Although not cloud-based, the hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) market is still projected to attain a market of more than $17 billion by 2023, quadrupling in growth since 2018. Part 2 will discuss three more benefits from implementing HCI:  Disaster Recovery Efficiency, Greater Scalability, and Simpler Management.

4) Disaster Recovery Efficiency

Hyperconverged solutions offer several features that can allow an organization to improve their disaster recovery (DR) efforts. For example, HCI systems are typically capable of analytics, backup, data deduplication, data protection, and recovery.

Improvements in DR capabilities will lead to decreased recovery timeframes, which minimizes economic losses from downtime. The implementation of a hyper-converged solution will allow your organization to resume operations faster.

5) Greater Scalability

One crucial benefit from the implementation of HCI is how it helps the development and growth of a company. By unifying computing, networking, and storage, an organization will have the potential for greater scalability. In contrast, a company with a legacy system will require more time and effort to improve its IT capabilities. The addition and configuration of new hardware, such as a hypervisor or new servers, may be required.

Scalability is essential for companies that are growing because its IT requirements may rapidly evolve. Having an HCI framework lets an organization add new resources and capabilities faster and with much less effort because every aspect is software-defined.   Moreover, HCI can also simplify the reduction of your company’s hardware footprint if need be.

6) Simpler Management

As previously mentioned, hyperconverged platforms combine computing, networking, and storage into a single solution. A traditional infrastructure may require specialists for each of these three elements. In contrast, managing and maintaining HCI is simpler and more straightforward.

Typically, in-house technicians or managed IT services will be capable of managing the entire setup. They will also be able to devote more time to initiatives that can impact the expansion or profitability of the organization, improving the ROI of their tech efforts.

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