When it comes to selecting storage for modern IT infrastructures, Dell believes there is no –one-size-fits-all approach and customers should have a choice of solutions that meet their requirements. Whether they choose to expand with their existing infrastructure or adopt a different approach based on software-defined storage technologies, customers can leverage Dell’s entry-to-enterprise storage stack built on a modern storage architecture, proven x86 server platform and a broad partner ecosystem to implement affordable and flexible storage solutions.
Dell’s comprehensive portfolio of software-defined storage solutions includes open source technologies, advanced storage software, and hyper-converged appliances. These solutions give customers the flexibility to implement the latest storage technologies from Microsoft, Nexenta, Nutanix, RedHat, VMware and other partners, all running on industry-standard x86 hardware and backed by Dell’s global Services and Support team.
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Welcome to the new Software Defined Storage Tech Center Pages. Use these pages to connect with SDS solutions from Dell.
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The Dell XC Series platform is a scale-out cluster of high-performance nodes each running a standard hypervisor and containing processors, memory and local storage (consisting of SSD Flash and high capacity SATA disk drives). The Dell XC Series platform is powered by Nutanix software and managed through the Nutanix Prism interface.
Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces
DSMS is a comprehensive offering of validated and tested Dell hardware with Microsoft Storage Spaces technology. This new Scale-Out File Server (SOFS) solution is the result of close collaboration between Dell and Microsoft. DSMS includes performance and capacity sizing, end-to-end fulfillment, deployment and solution-level support.
Topics: Dell – Nexenta solutions - Dell XC Series Web scale hyper-converged appliances
Title | Published/Updated | Type |
Dell XC Series System Scalability | Nov 2014 | Technical Brief |
Dell XC Series System Performance | Nov 2014 | Technical Brief |
Dell XC Series System Reliability | Nov 2014 | Technical Brief |
IDC on Dell s SDS Strategy and Vision Thought leadership paper | Nov 2014 | Analyst Report |
Reference architecture for Dell XC Series with VMware View and vCenter | Nov 2014 | Referenced Architecture |
Reference architecture for XC Series with Citrix on Hyper V | Nov 2014 | Referenced Architecture |
Dell Nutanix Partnership video | Nov 2014 | Video |
Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server on Dell XC Series Appliances | Nov 2014 | Technical Brief |