUs collectively, from a single intuitive graphical user interface.
  • With Orqestra, administrators can install more QCT Service Tools (QSTs) as they scale, with each capable of managing up to 5,000 nodes in multiple data centers.
  • As IT and businesses change, QCT continues to evolve and provide solutions that are robust and flexible, said Mike Yang, President of QCT.
  • QCT is proud to release our latest Orqestra management tool for QCT servers that meets the needs of our customers who are shifting to hyper-converged infrastructures and need to simplify their infrastructure management and monitoring."