Using the VMware Exit to
Regain Control of Your Data Center
George Crump
George Crump is the founder of Storage Switzerland, an analyst firm covering storage, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure, and now works at VergeIO. He has advised enterprise IT leaders on data center architecture for more than 30 years, and he writes and speaks on the economics and control of modern infrastructure. His argument is direct. Infrastructure is too complex and brittle to support workloads of the future.
Today: the three clocks Legacy HCI set for your data center, and what it takes to get all three back.
HCI or three tier, the same three clocks.
Renewal, refresh, and hardware, each set to someone else’s schedule. The VMware exit is your moment to take all three back.
The Renewal Clock
A vendor writes your renewal date, your bundle, and your terms. You just sign.
The Refresh Clock
A support calendar retires working servers, on the vendor’s schedule, not yours.
The Hardware Clock
A compatibility list decides which servers you are allowed to buy next.
Four tiers become one OS.
Network, virtualization, storage, and data protection in a single codebase, on hardware you own.
Take back all three clocks.
The renewal date, the refresh timeline, and the hardware, back on your schedule.