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title: HPE dHCI
tags: [virtualization, storage]
vendors: [hpe]
summary: Servers and storage grow independently and are managed in vCenter, as with HCI. The main gain is updating servers, ESXi and storage together.
photoNeed: "HPE hardware in our hands: a ProLiant or Alletra being racked, cabled, or opened, with the model badge readable"
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sourceNote: HPE, Hyperconverged Infrastructure solutions page, read 2026-08-30, where the product is HPE Alletra dHCI (HPE Alletra disaggregated HCI).
vendorName: HPE Alletra dHCI
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## What it is

dHCI combines two approaches: the flexibility of a classic three-tier architecture, where
storage, servers and network grow independently, and the vCenter-integrated management of a
hyperconverged platform. All of it driven from the browser.

Compute is a ProLiant of your choice; storage is an HPE Alletra array. HPE now calls the
whole thing HPE Alletra dHCI.

## Combined updates

The practical gain is the update. Through its link to HPE InfoSight, the compatibility
checking before a system update goes away: server firmware, drivers, ESXi and the Alletra
operating system are updated together in one controlled run.

## What it is for

Estates that want HCI's simplicity but are not willing to buy compute and capacity in the
same step.