What Is VxRail? | Dell EMC VxRail: The Future of Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) has taken the IT world by storm. It is a revolutionary approach that combines storage, computing, networking, and virtualization in a single system. Dell EMC VxRail is a leading HCI solution that offers unmatched scalability, flexibility, and simplicity. In this blog post, we will explore the features and benefits of Dell EMC VxRail and how it can help transform your IT infrastructure.

What is Dell EMC VxRail?

Dell EMC VxRail is a hyper-converged infrastructure appliance that combines computing, storage, and virtualization in a single system. It is built on VMware vSAN and VxRail hardware to provide a complete and highly scalable HCI solution. VxRail is designed to deliver maximum performance, availability, and efficiency for mission-critical applications.

Features and Benefits of Dell EMC VxRail

1. High Performance: Dell EMC VxRail offers high performance with the latest Intel Xeon processors, all-flash storage, and 10GbE networking. It can handle even the most demanding workloads with ease.
2. Scalability: VxRail is highly scalable, and you can start small and grow as your needs change. It can support up to 64 nodes per cluster and up to 1PB of storage per node. You can add or remove nodes easily without any disruption.
3. Simplicity: VxRail is designed to be simple to use, deploy, and manage. It comes with a preconfigured software stack, automated lifecycle management, and a single point of support. You can deploy VxRail in less than an hour and start running workloads immediately.
4. Availability: VxRail offers high availability with built-in redundancy and failover mechanisms. It can withstand multiple node failures and provide continuous uptime for your critical applications. Ultimately VxRail enables 24/7 availability by leveraging data protection, system recovery, and monitoring. 
5. Security: VxRail comes with built-in security features, including secure boot, data-at-rest encryption, and role-based access control. It also supports integration with VMware NSX for advanced security and networking capabilities. Some features include but aren’t limited to:
   • Security hardening: Security configuration guides in addition to DISA STIG-compliant scripts
   • Access and authentication: Ability to restrict and manage host access with RBAC, ACLs, and lockdown mode. Also supports 2-factor authentication.
   • KMIP compliant key management: KMIP client on vSphere
   • Internal Certifications: EAL 2+ certified
   • Network segmentation: vLAN segmentation along with the option to add-on micro-segmentation with NSX-V
   • VxRail secure logging: Leverage vRealize Log Insight for audit logging
6. Cost-Effective: VxRail is a cost-effective solution that can help you reduce your infrastructure costs significantly. It eliminates the need for separate computing, storage, and networking components and reduces complexity, power, and cooling requirements.

Why Choose Dell EMC VxRail?

Dell EMC VxRail is a leading HCI solution that offers numerous benefits over traditional infrastructure. Here are some reasons why you should choose VxRail for your IT infrastructure:

1. Simplified Management: VxRail simplifies infrastructure management with a unified management console that provides a single view of your entire infrastructure. You can easily monitor and manage all your workloads from a single pane of glass.
2. Faster Time to Market: VxRail can help you accelerate your time to market by enabling faster deployment of new applications and services. You can deploy VxRail in less than an hour and start running workloads immediately.
3. Higher Availability: VxRail offers higher availability with built-in redundancy and failover mechanisms. It can withstand multiple node failures and provide continuous uptime for your critical applications.
4. Lower TCO: VxRail can help you reduce your total cost of ownership (TCO) by eliminating the need for separate compute, storage, and networking components. It also reduces complexity, power, and cooling requirements, resulting in lower operational costs.
5. Future-Proof: VxRail is a future-proof solution that can grow and scale with your business needs. It offers unmatched flexibility and agility, enabling you to respond quickly to changing business requirements.

How Dell EMC VxRail Works

Dell EMC VxRail is built on VMware vSAN and VxRail hardware to provide a complete HCI solution. VxRail uses a distributed architecture that distributes computing, storage, and networking resources across all nodes in the cluster. This provides a highly available and fault-tolerant system that can withstand multiple node failures.

VxRail also comes with a preconfigured software stack that includes VMware vSphere, vSAN, and VMware vCenter Server. This simplifies the deployment and management of the system and provides a familiar interface for VMware administrators.

VxRail also supports VMware Cloud Foundation, which is a unified SDDC (software-defined data center) platform that integrates compute, storage, networking, and security services. This provides a complete cloud infrastructure solution that can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud.

Conclusion

Dell EMC VxRail is a leading hyper-converged infrastructure solution that offers unmatched scalability, flexibility, and simplicity. It can help transform your IT infrastructure and enable you to respond quickly to changing business requirements. With VxRail, you can simplify infrastructure management, accelerate time to market, and reduce your total cost of ownership. VxRail is also a future-proof solution that can grow and scale with your business needs.

If you’re interested in learning more about Dell EMC VxRail, reach out to Dell EMC or a Dell EMC Partner to see how it can transform your IT infrastructure.