Cisco Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M4 Nodes with Cisco UCS B200 Blade Servers Getting Started Guide
At-a-Glance
In today’s competitive economy, you need your applications to run even
if you experience system failures. That’s why companies are turning to
Cisco HyperFlex™ Systems and the Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform.
This innovative solution identifies and proactively remediates hardware
failures and alerts your IT administrators so that problems can be
resolved quickly and your business can continue to operate.
if you experience system failures. That’s why companies are turning to
Cisco HyperFlex™ Systems and the Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform.
This innovative solution identifies and proactively remediates hardware
failures and alerts your IT administrators so that problems can be
resolved quickly and your business can continue to operate.
You probably use third-party solutions to protect your existing systems.
Cisco HyperFlex Systems are designed with data protection capabilities
in mind, and they integrate with a robust ecosystem of industry-leading
data protection solutions. You can deploy hyperconverged infrastructure,
integrate your best practices, and extend your preferred data protection
approach to your applications and data.
Cisco HyperFlex Systems are designed with data protection capabilities
in mind, and they integrate with a robust ecosystem of industry-leading
data protection solutions. You can deploy hyperconverged infrastructure,
integrate your best practices, and extend your preferred data protection
approach to your applications and data.
High Availability
A foundational component of Cisco HyperFlex Systems, the HX Data
Platform is a purpose-built, high-performance distributed file system.
It provides clusterwide parallel data distribution that implements data
replication for high availability, and it delivers high performance through
the low latency and high bandwidth of the Cisco Unified Computing
System™ (Cisco UCS®) network fabric. With this distributed storage
technology, your data is striped and mirrored across all nodes and many
disks, enabling the system to continue to operate in the event of a node
or disk failure (Figure 1).
Platform is a purpose-built, high-performance distributed file system.
It provides clusterwide parallel data distribution that implements data
replication for high availability, and it delivers high performance through
the low latency and high bandwidth of the Cisco Unified Computing
System™ (Cisco UCS®) network fabric. With this distributed storage
technology, your data is striped and mirrored across all nodes and many
disks, enabling the system to continue to operate in the event of a node
or disk failure (Figure 1).
Instant Snapshots
The HX Data Platform uses metadata-based, zero-copy snapshots to
facilitate backup operations. These space-efficient snapshots provide
an excellent way to make frequent online backups of data without
worrying about the consumption of physical storage capacity. Data can
be moved offline or restored from snapshots instantaneously. Because
Cisco HyperFlex Systems are integrated with VMware vSphere and
vCenter, HX Data Platform snapshots can be controlled with vSphere
Snapshot Manager using the native vSphere interface.
facilitate backup operations. These space-efficient snapshots provide
an excellent way to make frequent online backups of data without
worrying about the consumption of physical storage capacity. Data can
be moved offline or restored from snapshots instantaneously. Because
Cisco HyperFlex Systems are integrated with VMware vSphere and
vCenter, HX Data Platform snapshots can be controlled with vSphere
Snapshot Manager using the native vSphere interface.
Extensive Partner Ecosystem
Cisco partners with leading vendors, such as Veeam, Commvault, and
Zerto, to provide innovative data protection solutions. Our solutions also
work with third-party hypervisor-based solutions so that you can protect
your investments and simplify your training effort as you integrate
hyperconverged systems into your existing IT infrastructure.
Zerto, to provide innovative data protection solutions. Our solutions also
work with third-party hypervisor-based solutions so that you can protect
your investments and simplify your training effort as you integrate
hyperconverged systems into your existing IT infrastructure.
Data Protection: Cisco
HyperFlex Systems
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Benefits
• Business continuity. Deploy
Cisco HyperFlex™ Systems
and help ensure that your
systems, applications, and
data remain available so that
your business can continue
to operate.
• Easy and safe backups.
Make frequent backups
of important data without
worrying about your use of
physical storage capacity.
• Flexibility and choice. Use
familiar data protection
software solutions and
extend their benefits to your
hyperconverged systems.
Cisco HyperFlex™ Systems with
Intel® Xeon® Processors