What HCI is and why you should monitor it By Sascha Neumeier Mar 3, 2020 • 4 minute read If you are in the IT business, you have certainly heard of HCI within the last year. The abbreviation stands for Hyper-converged infrastructure and describes an IT infrastructure based on a software-centric architecture in which processors, memory, networking and virtualization and other technologies are closely interconnected. A hyper-converged system allows integrated technologies to be managed as a single system. Multiple HCI systems can be combined into a cluster. Hyperconvergent systems have their beginnings in use cases such as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Today, companies use the technology to provide and manage IT resources in the enterprise environment. In the beginning, startup companies such as Maxta, Nutanix, and SimpliVity attracted attention as providers of HCI systems. In the meantime, the well-known major providers such as Dell EMC, HPE and Net
