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The Dell Landscape
People are talking to us about... Budget Green intiatives Management Windows 7 Storage This list is not exhaustive!
How are we answering? Power Management Kace & Modular data centres OS Migration and Provision iDRAC and Kace Management CMC and Kace Storage Equalogic and Compellant
OS Migration	 Kace Automatically identify targets Automated user state migration Imaging or scripted install Preferred desktop build and maintenance OS Builds on Servers Still use Kace Also iDRAC
Green Initiatives
A Variety of Solutions Modular data centre Blade solution – manageable power consumption Virtualisation Power Profiles Automated power on and off
PowerEdge Server  - Broad PortfolioCovering Enterprise IT needs from basic to specialized computing M-Series M1000e, M600, M605, M610 M710, M805, M905, M910 Ultra Dense U1 / 1 CPU range  R200, R300, R210, R310,  R610, R410 R815, R805 More Density Virtualization Expandability Density R910 R710, R510, R515 R715, PE 2970, PE 2970 ES T300, T310, T410 PE SC1430 T105, T100, T110 R905, R900 4-Socket More Expand- ability T610, T710 More Basic PE T605 R810 More Specialization CPU Requirement / Application Complexity
Hyperscale-Optimized PowerEdge C Series 1U 2S RACK POWEREDGE C1100 2U 2S RACK POWEREDGE C2100 2U SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE POWEREDGE C6100 Purpose-built for scale-out rack deployments, large homogenous cloud/cluster application environments where the software stack provides platform availability and resiliency 3U PCIe EXPANSION CHASSIS  POWEREDGE C410X 2U SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE POWEREDGE C6105
Storage
Affordable tiered storage Frameless storage Migration between drive types Fast and expensive Slower but cheaper Backwards compatible Up to 1.536pb per storage group That’s 1,729,382,256,910,270 bytes, folks! Automated migration between: Fast and slow devices Fast and slow platter zones
Seamless, Multi Generation SAN Expansion Continuous Software Advancement at NO Additional Cost Single Multi-Generational SAN AD / Dom PS3000 Series PS100 Series PS6010XVS  PS6000 XVS PS4000 Series PS6010 Series PS6000 Series PS5000 Series PS3000 Series Thin Clones Continuous Advancements  ofAll-inclusiveFirmware & Software Hybrid Arrays 10GbE ASM/ME for Hyper-V SAN Headquarters VMware vStorage Auto-Snapshot Manager - VMware Edition (ASM/VE) vCenter Site Recovery Manager  Thin    Provisioning Core Data Protection Auto-Snapshot Manager Microsoft Edition (ASM/ME) 2003 2011
EqualLogic PS Series – Simplify Your Storage PS6010/6510Series Powerful. Virtual. Data Center PS6000/6500 Series Powerful. Virtual. Enterprise. Performance PS4000 Series Simple. Capable. Affordable. ,[object Object]
10x Bandwidth per port
  2.5x Bandwidth per array
  Up to 50% cable reduction
  Up to 1.536 PB in a single group
Mid Tier Enterprise Class SAN
Strong Performing 1GbE

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The Dell landscape - Richard Browne, Dell

  • 2. People are talking to us about... Budget Green intiatives Management Windows 7 Storage This list is not exhaustive!
  • 3. How are we answering? Power Management Kace & Modular data centres OS Migration and Provision iDRAC and Kace Management CMC and Kace Storage Equalogic and Compellant
  • 4. OS Migration Kace Automatically identify targets Automated user state migration Imaging or scripted install Preferred desktop build and maintenance OS Builds on Servers Still use Kace Also iDRAC
  • 6. A Variety of Solutions Modular data centre Blade solution – manageable power consumption Virtualisation Power Profiles Automated power on and off
  • 7. PowerEdge Server - Broad PortfolioCovering Enterprise IT needs from basic to specialized computing M-Series M1000e, M600, M605, M610 M710, M805, M905, M910 Ultra Dense U1 / 1 CPU range R200, R300, R210, R310, R610, R410 R815, R805 More Density Virtualization Expandability Density R910 R710, R510, R515 R715, PE 2970, PE 2970 ES T300, T310, T410 PE SC1430 T105, T100, T110 R905, R900 4-Socket More Expand- ability T610, T710 More Basic PE T605 R810 More Specialization CPU Requirement / Application Complexity
  • 8. Hyperscale-Optimized PowerEdge C Series 1U 2S RACK POWEREDGE C1100 2U 2S RACK POWEREDGE C2100 2U SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE POWEREDGE C6100 Purpose-built for scale-out rack deployments, large homogenous cloud/cluster application environments where the software stack provides platform availability and resiliency 3U PCIe EXPANSION CHASSIS POWEREDGE C410X 2U SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE POWEREDGE C6105
  • 10. Affordable tiered storage Frameless storage Migration between drive types Fast and expensive Slower but cheaper Backwards compatible Up to 1.536pb per storage group That’s 1,729,382,256,910,270 bytes, folks! Automated migration between: Fast and slow devices Fast and slow platter zones
  • 11. Seamless, Multi Generation SAN Expansion Continuous Software Advancement at NO Additional Cost Single Multi-Generational SAN AD / Dom PS3000 Series PS100 Series PS6010XVS PS6000 XVS PS4000 Series PS6010 Series PS6000 Series PS5000 Series PS3000 Series Thin Clones Continuous Advancements ofAll-inclusiveFirmware & Software Hybrid Arrays 10GbE ASM/ME for Hyper-V SAN Headquarters VMware vStorage Auto-Snapshot Manager - VMware Edition (ASM/VE) vCenter Site Recovery Manager Thin Provisioning Core Data Protection Auto-Snapshot Manager Microsoft Edition (ASM/ME) 2003 2011
  • 12.
  • 14. 2.5x Bandwidth per array
  • 15. Up to 50% cable reduction
  • 16. Up to 1.536 PB in a single group
  • 19. DAS & SAN Consolidation
  • 20. Up to 1.536 PB in a single group
  • 21. Entry Point into PS Series
  • 23. Ideal for ROBO deployment
  • 24. Up to 64 TB in a single group *Capacity * Specific limitations apply
  • 25. EqualLogic SAN Headquarters Centralised Event and Performance Monitoring Historical performance reporting Single view of alerts Capacity trending Rich data on IOPS, capacity, latency, network activity Drill-down to group management Easy to install, easy to use Included at no extra cost
  • 28.
  • 29. 17

Editor's Notes

  1. Key Point on this Slide:The server portfolio includes the choices needed to fit each customer’s needs, from simple to complex, standard performance to high performance, in every form factorSpeaker Notes:We offer a full portfolio of servers, from small servers for a remote site or small business to mainstream environments up to very large 4-socket servers and multi-core. We have every form factor, racks, towers, and blades.
  2. The PS4000 line is the latest generation of EqualLogic products – ALL OF WHICH WORK TOGETHER. This is a major difference from our competitors, and the traditional frame-based approach of SAN design. With the EqualLogic peer storage architecture, customers can buy one generation of hardware, expand with a second and third generation of arrays – all online, all within the same SAN, and then retire the older hardware as they see fit – all without disrupting applications. This can save customers significant amount of money in services costs that are normally required for forklift upgrades or data in-place migrations.Plus, no only can customers easily upgrade to the latest hardware online, they can get all of the latest software features at no extra cost, simply by maintaining their support agreements (which is a good idea anyway).