Hyper-Converged Technology Development: Cisco's New HyperFlex 3.0

    Last week, Cisco announced the release of a new version of software for the HyperFlex hyperconverged platform - HyperFlex 3.0. Among the innovations are support for Microsoft Hyper-V, stretched clusters and containers, and services for working with multi-cloud. We will tell more about these and other updates under the cut. / photo Robert CC Hyperconverted Hyperflex is based on the Cisco UCS factory and the HX Data Platform, which combines cluster and HDD SSDs into a single distributed tiered object data warehouse. Thus, this is a single system that solves the problems of data storage, processing and transmission. Computing Resource Management




    produced in a single management console.

    As noted vice president of Cisco Chentoni Liz (Liz Centoni), the latest version of the software HyperFlex 3.0 is based on the same infrastructure, but it adds new features that allow even more easier to work with data center systems.

    Hyperflex 3.0 Updates


    In Hyperflex 3.0, Cisco combined the capabilities of its own hardware platform with the capabilities of Springpath software, which the IT giant announced the purchase last year. The platform now supports Microsoft Hyper-V in addition to VMware's ESXi hypervisor.

    HyperFlex 3.0 also got the opportunity to work with software containers. Cisco has added a new FlexVolume driver, which makes it possible to work with Persistent Volume in Kubernetes and run applications optimized for working in the cloud in data centers.

    In the new version, users are also providedmore options for scaling: it became possible to configure clusters with 64 nodes, and the distance between data centers was increased to 100 km. Another addition is the support of 3.5-inch drives, which allowed working with more capacious storage.

    According to last year's IDC CloudView Survey report, 87% of cloud-based companies are starting to pay attention to a hybrid cloud, while 94% plan to use multiple clouds. Therefore, Cisco introduced two more tools: AppDynamics and CloudCenter. The first will allow you to monitor the performance of hybrid applications running on HyperFlex, the second will simplify the transfer of workloads between HyperFlex and private and public clouds.


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    Cisco Develops Hyperconverged Ecosystem


    Cisco is also actively developing an ecosystem of hyperconverged technologies. For example, in October last year, the company announced a partnership with Google. IT giants will provide a hybrid cloud collaboration solution that enables them to deploy and manage services on-premise and on the Google Cloud platform.

    In addition, Cisco recently bought several companies that develop hyperconverged solutions: these are Springpath, which we spoke about earlier, and Skyport Systems. According to Rob Salvagno, vice president of business development for Cisco, the deal with Skyport Systems will allow the company to continue its active development in the field of hyper-converged infrastructure, which is gaining popularity recently.

    ByAccording to a ActualTech Media survey among thousands of IT professionals and IT organization executives, the number of companies implementing hyper-converged solutions in 2016 increased by 54% compared to 2015. At the same time, Gartner expects that by 2019 the cost of the “hyper-converged market” will reach $ 5 billion.



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