{"id":31206,"date":"2021-06-02T14:45:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T10:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/?p=31206"},"modified":"2025-04-18T00:09:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:09:30","slug":"dell-reimagines-dell-emc-vxrail-to-offer-greater-performance-and-storage-flexibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/dell-reimagines-dell-emc-vxrail-to-offer-greater-performance-and-storage-flexibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Dell reimagines Dell EMC VxRail to offer greater performance and storage flexibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dell Technologies announces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delltechnologies.com\/en-us\/converged-infrastructure\/vxrail\/index.htm\">Dell EMC VxRail<\/a> hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) systems with enhanced performance based on recently launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delltechnologies.com\/en-us\/servers\/index.htm\">Dell EMC PowerEdge<\/a> servers. The leader in HCI systems also delivers new software advancements and the introduction of dynamic nodes that evolve how customers use VxRail to more effectively use existing resources and support demanding workloads with Dell Technologies storage. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the only HCI system jointly engineered with <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/vmware\/\">VMware<\/a>, VxRail delivers unique automation and orchestration capabilities that allow its more than 12,000 customers to accelerate <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/business\/\">business <\/a>outcomes across core data centers, cloud and edge locations. \u00a0According to IDC research, VxRail customers experienced 452% five-year ROI, 70% more productive IT teams and 92% less unplanned downtime compared to previous IT environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCustomers turn to Dell EMC VxRail because it provides a simple IT experience and path to <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/hybrid-cloud\/\">hybrid cloud<\/a>,\u201d said Jeff Boudreau, president and general manager, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies. \u201cWhat makes VxRail so simple is Dell\u2019s investment in software development that allows for easy adoption of our latest hardware, enhances the <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/vmware\/\">VMware <\/a>experience and simplifies the entire IT lifecycle. Today\u2019s updates help customers get more from their existing resources, support even more workloads and simplify deployment to better meet <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/business\/\">business <\/a>demands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Extreme performance for mission-critical workloads<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>New VxRail systems with the latest Dell EMC PowerEdge server technology, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/products\/details\/processors\/xeon.html\">3rd Generation Intel Xeon\u00ae Scalable processors<\/a>, deliver 42% more cores for faster performance when compared to previous generations. Optional Intel Optane persistent memory 200 series increases bandwidth by 32% on average over the previous generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Select VxRail systems are also being updated with<a> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/processors\/epyc-7003-series\">3<sup>rd<\/sup> Generation AMD EPYC<sup>\u2122 <\/sup>processors<\/a>, offering customers flexibility and scalability with up to 64 cores per processor with increased performance to support a wide range of workloads and use cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continued advancements to VxRail HCI System Software allow for a seamless experience when adopting next generation platforms with simplified VxRail deployment and management. Other VxRail system enhancements include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>VxRail V Series now offers NVIDIA A40 or A100 Tensor Core GPU options. When combined with <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/nvidia\/\">NVIDIA <\/a>AI Enterprise software and NVMe caching capabilities, they offer greater performance and simpler deployment for demanding AI and machine learning applications.<\/li><li>VxRail P Series provides up to a 20% increase in capacity to better support a range of workloads such as VDI, streaming video and medical imaging.<\/li><li>VxRail E Series offers customers more flexibility with 50% more PCIe slots to add additional resources such as network or fibre channel cards.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers can also expect faster application response from Intel-based PowerEdge systems with the addition of PCIe Gen 4, which doubles bandwidth and offers 33% more PCIe lanes to speed data processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Introducing Dell EMC VxRail dynamic nodes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dell Technologies introduces VxRail dynamic nodes\u2014compute-only systems designed to help customers simplify operations, better manage storage resources and reduce costs by supporting more workloads and extending VxRail environments to include external storage options. Customers can expand VxRail\u2019s operational model to external storage by sharing VMware vSAN storage capacity across clusters via VMware vSAN HCI Mesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.vmware.com\/virtualblocks\/2021\/03\/11\/hci-mesh-vsan-7-update-2\/\"><\/a>\u201cIT leaders want to reduce data center complexity, make the most of their IT budgets, and optimize productivity. Hyperconverged infrastructure helps them do all three,\u201d said Paul Nashawaty, senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. \u201cWith today\u2019s VxRail updates, Dell Technologies is redefining what <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/business\/\">businesses <\/a>can expect of HCI, and Dell\u2019s approach makes it more powerful, easier to use and capable of handling even more demanding workloads.