In our digitally powered economy, the ability to leverage data is key. IT and business leaders know they need data-driven transformation to take their organisations forward, but this means tackling challenges of explosive data growth, complex infrastructure and overstretched IT teams. In this article, we’ll look at the issues businesses face around data storage, how HPE Alletra provides a next-generation solution and why this technology offers opportunities for resellers.
From legacy to lift off
There are a lot of moving parts to the data storage picture for organisations. Common challenges include manual processes, multiple management tools, organisational silos, and different generations of hardware and software. This hampers innovation and agility for the business while leaving IT teams in a constant firefight, dealing with disruptions and legacy issues. It’s not a sustainable position. Organisations need to get ahead once and for all in order to fully leverage the value of their data. Central to this is a stepchange in approach – something that’s at the heart of HPE’s vision for cloud-native, software-defined data services. HPE enables organisations to accelerate data transformation, with the ability to unify data operations and address the deluge of data in edge-to-cloud environments.
Next-gen storage with HPE Alletra flash arrays
The technology making that vision a reality is HPE Alletra. Businesses need a storage platform that can handle business-critical applications, eradicate disruptions and unlock the potential of hybrid cloud. HPE Alletra delivers all of this and more with a new style of server-based, cloud-native data infrastructure that sweeps away complexity, crushes data silos and supports innovation.
Build for data-intensive workloads
Yesterday’s infrastructure isn’t up to the demands of today’s data-intensive workloads. By contrast, HPE Alletra data storage servers are powered by the latest technology, providing more data throughput, processing and capacity. They take the most performance-demanding, storage-centric workloads in their stride, such as data stores for machine learning, distributed and NoSQL databases, stream and batch analytics and data-heavy hyperconverged infrastructure. HPE Alletra 4000 also offers enhanced data density, making the most of available space and slotting seamlessly into any datacenter. This helps to eliminate the compromises of storage appliances and general-purpose server infrastructure.
Secured end-to-end by design
New cybersecurity threats emerge every day and the consequences of a data breach are serious. Businesses have to be confident that data storage solutions have security at the core. With HPE Alletra, data is protected from the ground up, with zero-trust from silicon to software and factory to cloud. Each HPE Alletra 4000 data storage server has a unique digital signature that enables verification that the system is secure before it can boot and data is protected by FIPS 140-2 encryption.
An intuitive cloud experience
With IT teams stretched and specialists thin on the ground, HPE Alletra’s cloud-native management is good news. A single cloud console streamlines management of server-based infrastructure, making it simple to onboard, group and manage thousands of servers. Automation gives IT teams time back in their day to focus on higher value projects. Best of all, organisations have the option of consuming HPE Alletra as a service. This can offer predictable pricing and help to avoid overprovision while providing an easy path for future expansion.
A solution with wide appeal
With leading-edge capabilities, HPE Alletra offers organisations the ability to accelerate their data-driven initiatives with all the advantages of cloud. For customers using HPE Nimble and looking to upgrade, HPE Alletra is the natural successor as it takes the features they know and love to the next level.
For more information about HPE data storage solutions and how we support our reseller partners, please contact HPE Business Manager, Jack Savage on jack.savage@ingrammicro.com or visit Horizon Portal - DSCC Alletra to learn more.