Whom You Know: Lenovo Reveals Converged HX Series Appliances

Monday, December 7, 2015

Lenovo Reveals Converged HX Series Appliances

Lenovo (HKSE:992) today unveiled, at the Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas, the new Lenovo Converged HX Series appliances featuring Nutanix Acropolis and Prism software. Ideal for all virtual applications, the new appliances are designed to simplify infrastructure, reduce deployment and management costs and improve server platform dependability. Built on the number one in x86 server reliability platforms1 and leveraging Nutanix leadership position according to Gartner Magic Quadrant2, the co-engineered Lenovo appliances will help customers focus on greater efficiency, agility and scalability while delivering a higher return on investment.

Simplify Deployment and Accelerate Business Value

Today’s typical data center has multiple generations of servers, operating systems, storage and hypervisors. IT managers must juggle complex tasks while maintaining legacy hardware and software. Implementing a next-generation hyperconverged appliance can substantially reduce this complexity, resulting in significant added value over an incredibly short time.

Hyperconverged solutions powered by Nutanix software reduce the total cost of ownership of IT infrastructure by up to 60%, as validated by IDC. Lenovo Converged HX Series appliances are expected to deliver similar cost savings and business value by marrying world-class Lenovo servers with Nutanix web-scale software.

Tailored to Application Infrastructure

Three models will be available and can be customized to specific needs:

Lenovo Converged HX3500 is optimized for VDI and smaller virtualization workloads including email, file & print, web server, middleware, light database and remote/branch office environments.

Lenovo Converged HX5500 is optimized for Server Virtualization workloads with larger capacity requirements including Hadoop big data, file servers, on-cluster backups, Splunk, and centralized disaster recovery for remote/branch office environments.

Lenovo Converged HX7500 is optimized for Databases and other I/O intensive workloads, including MS SQL Server, MS Exchange, SharePoint and Oracle RAC environments.

Simple to deploy, with compute, storage and management located on a single node, the Lenovo Converged HX Series enables customers to simplify data center infrastructure and pool resources for more efficient utilization. Starting with as few as three nodes, the HX series is capable of immense scalability as needs grow. To help customers architect, size and deploy the next-generation infrastructure, Lenovo and Nutanix are investing in dedicated sales and support expertise.

“Lenovo delivers the Converged HX series of appliances to address disruptive shifts in IT consumption and data center design. Converged infrastructures with hyperconverged solutions are breaking down the traditional silos and helping customers drive down operating expense,” said Brian Connors, vice president, Next Generation Infrastructures & Business Development, Lenovo. “Through the combination of preloaded easy-to-use Nutanix software on powerful, highly reliable Lenovo appliances, customers can depend on an open and trusted eco-system.”

“Nutanix and Lenovo share a commitment to delivering solutions that enable IT organizations to focus on the applications and services that power their businesses,” Dheeraj Pandey, CEO of Nutanix. “With its strong heritage of innovation and quality, Lenovo provides world-class technology that brings web-scale architectures and benefits to all size data centers.”

For more information on Lenovo HX Converged Series:

http://www.lenovo.com/nutanix

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About Lenovo

Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a $46 billion global Fortune 500 company and a leader in providing innovative consumer, commercial and enterprise technology. Our portfolio of high-quality, secure products and services covers PCs (including the legendary Think and multimode Yoga brands), workstations, servers, storage, smart TVs and a family of mobile products like smartphones (including the Motorola brand), tablets and apps. Join us on LinkedIn, follow us on Facebook or Twitter (@Lenovo) or visit us at www.lenovo.com.

1 ITIC 2015-2016 Global Server Hardware, Server OS Reliability Report, July 2015 :http://www.lenovo.com/images/products/system-x/pdfs/white-papers/itic_2015_reliability_wp.pdf

2 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integrated Systems 2015: http://www.nutanix.com/press-releases/2015/08/13/gartner-positions-nutanix-in-the-leaders-quadrant-of-the-2015-magic-quadrant-for-integrated-systems/

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