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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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