Dell VxRail
Whether you are accelerating data center modernization, deploying a hybrid cloud or creating a developer-ready Kubernetes platform, VxRail delivers a turnkey experience that enables continuous innovation.
Proven, turnkey hyperconverged infrastructure
VxRail's broad portfolio offers maximum flexibility so you can choose the best platform to meet your performance, storage, graphics, IO, and cost requirements. No matter your workload, there is a VxRail configuration to meet your needs.
VxRail D Series
The Durable Platform for Harsh Environments
The VxRail D Series, with a significantly smaller form factor, makes it ideal for space-limited locations and remote, harsh environments. Use cases include mobile command centers, retail POS systems, video surveillance, GPS mapping on the go, and Telco environments.
- Deployment flexibility - rack, stack, or mount it on a wall.
- Shock, vibration, and thermally rated for harsh environments – NEBS and MIL-STD certified.
- Smart lockable filtered bezel keeps dust out and alerts when filter change is needed.
- Temperature resilient: 27F to 131F.
- 38% less power than a standard 3-node cluster.
- Intel Xeon D processor built for the edge.
- First and only vSAN HCI with embedded vSAN witness.
VxRail E Series
The Everything Platform for Core to Edge Deployment
Use cases for the VxRail E Series include highperformance computing (HPC), virtual desktop infrastructure, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and in-memory databases.
- Cost-effective solution ideal for remote or space-limited environments.
- Intel Xeon Scalable processors or AMD EPYC processors.
- Optional NVIDIA GPUs for deep learning, AI/ML, data inferencing, and VDI workloads.
- Offload network and security services onto SmartDPU with optional NVIDIA or Pensando SmartDPUs.
- Optional VMware vSAN Express Storage Architecture.
VxRail P Series
The Performance Platform for Business-Critical Workloads
The VxRail P Series is perfectly suited to manage inmemory intensive database applications including SAP HANA workloads, high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
- Optimized for heavy workloads providing high availability and enhanced performance.
- 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors deliver 42% more cores and 166% increase in memory capacity.
- One to foursocket platform options.
VxRail S Series
The Storage Dense Platform for Demanding Applications
The VxRail S Series is built for dense storage workloads where the storage capacity scales faster than CPU or memory. Use cases include applications such as Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange, big data and analytics.
- Single or dual socket options with Intel Xeon processors.
- Available with hybrid storage options to deliver a maximum capacity of 144 TB per node.
- Ideal for use with vSAN HCI Mesh to provide an economical storage option.
- Combine with vSAN File Services to deliver SMB and NFS file shares to users and applications.
VxRail V Series
The Virtualization Extended Platform for Specialised Usage
The VxRail V Series is a graphics-ready platform optimized for high-end 2D/3D visualization use cases and workloads, including Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, high-end graphical virtual workstations, GPU acceleration for deep learning training, inference and data science.
- Single or dual socket options with Intel Xeon processors.
- Available with hybrid storage options to deliver a maximum capacity of 144 TB per node.
- Ideal for use with vSAN HCI Mesh to provide an economical storage option.
- Combine with vSAN File Services to deliver SMB and NFS file shares to users and applications.
The VxRail Advantage
Integrated, optimized, tested, and validated so you don't have to.
VxRail HCI System Software delivers highly differentiated features and benefits extending VMware native capabilities to automate deployments and ongoing operations while providing full stack lifecycle management.
Repeatable full system upgrade testing to ensure clusters are in continuously validated states, resulting in an optimized and curated operational experience with reduced risk.
- 800K test hours per release in addition to existing hardware testing
- $125M lab investments
- 100+ engineering staff dedicated to testing
VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail
- Only jointly engineered HCI system with deep VMware Cloud Foundation integration
- First hyperconverged system full –stack integration with VCF SDDC Manager
- VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail the simplest path to a Multicloud for VMware environment
- Speed Kubernetes infrastructure to deliver support for developer productivity
Modernize the data center, accelerate the path to hybrid cloud, and enable cloud native applications with VxRail
Automate
Simplify IT operations on a common operational model
Innovate
Drive faster business development with seamless technology integration
Accelerate
Differentiated business value, ROI, and payback
Deployment Flexibility
- VxRail dynamic nodes: Compute only vSphere clusters enables independent scale of compute and storage based on workload needs.
- VxRail dynamic nodes and PowerStore - better together: Simplify operations by pairing VxRail dynamic nodes and PowerStore as Dynamic AppsON in a tightly integrated solution with automation and management integration.
- VxRail satellite nodes: A low-cost single node deployment option with the same VxRail automation, testing, optimization, unique lifecycle management, and deep VMware integration increasing operational efficiencies and standardization across edge locations.
Seamlessly Integrate next generation technology with the vxrail advantage.
- Automated: Automatically detect and add heterogeneous node types and generations.
- Validated: Ensure tested and optimized solutions for VxRail.
- Integrated: Non-disruptively implement VMware patches and upgrades.