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30 Next-Generation Hyperconverged Infrastructure For Dummies, Nutanix Special Edition These materials are © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Any dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. For these more complex organizations, the ability to deploy appli- cations into a ready-made environment brings positive results to all three of these metrics. Next-generation HCI offers a lower TCO than most other architectures. This means that the payback period is shorter, which can increase your ROI. Because next- generation HCI solutions are relatively simple to manage and scale, deploying new applications is no longer held up by infra- structure provisioning. Improving Critical Datacenter Metrics As you dive deeper into the inner workings of the enterprise datacenter, certain technical metrics require your considera- tion. Each one directly relates to the overall cost of your workload operating environment. Some metrics relate to the physical space itself, while others apply to the systems that operate in that space. For the purposes of your next-generation HCI plans, you need to watch these three space-centric metrics: » Rack space: How much rack space is your equipment using? » Power draw: How much electricity is the equipment in your datacenter consuming? » Cooling load: How much cooling is needed to ensure that your infrastructure is running at an optimal temperature? These factors are all related to some degree. In general, the more equipment you have, the more rack space it takes, the more power it draws, and the more cooling is required to keep it functional. A next-generation HCI solution helps you address all three of these metrics by collapsing the amount of infrastructure you need to operate. No longer are you running separate servers and storage. Now, it all runs on one solution. Likewise, if your old environment was hard drive-centric and you're moving closer to all-flash in your next-generation HCI environment, the savings on power and cooling may be substantial. Another way that a next-generation HCI environment helps to reduce the amount of gear in your datacenter is through the use of traditional data reduction services, such as deduplication and