GEC NEWS WIREIndustry’s First Hyper-Converged Rack scale System Delivers Massive Scale out Infrastructure with Simplicity
VCE has unveiled a new family of hyper-converged Rack Scale Systems that enables enterprises and Service Providers to dramatically simplify the deployment of next generation scale out mobile, cloud and distributed Tier 2 applications.
The VxRack Systems are fully software-defined leveraging EMC ScaleIO software-defined storage and including built-in networking to ensure seamless scaling and in addition it can decouple scaling of compute and storage enabling customers to take full advantage of a hyper-converged architecture without limitations. Another unique attribute of the VxRack Systems is the unparalleled flexibility enabled by a choice of software stacks that define the personality of the system.
The VxRack Systems are purpose built to enable enterprises and Service Providers to support existing Tier 2 and emerging born in the cloud applications with massive scale capability and cost optimisation,” said Praveen Akkiraju, VCE CEO.
“VCE’s VxRack System provides a scalable architecture that can support multi hypervisors and bare metal deployments, allowing enterprises and service providers to consolidate virtualized, cloud native applications and emerging databases onto a shared infrastructure platform,” said Wikibon Senior Analyst Stu Miniman
“Since the Dimension Data Cloud is application driven, the VCE VxRack System and the Vscale Architecture enables our clients to move important workloads and core systems improving time to value for business transformation,” said Shelley Perry, Chief Product Officer of Cloud Solutions, Dimension Data.
“The VCE VxRack System has the opportunity to make a significant impact on the Industry because it provides tremendous flexibility with its software-defined storage infrastructure and support for multiple hypervisors, as well as bare metal. Now both enterprises and service providers can leverage technologies at a scale that makes sense for their organization,” said David J. Sampson, Executive Vice President and CTO, Itrica Corporation.
VMware vSphere will be orderable in July and will begin shipping in Q3.
