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Which Windows Server deployment features work best with HCI?

There are features in Windows Server 2016 that are specific to hyper-converged infrastructure, but many of the more basic functions also can be used to customize and improve HCI.

By Robert Sheldon • May 11, 2018

Decide which application monitor software is right for you

Organizations that want to implement application monitoring tools should consider how the tool gathers and reports information, as well as the purchase and licensing costs

By Stephen Bigelow • May 10, 2018

Nutanix .NEXT 2018: CEO Pandey talks Xi, Cisco, multi-cloud

Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey discusses why Xi Cloud Services are taking so long to deliver, blames Nutanix No. 1 HCI market share loss on 'funky accounting.'

By Dave Raffo • May 10, 2018

Hyper-converged software: Eight things you need to know

What are some commonly asked questions about the choice to build a DIY software-only HCI platform? Below are FAQs about the benefits, drawbacks and option of buying HCI software.

By Rodney Brown • May 9, 2018

Nutanix Flow, Beam, Era highlight .NEXT 2018 launches

Nutanix uses small acquisitions to fuel further expansion of its core HCI into an enterprise cloud OS with Flow, Era and Beam, which were announced at the Nutanix .NEXT 2018.

By Dave Raffo • May 9, 2018

Dell HCI, server upgrades flex hardware muscle for software plans

Upgrades to Dell's high-end PowerEdge servers, along with HCI servers to run machine learning workloads, illustrate the company's balancing act to address corporate users' needs for server hardware and hybrid cloud.

By Ed Scannell • May 4, 2018

Test your hyper-converged infrastructure use cases knowledge

Our quiz is all about how different workloads and applications require choosing different hardware and software options in a hyper-converged infrastructure platform.

By Rodney Brown • May 3, 2018

Inline deduplication fits well with hyper-converged IT

Of the two main types of deduplication, most HCI vendors choose inline over post-process because of the performance benefits and lower levels of total storage required.

By Brien Posey • May 3, 2018

‘Software-defined’ Dell EMC HCI gets hardware boost

Dell EMC VxRail customers discuss their use of the HCI platform inside and outside the data center; platform moves to faster 14th gen PowerEdge servers powered by NVMe flash.

By Dave Raffo • May 2, 2018

Cohesity’s hyper-converged secondary storage takes on data growth

An out-of-the-box secondary storage strategy to deal with the coming deluge of file and object data promises to overcome scalability, management and capacity limits of NAS.

By Jon Toigo • May 1, 2018

Systems management software heads for the cloud

Systems management providers are pushing their on-premises offerings to the cloud, as well as developing or acquiring pure cloud-based software in hopes of staying relevant.

By Ed Scannell • May 1, 2018

Composable architecture keeps hardware flexibility

With composable systems, an IT admin can get more choice from the devices on the back end and more choice on the devices it delivers the virtualized resources to.

By Alastair Cooke • April 30, 2018

Use Windows Server deployment for feature-filled HCI

Windows Server 2016 not only supports a hyper-converged infrastructure implementation, but brings with it a rich set of features for both performance and security.

By Robert Sheldon • April 27, 2018

5 top SIEM use cases in the enterprise

In the age of AI everything, SIEM might seem a little boring -- but it still matters. Explore top SIEM use cases that span the enterprise, from cybersecurity to IT ops.

By Clive Longbottom • April 27, 2018

What are the options for log management in Linux?

Linux administrators should use syslog and systemd-journald together for smart log analysis. But there are also open source log management tools to consider.

By Sander van Vugt • April 24, 2018

Use iSCSI storage for VMware to create a data store

Administrators can create a data store in vSphere with iSCSI storage. It's a relatively cheap, fully supported option, but it doesn't perform as well as direct-attached storage.

By Brien Posey • April 20, 2018

Guide to buying server performance monitor software

Integration, storage and vendor support all affect whether a performance monitoring tool is right for an organization. Mull over these ten factors to choose the right one.

By Stephen Bigelow • April 19, 2018

VxRack Flex at the center of Medicity’s SaaS cloud

Hungry for power, healthcare SaaS provider Medicity installed Dell EMC VxRack Flex rack-scale HCI for private cloud to store petabytes of data for its customer network.

By Dave Raffo • April 18, 2018

VMware pulls vSAN 6.7 deeper into vSphere

By giving the vSAN 6.7 release more of a vSphere look and common management, VMware hopes to lure more of its customers to use its hyper-converged storage software.

By Dave Raffo • April 17, 2018

How IBM’s data science team quickens users’ AI projects

In this Q&A, IBM's Seth Dobrin discusses the rising user interest in machine learning and AI projects and the help inexperienced users need to launch those projects.

By Ed Scannell • April 16, 2018

Take the converged vs. hyper-converged infrastructure quiz

Before you start the decision-making process over which IT approach you should take, quiz yourself on your hyper-converged and converged platform knowledge.

By Rodney Brown • April 13, 2018

Three solid-state storage advantages that boost HCI performance

There are many advantages to including solid-state storage in your hyper-converged infrastructure plans, such as better performance and lower power costs.

By Brien Posey • April 12, 2018

Emergencies force Safelite to break glass, add NetApp FlexPod

An auto glass supplier chooses FlexPod to consolidate and retire aging storage from several vendors. NetApp AFF supports VMware, and SolidFire arrays support growing claims management.

By Garry Kranz • April 12, 2018

IBM blockchain technology spotlights mainframes

IBM's blockchain offerings aim to ease enterprise IT concerns by combining Z system mainframe hardware with industry-specific open source applications.

By Robert Crawford • April 11, 2018

IBM trots out ‘skinny mainframe’ to widen big iron appeal

IBM hopes to attract born-in-the-cloud startups that never considered buying a full-blown z14 mainframe, with its little brother, the 'skinny mainframe.'

By Ed Scannell • April 10, 2018