Evaluating Hyperconverged Full Stack Solutions

Wikibon analysis and modeling is used to evaluate a Hyperconverged Full Stack approach compared to a traditional x86 White Box approach in a high-value high-availability application distributed environment. The reference model is the Oracle Database Appliance HA model. Wikibon found a net IT and business benefit of $8.9 million with a net present value of $8.2 million for the Hyperconverged Full Stack. The detailed analysis shows the White Box has 57% higher IT costs over 3-years than a Hyperconverged Full Stack Appliance in a distributed high-value application environment. The Wikibon research also shows above-the-line business benefits of improved time-to-value from a hyperconverged Full Stack Appliance are over 5 times greater than the IT operational cost benefits.
Most enterprises are adopting a hybrid cloud strategy. Wikibon concludes that the traditional enterprise strategy of building and maintaining low-cost x86 white box piece-part infrastructure is unsustainable in a modern hybrid cloud world.
Future improvements will include significant contributions from automation and optimization. Both need large amounts of technical information from multiple installations. Vendors who deliver integrated hyperconverged automation and orchestration solutions in volume will be best positioned.
Wikibon believes that executive management needs to focus on eliminating undifferentiated IT manual labor, and develop strategies to improve the contribution of IT to the business. Hyperconverged Full Stack solutions such as the Oracle Database Appliance will provide a significant contribution to these objectives.