Hyperconverged Infrastructure Data Centers Demystifying HCI

by Halabi, Sam

• ISBN13: 9781587145100
• ISBN10: 1587145103
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-01-24
• Publisher: Cisco Press

Summary

This book approaches the HCI topic from the point of view that any individual working this field needs to have enough knowledge in all the different areas such as storage, storage networking, compute, virtualization, switching and routing and automation. The book will explain each area in the context of a legacy data center design, detailing the problem statement for the particular technology and how HCI solves the problem and to what extent. Equipped with such knowledge the IT professional whether at a technical or management level will be well prepared to evaluate the need to move into the HCI and to find the best approach and timeline to move from a legacy data center design to an HCI design.

The HCI for Data center book will be the bible for IT professionals, technical and management, in all technology areas, and will guide them through the decision process to move in the HCI direction.

Author Biography

Sam Halabi is a well-known industry figure with many years of experience in the field of information technology, multicloud, hyperconvergence, enterprise software, and data networking. Sam is a trusted advisor, capable of establishing close relationships with customers at the executive level, linking complex technologies with business benefits. Sam has worked at major companies in the U.S. and international markets, where he led sales, presales, consulting, marketing, and business development efforts targeting enterprises building scalable data centers. Sam is the founder of VirtuService (www.virtuservice.com), a provider of customer service and IT consulting in the areas of private, hybrid, public cloud, and multicloud. Sam has authored many Cisco Press books, including the bestseller Internet Routing Architectures and Metro Ethernet. Follow Sam Halabi on Twitter @VirtuService.

Table of Contents

Introduction
PART I: Basics of Data Center Networking and Storage
Chapter 1    Data Networks: Existing Designs
Chapter 2    Storage Networks: Existing Designs
PART II: Evolution in Host Hardware and Software
Chapter 3    Host Hardware Evolution
Chapter 4    Server Virtualization
Chapter 5    Software Defined Storage
PART III: Hyperconverged Infrastructure
Chapter 6    Converged Infrastructure
Chapter 7    HCI Functionality
Chapter 8    HCI Benefits and Use Cases
PART IV: Cisco HyperFlex
Chapter 9    Cisco HyperFlex
Chapter 10   Deploying, Provisioning, and Managing the HyperFlex Platform
Chapter 11   HyperFlex Workload Optimization and Efficiency
PART V: Alternative HCI Implementations
Chapter 12   VMware vSAN
Chapter 13   Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform
Chapter 14   Open Source Compute and Storage
Part VI: Hyperconverged Networking
Chapter 15   Software-Defined Networking and Open Source
Chapter 16   VMware NSX
Chapter 17   Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
Part VII: Public, Private, Hybrid, and Multicloud
Chapter 18   The Public Cloud
Chapter 19   The Private Cloud
Chapter 20   The Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud
Glossary
Index