Organizations increasingly evaluate HCI OSes as alternatives to traditional virtualization stacks when modernizing their IT environments. In doing so, they typically evaluate each HCI OS’s hypervisor, storage, networking, management, and licensing features. However, this approach may overlook another consideration: how certain HCI OSes require organizations to purchase and maintain specific server hardware. To avoid this, organizations should evaluate three characteristics that indicate how much hardware flexibility an HCI OS provides. Organizations increasingly evaluate HCI OSes as alternatives to traditional virtualization stacks when modernizing their IT environments. In doing so, they typically evaluate each HCI OS’s hypervisor, storage, networking, management, and licensing features. However, this approach may overlook another consideration: how certain HCI OSes require organizations to purchase and maintain specific server hardware. To avoid this, organizations should evaluate three characteristics that indicate how much hardware flexibility an HCI OS provides. Read More DCIG Organizations increasingly evaluate HCI OSes as alternatives to traditional virtualization stacks when modernizing their IT environments. In doing so, they typically evaluate each HCI OS’s hypervisor, storage, networking, management, and licensing features. However, this approach may overlook another consideration: how certain HCI OSes require organizations to purchase and maintain specific server hardware. To avoid this, organizations should evaluate three characteristics that indicate how much hardware flexibility an HCI OS provides.