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at the data centre and the mobile edge
can benefit from this solution as they roll
out highly performant, agile and scalable
platforms for 5G.
Red Hat is the primary contributor to
the open source Ceph and OpenStack
communities and supports an open
ecosystem of compute platforms and
hardware vendors.
Ranga Rangachari,
Vice President and
General Manager,
Storage, Red Hat
organisations to run dedicated
compute and storage layers at the
centre with hyperconverged nodes at the
edge all running on industry-standard
hardware. In addition, all OpenStack
services are containerised leading to
additional cost savings and more efficient
resource management
• Broader organisational efficiency:
Customers can use existing knowledge
and assets around private cloud
infrastructure while taking advantage
of the benefits offered by OpenStack
technology. Hyperconverged
infrastructure has great appeal with IT
generalists, who are rapidly replacing
siloed specialist roles in the modern
enterprise. In addition, edge technicians
who may lack deep knowledge of
OpenStack deployment and configuration
can benefit from the unified lifecycle and
user experience
Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for
Cloud can benefit customers implementing
systems for NFV (network functions
virtualisation) infrastructures to deploy more
functionality at the edge of the network.
In addition to the lifecycle and operational
benefits, it also includes all the networking
capabilities of Red Hat OpenStack
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CUSTOMERS
LOOKING TO
BUILD A COMMON
FOUNDATION
ACROSS DATA
CENTRE AND EDGE
DEPLOYMENTS
NOW HAVE THE
CONFIDENCE TO
ENABLE FASTER
ROLLOUT OF
SERVICES TO THEIR
CUSTOMERS.
Platform 13 such as Real-time KVM and
OpenDaylight. Communication service
providers (CSPs) and network equipment
providers (NEPs) looking for innovation
Ranga Rangachari, Vice President and
General Manager, Storage, Red Hat, said:
“Customers looking to build a common
foundation across data centre and edge
deployments now have the confidence to
enable faster rollout of services to their
customers. Red Hat Hyperconverged
Infrastructure for Cloud provides
customers with the power and versatility of
hyperconvergence in the hybrid cloud.”
Henry Baltazar, Research Vice President,
451 Research, said: “In our recent Voice
of the Enterprise Servers and Converged
Infrastructure survey, 71% of respondents
were using hyperconverged infrastructure
(HCI) to simplify infrastructure management
and maintenance, while 60% were looking
to benefit from accelerated provisioning and
automation through the use of HCI.
“Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure
for Cloud provides the infrastructure
consolidation and simplified lifecycle
management which many OpenStack
customers are looking for to accelerate their
private cloud deployments at the edge and
in data centres.”
Ruben Sousa, Chief Technology Officer,
ITCenter, said: “The opportunity for
streamlined appointment of Red Hat
OpenStack Platform and Red Hat Ceph
Storage has opened new doors for our
business. Red Hat Hyperconverged
Infrastructure for Cloud now serves as
the open cloud architecture for our telco
platform and enables the cost
efficiencies, reduced footprint, and
simplified lifecycle management
demanded by our customers.”
Availability
Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for
Cloud became available in June 2018. n
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