Over time, hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions have gone from a new idea to yet another enterprise infrastructure option. Like HCI, converged infrastructures simplify the design and procurement process, by pre-engineering server, storage, and network components into a single item. HCI vendors and proponents have promoted HCI solutions as being less expensive, more efficient, and easier to manage than more traditional converged infrastructure solutions. This technology report determines if HCI is less expensive, especially as cluster sizes exceed four to six nodes, by comparing Nutanix NX-3060 nodes with hybrid storage to the Cisco/Pure Storage FlashStack systems.
