{"id":7949,"date":"2017-12-06T06:39:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T06:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=7949"},"modified":"2017-12-06T06:39:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T06:39:22","slug":"dell-emc-industry-leading-hyper-converged-infrastructure-solutions-gain-poweredge-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=7949","title":{"rendered":"Dell EMC Industry-Leading Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Solutions Gain PowerEdge Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image001.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7843\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7843 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image001.png\" alt=\"image001\" width=\"869\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image001.png 869w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image001-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image001-768x138.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7654\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7654\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\" alt=\"Faceinews Logo - Copy\" width=\"173\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>PowerEdge 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0generation servers deliver more performance and flexible configurations in\u00a0<\/em><em>Dell EMC HCI appliances<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Bangalore, India- Dec. 5, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<strong>News summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dell EMC to deliver hyper-converged infrastructure appliances on PowerEdge 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0generation servers<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offers customers improved performance and reliability with the world\u2019s most configurable hyper-converged infrastructure appliances as fully engineered systems with single source support<sup>1<\/sup><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dell EMC VxRail customers to expect more powerful and predictable performance across millions of customized configurations to best optimize VMware vSAN<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dell EMC XC Series customers offered higher performance for workloads, faster networking speeds and new NVMe\/SSD configurations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Full story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dell EMC\u2019s industry leading\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dellemc.com\/hci\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.dellemc.com\/hci&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1512627856415000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtFA97WU7Mj8l4vzxJBuAYBaK5Ow\">hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) portfolio<\/a>\u00a0has received a substantial boost with the availability of Dell EMC HCI appliances on the newly designed,\u00a0award-winning\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dellemc.com\/servers\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.dellemc.com\/servers&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1512627856415000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE-p8ICmDgomybY2OSz7jqpumLfbw\">Dell EMC PowerEdge<\/a>\u00a014<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0generation servers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this latest PowerEdge server platform, designed and optimized for HCI, customers of all sizes can expect even more powerful and predictable performance with even greater configurability for hosting a wide-range of mission critical software applications on Dell EMC VxRail and XC Series appliances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cCustomers transforming their IT are increasingly turning to hyper-converged infrastructure as an ideal foundation for simplifying IT today and for the future,\u201d said Anshuman Rai, Director Sales, Converged Platform &amp; Solutions Division, Dell EMC<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWith HCI designed as a software-defined infrastructure, achieving ultimate performance and reliability relies on tightly engineering software with optimal hardware and its configurations. Dell EMC\u2019s turnkey, pre-integrated, tested and validated HCI appliances enable customers to simply stand-up and scale IT infrastructure, backed by trusted dependability and performance, to help IT organizations more easily meet the growing demands of their businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup>According to IDC research, HCI is the fasted growing converged infrastructure segment, by far, with worldwide revenue growing 48.5% year over year in Q2 of 2017, now accounting for nearly 25% of overall converged infrastructure solutions sold. IDC research shows Dell EMC is No.1 in global HCI systems with 29% of all Q2 segment revenue and year over year revenue growth of 149%.<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>Dell EMC VxRail is one of the fastest growing HCI appliances worldwide with rapid customer adoption driving more than 275% year-over-year revenue growth, more than 5.7X the market growth rate.<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Dell EMC VxRail and XC Series Offer Substantial Advancements with PowerEdge 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Generation Servers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dell EMC now combines the simplicity, agility and scalability of its industry-leading HCI portfolio with the power and flexibility of next generation servers, designed and optimized for HCI. This offers greater performance and reliability to meet customer demands as HCI moves into core data centers and is relied on to run a wider range of applications and workloads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dell EMC PowerEdge 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0generation servers, based on Intel<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0Xeon<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0Processor Scalable Family, include 150 custom requirements for software-defined storage (SDS) built-in, making it uniquely optimized for HCI. This includes improved support for SSDs in scale-out deployments; faster initialization and streamlined data storage management; increased drive cooling for improved reliability; and, optional, common user interfaces across server and HCI platforms for Dell EMC systems management capabilities<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The upgraded Dell EMC HCI appliance portfolio offers customers significantly faster access to applications and data thanks to higher core counts, faster clock frequency, more memory channels, and faster memory resulting in up to 1.7x more processing power and up to 62% higher internal bandwidth.