Hyper Converged Infrastucture
New normal for the modern data center
Sint Niklaas – December, 6th 2017 Mattias Denys – Solutions Manager GCN The Biggest Danger of Problems are…
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2 Digital Transformation IT Transforming Transformation Your Business Workforce Transformation By Reinventing & Realizing Your Digital Future Security Transformation Digital Transformation IT Transforming Transformation Your Business Workforce Transformation By Reinventing & Realizing Your Digital Future Security Transformation IT transformation is required
A cloud operating model is needed to recognize, act and benefit from changing business circumstances.
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App App IaaS Orchestration Virtualization Infrastructure $$ OPTIMISE
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EMC CONFIDENTIAL—INTERNAL USE ONLY Digital Transformation Pivotal Labs Apps Professional Services vSphere Education Services for containers - Containerisation Pivotal vRealise Dell EMC Coud Foundry App App Suite Pivotal PaaS Hadoop Data Lake MS MS IaaS Orchestration Virtualization - Chargeback Infrastructure $$ OPTIMISE PowerEdge Vblock, VxRail, VxRack Spend Invest Server
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EMC CONFIDENTIAL—INTERNAL USE ONLY Hyper-converged becoming new normal
One size does not fit all.
DELL EMC Not another single solution company, but a HCI portfolio provider
8 How to choose a hyperconverged solution ?
Build
Buy
Flexibility
Symplicity
9 Focus on innovation, not IT integration
IT INTEGRATION BUSINESS INNOVATION
Consumes valuables time Go Faster and resources Invest in Areas that Differentiate
Build Buy
10 Integration requires time And comes with risk
BUILD
11 Converged drives innovation And lowers risk
BUY
12 Focus on simplicity or flexibility Simplicity first flexibility
Stack Stack Stack Stack
Server Server Vertical infrastructure based Pools of resources, on initial choice that Useable by different types Storage supports a standardized Storage type of workload, fe based Of stacks (fe hypervisors), on Vmware. example VxRack Network Network Example is VxRail
Standardized workloads Pools of resources, run by API
13 FIVE OFFERS - ONE SOUND BYTE EACH
“The simplest, “If considering “For a flexible HCI “A simple… HCI “For workloads with most powerful, VxRail – but are system with Appliance for specific capacity, most integrated HCI ready for network hypervisor of choice customers not performance, or appliance … for transformation, or bare metal… can standardized on data service needs customers VxRack SDDC… start small and scale Vmware or want – standardized on out – hypervisor choice”… VMware ….” we have the XC VxBlock is for you.” VxRack FLEX is for Series VxRail is where to you.” start
14 of 94 DELL EMC HYPER-CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE PORTFOLIO
VxRail VxRack SDDC
APPLIANCE vSphere environments vSphere environments RACK-SCALE
Software-Defined Software-Defined Choice of network Fully integrated network Compute, Compute & Storage & Storage XC Series VxRack FLEX Network
Choice of hypervisor vSphere environments plus bare metal and/or multi-hypervisor
15 of 94 DELL TECHNOLOGIES’ POINT OF VIEW ON SDS, HCI & CI
is ready for the majority of x86 workloads (by volume) as hyper-converged infrastructure or pooled storage.
SDS powers HCI
are best suited for specific workloads that demand very high capacity or performance, or have complex data protection needs.
SAN powers CI
16 of 94 DELL EMC PORTFOLIO HCI CHOICES We Recommend
VxRAIL APPLIANCE VxRail provides the best VMware vSphere environments HCI appliance solution IF Choice of network Customer wants to start simple, leverage their existing network with hypervisor XC Series choice or have existing XC environment XC Series is the best HCI appliance for Hyper-V, KVM or hypervisor choice Choice of hypervisor Future growth to more than 10 nodes? Consider… HCI approach at rack-scale inclusive of (Directed Availability in 2017) network virtualization – Unified SDDC VxRACK SDDC Platform for the hybrid cloud VxRack SDDC provides the best RACK-SCALE rack-scale, full stack VMware vSphere environments HCI solution Fully integrated network VxRACK FLEX VxRack FLEX provides the most flexible heterogeneous rack-scale HCI vSphere, bare metal, multi-hypervisor solution
17 of 94 FIVE OFFERS. ONE SOUND BYTE EACH.
