15 | Dell EMC VxRail Appliance TechBook
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Dell EMC VxRail Appliances
VxRail Appliances are jointly developed by Dell EMC and VMware and are the only fully
integrated, preconfigured, and tested HCI appliance powered by VMware vSAN technology for
software-defined storage. Managed through the ubiquitous VMware vCenter Server interface,
VxRail provides a familiar vSphere experience that enables streamlined deployment and the
ability to extend the use of existing IT tools and processes.
VxRail Appliances are fully loaded with integrated, mission-critical data services from Dell EMC
and VMware including compression, deduplication, replication, and backup. VxRail delivers
resiliency and centralized-management functionality enabling faster, better, and simpler
management of consolidated workloads, virtual
desktops, business-critical applications, and
remote-office infrastructure. As the exclusive hyper-
converged infrastructure appliance from Dell EMC
and VMware, VxRail is the easiest and fastest way
to stand up a fully virtualized VMware environment.
VxRail is the only HCI appliance on the market that
fully integrates Intel-based Dell EMC PowerEdge
Servers with VMware vSphere, and vSAN. VxRail is
jointly engineered with VMware and supported as a
single product, delivered by Dell EMC. VxRail
seamlessly integrates with existing (and optional)
VMware eco-system and cloud management
solutions, including vRealize, NSX, Horizon and any
solution that is a part of the vast and robust
vSphere ecosystem.
VxRail provides an entry point to the software
defined datacenter (SDDC) for most workloads.
Customers of all sizes and types can benefit from
VxRail, including small- and medium-sized
environments, remote and branch offices (ROBO),
and edge departments, as well as providing a solid
infrastructure foundation for larger data centers.
Small-shop IT personnel benefit from the simplicity
of the appliance model to expedite the application-
deployment process while still taking advantage of
data services only typically available in high-end
systems.
Larger data centers benefit by rapid deployment
where a complete vSphere environment can be
installed and be ready to deploy applications within
few hours of the system arriving on site. VxRail
allows businesses to start small and scale non-
disruptively. Storage is configured to meet appropriate application capacity and performance
requirements.
In addition, nodes are available with different compute power, memory, and cache
configurations to closely match the requirements of new and expanding use cases. As
VxRail essentials
Fully integrated, preconfigured,
and tested hyper-converged
infrastructure appliance simplifies
and extends VMware
environments
Seamlessly integrates with
existing VMware eco-system
management solutions for
streamlined deployment and
management in VMware
environments.
Start small, with a few as three
nodes. Single node scaling,
storage capacity expansion, and
vSphere license independence
enable growth that meets
business demands.
Backup distributed applications or
workloads with integrated data
protection options, including
RecoverPoint for VMs.
Single point of global 24x7 support
for both the hardware and
software