Dell has announced the general worldwide availability of the XC web-scale converged appliance series featuring Nutanix technology. This series of appliances merge compute, storage, and hypervisors into a single offering giving customers enterprise-class storage for virtualized servers and VDI environments. In June of this year Dell had announced plans to offer a Nutanix appliance. Today's announcement launches five configurations of the appliance to the market at large.
Dell has announced the general worldwide availability of the XC web-scale converged appliance series featuring Nutanix technology. This series of appliances merge compute, storage, and hypervisors into a single offering giving customers enterprise-class storage for virtualized servers and VDI environments. In June of this year Dell had announced plans to offer a Nutanix appliance. Today's announcement launches five configurations of the appliance to the market at large.
The XC Web-scale converged series is an integration of Dell's x86 server platform and Nutanix web-scale software radically simplifying the deployment of virtual machines in any environment. The XC series is ideal for virtualized workloads as the appliances come with pre-configured options with flexible ratios of compute and storage capacity coupled with support for ESX and Hyper-V. Data center integration takes less than 30 minutes and supports multiple virtualized, business-critical workloads, desktop virtualization, big data, and cloud deployment.
Using Nutanix web-scale software gives users a powerful and intuitive interface to simplify IT, configuration and management of replication, disaster recovery, and compression policies. Nutanix Prism Management framework is an easy-to-use graphic user interface and allows users to define and manage a converged infrastructure from any device down to the VM level. Compute and storage scaling along with maintenance are automated with a one-click add node-feature, auto-discovery protocols, and non-disruptive, one-click upgrade of Nutanix OS and host hypervisor.
Benefits include:
- Converged – Seamlessly integrates server and storage resources
- Software defined – Delivers all services through software using proven Dell hardware
- Server-attached flash – Merges flash-based storage with compute for fast performance
- Scale-out – Increases performance linearly by adding capacity one node at a time
- Hybrid – Delivers a unified data fabric supporting industry-standard hypervisors and clouds
Each model and specifications:
XC720xd-A5
- Workload: ROBO, VDI, Test/Dev, Web, Middleware
- Dual Intel Xeon CPU: E52620v2
- Data SSDs: 3.5" Value SATA: 2 x 200GB
- Data HDDs: 3.5" 7.2K: 4 x 1TB
- DIMMs: 16GB RDIMM, 1866MT/s
- Memory configuration: 64GB, 128GB, 256GB
XC720xd-B5
- Workload: VDI, Test/Dev, Web, Middleware
- Dual Intel Xeon CPU: E52650v2
- Data SSDs: 3.5" Value SATA: 2 x 400GB
- Data HDDs: 3.5" 7.2K: 4 x 1TB
- DIMMs: 16GB RDIMM, 1866MT/s
- Memory configuration: 64GB, 128GB, 256GB
XC720xd-B7
- Workload: VDI, Test/Dev, Web, Middleware
- Dual Intel Xeon CPU: E52680v2
- Data SSDs: 3.5" Value SATA: 2 x 400GB
- Data HDDs: 3.5" 7.2K: 4 x 1TB
- DIMMs:
- 16GB RDIMM, 1866MT/s
- 32GB LRDIMM, 1866 MT/s, Low Volt
- Memory configuration: 128GB, 256GB, 384GB, 512GB, 768GB (UI)
XC720xd-C5
- Workload: Lite DB: SQL Server, SharePoint, Exchange, Oracle
- Dual Intel Xeon CPU: E52690v2
- Data SSDs: 3.5" Value SATA: 2 x 800GB
- Data HDDs: 3.5" 7.2K: 10 x 2TB
- DIMMs:
- 16GB RDIMM, 1866MT/s
- 32GB LRDIMM, 1866 MT/s, Low Volt
- Memory configuration: 128GB, 256GB, 384GB, 512GB, 768GB (UI)
XC720xd-C7
- Workload: DB with larger working set
- Dual Intel Xeon CPU: E52690v2
- Data SSDs: 3.5" Value SATA: 4 x 800GB
- Data HDDs: 3.5" 7.2K: 8 x 2TB
- DIMMs:
- 16GB RDIMM, 1866MT/s
- 32GB LRDIMM, 1866 MT/s, Low Volt
- Memory configuration: 128GB, 256GB, 384GB, 512GB, 768GB (UI)
Shared features and specifications:
- Dell PowerEdge server: R720xd with 12 x 3.5”+ 2 x 2.5”
- Hypervisor boot: PERC H310 with 2 x 160GB Read Intensive SATA SSDs in rear drive bays
- Data Storage Controller: LSI9207 SAS Controller Attached to 12×3.5” Front Drive Bays
- Network Daughter Card options:
- Intel X540T2 (Dual Port 10GbaseT + I350 1GbaseT) NDC
- Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ NDC
- Hypervisor options: VMware ESXi 5.5; Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard OEM or Data Center OEM Edition
- License options: Starter, Pro, and Ultimate License for each specific configuration
- Software maintenance: Nutanix 3- or 5-year software Maintenance/Assurance
- Support: 3- or 5-year ProSupport (4 hour and NBD) comprehensive XC Series support with Nutanix assist
Availability
The Dell XC series of Web-scale converged appliances will be available November 11th with support for VMware ESXi and Microsoft Windows Hyper-V and will start around $46,000.
Dell XC Web-scale Converged Series