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail, as a <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/hybrid-cloud\/\">hybrid cloud<\/a> infrastructure platform, can be configured with dynamic nodes to use Dell EMC PowerStore, PowerMax or Unity XT as primary storage. Customers can flexibly scale compute and storage independently to meet workload needs, extending VxRail\u2019s operational model and tight VMware integration including support for <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/vmware\/\">VMware <\/a>Virtual Volumes with a single source of Dell support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCombining the simplicity and agility of VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail with enterprise storage arrays like Dell EMC PowerStore helps us address even more workloads,\u201d said Eric Miller, vice president of private cloud, Rackspace. \u201cIt\u2019s the perfect blend of resources, allowing us to take advantage of HCI\u2019s automation, <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/hybrid-cloud\/\">hybrid cloud<\/a>\u2019s agility and enterprise storage\u2019s performance and efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>VxRail software supports self-deployment and latest VMware releases<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>VxRail\u00a0HCI System Software advancements give customers greater\u00a0control over installation with new self-service tools. Customers can validate, orchestrate and automate cluster deployment\u00a0on their own time, ideal for enterprises\u00a0with remote or distributed environments.\u00a0Additional software capabilities allow customers to better meet workload demands\u00a0by dynamically\u00a0redeploying or reallocating nodes within clusters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further software\u00a0advancements\u00a0make\u00a0lifecycle management\u00a0(LCM) even more streamlined\u00a0by offering\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/vmware\/\">VMware <\/a>updates, such as\u00a0NSX-T and Tanzu,\u00a0in\u00a0a single\u00a0upgrade cycle.\u00a0LCM is further simplified by adding\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/nvidia\/\">NVIDIA <\/a>AI Enterprise and VMware installation bundle\u00a0to the LCM process\u00a0for easier deployment. Customers can meet maintenance windows with more flexible upgrade options and automatically\u00a0validate infrastructure with enhanced compliance reporting.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVxRail sets the pace for HCI adoption because customers value the seamless experience jointly created by Dell Technologies and <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/vmware\/\">VMware<\/a>,\u201d said Lee Caswell, vice president, marketing, Cloud Platform <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/business\/\">Business <\/a>Unit, VMware. \u201cBy quickly adding support for the latest vSAN features, including HCI Mesh, VxRail better secures HCI value for high-performance workloads, AI\/ML developer environments, and capacity-intensive compute applications.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Availability<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>VxRail systems with Intel 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Generation Xeon processors will be globally available in July 2021.<\/li><li>VxRail systems with AMD 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Generation EPYC processors will be globally available in June 2021.<\/li><li>VxRail HCI System Software updates will be globally available in July 2021.<\/li><li>VxRail dynamic nodes will be globally available in August 2021.<\/li><li>VxRail self-deployment options will begin availability in North America through an early access program in August 2021.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the only HCI system jointly engineered with VMware, VxRail delivers unique automation and orchestration capabilities that allow its more than 12,000 customers to accelerate business outcomes across core data centers, cloud and edge locations.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":31211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9621,10388],"tags":[373,1330,2893,1923,585],"contributor":[],"class_list":["post-31206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emerging-technologies","category-storage","tag-business","tag-hci","tag-hybrid-cloud","tag-nvidia","tag-vmware"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dell-EMC-VxRail.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"News Desk","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/rabab\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31206"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=31206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}