![]() ![]() If you do not have an InfoSight login yet, please register as a new user. The system will run mixed workloads including business-critical applications at larger scale than edge-optimised HCI. HPE Nimble Storage Windows Toolkit HPE Nimble Storage Connection Manager. At the time, the company said the system scaled compute and storage separately and so was better suited to enterprise workloads than SimpliVity. HPE launched the Nimble disaggregated or dHCI system, with compute nodes sharing an external Nimble storage array, a year ago. ![]() It also bought Nimble in March 2017 for $1bn as a smaller SAN array than its 3PAR business but one with the category-defining InfoSight predictive analytics management system. HPE bought the SimpliVity business in January 2017 for $650m. Dell bought EMC in 2015 and the HCI industry-dominating EMC VxRail product, based on vSAN, launched in 2016. EMC-owned VMware developed its vSAN product in 2013. Notably, SimpliVity used a hardware acceleration ASIC for data reduction, rendering it a proprietary – as opposed to commodity hardware – system.Ĭompetitors included Nutanix and Springpath, which was bought by Cisco. This combined compute, a hypervisor, storage and basic networking in its single hyperconverged enclosure, and represented a simpler way of scaling IT infrastructure than buying separate servers, storage arrays and networking switches. All documentationandknowledgebasearticlesareavailableonHPEInfoSightat ToregisterforHPEInfoSight, clicktheCreateAccountlinkonthemainpage. SimpliVity, based in Westboro, Mass, was founded in 2009, and developed an all-in-one data centre lego box for building IT infrastructure. SimpliVity, and HPE overall, is an HCI also-ran, when compared with Dell EMC-VMware and Nutanix. We’re told he has experience in developing high-performance and scale-out systems with a good customer end-to-end experience. His 20-year career in networking encompasses a stint as VP Engineering for HP’s networking business, and engineering VP roles at Arista and Cisco. He is a storage outsider, coming from HPE’s acquired Aruba networking business. This is the first big product move by Tom Black, who was appointed SVP and GM of HPE’s Storage business unit in January. ![]()
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