HCI-Flex Hyperconverged Infrastructure Appliance

Delivers robust data services and the flexibility of software-defined storage in an easy-to-deploy hyperconverged infrastructure solution.

Where Simplicity and Flexibility Converge

The DataCore HCI-Flex appliance combines the flexibility of software-defined storage with the simplicity and rapid deployment of hyperconverged infrastructure. Available in a range of configuration models, HCI-Flex maximizes performance, ensures security with military-grade encryption, lowers CapEx and OpEx, and reduces infrastructure footprint.

Each appliance includes DataCore Insight Services and rich SDS data services and is backed by our award-winning global customer support.

Deploy within an hour with simple, intuitive implementation
Connect to and leverage external storage
Connect to external compute nodes
Scale up and out—up to 64 nodes
Scale compute and storage independently
Achieve high availability with only 2 nodes

FEATURES
MODELS

Rapid Implementation & Deployment

Lightweight installation manager
Thorough analysis of the environment automatically generates a recommended deployment plan
Elegantly simple, rapid deployment in under an hour
Fully-functional configuration when complete
Automatically deploy a new vCenter server or add to an existing one
Hyper-V integration
Full ESX Management integration

Supports a Wide Range of Use Cases

Remote office / branch office
Encrypted block storage
Data offload engine
Cloud-attached storage
Disconnected scenarios
Edge computing
External storage management
Fast residual storage
Virtual desktop infrastructure

Software-Defined Storage Data Services

Parallel I/O
High Speed Caching
Random Write Accelerator
Automated Storage Tiering
Storage Load Balancing
QoS Controls
Storage Pooling
Deduplication/Compression
Data Migration
Thin Provisioning
Asynchronous Replication
Advanced Site Recovery
Continuous Data Protection
Synchronous Mirroring
Encryption
Snapshots/Backup

All Features

DataCore Insight Services

Cost Savings

Reduce downtime through predictive analytics
Reduce support calls by executing actionable insights
Model workload or VM additions in advance for zero impact, optimized deployments

Time Savings

Real-time prioritized task list for storage administrators
Real-time health & performance scores with actionable insights
Proactive optimizations with prescriptive remediation steps

Operations Simplification

View and manage entire storage infrastructure across multiple sites in a single console
Manage data anywhere in your infrastructure
Single pane of glass is vendor and technology independent