现场常见问题
A three-tier stack (servers, SAN, storage switches) needs someone who understands all three. Most Lao IT teams are 1–3 people looking after everything from printers to the firewall. When the SAN misbehaves, they wait for an engineer from Bangkok.
What is HCI?
HCI pools the CPU, RAM and disks of every node using software-defined storage. Data is written as multiple copies on different nodes, so when one node goes dark the VMs keep running. Need more? Add a node.
Platforms we deploy
- Nutanix (AOS with AHV or ESXi): managed through Prism, the easiest of the group
- Proxmox VE + Ceph: open source, good on a tight budget if your team is ready to learn Linux
- Microsoft Azure Local (formerly Azure Stack HCI): for Microsoft-centric organizations
- Dell, HPE and Lenovo hardware validated for each platform
Read this before you buy
Start at 3 nodes with redundant 10/25GbE, because every write is copied across nodes. Ignore the raw capacity on the quote. With 2 copies you get roughly half; Ceph defaults to 3 copies, which leaves about a third. You also need free space reserved for rebuilding after a node failure.
Tell us how many VMs you run and your total data in TB, and we will work out node count and real usable capacity.
功能
Scale-out growth
Add nodes to grow compute and storage together without downtime.
Single console
VMs, storage and hardware health in one console.
Built-in data protection
Cross-node copies, snapshots and replication to a DR site.
Rolling upgrades
Upgrade firmware and software one node at a time while VMs stay up.
Smaller footprint
No separate SAN, fewer rack units and a smaller UPS.
Hypervisor choice
AHV, Proxmox, Hyper-V or ESXi to match team skills and licensing.
设计与实施
- 1
Measure current workloads and forecast 3–5 years of growth.
- 2
Choose the platform and set node count, disk layout and replication factor.
- 3
Deploy paired 10/25GbE switches with dedicated storage VLANs.
- 4
Build the cluster, then physically pull a node to test failover and rebuild.
- 5
Migrate VMs, configure backup and UPS integration.
适用场景
- A construction firm with a 1–2 person IT team supporting ERP and large drawing files.
- A private hospital whose HIS must stay up around the clock.
- A government agency wanting a compact server room that can grow.
- Remote sites (mines, dams) running 2–3 node HCI replicating to Vientiane.
常见系统规模
Edge / Branch
适用于: Remote site, 5–20 VMs
- 2–3 nodes with witness
- Replication to head office
- Remote management
Core
适用于: Head office, 20–100 VMs
- 3–4 all-flash nodes
- Paired 25GbE switches
- Migration and team training
Multi-site
适用于: Multiple sites with DR
- Primary and DR clusters
- Failover runbook
- MA and monitoring contract
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常见问题
HCI or servers plus SAN?
For small teams HCI is easier to live with. A separate SAN still makes sense when storage grows far faster than compute (video, scanned archives) or a database needs the lowest possible latency.
Can we run just 2 nodes?
For a branch, yes, with a witness elsewhere. Be aware that while one node is down your data has a single copy until it is repaired. Three or more nodes is safer.
How much usable capacity do we get?
With 2 copies (RF2) usable space is about half of raw; with 3 copies (the Ceph default) about a third. Then subtract rebuild headroom. Erasure coding helps on larger clusters.
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