SimpliVity Unleashes Third-Gen Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software

SimpliVity Corp. accelerated its technology in hyperconverged infrastructure by announcing its OmniStack 3.0 data virtualization platform – its most robust product launch since the company was founded.

OmniStack solution Lenovo system x3650-M5

As the transformational technology behind company’s hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, OmniStack 3.0:

• Revolutionizes multi-site deployments with a Unified Protected ROBO solution and a optimized platform.

• Improves performance and scalability for highly consolidated single-site deployments.

• Extends foundational, built-in data protection by being the first hyperconverged infrastructure vendor to deliver file-level restore capabilities.

• Provides SimpliVity HyperGuarantee for data efficiency, built-in data protection, multi-site management and non-disruptive IT refresh.

The OmniStack Data Virtualization Platform has differentiated the company from competitors since the company first launched. As a vendor assimilating all IT infrastructure, management and services below the hypervisor, company’s hyperconverged infrastructure delivers the best of both worlds: the enterprise performance, protection, and resiliency that today’s organizations require, with the cloud economics that businesses demand, with 3x TCO reduction.

OmniCube CN-1200

Hyperconverged infrastructure with OmniStack 3.0 includes:

• Enterprise-grade scalability, performance,
  and data protection for single and multi-site deployments:

  • Hyperconverged infrastructure optimized for ROBO – With new, automatic multi-site network discovery, including support for hub and spoke configurations, company’s Unified Protected ROBO solution addresses the complex management and data protection requirements of enterprises with remote office/branch offices.

  • OmniCube for ROBO deployments – Company’s new, entry-level OmniCube CN-1200 system is ideally positioned for small ROBOs at a price point that is up to 50% lower than alternative hyperconverged solutions.

  • Enterprise-grade performance and scalability for single-site deployments – OmniStack 3.0 is architected to support single-site deployments for mission-critical applications. The release delivers up to 30% increase in performance for mission-critical workloads like Microsoft Exchange and OLTP, as well as best-in-class cost per VDI desktop with full data protection.

  • Deployment Manager speeds deployment times fivefold – The new Deployment Manager automatically discovers and makes it up to 5x faster to deploy multiple nodes in parallel for single-site and multi-site deployments.

• Capabilities for built-in data protection further diminishes need
  for traditional backup and DR solutions:

  • File-level restore – The company is the only hyperconverged vendor to introduce built-in file level restore capabilities, accelerating operational recovery for administrators.

  • Enhanced backup policy management and reporting – Capabilities enable administrators to set backup policies across multiple VMs in one session to improve workflow efficiency. New reporting feature simplifies management by modeling the impact of backup frequency and retention policies to system resources before actually implementing them.

• HyperGuarantee demonstrates technology maturity:

  • Unmatched guarantee – As technologically advanced solution in the hyperconverged infrastructure market, the company is providing five hyperconvergence guarantees to customers. Therefore, company’s customers will achieve the folowing results or, in many cases, better:

    • 90% capacity savings across storage and backup combined.

    • 60-seconds or less, on average, for local backup or restore of a 1TB VM.

    • Three clicks to backup, restore, clone or move a VM from a single console.

    • 60s or less, on average, to create or update backup policies for thousands of VMs across dozens of remote sites from a single console.

    • Add or remove a local or remote SimpliVity system without downtime, without interruption to local or remote backups, and without reconfiguration of backup policies or IP addresses.

The OmniStack 3.0 Data Virtualization Platform is available.

Ron Braden, director, information technology department, Town of Vail, said: “Vail has been using the SimpliVity hyperconverged infrastructure for nearly a year and we are extremely happy with the reliability, ease of administration, and overall performance of the appliances. They have not only elevated our DR strategy, but also changed the way we do backups. Best of all, the OmniCube systems have saved us weeks of work by cloning, moving, and restoring servers. In one instance, we had a mission-critical GIS server containing a few terabytes of CAD drawings that a vendor had corrupted and it would no longer boot. We restored the copy and had the server up and running in about 20 minutes.“

Sean Lane, manager, IT, Princess House, Inc., said: “Data protection was a key reason for why we chose SimpliVity for our IT infrastructure – we needed a solution to provide backup and recovery for mission-critical applications. SimpliVity’s native data protection in their hyperconverged infrastructure outperformed our expectations – restoring data ins, not minutes. We’re extremely excited for SimpliVity’s new recovery and management features, which will make IT more efficient and speed time to market for new deployments and applications.“

Joerg Ludwig, CIO, KHD Humboldt Wedag AG, said: “We’ve been extremely impressed with the benefits that SimpliVity’s hyperconverged infrastructure provides. It’s their mission to make IT easier for customers and their ability to execute upon that vision continues to exceed expectations.”

Simon Robinson, VP, research, storage, 451 Research, said: “IT leaders are looking to maintain competitive operations are looking for viable on-premises alternatives to public cloud, and the simplicity, scalability and cost-effective nature of hyperconvergence make it a worthy consideration – and so, it has become the hottest space in IT infrastructure. As one of the pioneers in the space, SimpliVity differentiates itself with a unique Data Virtualization Platform, which offers significant data efficiencies and built-in data protection. We’re not surprised with the traction the company has seen in the market.“

Jesse St. Laurent, VP, product strategy, SimpliVity, said: “As the foundation of our hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, SimpliVity’s OmniStack Data Virtualization Platform software has always differentiated the company in an increasingly crowded industry. Now, OmniStack 3.0 propels SimpliVity’s technology leadership even further ahead, with the most robust hyperconverged platform for multi-site and single-site deployments and ongoing innovation to our built-in data protection capabilities. And lastly, we are so confident in our technology that we are now providing a comprehensive five-part guarantee to all customers.“

Resources:
OmniStack 3.0 video
About company’s HyperGuarantee
Blog on Unified Protected ROBO: Taking the Remote out of ROBO
Blog on HyperGuarantee