Hyperconverged storage achieves phenomenal performance by using multiple tiers of storage. Specifically a “cache” tier is used, created with high-speed flash devices like solid state drives (SSDs) and NVMe for accelerated storage access.

With Microsoft WSSD solutions, further acceleration is achieved by using RDMA or Remote Direct Memory Access. This capability nearly doubles the I/O capabilities of the environment, providing incredible performance.

The cache tier sits on top of a capacity tier, typically composed of inexpensive hard disk drives (HDDs). These inexpensive storage devices, combined with the acceleration of the cache tier, provide a flexible solution with the storage capacity and extreme performance to meet today’s demanding workloads.

In those countries where it is supported, ThinkAgile MX includes a comprehensive portfolio of software and services that supports the full lifecycle of your infrastructure. At every stage — from planning to deploying, supporting, optimizing, and end-of-life — Lenovo provides the expertise and services you need to get the most from your technology investment.

Lenovo will help you perform a presale total cost of ownership (TCO) study to decide which configuration is right for you, and then will ship it as a single unit, factory installed in a rack and ready to deploy. Configuration Services will discover your hosts and storage resources.

Lenovo also will provide knowledge-transfer training to your IT personnel. After deployment, Predictive Analytics software will identify on a continuing basis, and usually resolve, storage-related (and many infrastructure-related) issues, often before administrators are even aware of them.

Lenovo provides single-point-of-contact support for all the hardware and software used in the solution, including Microsoft’s WSSD Solutions, Storage Spaces Direct and the Mellanox or Cavium adapters. Periodic health checks enable you to maintain an optimized solution.

At end of life, Lenovo offers data recovery services. And these are just a few of the many benefits Lenovo’s software, services, and support provide with your solution. The ThinkAgile MX Certified Node allows you to budget more accurately for IT expenses, better deliver on service-level agreement commitments, and ultimately generate greater end-user satisfaction.