You're Building a Cloud. Do You Need To Buy New Hardware? - Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

One of the most common concerns about building an on-premises, private cloud is that you’ll need to buy new hardware, driving up your CapEx. The truth is that in many cases, you can build resilient, performant clouds using your existing hardware investments, thanks to the flexibility of open source cloud infrastructure software, which can run on commodity x86 equipment. However, there are important tradeoffs you need to consider before deciding to forgo new hardware purchases. Join a Mirantis cloud architect to learn: - The typical adjustments needed to successfully deploy on existing hardware, even if it deviates from the cloud platform’s reference architecture - Recent advances in CPU and storage that might be critical for your use case, depending on your data, performance and availability requirements - How the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is often lower with new hardware than when retaining legacy hardware - How to do the math and make the right decision for your organization