The simplest, most powerful, most integrated HCI appliance… for customers standardized on VMware….” VxRail is where to start
18 of 94 VxRail on 14th Gen VxRail configuration flexibility for your workload PowerEdge E, P, S, V Series based on Dell PowerEdge 14th Generation servers
Storage Processor Cache SSDs: 400GB, 800GB, 1600GB Choice of 31 Intel scalable processors SSDs (SAS & SATA) : 1.92TB, 3.84TB 4 to 56 cores per node HDDs: 1.2TB, 2.0TB, 4.0TB
RAM Base networking straight 24 DIMM slots SFP+ or RJ45 16GB RDIMM 4x 10GbE 32GB RDIMM 4x1GBE (auto negotiate) 64GB LRDIMM Optional add-on NICs
Power supply GPUs 1100W 100-240V AC NVIDIA 1600W, 2000W 200-240V AC Note: GPU SW & drivers 1100W 48V DC sold separately
19 VxRail on 14th Gen PowerEdge servers
V SERIES NODES P SERIES NODES S SERIES NODES E SERIES NODES
VDI optimized Performance optimized Storage dense Entry level
V570/F P570/F S570 E560/F
Full platform refresh to Dell EMC 14th Generation 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 Single or dual socket Quad port Quad port 8 more capacity drives 8 more capacity drives 10GbE onboard 10GbE onboard Quad port 10GbE onboard Quad port 10GbE onboard
20 Orderable Nov. 11–Shipping Dec. 12 What is inside VxRail? A full suite of capabilities included at no additional charge
Powered by VMware Included data vSAN protection options vSAN Enterprise RecoverPoint for VMs vCenter Server Deployment and support CloudArray vRealize Log Insight tools vSphere Replication vSphere Ready* VxRail Manager vSphere Data Protection Secure Remote Support
*Compatible with a broad range of customer-supplied vSphere licenses 21 of 44 Easily apply your VMware expertise to VxRail Leverage your investment in VMware management and orchestration
vCenter Server vRealize Operations • Single-pane-of-glass view • End-to-end analytics • Familiar vCenter interface • Proactive alerting • Single or multi-cluster • Capacity management management
Included software Optional software capabilities licensed separately
VxRail Manager vRealize Automation • Installation and upgrade • Automation blueprints • VxRail Market • Governance and control • Dell EMC support • Self-service catalog • Optional Vision software
22 of 44 Comprehensive data protection Included and extended data protection capabilities
Included data protection Enhanced data protection options
Active/Active Stretched Clusters DPS for VMware • Continuous Availability for DR • Granular backup and recovery RecoverPoint for VM • Monitoring and real-time analytics • Any point-in-time recovery • Metadata or full-content index search • Starter quantity of licenses included vSphere Replication Data Domain Virtual Edition • Specific point-in-time recovery (5min) • Simple, flexible, cloud-enabled, software-defined protection storage vSphere Data Protection • 8 TB of deduplicated backup and recovery • Flexible capacity up to 96 TB • Single-step image recovery • Includes DD Boost, DD Replicator, DD Encryption
23 of 44 Flexible consumption options
BYO / VMware ELA CloudFlex vCAN Apply existing VMware Provided by Dell Financial VMware Program for licensing to VxRail Services Service Providers
• Utilize the VMware Loyalty • Cloud like economic model • Utility based consumption model Program (VLP) • No obligation after 12 months • REQUIRED if using VxRail to • Existing licenses or ELA to be deliver hosted/outsourcing services applied to VxRail • Price drops over time on or off premises
• Acquire new licenses from preferred channel
24 of 44 FIVE OFFERS. ONE SOUND BYTE EACH.