<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dell EMC HCI appliances include the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dellemc.com\/en-us\/converged-infrastructure\/vxrail\/index.htm\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.dellemc.com\/en-us\/converged-infrastructure\/vxrail\/index.htm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1512627856415000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGBUI00WK2ahJLWcvnejPjL9m0V8g\">Dell EMC VxRail Appliance<\/a>\u00a0family, powered by VMware vSAN\u2122 and jointly engineered with VMware, and\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dellemc.com\/XCseries\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/dellemc.com\/XCseries&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1512627856415000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHZ1Wq6PHztPSzEYs4rzS5Up2Kvmg\">Dell EMC XC Series<\/a>,\u00a0designed for customers seeking choice of hypervisors, including Microsoft Hyper-V, or multi-hypervisor environments. These HCI appliances help simplify the entire lifecycle with advanced automation \u2013 with unique software that simplifies deployment, management, scaling, support and maintenance \u2013 making it easier for customers from day one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Generation Servers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0generation servers offer more powerful and predictable performance across millions of flexible configuration options to meet any HCI use case and more demanding, mission-critical workloads in VMware environments. VxRail Appliance customers can expect:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Better performance for the most demanding applications\u00a0<\/strong>with up to 2X more IOPS (input\/output operations per second), and more than 2x faster response times<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Highly dependable performance<\/strong>\u00a0with 9x more predictable response times sustained at sub-one millisecond<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>More options for perfectly right-sized deployments<\/strong>\u00a0with millions more configurations including more processor options, new SATA SSDs, additional network connectivity options, and more GPU expansion to precisely match customers\u2019 HCI requirements without over provisioning<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Software-defined NAS support<\/strong>\u00a0with Dell EMC Isilon SD Edge for remote office or edge-to-core file deployments, joining VxRail\u2019s remote replication, cloud object storage and manageability capabilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Dell EMC XC Series Appliances on PowerEdge 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Generation Servers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dell EMC XC Series on 14th Generation PowerEdge servers enables higher performance for workloads, faster networking speeds and new NVMe\/SSD configurations. More specifically, with the new Dell EMC XC Series appliances, customers can expect:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Increased performance for compute intensive workloads<\/strong>\u00a0with up to 50% additional cores per appliance<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Up to 93% increased compute capability\u00a0<\/strong>for workloads with storage density as a primary need<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Expanded use cases in VDI environments<\/strong>\u00a0for sophisticated compute needs with up to 50% more GPU power<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Availability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on Dell EMC PowerEdge 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0generation servers are orderable today and will be generally available starting\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_269565355\">December 12, 2017<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dell EMC XC Series models XC640, XC740xd and XC740 on Dell EMC PowerEdge 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0generation servers are generally available today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Analyst quote<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>Eric Sheppard, research director, Enterprise Storage &amp; Converged Systems, IDC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHyper-converged systems make up the fastest growing segment of the converged systems market as we\u2019re seeing a sharp ramp of adoption across all kinds of industries, environments and use cases. Hyper-converged systems\u2019 simplicity of deployment, management and scale combined with tighter integration between technologies and proven architectures are key drivers for this growth. As the largest supplier of converged systems and hyper-converged systems, Dell EMC bringing to market more powerful and flexible HCI appliances should help meet the demands of customers looking to deploy even more enterprise workloads on Dell EMC systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>About Dell EMC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dellemc.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.dellemc.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1512627856415000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAyPJlxMf6VydaqZKBcJaf_OMZMA\">Dell EMC<\/a>,\u00a0a part of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.delltechnologies.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.delltechnologies.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1512627856415000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHTfrwvLZK-Xid21DimAItlF_8_KA\">Dell Technologies<\/a>,\u00a0enables organizations to modernize, automate and transform their data centers using industry-leading converged infrastructure, servers, storage and data protection technologies. This provides a trusted foundation for businesses to transform IT, through the creation of a hybrid cloud, and transform their business through the creation of cloud-native applications and big data solutions. Dell EMC services customers across 180 countries \u2013 including 98 percent of the Fortune 500 \u2013 with the industry\u2019s most comprehensive and innovative portfolio from edge to core to cloud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0<em>Based on Dell EMC internal analysis, October 2017, comparing processor, memory, networking and storage for top HCI appliance vendors by revenue<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0<em>Source:\u00a0IDC Worldwide Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker, Q2 2017, September 26, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0<em>Based on Dell EMC internal analysis, October 2017, comparing a 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0generation PowerEdge server configured with an Intel\u00ae Xeon E5-2600-V4 processor, compared to a 14<sup>th<\/sup>generation PowerEdge server configured with an Intel\u00ae Xeon Scalable processor<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CONTACT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shobha Vasudevan<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+91 9810003691<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"mailto:Shobha.Vasudevan@dell.com\">Shobha.Vasudevan@dell.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PowerEdge 14th\u00a0generation servers deliver more performance and flexible configurations in\u00a0Dell EMC HCI appliances Bangalore, India- Dec. 5, 2017 \u00a0News summary \u00a0 Dell EMC to deliver hyper-converged infrastructure appliances on PowerEdge 14th\u00a0generation servers Offers customers improved performance and reliability with the world\u2019s most configurable hyper-converged infrastructure appliances as fully engineered systems with single source support1 Dell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7950,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7949\/revisions\/7950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}