Virtualisation Solutions from Bramatt Computing

- Have you got aging servers?
- Need to upgrade/replace your old servers, but don’t know what to do?
- Worried about the cost of replacing your server hardware?
- What is the cost/business impact of losing a server?
- Looking to span this replacement cost over a number of years?

Pricing for both Virtualisation and HCI has dropped dramatically throughout the years. Often these solutions can now be delivered for the same price or cheaper than just replacing your existing physical servers on a like for like basis.

Doing more with less becomes the norm:
Hypervisor’s automate , manage and deliver the compute, memory and storage resources to keep all applications at peak performance without over provisioning.
Built in Business continuity technologies deliver High Availability & Disaster Recovery options as standard.
Servers automatically move from node to node in the event of a server failure.
Administrative tasks such as adding servers and introducing new applications are massively reduced.

Virtualisation is the answer

How your business can benefit from a hyperconverged system

  • Lower cost of entry and a lower total cost of ownership compared with legacy infrastructure; reduced upfront costs due to building-block framework
  • Reduced management time and costs; plus gains through automation
  • Frees staff from “keeping the lights on” to focus on innovation and supporting company growth
  • Increased levels of data protection and security due to better integration from the factory
  • Lower Total Cost of Ownership and higher Return On Investment through hardware and software focus on high reliability, automation and agility, scalability, and operating efficiency
  • Additional cost savings from highly secure data and a “single pane of glass” for centralized management of shared resources
  • Accelerate time to value and increase performance

How your business could benefit from a virtualised system


  • Increases performance
  • Introduce further servers at no additional hardware expense
  • No more costly upgrades
  • Server utilisation no longer wasted, make best use of your hardware
  • Additional disaster recovery, single or multi server failure
  • Business continuity, reduced server downtime
  • True fixed cost solution, 50% Growth capacity built in

What is 3-Tier Server Virtualisation?

    Virtualization is the process of creating a software-based, or virtual, representation of something, such as virtual applications, servers, storage and networks. It is the single most effective way to reduce IT expenses while boosting efficiency and agility for all size businesses.

    A software layer called the hypervisor emulates the underlying hardware. This allows for greater flexibility, control and isolation by removing the dependency on a given hardware platform; scalability is also increased

    The virtual operating system can run multiple operating systems and applications (known as a VM) on a single server. Each self-contained VM is completely independent. Putting multiple VMs on a single computer enables several operating systems and applications to run on just one physical server, or “host.”

    The main hypervisor manages and delivers the compute, memory and shared storage resources to keep all application at peak performance without over provisioning unlike the traditional physical approach

    A typical SMB solution will comprise of 3 Nodes (Host Servers), Shared Storage and a Network Connectivity Layer.

What is Hyperconvergence? (HCI)

Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) is a software-defined IT infrastructure that virtualizes all of the elements of conventional "hardware-defined" systems.

HCI includes, at a minimum, virtualized computing (a hypervisor), a virtualised SAN (software-defined storage) and virtualized networking (software-defined networking). HCI typically runs on commercial off-the-shelf servers.

The primary difference between traditional virtualisation solutions and hyper-converged infrastructure is that in HCI, both the storage area network and the underlying storage abstractions are implemented virtually in software (at or via the hypervisor) rather than physically, in hardware.

Because all of the software-defined elements are implemented within the context of the hypervisor, management of all resources can be federated across all instances of a hyper-converged infrastructure.

A Typical SMB solution is very straight forward and as pictured above would comprise of 3 self contained Nodes (servers). This would house all the necessary CPU performance, storage HDD and network connectivity.

Why Bramatt Computing is your perfect partner

Bramatt Computing have been designing, installing and supporting solutions to the SMB market since 2007. With a wealth of experienced consultants, Bramatt can provide the expertise or assistance you need to meet your business demands.

Bramatt places a strong emphasis on solutions and has many years of commercial expertise; this results in our ability to quote on relevant products and services for your company. We don’t just want to simply promote the latest trends without ensuring they are the correct fit for your business needs. This ethos ensures that your current and future requirements are managed effectively and efficiently. Our in-house processes ensure that all business solutions are double checked by a systems architect to ensure they are suitable for the commercial requirement.

Bramatt Computing constantly review new and emerging technologies in order to deliver a best practice solution to their customers. The speed in which technology develops and changes takes a massive amount of internal resource to keep up to date with. Bramatt helps overcome this challenge by explaining and detailing new solutions in a straight forward format. Bramatt Computing’s solutions are always vendor agnostic and based around the customer’s business and IT requirements.

CONTACT US TODAY TO SEE HOW BRAMATT CAN HELP

Bramatt Computing has a strong belief that a customer’s satisfaction is our number 1 priority. Incorporated in 2007 we have been delivering quality service ever since; testament to this is we have many support customers that have been with us since those early days.

Full demonstration facilities are available to see the latest platforms. Should you wish to arrange a demonstration to discuss your business challenges and see technology in action, please contact us on the details below.

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