VMware’s EVO RAIL is an architecture for a hyper-converged, software-defined data center in a single appliance form-factor … to be delivered by various hardware partners. But how do you protect that all-in-one solution?
For the next several weeks, ESG will be releasing a seven-part series of ESG Capsules, 2 minute video segments, where I’ll talk more about some of the protection possibilities and caveats in an EVO world:
part 1 – Introductory ideas for protecting EVO RAIL
part 2 – Solution Spotlight : VMware
part 3 – Solution Spotlight : EMC
part 4 – Solution Spotlight : Dell
part 5 – Solution Spotlight : HP
part 6 – BC/DR possibilities
part 7 – Channel considerations
Here’s part 1 on ideas for protecting an EVO RAIL. Check back here for updated hyperlinks … or follow @JBuff on twitter to see more of this series.
Thanks for watching
Originally posted on my personal self-managed blog while at ESG (TechnicalOptimist.com), reposted on DPM for archival reference. Broken links are likely due to ESG content being dropped between its acquisition by TechTarget and their acquisition by Omdia.



