Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions offer businesses the ability to virtualize storage, servers, and their connecting networks. Unlike converged infrastructure, hyperconverged infrastructure leans into software definition as opposed to hardware definition, enabling higher overall flexibility and better expense management over infrastructure use.
A server is a dedicated piece of computer hardware which performs specific tasks for a number of networked users.
In a nutshell, a server provides a safe place to store your documents, spreadsheets, files, data, accounting information and everything else that is critical to your business.
Servers also manage user security (user names, passwords and the files and directories they are permitted to access), updates to operating system software and anti virus packages, store and control email, and perform all the central tasks for all your business network users.
Storage solutions are ways to save or archive computer data in electromagnetic, optical, digital or other formats. Data may be stored on premises, on external drives, on remote devices, on removable media, or online (in the cloud). For large amounts of data, businesses often use storage area networks (SANs), network-attached storage (NAS) devices, software-defined storage (SDS), or cloud-based storage.
