Development for Private
Cloud Infrastructure
When you need to quickly establish a private
cloud hyperconverged infrastructure with
Microsoft Azure Stack HCIHighlights⎼ Establishes a future-ready private cloudinfrastructure wherever you choose⎼ Simplifies complex decisions andaccelerates results with trusted designs
and a ready-to-go delivery team

⎼ Quickly delivers reference design models
for faster deployment of Azure Stack HCI
and integration with Azure services
ecosystem⎼ Reduces costs by making use of existing
assets and reaping benefits quickly

Today’s competitive companies are using a
combination of public and private cloud infrastructure
to secure their mission-critical data and workloads.
According to a Forrester report, “Organizations are
drawn to private cloud for many reasons: to maximize
opportunity cost and existing investments, to safely test
new innovation models and tools, and to handle
performance- or compliance-sensitive applications.”1
Moving to a cloud infrastructure can also help minimize
data center facility space and maximize server
virtualization. Companies want a reliable, secure andconsistent private cloud infrastructure with minimal total
cost of ownership (TCO) and complexity.
“Modern IT infrastructure, at least in the form ofHyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), is not like cloud –it is cloud. Today’s IT leaders recognize that cloud is
not a destination, but an experience, distinguished by acommon set of transformative attributes,” as well statedin 451 Research’s Technology & Business Insight HCI
Thought Leadership report.2
Development for Private Cloud Infrastructure takes thecomplexity out of establishing a private cloudinfrastructure and lays the groundwork fortransformation. Kyndryl experts build the environment
wherever you choose—on your company’s premises, ina Kyndryl data center or other data center. Remote
services deliver Microsoft Azure Stack HCI withKyndryl’s architecture for client-owned physicalhardware. We can adapt the reference design toaddress your preferences.

Establishes a future-ready private cloudinfrastructure wherever you choose
Development for Private Cloud Infrastructure can build
a rock-solid foundation in your hybrid and multicloudenvironments.
451 Research’s Voice of the Enterprise report on HCI
Technology & Platform Innovation confirms that HCI
has “changed the on-premises infrastructure game.
Over time, HCI has evolved from an enterprise
virtualization accelerant into a full-blown cloud-native
infrastructure foundation that organizations lean on tomeet internal goals for on-premises modernization.
Agility is the name of the game for modern IT, and HCI
represents the new normal for on-premises
infrastructure.”3

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Kyndryl experts establish and virtualize your physicalinfrastructure, wherever you choose to deploy. We
offer design and planning to guide purchase decisions,
integrate the new environment with your existing
environment, and remotely deliver implementation
services to access, implement, configure, andestablish clusters with Microsoft Azure Stack HCI.
Once deployed, the private cloud foundation is readyto expand with orchestration, automation, security andresiliency to establish an enterprise-grade platform.

Simplifies complex decisions andaccelerates results with trusted designs
and a ready-to-go delivery team
Organizations worry about the complexity and vast
number of choices involved in the design of physicaland virtualization layers for a private cloud. Too many
options can become confusing, and companies need
the technical expertise to make the right purchasedecisions for an optimized private cloud. Kyndryl’s
experienced teams offer guidance, considerations andstandardized blueprints with options to meet yourorganization’s preferences.
Development for Private Cloud Infrastructure deploys
any Microsoft validated integrated system or server
configuration for Azure Stack HCI. Kyndryl specialists
accelerate the infrastructure foundation with a detailed
design process, plans and project management
artifacts developed with our world class project
management methodology, and compute subject
matter experts ready to implement and configure theenvironment. Armed with established processes, ourteam can move quickly to implement your private cloudinfrastructure foundation.
Kyndryl is ready to help your team however you wish
to engage – with design, plan, implement, or all 3
services to establish the private cloud environment
your enterprise will depend upon and scale for a solidand bright future.

Quickly delivers reference design models
for faster deployment of Azure Stack HCI
and integration with Azure services
ecosystem
Companies generally want to include their enterprise
preferences in the architectural design of their private
cloud. At the same time, they need to avoid apiecemeal solution with repurposed equipment andtools. Development for Private Cloud Infrastructurefeatures building blocks to adapt your cloud design toyour needs. Reference architectures can becustomized to include existing investments andpreferences. The service includes ready-to-use
reference design models for physical servers, storage,network and virtualization deployment andconfiguration based on Microsoft recommendations
and best practices.
Kyndryl research, collaboration and design with
Microsoft help move you quickly and confidently
through the design, order and implementation process
without interrupting ongoing operations. Kyndryl’s
partnership with Microsoft provides delivery teams withpremium access to Microsoft support throughout theproject.

