MT23 Benefits of Modular Computing from Data Center to Branch Office

Benefits of modular infrastructure from data center to branch office

Chad Fenner, Director of Product Management

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Change is inevitableLegacy IT directly affects outcomes and opportunities

New “born in the cloud” emerging business models

High costs of operations

Digitally entitled “always on, instant access” customers and end users

Declining system performance

Workload deployment crosses multiple environments

Skilled staff either in short supply or vastly underutilized

New systems of engagement

Real time analyticsdriving decisions

Time to refresh

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Server infrastructure has evolved

• Reduce resource consumption and

enhance performance per watt

• Deploy versatile performance using

scalable and agile platforms optimized

for specific workloads

Enhanced manageability

• Improve operations and recover lost

time by utilizing pervasive automation

and embedded capabilities

• Maximize uptime with simplified

interactions and enhanced

serviceability

• Consistent

• Versatile

• Scalable

• Virtualization-optimized

PowerEdge design philosophy

• Reliable

• Workload-focused

Improved efficiency

General purpose Distributed applications

Sc

ale

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Imagine an IT approach…

Where you can flexibly configure, and reconfigure, compute, networking and storage to suit your specific requirements

What if you could address any new workload requirement with modular blocks of processing resources and scale incrementally as new requirements arise?

Networking

Block

Storage

Block

Management

BlockCompute

Block

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Address any

workload

Modular chassis

Flexible

configuring and

reconfiguring

Converged Infrastructure

Modular Infrastructure

Orchestration,

automation,

intelligent

provisioning

Pre-engineered

Dynamic

resource pools

What is Dell EMC MI?

… and how does it differ from CI?

Modular Infrastructure for any workload

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The Dell EMC enterprise server portfolio

PowerEdge

VRTX

Integrated IT

platform

designed

from the

ground up

for office

environments

PowerEdge

M

Blade

platform for

datacenters

needing

maximized

density and

efficiency

PowerEdge

C

Optimized

for

distributed

workloads,

scaled-out

applications

and cloud

deployment

Extreme scaleInfrastructure

Solutions

specifically

tailored for

the large

scale-out

application

deployments

PowerEdge

FX

Redefining

data center

converged

architecture

PowerEdge

T

Tower

platforms

optimal for

remote

offices, small

and medium

businesses

PowerEdge

R

Rack-

optimized

designs for

improved

density in

medium and

larger

businesses

MO

DU

LA

R

TR

AD

ITIO

NA

L

General purpose Distributed applications

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Individually tailored IT platform for enterprise data centers

What is PowerEdge FX2?

FX22U chassis houses flexible modules

FC830Full-width 4-socket

FC630Half-width 2-socket

FC430Ultra-dense 2-socket

FM120x4Half-width 4 microservers

FD332Half-width 3x per FX2 16x 2.5” devices

A revolutionary design for IT platforms that

integrates servers, DAS storage, networking and

management in a 2U chassis to enable a

workload-optimized infrastructure.

“The FX systems architecture is a harbinger of the likely future direction of mainstream enterprise servers.”

– Forrester research

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FX2 provides unparalleled workload flexibility

Traditional Hosting / HPC SDDC

Performance Virtualization

Dense Performance Computing

Dense Webservers

Performance Database

Dense HPC/HTC

Dense Virtualization

Scale-out Compustore

Virtual SAN, Small Hadoop Cluster

Dense Direct Attached Storage

FC630 (4X 2S )

FC830 (2 x 4S)

FC830 (1 x 4S) + 2x FC630

FM120x4 (4X 4X1S)

(1S Micro-servers/16 in 2U)

FC430 (8x 2S w/IB)

FC430 (8 x 2S)

FC630 (2 x 2S) + FD332 (2X)

FC430 (4 x 2S) + Storage

FC630 (1 X 2S ) + Storage

FM120 FM120

FM120 FM120

FC630 FC630

FC630 FC630

FC830

FC830

FC430 FC430 FC430 FC430

FC430 FC430 FC430 FC430

FC430 FC430 FC430 FC430

FC430 FC430 FC430 FC430

FC630 FC630

FD332 FD332

FC430 FC430 FC430 FC430

FD332 FD332

FC630 FD332

FD332 FD332

FC830

FC630 FC630

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Virtual SAN

12U24U

Covers IT Staff costs for 3 years or Rack & Power costs for over 6.5 years!

