Simplifying Infrastructure Upgrades with VCE Converged Infrastructure Systems and VCE Vision Intelligent Operations Software

This ESG Lab Review documents the benefits of leveraging VCE Vision Intelligent Operations with VCE converged infrastructure systems and the VCE Release Certification Matrix (RCM) to simplify the process of upgrading a complete IT infrastructure. Both quantitative and qualitative evaluations of the time to upgrade four common infrastructure deployments were conducted: a traditional “do it yourself” (DIY) mixed-vendor infrastructure; a DIY reference architecture infrastructure; a VCE Vblock converged infrastructure system leveraging the VCE RCM; and a VCE Vblock System leveraging the VCE RCM and VCE Vision software. When leveraging the VCE RCM and VCE Vision software, ESG Lab measured and modeled a time savings of as much as 6x compared to DIY approaches. Further, the added benefits of Vision specifically, including the time to complete common steps in the upgrade process, such as auditing the infrastructure, researching new updates, downloading updates, and validating successful updates were nearly eliminated. Ultimately, this enables IT operations to enhance infrastructure stability and optimization more often with less effort and lower risk.