How to Replace Your SAN/NAS with UCI
Ultraconverged Infrastructure Can:
- Cut storage costs by at least 55%
- Improve ransomware protection
- Eliminate complexities
- Future-proof storage
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VergeIO Digital Learning Guides (DLG) are strategy and how-to tutorials delivered to your inbox every two weeks. This DLG will help you develop a strategy for replacing your SAN with an ultraconverged infrastructure. We’ll cover how using UCI for storage can save money, simplify operations, and improve all aspects of storage, including performance and resiliency.
Chapter Summary
Chapter 1: Comparing Storage TCO
If you use a three-tier architecture for storage, you need to ensure the benefits of a converged infrastructure are worth the effort before even considering converting. Chapter 1 examines the economics of UCI vs. SAN/NAS/HCI, including the conversion cost, day-to-day operations, and upgrades. It provides a template to calculate a cost-benefit analysis of moving to a converged infrastructure.
Chapter 2: Comparing Storage Services
If you decide to switch to a converged infrastructure, the one thing you would rather not give up is storage services like data and drive failure protection and replication. You may also expect protection from modern threats like ransomware. Since converged solutions also host the application, they must provide resilience from server failure. This chapter compares how UCI matches up with SAN/NAS/HCI regarding maintaining access to applications and data.
Chapter 3: Comparing Migrations
If the price and storage services are compelling enough, it is time to look at the migration process. In this chapter, we look at how a conversion to UCI compares to converting to refreshing a SAN/NAS or HCI solution. We will look at aspects like conversion pace, time, and outages.
Chapter 4: Comparing Futures
The final area to investigate is the longevity of the solution. We compare the potential longevity of a UCI solution to SAN/NAS and HCI. We will look at flexibility, scalability, and renewal costs.
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