Transform your I.T. environment with Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI) & Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
To truly power a digital transformation, you need I.T. solutions that are easy to deploy, scale, and even easier to manage. That’s where Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) coupled with Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) come to the fore.

As Gold Microsoft and Gold Lenovo DCG Partners, we can leverage both HCI & S2D technologies for high performance and highly redundant on-premise and cloud solutions accelerating your infrastructure needs into the stratosphere, making a true digital transformation possible. But before we get to the “why”, let’s talk about the “what”.
What is Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI)?
Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI), delivers a single management layer for compute, storage and networking. Saving up to 90% capacity on storage and backup, HCI enables you to save both time and money while at the same time creating an infrastructure that is going to be more efficient, more effective, and easier to use than traditional 3 tier server infrastructure where compute, storage and networking resources are all managed separately. (See the picture below of Traditional 3-Tier Infrastructure v’s Hyper-converged Infrastructure)
What is Storage Space Direct (S2D)?
Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) is a software defined storage solution. It uses industry-standard servers with local-attached drives to create highly available, highly scalable software-defined storage at a fraction of the cost of traditional SAN or NAS arrays. Its converged or hyper-converged architecture radically simplifies procurement and deployment.
Benefits of Hyper-converged Infrastructure with Storage Spaces Direct
Digital transformation is an imperative for enterprises of all sizes. But the ability to quickly adapt to change and speed time to market can be impacted by aging, traditional IT infrastructure. New data center infrastructure solutions are helping data center teams adjust to changing demands & priorities within this new digital world.
Top 4 Business Drivers of Hyper-converged Infrastructure
Operational Benefits of Hyper-converged Infrastructure
Current HCI customers were interviewed and below are the findings.
65%
Saw improved storage utilisation
63%
Cited Faster provisioning
57%
Found staff were more productive
53%
Had reduced downtime/improved app availability
50%
Said that compute utilisation greatly increased
Case Studies
We’ve successfully provided Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI) coupled with Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) to numerous clients in varied industries such as aged care, hospitality and manufacturing. Here’s some of their success stories.

Nambucca Valley Care
- Consolidation of multiple servers and storage systems.
- Painless scalability for their burgeoning business.
- Performance improvements through load balancing.
- Enhanced redundancy and high network availability.
- 60% reduction in support hours.
C.ex Group
- Consolidation of multiple servers and storage systems.
- Painless scalability for their burgeoning business.
- Performance improvements through load balancing.
- Enhanced redundancy and high network availability.
- 60% reduction in support hours.


Infracraft Detailed Joinery
Infracraft is a manufacturer located in regional NSW whose clients include Google, Apple, RedBull, AMP, and Optus, are a company experiencing rapid growth and faced significant challenges managing their manufacturing operations to meet increasing demand. We recently refreshed their on premise and over complicated setup to a completely transformed Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI) with Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) solution which has seen massive benefits such as
- Consolidation of multiple servers and storage systems.
- Painless scalability for their burgeoning business.
- Performance improvements through load balancing.
- Enhanced redundancy and high network availability.
- 60% reduction in support hours.
Nambucca Shire Council
- Consolidation of multiple servers and storage systems.
- Painless scalability for their burgeoning business.
- Performance improvements through load balancing.
- Enhanced redundancy and high network availability.
- 60% reduction in support hours.

Our Solution
Recognising the importance of being at the forefront of industry trends, we’ve invested significantly in building our very own private cloud built entirely on a Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI) Compute/Storage Solution.
The benefits of our private cloud built on Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Compute/Storage Solution are:
- Flexibility to tailor solutions to specific client needs.
- Higher performance and redundancy to meet more complex market requirements.
- Scalability to compute and storage capacity as we grow.
- Ability to wholesale to other MSPs.
- Lenovo engineers certified our solution for Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct (S2D).
- Lenovo’s 24/7 support, global presence, quality and reliability means we can offer clients peace of mind.
Our product suite via the Lenovo HCI solution includes:
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Hosted Telephony
- Hosted Managed Security
- Web/DNS Hosting
- IP Transit
- Secure Private Networks
- Offsite Backup and Disaster Recovery
We’re Hyper-converged Certified
We are Gold Microsoft and Gold Lenovo DCG Partners, meaning we can leverage both HCI & S2D technologies to help you transform your I.T. environment.
