VMware EVO: Hyper-converged or just Hype ?
Conclusion: VMware’s EVO hyper-converged infrastructure is the tipping point for the move away from SAN based architectures. Over the next 3-5 years VMware EVO will commoditise and simplify compute/storage infrastructures in the same fashion VMware commoditised and simplified servers.
This will disrupt traditional systems vendors (e.g., HP, IBM) and new systems vendors (e.g., Cisco, VCE) and challenge the growth and long term viability of upstart hyper-converged vendors (e.g., Nutanix and SimpliVity). However, the real challenge to EVO will be IaaS, especially VMware Air.