“A simple… HCI Appliance for customers not standardized on VMware or want hypervisor choice”… we have the XC Series
25 of 94 XC Series Appliances on 14th Generation PowerEdge Servers
Built with higher performance Intel® Xeon Scalable Processors, more memory bandwidth, NVMe SSDs, SAS/SATA SSDs and HDDs, PCIe Card w/Mirrored boot drives, 10Gb SFP+, 10Gb BaseT, 25Gb SFP28 with RoCE
XC640-4 & -4i XC640-10 XC740xd-24 XC740xd-12 XC740xd-12C XC740xd-12R
VDI, test/dev, High performance Storage-heavy Storage capacity, Remote /Branch Storage replication private cloud, Microsoft SQL, Exchange, Share- no workload VMs/ Office node, no VMs/VDI virtualized apps Oracle OLTP Point, big data virtual desktops • 4x 3.5” Drives • 10x 2.5” Drives • 24x 2.5” Drives • 12x 3.5” Drives • 12x 3.5” Drives • 12x 3.5” Drives • 64GB – 1.5TB • 4x 3.5” Drives • 64GB – 1.5TB memory • 128GB – 1.5TB • 64GB – 768GB • 64GB – 768GB • Hybrid, all flash • Hybrid, all flash, • Hybrid, all flash, memory memory memory • XC640-4: 3+ node NVME+SSD NVME+SSD • Hybrid, all flash • Hybrid, all flash • Hybrid, all flash mission critical • NVME • Nvidia M10 and M60 • XC640-4i: 1 or 2 node • 128GB – 1.5TB GPUs non-mission critical memory
Hypervisor choice: Hyper-V, AHV and ESXi 26 Momentum building for rack-scale HCI
“As HCI clusters grow in size, the networking infrastructure that connects nodes and the networking monitoring tools needed to manage traffic and locate problems will require tighter integration to keep up with rapidly evolving workloads and customer requirements.”
451 Research, Hyperconvergence – A Market Update December 2016
27 At scale, the network is even more critical
• Network design/hardware selection • Plan for future growth • Multiple IT teams involved • Complex (physical + logical planning) • Maintain performance levels at scale
Expertise and planning required!
28 If considering VxRail—but are ready for network transformation, VxRack SDDC…
29 For a flexible HCI system with hypervisor of choice or bare metal… can start small and scale out — VxRack FLEX is for you.
30 New: Cloud Flex for HCI provided by Dell Financial Services**
Cloud-like economic model Eliminate acquisition costs and move to a straightforward OPEX cost structure
No obligation Customers experience the benefits of HCI without a long term commitment
Price drops over time Ensures monthly rate is competitive with decreasing price of technology Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5
Declining monthly payments
**Payment solutions provided and serviced by Dell Financial Services L.L.C. or its affiliate or designee (“DFS”) for qualified customers. Offers may not be available or may vary in certain countries. Where available, offers may be changed without notice and are subject to product availability, credit approval, execution of documentation provided by and acceptable to DFS, and may be subject to minimum transaction size. Offers not available for personal, family or household use. Dell EMC and the Dell EMC logo are trademarks of Dell Inc. Restrictions and additional requirements may apply to transactions with governmental or public entities. 31 Opportunities to get started
Net-new workloads or Virtual desktops, general-purpose green-field applications workloads, databases, etc.
Opportunity to modernize Server or storage refresh infrastructure in current environment
Often require centralized Larger remote or regional offices management and smaller footprint
Test/Dev environments with isolated Ideal for developers who want agility infrastructure to spin up/tear down
32 Key takeaways
• Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) is ready for prime time! • HCI delivers the business agility and efficiency needed to compete in today’s economy • Dell EMC has the fastest growing adoption rate of HCI solutions in the industry • Don’t be left behind! Start evaluating HCI solutions today
33 A collective force of innovative capabilities
Innovative Leading Elite and trusted Most trusted devices, intersection of intelligence that virtualization services and Transforming the Big data, PaaS Premier provider strengthens Leading solution for solutions data center with and agile of security, risk security and enterprise-class desktop, data designed for industry-leading development and compliance reduces risk in cloud software center and the way people servers, storage leveraging data solutions solving a dynamic and solution applications work (and play) and converged on one cloud- your most landscape provider infrastructure independent complex platform challenges
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