VxRail: Level Up with New Capabilities and Powers Piotr Karaszewski Jakub Bałchan GLOBAL SPONSORS
HCI and CI Tu r n k e y e x p e r i e n c e Engineered Manufactured Managed Supported Sustained APPLIANCES RACKS BLOCKS 2
VxRail simplifies lifecycle management Sustained and delivered as a single software update - no more testing, sequencing, and validating Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug BIOS Data Protection and Backup SDS Hypervisor Software governance Virtualization Management Media Firmware Components Firmware & Drivers 4 1 3 2 1 1 2 3 1 4 2 6 3 1 2 4 GO FROM ONE GOOD KNOWN STATE TO THE NEXT NIC Firmware 2 5 * Example only, not reflective of actual VxRail software packages Critical Releases Maintenance Releases 3
VxRail Manager Delivers automation, lifecycle management, and serviceability Deploy appliances with ease over 200 automated tasks Update all software in single click Monitor using dashboards for health, events, and physical views Maintain with direct access to support, articles, and community Embedded server management idrac with Lifecycle Controller 4
Why make a move to hyper-converged? Speed and Agility Operational Simplicity Scale for Tomorrow Faster Deployment Risk-free Single Interface Use known tools Start small Scale as needed 2017 VMware Inc. All rights reserved. 5
VxRail self-contained hyper-converged infrastructure. What is in a node? Processor RAM Redundant power & cooling Network Connectivity (1Gbps/10Gbps) GPU (V Series) All-flash or hybrid disk packs 6
VxRail generational comparison. VxRail on 14th Gen PowerEdge E460 E560 Improvement More and faster cores 40 @ up to 2.2Ghz 56 @ up to 2.5Ghz 40% More processing power (Ghz) 88 150 1.7X Faster memory 2400Mhz 2666Mhz 11% More on-board connectivity 2x10GbE RJ45/SFP+ 4x10GbE RJ45/SFP+ 2X Network connectivity expansion 6 8 33% Improved boot device 1 x 64GB SATADOM BOSS RAID 1 with 2 x 240GB SATA M.2 More resiliency 7
VxRail on 14 th Gen PowerEdge excels. Sustained sub-ms response times and up to 2X more IOPs Up to 2X More IOPS VxRail P470: 217,000 IOPs @ +6 ms VxRail P570 421,000 IOPs @ 1.6 ms Sustained sub-ms response time @ up to 80% of CPU Utilization 14 th Generation OLTP 4K 70/30 R/W workload RAID-5 with Checksum 8
What s new VxRail on 14 th Gen PowerEdge servers V Series Nodes P Series Nodes S Series Nodes E Series Nodes VDI optimized Performance optimized Storage dense Efficient V570/F P570/F S570 E560/F Full platform refresh to Dell EMC 14 th Gen PowerEdge servers based on Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family Higher core counts, faster clock frequency, more memory channels, faster memory, higher endurance and redundant boot devices 2000W PSU 1600W PSU Up to 3 GPUs 8 more capacity drives Single or dual socket 8 more capacity drives Quad port 10GbE onboard Quad port 10GbE onboard Quad port 10GbE onboard Quad port 10GbE onboard 9
VxRail configuration flexibility for your workload VxRail on 14th Gen PowerEdge E, P, S, V Series based on Dell PowerEdge 14 th Generation servers Processor Choice of 31 Intel scalable processors 4 to 56 cores per node Storage Cache SSDs: 400GB, 800GB, 1600GB SSDs (SAS & SATA) : 1.92TB, 3.84TB HDDs: 1.2TB, 2.0TB, 4.0TB RAM 24 DIMM slots 16GB RDIMM 32GB RDIMM 64GB LRDIMM Power supply 1100W AC / 1600W AC / 2000W AC 1100W 48V DC straight Base networking SFP+ or RJ45 4x 10GbE 4x1GBE (auto negotiate) Optional add-on NICs GPUs NVIDIA Note: GPU SW & drivers sold separately 10
Single node scaling and upgrades Minimizes risk and enables pay as you grow START WITH WHAT YOU NEED Minimize risk by closely matching your requirements 3-64 nodes SCALE OUT Add as few a one node to increase performance and capacity Predictable linear pricing by node Nodes within a chassis must be homogenous SCALE UP Incrementally add storage as data grows Best for unexpected storage growth Populate homogenous drives across all available nodes 11
VxRail is now powered by vsan 6.6. The best technology for the leading virtualization ecosystem 50% FASTER ALL FLASH 35% LATENCY REDUCTION DATA AT REST ENCRYPTION NATIVE HCI ENCRYPTION ENHANCED STRETCHED CLUSTERS LOCAL AND SITE PROTECTION 12
Data-at-Rest-Encryption (D@RE). New in VxRail 4.5 with vsan 6.6 Addresses fears of media theft Configured for entire cluster Works with both all-flash and hybrid Works with dedupe and compression Compliance with FIPS 140-2 Level 1, AES 256 Key management using KMIP-compliant KMS vendors vsphere + vsan SSD SSD SSD vsan Datastore 13
vsphere 6.5 Encryption. New in VxRail 4.5 Addresses fears of rogue admin Per VM level setting No dedupe & compression In-flight (over the wire) Key management using KMIP-compliant KMS vendors vsphere + vsan SSD SSD SSD vsan Datastore 14
