NEC Corporation of America and NEC Enterprise Solutions (EMEA),
today announced a new hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution
powered by Scale Computings HC3 software. The new platform, NEC HCI,
provides a complete virtualized solution in a single appliance, designed
for rapid deployment, ease-of-use, seamless scaling, high performance
and cost effectiveness.
As the HCI market continues to expand
significantly, we wanted to offer a competitive solution that provides
value to our partners and customers, said Ram Menghani, Senior Vice
President, NEC Enterprise Communications Technologies, Inc. Due to Scale
Computings knowledge and current success in the HCI market, NEC is
proud to partner with them to provide a competitive HCI solution that
complements our existing technology offerings.
Were excited about
this partnership and the launch of NEC HCI in North America and EMEA,
said Dan Pierce, Vice President of Strategic Sales, Scale Computing. NEC
Hyperconverged Infrastructure, powered by Scale HC3 software, is the ideal solution for customers requiring ease-of-use and high availability with a low TCO.
Scalability and Availability
NEC HCI is ideal for small-to-medium sized enterprises and remote or
branch offices that must support mission critical applications. By using
NECs D120h high-density server, the platform has the capability of
hosting four individual server nodes. This results in a smaller
datacenter footprint, meaning greater efficiency and reduced
infrastructure costs.
One of the most challenging tasks for IT
can be adding capacity to existing infrastructure. With NEC HCI, new
appliances can be added into a running cluster seamlessly and within
minutes. To scale out resources as needed, different models and
capacities can be used together in various combinations. Appliances are
also pre-configured with three levels of configurations to meet specific
workloads"base, mid-range and power"but can be customized if pre-packed
models dont meet the needs of a customer.
Simplicity and Virtualization
NECs HCI is designed to provide operational simplicity through highly
intelligent automation and architecture. Since the software is
pre-installed, the customer can simply add networking information to
deploy rapidly, supporting NECs commitment to excellent customer
experience. Additionally, the platform includes the hypervisor with no
additional third-party costs or licensing fees, giving customers the
ability to lower overall IT management and costs.
NECs HCI
solution, powered by Scale Computing, will be available within calendar
Q2 through NECs channel partners. For more information about the new
solution, visit www.necam.com/hci.