The Impact of Hyperconverged Infrastructure on the IT Landscape 1
TITLE Drivers for adoption Lower TCO Speed and Agility Scale Easily Operational Simplicity Hyper-converged Integrated storage & compute Scale out efficiently CAPEX and OPEX savings 3 Focus on innovation, not IT integration BUILD 4 Go faster Consumes valuables time and resources Invest in areas that differentiate 2 BUY
Systems design shift software defined Powered by Intel Xeon Processors Fast network Virtual SAN 5 Lower TCO with hyper-converged TRADITIONAL SAN HYPER-CONVERGED Powered by Intel Xeon Processors SERVERS SAN Up to STORAGE Tech refresh CAPEX cycles Forklift upgrades Over provisioning Lower TCO No silos Pay-as-you-grow No migrations Scale on demand 6 3
Different consumption models Reference architecture Stand-alone appliances Rack-scale systems BUILD FROM COMPONENTS BUY EXPERIENCE BUY EXPERIENCE Deploy faster, improve agility, simplify it 7 Needs determine which model Reference Architecture Stand-alone appliances Rack-scale systems Maximum Flexibility For ROBO, Small For Large, Core Data Data Centers, and Centers Engineering Edge validated Scale Small to Big Highly skilled IT Staff Easy to Use Low Cost Entry Lowest TCO at Scale Integrated Networking Start Small & Grow Build from Components Buy Experience Buy Experience Deploy faster, improve agility, simplify it 8 4
VCE VxRail hyper-converged appliance Powered by Intel Xeon Processors Exclusive partnership between DELL EMC & ware Virtual desktops Deploy hundreds of desktops in minutes on one appliance Server workloads Standardize & consolidate infrastructure for all remote/departmental workloads Hybrid cloud Seamless backup & replication to the cloud Distributed enterprise Manage & orchestrate across locations with no downtime MULTIPLE CONFIGS & SCALE POINTS NON-DISRUPTIVE SDDC SCALE OUT DATA SERVICES FOR EFFICIENCY INTEGRATED REPLICATION 9 Dell EMC VxRail fully loaded Powered by Intel Xeon Processors Simplify and extend your ware environment with VxRail BEST PERFORMANCE Up to 76 TB flash in 2U De-duplication Data compression Erasure coding Storage QoS MOST FLEXIBLE Manage using existing ware tools Single node scaling and capacity expansion Comprehensive data protection TIGHTEST INTEGRATION vsphere license flexibility External vcenter integration Metro stretched clusters Full NSX support Lead the market in converged & hyper converged platforms Designed as one and powered by DELL EMC ware 10 5
Simplified life cycle management Powered by Intel Xeon Processors Power-on to provisioning s Automated config tasks & workflows Add a new Appliance CONFIGURES vcenter Server, ESXi host and virtual SAN for all nodes ONBOARD Pre-Installation validation 11 VxRail lifecycle management vcenter server Single-pane-of-glass view Familiar vcenter interface Single or multi cluster management Included software capabilities VxRail manager Installation & upgrade VxRail market EMC support Optional VCE vision Leverage your investment in ware management and orchestration vrealize operations End-to-end analytics Proactive alerting Capacity management Optional software licensed separately vrealize automation Automation blueprints Governance and control Self-service catalog 12 6
No more forklift migrations Evergreen clusters simplify tech refresh ADD New appliance to cluster REMOVE Old appliance OTION Workload to new appliance NON-DISRUPTIVELY Scale-Out Your SDDC 13 VxRail protection to meet any RPO/RTO Availability, replication, backup, and archive Complementary protection levels based on need Continuous availability Synchronous replication Asynchronous replication Point-in-time replication Backup and recovery Archive Stretched clusters RecoverPoint for s VSR VDP / Avamar Data Domain ZERO SECONDS MINUTES YEARS 14 7
What if you need Rack-Scale? INTEGRATED NETWORKING SIMPLIFIES RACK EXPANSION Delivers superior performance at scale Eliminates IT silos Scale out efficiently to many nodes Designed for present and future growth 15 Scale on demand Scale out efficiently (100 s of nodes) Pay as you grow (linear predictable costs) No more forklift upgrades Eliminate complex migrations Start small (Min 4 nodes) Integrated networking simplifies multi-rack expansion Benefits: Faster time to market with new service and applications Greater agility to promote innovation and business growth Realize ROI faster over do it yourself 16 8
