Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) a annoncé que la solution d'infrastructure hyperconvergente (HCI) HPE SimpliVity 325 Gen 10, améliorée avec le nouveau processeur AMD EPYC^TM de 2e génération, double les virtual desktops pris en charge par serveur pour offrir aux entreprises un coût inférieur de 50 % par travailleur à distance. En outre, HPE Nimble Storage dHCI, une disaggregated HCI-platform publiée l'année dernière, est maintenant disponible par l'intermédiaire de HPE GreenLake, permettant une infrastructure de virtual desktop (VDI) et des machines virtuelles as-a-service avec un modèle pay as you go. Les avancées de Nimble Storage dHCI comprennent également l'augmentation de l'échelle et la prise en charge des modèles de serveurs HPE ProLiant avec le nouveau processeur AMD EPYC^TM de deuxième génération, aidant les clients à utiliser les VDI pour les workloads imprévisibles, les environnements à grande échelle et les desktop users à hautes performances.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Advances HCI Solutions for Expanding Remote Workforce Initiatives in Wake of COVID-19

HPE SimpliVity delivers 50 percent lower cost per virtual desktop; HPE Nimble Storage dHCI enables VDI as a service

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced that the enhanced HPE SimpliVity 325 Gen 10 hyperconverged infrastructure solution (HCI) with the new 2^nd Gen AMD EPYC^TM processor, doubles the virtual desktops supported per server to provide businesses a 50% lower cost per remote worker¹. In addition, HPE Nimble Storage dHCI, a disaggregated HCI platform released last year, is now available through HPE GreenLake, enabling virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and virtual machines as-a-service with a pay as you go model. Advancements to Nimble Storage dHCI also include increased scale and support for expanded HPE ProLiant server models with the new 2^nd Gen AMD EPYC^TM processor, helping customers use VDI for unpredictable workloads, large scale environments, and performance intensive desktop users.

In today’s environment, businesses are being asked to shift their employees to a virtual office environment to curb the spread of COVID-19. This places new, urgent requirements on IT to quickly enable a remote workforce. Meeting the business and employee needs for VDI requires solving the challenges associated with performance, scale, complexity, and data protection. HPE SimpliVity and HPE Nimble Storage dHCI overcome the limitations of traditional infrastructure with intelligent management, easier scalability, cloud data protection, and the performance to support every worker, including knowledge users. During these uncertain times, when capacity is strained and costs need to be controlled, HPE provides businesses with solutions that can help IT optimize their infrastructure to deliver secure, reliable remote access.

Latexco, a producer of high-quality latex and foam comfort components for the bedding industry, has experienced these advantages, having successfully implemented HPE Simplivity. “Our experience with HPE SimpliVity has been terrific, especially with our two Primeras in HA on IBM AIX servers, HPE Switches and DL380 with VMware – and SimpliVity for the remote locations,” said Jo Van Hoorde, Group ICT Manager at Latexco. “We were first leaning towards a public cloud but together with HPE we worked out a concept of a private cloud in which all data worldwide are replicated to SimpliVity in other continents. The fact that, like this, our data never leave our organization, was one of the major reasons to choose this setup. Pointnext together with our HPE partner smoothly installed the necessary soft- and hardware.”

HPE sets new virtual desktop density standard with HPE SimpliVity

Businesses need a reliable, high performing, and highly secure workspace for their remote employees. HPE SimpliVity helps to address this growing remote workforce with an intelligent, software-defined HCI solution that simplifies the time needed to deploy, manage, and scale VDI. For all businesses with remote workers, HPE SimpliVity 325 Gen10 combined with the new 2^nd Gen AMD EPYC^TM processor delivers double the virtual desktops per server on average than any other HCI vendor¹. This drives down the cost for each remote worker by 50% in a small, efficient 1U platform, delivering a small footprint for entry-level and distributed edge HCI use cases.

“We’re noticing that HCI solutions are particularly popular with SMEs and big corporate enterprises that have a spread IT infrastructure”, said Erwin Vanluchene, Country Lead Hybrid IT, Belgium & Luxembourg at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. “Rolling out our HCI solutions in the booming Belgian market is a must, especially since remote working is still strongly advised by the federal government and is likely here to stay to some extent. The COVID-19 global pandemic remains an unprecedented situation that is affecting all businesses, our communities, and our way of life. As an edge-to-cloud platform-as-a-service company, HPE is here to help our clients bring together the right expertise and technology solutions to meet their most immediate challenges and unexpected demands. With these challenges, customers are looking to rapidly unleash mobile productivity and desktop virtualization, and HPE SimpliVity and Nimble Storage dHCI solutions provide performance and flexible payment options for our customers.”

HPE delivers VDI as-a-service with HPE Nimble Storage dHCI

HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is architected for VDI users, business-critical applications, and mixed workloads with unpredictable growth. To support remote worker initiatives, HPE is announcing the following:

• Support for HPE GreenLake: HPE Nimble Storage dHCI is now available through HPE GreenLake, delivering VDI as-a-service, accelerating time to value, and simplifying IT management. As a cloud consumption experience, businesses pay monthly for what they use, convert capital to operating expense, and scale compute and storage on-demand.
• Expanded server support and scale: HPE Nimble Storage dHCI has added support for HPE ProLiant DL325, DL385, DL560, and DL580 servers, and increased the scale of servers supported from 20 to 32.  HPE Nimble Storage dHCI enables HPE ProLiant customers to convert their existing server investments into a disaggregated HCI.
• One-click software upgrades: HPE Nimble Storage dHCI has simplified lifecycle management with one-click, unified software upgrades for server firmware, hypervisor and storage software, saving IT productivity time and de-risking upgrades. The upgrades can be performed directly in VMware vCenter.

Financial Offers to Manage Cash Flow

In addition to the recently announced newly-configured VDI solutions, today’s HCI offerings for VDI are supported through HPE Financial Services, which can help alleviate some of the strain felt by businesses around the globe as they navigate an uncertain business climate. HPE Financial Services can help release capital from existing infrastructures, defer payments, and provide pre-owned tech to relieve capacity strain. As part of the innovative financing structures to reduce cash outlays during uncertainty, HPE SimpliVity and Nimble dHCI customers can delay payments for up to 180 days to help preserve cash.

Availability

HPE SimpliVity 325 Gen10 with the new AMD EPYC^TM processor is now orderable globally direct and through channel partners.

HPE GreenLake is now available for HPE Nimble Storage dHCI globally. The expanded server support, scale and one–click software upgrade enhancements will be available globally direct and through channel partners.

Additional Resources

Visit this blog to read more about the HPE SimpliVity 325 and here to learn more about Nimble Storage dHCI. For details on the latest features, the Around the Storage Block podcast is also available to listen to.

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