In Hyperconverged Infrastructure Data Centers, best-selling author Sam Halabi demystifies HCI technology, outlines its use cases, and compares solutions from a vendor-neutral perspective. He guides students through evaluation, planning, implementation, and management, helping them decide where HCI makes sense, and how to migrate legacy data centers without disrupting production systems. Features - 1. Easy reading with no marketing fluff or heavy technical jargon
2. Progression through the chapters from easy to advanced
3. First book to address storage, compute, virtualization, networking and automation in details and under one umbrella.
4. Bridges the technology gap between the different IT departments (Storage, compute, networking and management)
5. Coverage of latest HCI functionality
6. Discusses Automation as it compares to Cloud offerings such as AWS
Contents - 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 Business Benefits and Use Cases
PART IV: CISCO HYPERFLEX
Chapter 9 Cisco HyperFlex
Chapter 10 Deploying, Provisioning, and Managing HyperFlex
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 Application-Centric Infrastructure
PART VII: PUBLIC, PRIVATE, HYBRID, AND MULTICLOUD
Chapter 18 The Public Cloud
Chapter 19 The Private Cloud
Chapter 20 Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud
Glossary
Index About the author - 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.
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