17th SWFL TechMeetup: Hyperconverged Infrastructure and Tech Support on Steroids
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Summary:
Jacob Ackerman - Hyperconverged Infrastructure and Tech Support on Steroids
Listen to a tale about hyperconverged IT in the first part of this meetup, and have a chance to talk to the CTO of SkyLink Data Centers Jacob Ackerman about the challenges you face in IT. Bring your top priority topics or what keeps you up at night and get one on one advice from one of the leading technologists in SWFL
What is HCI?
Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-converged_infrastructure) is a marketing term coined in 2012 by Steve Chambers and Forrester Research to describe a fully 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 industry-standard Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) servers.
The primary difference between converged infrastructure (CI) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Converged_infrastructure) 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.
Agenda:
6:45 - Arrival / Networking
7:15 - Introduction / Announcements by the organizers
7:40 - Open-mic to quickly promote your business or broadcast a need that someone in the group might be able to fill
7:45 - KeyNote
8:15 - QnA
8:30 - Networking & Wrap-Up
9:00 - Exit Venue and head to After Party - Location: United Ale House
ABOUT Jacob Ackerman
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Jacob Ackerman is Chief Technology Officer at SkyLink Data Centers, a state of the art HIPAA & PCI compliant facility headquartered in Naples, Florida. A graduate of Naples High School, Jacob was recognized by both Business Observer newspaper and Gulfshore Business magazine as a 40 Under 40 honoree. Be prepared to ask questions and have Jacob help you find solutions.