Hewlett Packard Enterprise verbetert HCI oplossingen ter ondersteuning van de groeiende tendens van telewerk als gevolg van COVID-19
HPE SimpliVity biedt 50 procent lagere kosten per virtuele desktop en HPE Nimble Storage dHCI maakt VDI as a service mogelijk
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) kondigt aan dat de verbeterde HPE SimpliVity 325 Gen 10 hyperconverged infrastructure oplossing (HCI), met de nieuwe 2nd Gen AMD EPYCTM processor, de virtuele desktops die per server worden ondersteund, verdubbelt, waardoor bedrijven profiteren van een 50% lagere kostprijs per remote worker1. Daarnaast is HPE Nimble Storage dHCI, een disaggregated HCI-platform dat vorig jaar werd uitgebracht, nu beschikbaar via HPE GreenLake, waardoor virtuele desktopinfrastructuur (VDI) en virtuele machines as-a-service aangeboden worden via een pay-as-you-go-model. De verbeteringen aan Nimble Storage dHCI omvatten ook een verhoogde scale en ondersteuning voor extra HPE ProLiant servermodellen met de nieuwe 2nd Gen AMD EPYCTM processor, die klanten helpt VDI te gebruiken voor onvoorspelbare workloads, grootschalige omgevingen en prestatie-intensieve desktopgebruikers.
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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 2nd Gen AMD EPYCTM 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 2nd Gen AMD EPYCTM 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 2nd Gen AMD EPYCTM 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 EPYCTM 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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1 Based on validation by LoginVSI benchmark testing