This document provides an overview of VMware's EVO:RAIL hyper-converged infrastructure appliance. It discusses how EVO:RAIL delivers unique capabilities and value by starting from vSphere and Virtual SAN. It also outlines EVO:RAIL's key features, use cases, pricing and packaging, and roadmap for future versions including preview information about EVO:RAIL 2.0.

1. © 2015 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.
EVO:RAIL
The ideal hyper-­converged infrastructure appliance for your VMs
VMworld 2015
Erik Bussink, Solution Architect
17 Septembre 2015

2. VMware HCI Delivers Unique Capabilities and Value
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Choice Integration
Performance Cost

3. VMware’s approach to HCI starts from vSphere and Virtual SAN
Virtualized Server Rack with
Standalone Storage and Networking
External SAN Server Rack
Physical Convergence of
Storage and Networking on
Commodity x86 Hardware
Server Rack
Infrastructure
Shift
Network

4. Multiple Paths to Hyper-­Converged Infrastructure
Software + Hardware
Ready NodeSoftware
Integrated Systems
Flexibility
Ease of
Use

5. Unprecedented Hyper-­Converged Customer Momentum
2000+ Customers
In my experience VMware solutions are
rock solid…we’re ready to nearly double
our Virtual SAN deployment.
“
”
EVO:RAIL adoption has lowered our
TCO by 40%.“
”

7. Key Features
• Scalable and modular architecture housed in a small form factor
– 2U/4N form factor including compute, storage, network and management resources
– Flexible hardware configuration (up to 100 configuration options)
– Linear and automated scale out design, up to 16 appliances (64 nodes)
• Fully orchestrated deployment, configuration and management
– First VM in minutes (from power up)
– Radically simple management of your VM, appliance, cluster and across clusters
– Non-­disruptive updates
• High performance and resiliency
– For all virtualized workloads, including tier-­1 apps
– Four independent ESXi hosts for non-­disruptive migration during planned maintenance or failure
– vSphere HA, vMotion, DRS and Virtual SAN for high availability
• Reduce complexity and support costs, and time to recovery
– Single point of support for both hardware and software
– Advanced log analysis capabilities
• 8 Global Qualified EVO:RAIL Partners
New

8. 2U
4 Nodes
Form Factor
Processor
Memory
Storage
Network
Copper
128GB 192GB 256GB 512GB
6 cores 8 cores 10 cores 12 cores
Fiber
Per server node (x4 per appliance)
2 x 10GbE NIC port and 1 x 1GbE out-­of-­band management port
384GB
18 cores
1 X 400GB
SSD
Option 1:
3 X 1.2TB
HDD
1 X 800GB
SSD
5 X 1.2TB
HDD
Option 2:
~ 22TB Virtual SAN datastore per appliance ~13TB Virtual SAN datastore per appliance
Dual Intel E5 Ivy Bridge and/or Haswell processor
Hardware flexibility

9. 200 VMs
500 Desktops
400 VMs
1000 Desktops
600VMs
1500 Desktops
800 VMs
2000 Desktops
Simplified Linear Scale Out
• Scale performance, bandwidth, and capacity by simply adding appliances
– Each appliance adds compute, networking, and storage resources in minutes
• New appliances are automatically discovered
– Add to the cluster with zero configuration
• Supports 16 appliances (64 hosts) in v2
General-­purpose VM profile: 2 vCPU, 4GB vMEM,60GB of vDisk, with redundancy
Horizon View virtual desktop profile: 2 vCPU, 2GB vMEM, 32GB vDisk linked clones

10. ü Elastic
Grow on demand up to 16 appliances (64 nodes)
ü Fast
Add a new appliance in minutes
ü Non-­disruptive
No app downtime
X16
in a
cluster
10,000+ VMs*
in a single
cluster
* Number of VMs varies based on VM profiles and hardware specifications
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Linear Scalability

11. • Easily add up to 16
appliances for increased
capacity
• All virtualized workloads
running on VMware,
including mission-­critical
and tier-­1 apps
• Application uptime ensured
through HA, DRS, Virtual
SAN and EVO:RAIL™
Engine
• Up to 4000 virtual desktops*
• Handle peak performance
requirements (boot, login,
read/write storms)
• Quick and easy deployment
and configuration
• Add-­On Horizon for
EVO:RAIL™
• Consistent footprint and
deployment operations
• IT-­in-­a-­box
• Simplified user experience
ideal for non-­VMware
experts
• Quick and easy
deployment and
configuration
• Service Provider VPC
building block for MSP and
hosting
• Consistently and easily
deployed on-­prem and off-­
prem (colo)
• Quick and easy scale-­out
appliances to increase
capacity
ROBO
Virtual Private
Cloud
VDI
Server
Workloads
Use Cases
* Number of VMs varies based on VM profiles and hardware specifications

