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E-GuideDELL XC HYPERCONVERGEDSYSTEMS LAUNCH,BASED ONNUTANIX IP
DELL XC HYPER-CONVERGED SYSTEMS LAUNCH, BASED ON NUTANIX IPHomeDell XC hyperconverged systemslaunch, based onNutanix IPDits XC Web-scaleconverged appliance series based on itsOEM agreement with hyper-convergedsystem vendor Nutanix. In this e-guide,examine this new product offering with the experts at SearchVirtualStorage.com. Learn how the hyper-converged appliance willhelp customers easily manage virtualized environments as well ashow the new offering will compare to other vendors in the market.PA G E 2 O F 7ell recently launchedSPONSORED BY
DELL XC HYPER-CONVERGED SYSTEMS LAUNCH, BASED ON NUTANIX IPDELL XC HYPER-CONVERGED SYSTEMS LAUNCH, BASEDON NUTANIX IPHomeDell XC hyperconverged systemslaunch, based onNutanix IPThe XC platform gained from a Nutanix OEM deal gives Dell its second hyperconverged product line, along with VMware EVO: RAIL-based systems.Dell today launched its XC Web-scale Converged appliance series based onits OEM agreement with hyper-converged system vendor Nutanix.The Dell XC platform was one of several storage rollouts delivered at theDell World 2014 conference in Austin, Texas. The vendor announced the Nutanix OEM relationship last June but did not reveal system configurations andspecifications until today.The hyper-converged appliances will begin shipping Nov. 11 with VMwareESXi and Microsoft Windows Hyper-V support. Red Hat KVM will be supported in the first half of 2015.The Dell XC systems bundle the Nutanix Distributed File System on Dellhardware. There are five initial configurations as part of the XC720 series.“This is a platform that allows customers to easily manage virtualizedenvironments at the virtual machine level,” said Travis Vigil, Dell’s executivePA G E 3 O F 7SPONSORED BY
DELL XC HYPER-CONVERGED SYSTEMS LAUNCH, BASED ON NUTANIX IPdirector of product management.DELL WILL SELL, SERVICE AND SUPPORT THE SYSTEMS.HomeDell XC hyperconverged systemslaunch, based onNutanix IPThe XC720 hyper-converged systems aggregate servers, networking andstorage resources in a single box. They are configured with two 160 GB readintensive SATA solid-state drives (SSDs) in rear drive bays, a SAS controllerattached to front drive bays, 3.5-inch SATA SSDs and 3.5-inch 7,200 rpm harddisk drives.THE SERIES SUPPORTS 10-GIGABIT ETHERNET PORTS. THE LIST PRICE STARTSAT 46,000.The XC720xd-A5 model targets remote office, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), test and development and Web workloads. The XC720xd-B5 andXC720xd-B7 focus on the same workloads minus the remote office support.The XC720xd-C5 appliance focuses on small Oracle databases and MicrosoftSQL Server, SharePoint and Exchange, and the XC720xd-C7 system targetsdatabases with larger working sets.Nutanix’s Starter, Pro and Ultimate license editions can be deployed on allthe appliances for various degrees of scalability and resiliency. The softwarePA G E 4 O F 7SPONSORED BY
DELL XC HYPER-CONVERGED SYSTEMS LAUNCH, BASED ON NUTANIX IPHomeDell XC hyperconverged systemslaunch, based onNutanix IPstack includes data services such as deduplication, compression, thin provisioning, cloning and snapshots.Nutanix was among the pioneers of hyper-converged systems, along withSimpliVity and Scale Computing. VMware entered the market this year withits Virtual SAN (VSAN) software, and makes VSAN available for hardwarevendors to sell under the EVO: RAIL brand.DELL IS ALSO SELLING AN EVO: RAIL SYSTEM.“This market traditionally has been in the realm of startups like Nutanix,” saidEric Sheppard, an IDC research director for storage. “Now, it’s growing veryfast with demand outstripping supply. I expect 2015 to be an inflection pointfor the hyper-converged market. Dell’s entrance in the market will help drivenew growth. You can’t be everywhere if you are a startup.”Sheppard said early adopters used hyper-converged systems for VDI deployments but now market demand is moving toward traditional business applications such as SQL and Exchange.“We also see a lot in remote offices and distributed retail, but we also areseeing newer adopters using it for business applications. It’s changed that muchnow,” Sheppard said. “VDI still is a big workload for hyper-converged but it’sPA G E 5 O F 7SPONSORED BY
DELL XC HYPER-CONVERGED SYSTEMS LAUNCH, BASED ON NUTANIX IPHomeDell XC hyperconverged systemslaunch, based onNutanix IPno longer the only one.”Like HP, Dell will have two types of hyper-converged systems. Unlike HP,which designed its own hyper-converged platform in addition to signing on asan EVO: RAIL partner, Dell has two OEM partners. The Nutanix version supports hypervisors other than VMware, and has a more mature storage servicesset than VSAN and EVO: RAIL.PA G E 6 O F 7SPONSORED BY
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The XC720 hyper-converged systems aggregate servers, networking and storage resources in a single box. They are configured with two 160 GB read-intensive SATA solid-state drives (SSDs) in rear drive bays, a SAS controller attached to front drive bays, 3.5-inch SATA SSDs and 3.5-inch 7,200 rpm hard disk drives.
