NetApp HCI

NetApp of HCI is a scalable local hybrid cloud infrastructure which transforms private clouds to one of regions of a multicloud environment.

2019: Support of Google Cloud Anthos

Netapp company, the player of the market in the field of data management in a hybrid cloud, and Google company on November 25, 2019 announced support of Anthos on NetApp of HCI that will help the organizations to focus on innovations in any hybrid environments.

By Netapp of HCI it is certified for work with Google Cloud Anthos now that gives to clients the chance quietly to work, knowing that this platform of a corporate class certified by Anthos for deployment and start of the applications is at their disposal.

Main Features:

• Unprecedented capability to build a hybrid cloud. Using NetApp Trident, completely supported project open source, the companies have an opportunity to orkestrirovat a difficult hybrid cloud environment which at the local level integrates Google Cloud, Anthos and Netapp HCI.
• The increased flexibility. The enterprises have an opportunity as required to scale transactions, adding computing resources or capacities for meeting requirements of the business.
• Expanded choice. An opportunity to select from a broad spectrum of platforms for applications, including Anthos, Kubernetes, VMware and NetApp Kubernetes Service.

2017: Announcement

On June 5, 2017 NetApp announced entry into the market of hyper convergent infrastructure. The company presented the solution of Netapp of HCI in which a storage system on a basis the flash memory of SolidFire and traditional technologies of management and scaling are combined.

The producer calls NetApp of HCI the first-ever solution for hyper convergent infrastructure of the corporate level. According to developers, the solution opens all opportunities of the hyper convergent equipment and allows customers to start different applications, using the high performance and advantages of flexibility, scalability, automation and integration. Through NetApp of the HCI company can simplify management and independent scaling of computing resources and resources of data storage. NetApp of HCI is integrated with solutions of other producers, such as Commvault, Intel, MongoDB Enterprise, Veeam, VMware.^[1]

Hyper convergent solution of Netapp of HCI

Within NetApp of HCI of calculation, data storage and net surfing are performed by means of 4-nodal blocks. This solution based on a flash storages of SolidFire provides the high performance, automation and the integrated efficiency, replication, data protection and services with high degree of readiness.

Customers can execute deployment of Netapp of HCI in scales of all data center. In NetApp note that it is possible to implement the solution all for half an hour and to fix more than 90% of the traditional problems connected with performance. The connected module VMware vCenter provides full control over all infrastructure.

For 15 years of VMware and NetApp cooperate in the field of new opportunities of upgrade of DPC and simplification of use by the enterprises of all potential of the infrastructure — the vice president of VMware for products, division of cloud platforms Mark Lohmeyer says. — The new solution of Netapp of HCI is constructed on the basis of this strong partnership that helped customers of both companies to achieve the different goals — from promotion of visualization before passing of a way to software-defined data processing centers and a hybrid cloud.

The beginning of sales of Netapp of HCI is planned on the fourth quarter 2017. In Russia this product will be available later. The company provided to partners fact-finding access to NetApp of HCI.

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