Reduces costs by making use of existing
assets and reaping benefits quickly
Over 50% of enterprises surveyed by IDC expect theirorganization’s IT infrastructure spend to increase inboth server hardware and HCI compared to 2021, withIT modernization and IT automation as top drivers foron premise investment.4 So, it makes sense that theseorganizations seek to repurpose some existing IT
technology assets in their private cloud infrastructure
foundation wherever possible.

Implement Azure Stack HCI Stretch Clusters

Implement Azure Backup Server

Implement Azure Stack HCI

Plan and coordinate hardware procurement

Plan Azure Stack HCI implementation

Design Azure Stack HCIEngage Kyndryl experts for consultation
Figure 1. Development for Private Cloud Infrastructure service components

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“Azure Stack HCI has a broad set of
deployment options, from purchasing prevalidated nodes from major OEMs to using
customers’ existing hardware, offering
considerable flexibility.”

Site
RecoveryBackupMonitor

Security
UpdateAzure
Center management Portal

Azure Stack HCI Solution

TBR Hyperconverged & Converged Market Landscape 1Q22, Computer
Business Quarterly, January 2022

Kyndryl guides and Client directs physical integratedsystem or server system from 70+ hardware
configurations validated by Microsoft. The Developmentfor Private Cloud Infrastructure solution provides theflexibility to partner with Kyndryl to further customize,monitor and manage, or you can choose to configure
and manage your private cloud.

File sync

Windows Admin
Center UI

Microsoft
Windows Virtual
Machines

Connect remotelywith Azure services

Linux virtualmachines

On-premise Hyper-V

Azure
Kubernetes
ServiceStorage SpaceDirect

Software Defined
Networking

Hyper-V

Azure Stack HCI OS
Microsoft validated Azure Stack HCI Hardware
Figure 2. Azure Stack HCI implementation, technical components

Technical aspect

Architecture and implementation

ComputeMicrosoft validated integrated systems and nodes

Compute virtualization

Microsoft Azure Stack hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), Hyper-V

Storage virtualization

Storage Space Direct

Network virtualization

Microsoft Azure Stack HCI Software Defined Networking (SDN)

Virtualization management

Microsoft Azure Stack HCI, Microsoft Windows Admin Center, Microsoft Azure

Container services

Microsoft Azure Kubernetes†

Management services

Microsoft Azure Arc†, Microsoft Azure Monitor†

Backup and DR

Microsoft Azure Backup†, Microsoft Azure Site Recovery†

Figure 3. Azure Stack HCI implementation, technical and management services† Optional components4

The good news is that Kyndryl’s optimized
reference architectures can be customized toaccommodate your existing investments andpreferences. Development for Private Cloud
Infrastructure is designed to easily adapt to meet
individual requirements, including building on
your heritage IT assets to reduce TCO andenhance ROI. The solution works with yourexisting compute, storage and network
environment, integrating cloud functionality andcontent with building blocks that adapt your clouddesign to your specifications.

Conclusion
With Development for Private Cloud
Infrastructure, your organization gains a single
trusted provider that can quickly design,
coordinate, implement and virtualize your private
cloud infrastructure—wherever you wish to installit. Its key differentiators are as straightforward as
the service itself: cost, simplicity and expertise.
The price point is designed to help you get started
and reap benefits quickly. The service is all about
simplifying the complex with standardized
blueprints along with an adaptable building block
design to accommodate specific details andpreferences. Clients benefit from Kyndryl’s
expertise, reducing risk without relinquishingarchitectural control.

5Why Kyndryl
Kyndryl has the capabilities and global reach needed tosupport large enterprises with their cloud needs. We
have contracts and relationships in place to efficiently
serve organizations regardless of size or geography.
Kyndryl has a demonstrated ability to deliver andintegrate a complete private cloud solution with softwareand services. Kyndryl architectures are endorsed bymajor hardware and virtualization providers andKyndryl’s Cloud Advisory Services, enabling confident
technology decisions. Through our deep experience asa technology provider, trusted advisor and expert builder
of private cloud infrastructure, Kyndryl is uniquely
positioned to create a robust private cloud for our clients.

For more information:

To learn more about Multicloud Infrastructure
Development Services, contact your Kyndryl
representative or business partner.

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1 Forrester Adoption Profile: Private Cloud In North America, Q4

2020
2 451 Research’s Technology & Business Insight HCI Thought

Leadership report, January 2022
3 451 Research’s Voice of the Enterprise report on HCI

Technology & TBR Platform Innovation, March 2022
4 IDC Trends in Enterprise Infrastructure IT Spending, March 2022