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Perhaps you have been thinking about leveraging cloud-based, managed-as-a-service solutions for your infrastructure, but your organization uses technology based on Big Metal (IBM AS/400, iSeries, HPUX, etc.) components that cannot be easily virtualized. You have relatively few choices. You can keep all your work infrastructure on-premises, which ensures that all your systems can connect with no latency. Or you can move your equipment into a colocation facility and, likely, face hardware refreshes every few years.
In either situation, you will need to do continuous three and five-year capacity planning exercises, hoping that when the time comes to refresh, you can make the correct guess and secure the incredible capital outlay to your CFO.
Our approach includes collocating Big Metal mainframes in our Tier 3 data center, hosting bare metal Windows/Linux systems on a private dedicated cloud model, and then virtualizing the remaining systems on either Hyper-V or VMWare dedicated hosts. These different components are logically linked together on a customized network backbone to minimize network latency and maximize system performance.
For more information on our approach, read the Steadfast Blog article "Incorporating Big Metal Components into a Hybrid Cloud" or listen to our Steadfast podcast "Taking Big Metal Components through a Digital Transformation."
Steadfast has choosen to work with Silveredge Consulting, offering 30+ year of expertise in AS400 software, development, and application knowledge, as a key solution partner. Read more
Simplify Your Operations
Having Big Metal infrastructure components in your environment can be both your strongest asset and greatest weakness. It is usually at the absolute center of businesses that utilize them. But keeping those systems safe, secure, and accessible, which should be everyone’s number one priority, can be challenging. Now you can move that system into a Steadfast Simplicity Cloud environment to minimize risk, relieving headaches and fears. Click on the button below and request a discusison with one of our Steadfast team members to get started.
Listen to Now the Cloud: Episode 2 - Taking Big Metal Components through a Digital Transformation to hear more conversations about bringing AS400 and iSeries devices into a secure hosted facility.