Virtualized Greek

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

HP – Top of Rack. F5 – Security/Load Balancing. The largest of tech companies have embraced some form of SDN, most of which home grown as I understand it. All of Cisco’s major vendors are lined up in support of VMware’s NSX software based virtualization solution. The list includes a who’s who of Cisco competitors.

Vmware 78

Vmware Load Balancer Hardware HP 78

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

HPs BladeSystem Matrix architecture is based on VirtualConnect infrastructure, and bundled with a suite of mostly existing HP software (Insight Dynamics - VSE, Orchestration, Recovery, Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager) which itself consists of about 21 individual products. But how revolutionary and simplifying are they?

Analysis 147

Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

Fountainhead

MAY 6, 2010

Converged Infrastructure and Unified Computing are both terms referring to technology where the complete server profile, including I/O (NICs, HBAs, KVM), networking (VLANs, IP load balancing, etc.), From an architectural perspective, this approach may also be referred to as a compute fabric or Processing Area Network.

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Storage Network 100