This document provides an overview of various appliance and software offerings from different vendors. It lists vendors that provide niche offerings for specific uses like VDI or video surveillance. It also outlines standard appliance options from vendors like Dell, HP, and Lenovo that are optimized for Hyper-V or KVM, as well as software-defined storage solutions and reference architectures from vendors including VMware, HP, Cisco, and Lenovo. Reference architectures provide validated designs and support and some solutions include subscription models for software. The document covers a wide range of preconfigured hardware and software options from major IT vendors.

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10. ApplianceOfferings
S/W&Appliance
OfferingsNicheOfferings
Super Micro, Dell (OEM), Lenovo
(OEM)
Dell, Cisco (RA), Lenovo (RA) Dell, HP, EMC, NetApp,
Fujitsu, Super Micro, Hitachi
Hyper-V only appliance
KVM only appliance Purpose-built for
VDI,
Video Surveillance
USX or HyperScale w/
Lenovo, Cisco,
HP, Super Micro
SoftwareOfferings
HP VSA or
200-HC
Free
VxRack
(ScaleIO)
Embedded in ESXiVendor Reference
Architectures
Vendor Reference
Architectures,
Subscription Model
Archiving, Analytics
appliance
Scale-out backup
appliance

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