Dell vSAN Ready Nodes and Dell VxFlex Ready Nodes are designed to optimize data center performance and reliability. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes are often favored for strong pricing and comprehensive support, whereas Dell VxFlex Ready Nodes tend to outrun in terms of advanced features, justifying their investment due to superior long-term value.
Features: Dell vSAN Ready Nodes offer robust data management capabilities, seamless integration with VMware environments, and efficiency in virtual machine operations. Dell VxFlex Ready Nodes provide superior scalability, extensive data protection, and advanced compute and storage elasticity.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell vSAN Ready Nodes offer straightforward deployment with broad VMware support and easy integration, supported by solid customer service. Dell VxFlex Ready Nodes deliver advanced deployment capabilities and strong technical support, offering flexibility for complex IT infrastructure setups.
Pricing and ROI: Dell vSAN Ready Nodes generally present a lower initial setup cost, appealing to budget-conscious buyers. Dell VxFlex Ready Nodes, despite higher upfront costs, often promise a greater ROI due to their scalability and long-term performance efficiencies, especially in large-scale environments.
Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes are pre-configured building blocks that reduce deployment
risks with certified configurations, improve storage efficiency by up to 50%1
, and can help
you build or scale your vSAN cluster faster.14 Whether you're just getting started, and/or
expanding your existing VMware environment, Dell EMC is here for you every step of the
way with consulting, education, deployment and support services for the entire solution.
VxRack FLEX and VxFlex Ready Nodes, also known as the Flex family, create a server-based SAN by combining virtualization software, known as VxFlex OS, with Dell EMC PowerEdge servers to deliver flexibility, scalability, and capacity on demand. Local storage resources are combined to create a virtual pool of block storage with varying performance tiers. The platform enables you to start small (with as little as four nodes) and scale incrementally. The Flex family provides enterprise-grade data protection, multi-tenant capabilities, and add-on enterprise features such as QoS, thin provisioning, and snapshots. VxFlex OS is the key enabler and provides an unmatched combination of performance, resiliency and flexibility to address enterprise data center needs. The unique features of VxFlex OS make it an excellent complement to Kubernetes for stateful applications, such as databases, continuous integration, logging and monitoring platforms.
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