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IntroducingVMware EVO:RAILTM
Rob GlanzmanDirector of Business DevelopmentSDDC Emerging Solutions / R&D
Challenges in Making SDDC Happen
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• Troubleshooting
• Support calls to multiple
vendors
• Business interruption during
patching and upgrades
Lifecycle Management
and Support
• Understand where to begin
• Organizational structure and
process changes
• Design a reference
architecture
• Procure components from
different vendors
• Time investment before first
VM deployment
Setup
• Make disparate
infrastructure nodes
(compute, storage and
networking) work together
• Lack of automation and
tools for workload
provisioning and deployment
• Many points of control
Provisioning
One Destination, Three Approaches
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Software-Defined Data Center
“Build Your Own” Converged InfrastructureHyper-Converged
Infrastructure
• Hardware (e.g. compute, storage, networking) and software components procured separately
• Use reference architectures
• Traditional data center components (e.g. shared storage hardware, servers, switches) integrated and sold in a single chassis, along with software options
• Server hardware pre-integrated with virtualization software for compute, network, storage and management, providing a single point of entry for the entire SDDC lifecycle
• Radically simplified Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance(HCIA)…100% powered by VMware.
• Single SKU procurement model through EVO:RAIL partners
• Prescribed 2U/4N platform via Automated scale out up to 4 HCIAs
– General Purpose Server workloads ~100 VMs per HCIA
– VDI ~250 VMs per HCIA
• Single License Key for the all underlying appliance components
• Single methodology to perform non-disruptive patch & upgrades
• Single support channel through EVO:RAIL partners
• Time to value. Create your first VM in minutes!
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Key Features
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance (HCIA)
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TOR Switch
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VMware EVO:RAILTM
DEMO
The EVO:RAIL CHALLENGE Winning time!
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Choice of EVO:RAIL Partners
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• EVO:RAIL sized for ~100
general purpose VMs
• Easily add up to 4
appliances for increased
capacity
• Application uptime
ensured through HA,
DRS, Virtual SAN and
EVO:RAIL Engine
• “Datacenter in a Box”
• Consistent footprint and
deployment operations
• Simplified user
experience ideal for non-
VMware experts
• Quick and Easy
deployment and
configuration
EVO:RAIL Use Cases
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• VPC building block for
service provider
datacenters
• Quick and Easy
deployment to increase
capacity
• Consistent footprint and
deployment for on-
premise endpoints
• On-premise endpoints
easy to deploy for non-
VMware experts
• EVO:RAIL sized for ~250
View Desktops
• Easily add up to 4
appliances for increased
capacity
• Handle peak
performance
requirements (boot, login,
read/write storms)
ROBOVirtual Private
CloudVDIGeneral
Purpose
VMware EVO:RAIL Key Points & Summary
• Global Reach and Choice through our EVO:RAIL partners
• 100% powered by VMware Software
– vSphere, Virtual SAN, Log Insight and EVO:RAIL Engine
• Simplified deployment, configuration and management
– Time to Value to first VMs in minutes
• Simplified Purchase and Support via EVO:RAIL partners
– Single SKU
– Single Point of Contact for Support
• EVO:RAIL appliances to ship in second half of 2014
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Thank you!
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