Lower TCO with VxRack Up to 30% vs. traditional SAN Scale on demand l Less complexity l Rack-scale fabric Pay as you grow No more forklift upgrades Eliminate complex migration More automation Lower administration costs Less floor space Fully engineered (5 Pillars) Eliminates FC SAN Easily extensible *Based on ScaleIO TCO analysis 17 Dell EMC HCI - for your next phase of innovation Lower TCO Speed and agility Scale easily Operational simplicity 18 9
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VxRack System 1000 overview Don t be forced to build it yourself Fully integrated rack-scale fabric Critical for high-bandwidth performance 22 11
Rack-scale fabric: build vs buy BUILD YOURSELF Network design / hardware selection Plan for future growth Multiple IT teams involved Complex (physical + logical planning) Maintaining performance levels at scale Fully engineered/sustained/ maintained network domain Easily extensible BUY WITH RACKS Built-in networking reduces need for silo expertise and eliminates complexity Delivers superior performance at scale A rack-scale architecture requires expertise and planning 23 VxRack networking attributes Dell EMC does the heavy lifting Pre-engineered high Performance, high density network fabric Highly flexible & Scalable virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN) design Non-blocking switching architecture with less than 5 microsecond latency Wire-rate layer 2 & 3 switching on all ports Up to 5.12 terabits per second (Tbps) and up to 3.8 billion packets per second (bpps) for ToR (Top of Rack) switch pairs 40Gbps & 10Gbps design center Advanced QoS SDS storage optimized configuration Pre-engineered virtual port channel (vpc) for layer 2 multi-pathing Advanced port buffering design & buffer monitoring Modular spine architecture Delivers performance at scale Designed for the present and future 24 12
Architecting a rack-scale fabric Start with ToR Switching 10GbE connections to nodes Scaling requires a robust spine When node density exceeds limits, ToRs can be aggregated with spine switches Spine links impact how much bandwidth is available between racks Determines how I/O will perform in multirack configurations Requires calculation of oversubscription ratio of nodes to uplinks 25 VxRail Appliances 13
Architecture VxRail vs. VSA VSA USER s USER s Hypervisor vsphere + Virtual SAN Storage Media Storage Media Other solutions need a Virtual Storage Appliance on each host Virtual SAN is Embedded in vsphere 27 What is a node? COMPUTE BLADE 1-4 nodes per chassis The first appliance must be fully populated Subsequent appliances in the cluster can be partially populated Each node contains: A compute blade with CPUs, DIMMs, & NICs A disk pack with cache & persistent storage Hybrid disk packs have 3-5 storage HDDs All-flash disk packs have 1-5 storage SSDs DISK PACK 28 14
What is inside VxRail? A full suite of capabilities included at no additional charge ware hyper-converged software Included data protection options Virtual SAN enterprise vcenter Server vrealize Log Insight vsphere Ready* * A supported vsphere license is required and must be purchased separately Deployment & support tools VxRail manager Dell EMC Secure Remote Support RecoverPoint for s CloudArray vsphere Replication vsphere Data Protection 29 Unmatched capabilities and value VxRail all flash models provide tremendous value De-duplication Compression Erasure coding Compared to hybrid Most capacity Best performance Lowest $/GB and TCO Versus competitors 2X more flash Hybrid prices AS LOW AS $1/GB Effective capacity at street price 30 15
More powerful than any other HCIA rack units CPU cores Flash optimized Dedupe & compression Erasure coding TB raw flash 31 3,200s Start small scale on demand 1,600s 800s Up to 200s 400s 32 16
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 4-64 nodes Scale up Add as few a one node to increase performance and capacity NODES WITHIN A CHASSIS MUST BE HOMOGENOUS Predictable linear pricing by node Scale out Incrementally add storage as data grows POPULATE HOMOGENOUS DRIVES ACROSS ALL AVAILABLE NODES Best for unexpected storage growth 33 Focus on innovation, not IT integration IT integration BUILD Consumes valuables time and resources Business innovation BUY Go faster Invest in areas that differentiate 34 17