Legacy HCI Took Control of Your Data Center
See how to take back the renewal date, the refresh clock, and the hardware you buy, and upgrade off Legacy HCI on servers you already own.
See who really controls the data center
Mostly live demo, with a few slides to frame it. We prove it on screen, twice.
Pull a Live Node, Zero Downtime
We evacuate a running server and pull it from the cluster while the workloads keep running. You decide when hardware retires, not a support calendar.
Stand Up the Whole Stack in Minutes
From one interface, we build the network, the storage, and the compute for a new environment. One codebase, no three separate tiers to stitch together.
What we will cover
How Legacy HCI Took Control
The renewal date, the forced bundle, the compatibility list, and a controller VM taxing every node. We name each control it took and how it happened.
Who Decides Your Refresh
The server vendor’s support calendar retires working hardware early. See how to run the gear you own for years and choose what you buy next.
Why Three Tiers Came Back
Software-defined storage and networking arrived too limited or too costly, so teams rebuilt three separate tiers. We show the path back to one.
The Private Cloud Operating System
One codebase runs networking, virtualization, storage, and data protection. The convergence Legacy HCI promised, delivered in the architecture.
Two Live Proofs
We evacuate and pull a live node from a running cluster with zero downtime, then stand up a full stack of network, storage, and compute from one interface in minutes.
Bring Your Renewal Quote
Open questions with George Crump, Aaron Richman, and Dave Vincent. Bring your renewal quote and your hardware list.
Built for the people who feel it every day
This session is for the people who feel Legacy HCI every day. VP of Infrastructure, Director of IT, and CTO facing a refresh or a renewal. Virtualization admins and storage architects who pay the controller-VM tax and check the compatibility list before every purchase. If a vendor sets your renewal date, your refresh clock, or the servers you are allowed to buy, this hour is for you.
The Private Cloud Operating System
VergeOS is the upgrade to Legacy HCI. It converges networking, virtualization, storage, data protection, and disaster recovery in a single codebase, not three products behind a shared screen. It runs on almost any x86 server, mixes hardware generations and vendors, and drops the appliance, the controller card, and the compatibility list built to keep you in place.
Storage stays efficient with inline global deduplication and thin provisioning. Getting out stays cheap by design, with a wide set of VM import formats and an oVirt-compatible API. Control means a low cost to leave, not a promise of no vendor.
The company behind VergeOS
VergeIO builds VergeOS and supports the organizations that run it. Customers keep hardware they already own working for years, collapse separate storage, networking, and backup products into one platform, and set their own refresh timeline.
The proof is in the sentiment. VergeIO holds a top-percentile Net Promoter Score with zero detractors, earned from organizations that run demanding production workloads every day.