Matthew Norwood of In Search Of Tech writes:
Here’s where I am going to take a wild guess. I think that in the coming years, Cisco will be able to provide the compute, storage, and networking, but in a variety of different building block sizes. From the compute perspective, they already have an interesting array of products. From the networking side within the data center, they have already demonstrated their ability to provide a variety of platforms to suit every need from 1Gbps up to 100Gbps. The missing piece is the storage aspect. Maybe that is where Invicta(Whiptail) comes in. If Stephen is right, distributed storage will be the future. Instead of very large centralized storage platforms, we’ll see lots of smaller platforms spread out across the data center.
Matthew has some great pictures of the announced UCS systems, as well as some great ideas about where UCS might be headed soon. If servers are your thing, read on for a glimpse into your future.
Read more: Where Is Cisco UCS Headed?
