Posts by gregg_h

Don't believe the hyper-converged hype: Why are we spending stupid amounts on hardware?

Create a hyper-converged array with what you have in your datacenter

Another solution to consider in the "software-only" camp is Atlantis USX. Recent in-depth article by Chris Mellor on USX http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/29/atlantis_takes_on_vipr

USX installs on the hypervisor (VMware-only for now) and works with server RAM & flash as a performance pool, while aggregating any storage on the network (flash, SAN, filers) as a capacity pool. The server admin dials in the performance, protection level, and capacity via USX for the VM at the point of provisioning. Storage characteristics defined by software - like a Nimble hybrid array, a Pure AFA, or Nutanix hyper-converged. Allows you to run up to 5x more VMs on the existing storage in your datacenter.

Atlantis hopes to sink fangs into EMC's ViPR with boosting product

Atlantis is complementing, not competing with VMware VSAN & VDI

As is evident in the body of the piece, Atlantis has a strong partnership with VMware Horizon and Virtual SAN and adds value through its data services to both solutions, it doesn't compete with them. On the prior comment about cost, Atlantis ILIO for VSAN is priced at $50 / user, the same cost per user as VSAN in the VDI workload, and saves 75% compared to shared storage price / desktop. It scales to thousands of users and is proven - unlike some AFA solutions and hyper-converged appliances that struggle to support anything over 2,000 seats. There is an offer of 10 free virtual desktops at www.atlantiscomputing.com/ilio to check out the software in your own lab and see for yourself.