12. 1 Year
Coming
Soon
EVO:RAIL 1.2
vSphere Loyalty
Program
EVO:RAIL 1.1
Scale up to 8
appliances
VMworld
2014
EVO:RAIL 1.0
Dec
2014
3 QEPs
Shipping
8 QEPs
Shipping
Flexible
Hardware
Configurations
April
2015
May
2015
June
2015
July
2015
QEPs: Qualified EVO:RAIL Partners – DELL, EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi Data Systems, NetApp, SuperMicro, NetOne, Inspur
EVO:RAIL is 1 year old and it is only the start…
EVO:RAIL 2.0

13. § Fully leverages vSphere & Virtual
SAN 6
§ Up to 40K IOPS/host (2x)
§ Scale to 16 appliances (2x)
§ 64 server nodes
§ Up to 800 VMs/appliance* (2x)
§ VDS switch support enabling NSX
compatibility
§ Standalone EVO:RAIL Engine
virtual appliance
§ Enhanced UI
§ Easily integrate into environment
with existing vCenter Server
§ Up to 100 hardware configurations
§ Flexibility without compromising
the EVO:RAIL transformational
user experience
§ EVO:RAIL Manager for multi
cluster deployment
Multi-­appliance
Management
2x Performance
2x Scale
Architecture
Advances
Appliance Hardware
Flexibility
Preview: EVO:RAIL 2.0
* Number of VMs varies based on VM profiles and hardware specifications

14. Pricing and Packaging

15. vRealize Suite
vSOM ENT+ Horizon vCloud Suite
NSX
vCloud Air
Horizon Suite Add-­On for EVO:RAIL GP
EVO:RAIL
General Purpose
vSphere ENT+
EVO:RAIL
vSphere Loyalty Program
Add-­On
EVO:RAIL
Offerings
Other
VMware
Offerings
EVO:RAIL is fully
compatible with the
entire VMware portfolio
Leverage existing
vSphere licenses
purchased thru ELA
or thru channel
partners
General Purpose
(For new customers or projects)
vSphere Loyalty Program
(For existing VMware customers)
EVO:RAIL Engine
Virtual SAN
Log Insight
EVO:RAIL Engine
vSphere ENT+
Virtual SAN
Log Insight
vCenter Server
Hardware (2U/4Nodes) Hardware (2U/4Nodes)
Packaging Summary

16. Introducing VMware EVO SDDC
Hyper-­Converged Cloud Infrastructure
Powered by VMware

17. ü Ease of Use: Unified deployment and operations across physical and virtual
ü Performance: Over 2M IOPS per rack1
ü Scale: Elastic, linear scale out across multiple racks
ü Features: Only integrated offering providing SDDC-­in-­a-­box capabilities
ü Cost: 25-­40% upfront savings, 15-­35% savings in operating costs
1. Estimated based on published VSAN 6.0 performance and initial HW configs
Delivering the SDDC as an Integrated System

18. Software Architecture
CONFIDENTIAL
Hardware
Virtualization
Operations &
Management
Hardware
Management
Services
(HMS)
External
Management
Tools
Cloud
Infrastructure
Administrators
REST APIs
Virtual SANNSX
vSphere
vCenter ServerNSX Manager
vRealize Log Insight
vRealize Operations
vRealize Automation
(Optional)
Servers Network Switches Storage (DAS)
Horizon View
(Optional)

19. Pre-­Qualified Hardware Available through EVO Partners…
CONFIDENTIAL
Q3
2015
Beyond
…more to come

20. EVO SDDC – IaaS Use Case

21. Resources

22. • VMware Website
– vmware.com/products/evorail
• Hands-­On Lab
– vmware.com/go/evorail-­lab
• Product Walkthrough
– featurewalkthrough.vmware.com
• EVO:RAIL Fundamentals (myLearn)
• Follow us @vmwevorail
Tools & resources

23. Hyper-­Converged: Virtual Infrastructure vs. Cloud Infrastructure
Solution Virtualized Infrastructure Appliance
Data Center-­Scale
Cloud Infrastructure
VMware
Software
vSphere 6.0, Virtual SAN 6.0,
EVO:RAIL Engine
Full vCloud Suite, Virtual SAN 6.1, NSX,
Integrated Virtual + Physical
Networking, EVO SDDC Manager
Managed
Hardware
Server + Built-­in Storage
Server + ToR Leaf/Spine Switch
+ JBOD or DAS Storage
Server
Specifications
2U / 4N Appliance
ability to stack appliances
Rack-­mounted servers
Deployment
Scalability
Up to 16 appliances Multiple racks
Key Use Cases Prod, VDI, ROBO, PrivCloud IaaS, VDI