FC430 & FD332 solution versus HP DL360:

• Same compute in half the rack space

• 75% fewer Top of Rack ports

• 12% less IT staff costs over 4 years

• TCO savings of 15% over 4 years

“The FX2 server platform is an ideal solution for (…) VMware’s Virtual SAN. The FX2 value proposition complements with the principal values of Virtual SAN around simplicity, ease of management, scalability, and cost effectiveness.” – Principal VMware Architect

VMware Blogs

Typical configuration and TCO comparison

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The reality of office IT today can be……

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……solved by PowerEdge VRTX

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What is PowerEdge VRTX?

“ We couldn’t afford to put a shared

storage array at all of our sites

(~1,500)…

...Dell VRTX works great for

VMware clusters at remote sites…

…Dell VRTX solved a financial

challenge that we were trying to

overcome for probably 10 years at

remote sites and other small use

cases where we needed physical

separation.”

- Large Dell retail customer (451 Research)

Integrated modular platform for ROBO and small offices

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What is PowerEdge M1000e?A powerful, flexible and highly efficient enterprise solution

• Increase compute density

• Simplify operations

• Scale flexibly

• Save energy

“Our IT is at least 30 per cent more effective,

which is helping to drive growth. With higher

performance applications running on our Dell

modular solution, staff have the tools to make

better business decisions.”

- International manufacturing group (INDEVCO)

M830Full-height 4-socket

M630Half-height 2-socket

Flexible I/O

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PowerEdge C-series for HPC and hyper-converged environments

What is PowerEdge C6320?

A high performance 2S/2U rack server

• For HPC applications constrained by

space and energy

• For hyper-converged and SDS

• Can be flexibly tuned for specific

workloads

• Scales with maximum performance per U

What is PowerEdge C6320p?

1U compute node optimized for the performance

of highly parallel computing workloads

• For HPC applications like weather simulation,

molecular dynamics and computational finance

• Fast results and easy scalability

• Easier coding/porting for existing x86-based

applications, minimal coding/language

learning/training required

VDIScientific research

Financial services

Oil & gas exploration

Hyper-converged appliances

SDS

Simplify and automate IT at any scale

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OpenManage Essentials, Mobile, Power Center & Chassis

Management Controller

Active System Manager

VMware, Microsoft, &BMC Software

Nagios, CA, Oracle, etc.

SupportAssist & ProSupport Plus

Repository Manager, Scripting & OpenManage Server

Administrator

Server Management and Infrastructure

Monitoring

Integrations & Connections

Cloud & Infrastructure Management

Tools and Utilities

Support Services

Update

Monitor

Maintain

Deploy

OpenManage systems management portfolio

iDRAC with

Lifecycle Controller

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15servers

Maintain configuration profiles with greater

accuracy and 6X

99%Less time to

deploy servers

213

Faster parts replacement using iDRAC with

Lifecycle Controller

Hands-on processes eliminated

55%Faster configuration of

network settings

10Kconfigured in minutes

91% less time

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Dell EMC is a leader in modular servers

Highlights

• “Dell has good portfolio breadth

and depth in modular servers.”

• “Partnerships and acquisitions

have strengthened Dell in

networking, storage and

security, and the company has

strong operating-system

alliances with Microsoft and Red

Hat.”

• “FX2 is the first implementation

of a family of dense, integrated

solutions for hyperscale and

Mode 2 agile infrastructures.”

“Dell is in the vanguard of webscale IT servers

via its dense PowerEdge FX2 systems and

the industry experience of its DCS group.”

“Due to its success in the x86 market, Dell moved

into the No. 1 position in server shipments in the

second quarter of 2016…”

Gartner Servers Magic Quadrant leader for the last 4 consecutive years

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Real World Success

Deploying the

PowerEdge FX2 for the

data center compute

platform virtualization

standard

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