Turkish Cloud Service Provider Bulutistan Selects Inspur Server With Nutanix Software

Inspur Information, part of Inspur Group, a Chinese cloud computing provider, has been selected by ICT Bulut Bilişim Inc. (Bulutistan), a cloud service provider in Turkey and a top 5 provider in the EMEA region, to upgrade the company’s cloud infrastructure.

The customer faces growth in its public cloud services that cannot be met by traditional cloud computing architecture. Inspur Information’s hyper-converged solution based on Inspur’s NF5280M5 server provides the scalability Bulutistan requires in addition to a 30% reduction in operational costs.

The 3-tier architecture of traditional data centers (computing, storage, and network) is stable and reliable, but it is difficult to expand and requires complex equipment and that is time consuming and difficult to manage. It is not suitable for the next-gen data center cloudification that Bulutistan requires. Instead, the company needed a pooled IT infrastructure platform with maximum capacity and scalability that is also easy to adjust and manage, and stable.

Understanding Bulutistan’s requirements for scalability, flexibility, and stability, Inspur went through a testing process and identified Nutanix, Inc.‘s distributed storage software as the most effective way to integrate computing and storage. The Inspur hyper-converged solution and NF5280M5 server paired with Nutanix software would allow Bulutistan to upgrade to a customized cloud server platform with full-stack management analysis that is flexible and allows for unlimited expansion as an on-premises integrated solution. This logically simplified architecture is the key to why Bulutistan selected Inspur to upgrade its cloud infrastructure.

The Inspur one-click database management solution supports multiple file storage services and simplifies system management. The hyper-converged architecture with distributed single-node management achieves performance with stability and advanced recovery capabilities. The solution can flexibly allocate computing resources across clusters and units without reconfiguring the physical network or external storage. Computing virtualization is achieved through VMware, and network virtualization is achieved through NFV to provide simple configuration management tools for allocating resources. Server computing and storage resources can be adjusted according to actual needs for true on-demand and dynamic resource allocation.

The system simplifies management complexity and improves operation and maintenance, resulting in a 30% reduction in costs. Modular construction with on-demand linear and expansion reduces deployment times to 1/6th of what is typically expected. A scalable network interface is provided, further simplifying deployment and reducing operating costs.

This integration reduces operating costs while providing the same data reliability and availability of traditional architectures. Inspur offers a solution for a virtualization platform, including HA storage design, data security, and management. The hyper-converged solution developed for Bulutistan integrates a variety of analysis technologies, and creates a complete pooled IT platform by combining hyper-convergence, VMware virtualization, NFV, and storage.