Stretched clusters with local protection. New in VxRail 4.5 with vsan 6.6 Redundancy locally and across sites With site failure, vsan maintains availability with local redundancy in surviving site No change in stretched cluster configuration steps Optimized site locality logic to minimize I/O traffic across sites 100Mbps 200ms RTT L3 RAID-1 3 rd site witness RAID 1 of RAID 1/5/6 for all-flash RAID-1/5/6 RAID-1/5/6 RAID 1 of RAID 1 for hybrid vsan 5ms RTT, 10GbE 15
Broad range of VxRail custom BYO use cases PaaS IaaS Server Workloads VDI Distributed Enterprise Collaboration and Analytics 16
VxRail for general server workloads Mix/match nodes and right size CPU, memory, storage, and network resource requirements PaaS Guarantee uptime with industry leading data protection & HA features from Dell EMC & VMware that meet any RPO/RTO IaaS Server Workloads Pay as you grow scaling featuring scale out options with up to 64 nodes in a single cluster Used for any enterprise workloads supported by vsphere and vsan VDI Collaboration and Analytics Distributed Enterprise 17
VxRail for distributed enterprise deployments Lower cost of entry deployment for each remote location starting with as little as 3 nodes Simple, standard set up and updates can be done remotely by IT staff Tailor compute & capacity needs for each site Single management for all appliances IaaS VDI PaaS Collaboration and Analytics Server Workloads Distributed Enterprise 18
VxRail for collaboration and analytics Simple to deploy infrastructure using customer built environment of their choice PaaS Support data analytics and collaboration applications on proven vsphere based hyperconverged infrastructure IaaS Server Workloads Hadoop, Hortonworks, Exchange, Sharepoint, Splunk, etc. Storage dense infrastructure configuration options coming in a small 2U1N footprint VDI Collaboration and Analytics Distributed Enterprise 19
VxRail for VDI Overcome the traditionally high CAPEX barrier of VDI Support for high end graphics VDI with enhanced GPU support as well as general purpose environments Available all flash configuration options easily handle peak performance requirements (boot storms, etc.) Low incremental cost and OPEX Deploy hundreds of VDTs in minutes Support for VMware Horizon and Citrix XenDesktop IaaS VDI PaaS Collaboration and Analytics Server Workloads Distributed Enterprise 20
VxRail as infrastructure for IaaS Fully integrated with Cloud Management Platform software for IaaS PaaS VMware vrealize Suite VMware vcloud Director IaaS Server Workloads Auto load balancing ensures consistent performance Predictable pay-as-you-grow deployment Flexible end point solution seamlessly extends cloud infrastructure resources VDI Collaboration and Analytics Distributed Enterprise 21
VxRail as infrastructure for PaaS Flexible and elastic infrastructure used as part of your pool of underlying IaaS resources PaaS IT teams can leverage existing VMware skills to provide a cloud native platform for developers IaaS Server Workloads Mix and match nodes and right size CPU, memory, storage, and network resources to meet cloud native application requirements Support for a wide variety of the top PaaS platforms in the marketplace VDI Collaboration and Analytics Distributed Enterprise 22
What is inside VxRail? A full suite of capabilities included at no additional charge POWERED BY VMWARE vsan LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT TOOLS INCLUDED DATA PROTECTION OPTIONS vsan Enterprise vcenter Server vrealize Log Insight vsphere Ready* VxRail Manager Secure Remote Support RecoverPoint for VMs vsphere Replication vsphere Data Protection *Compatible with a broad range of customer-supplied vsphere licenses 23
Data Protection Suite for VMware. End to end data protection for VMware based environments Market-Leading Integration with VMware Empower vadmins by providing self-service protection to users Software-Only Data Protection Hypervisor based replication for any point-in-time recovery Backup system scales to 16 TB when configured with DD VE Shortened Backup Times and Storage Cost Savings 30x faster image recovery than traditional backups 10-30x reduction in backup storage Application Consistency Across the broadest application landscape Note: DPS for VMware is licensed separately. Sold via channel partners only. 24
Dell EMC solutions Driven by requirements and desired experience Build Simplify procurement, deployment, and lifecycle Buy Turnkey, single vendor lifecycle assurance Reduce risk, accelerate time to value, deliver lifecycle assurance Validated Solutions Engineered Systems Hybrid Cloud Platforms + 25
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