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Dell EMC
Networked Storage Systems

by Brady Hicks

Copyright 2020, Faulkner Information Services. All Rights
Reserved.

Docid: 00017867

Publication Date: 2007

Report Type: PRODUCT

Preview

Dell EMC – which is born out of Dell’s $60 billion, 2016 purchase of EMC –
offers a complete lineup of Networking Storage Systems. The portfolio includes
a family of popular brands such as VxBlock, PowerOne, XtremIO, SC Series, ECS,
and VPLEX, VxRail, vSAN, and PowerEdge, among others. The family offers coverage for cloud-based, converged, hyperconverged, networking, server, data protection, and data storage
infrastructure. This profile takes
a deeper look at the current Dell EMC Networked Storage Systems portfolio.

Report Contents:

• Description
• Related Faulkner Reports
• Vendor
• Applications
• Environment
• Support
• Pricing
• Competitors
• Web Links

Description

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Dell acquired storage network systems rival EMC for $60
billion in September 2016. As "Dell EMC," the unit offers a complete lineup of Networked
Storage Systems.

A networked storage system is one designed to incorporate networked storage
as part of an IT infrastructure; address aspects such as performance,
availability, and security; and manage and protect information. This particular
portfolio encompasses a complete family that includes – among others –
established brands such as VxBlock, PowerOne, XtremIO, SC Series, ECS, and
VPLEX, VxRail, vSAN, and PowerEdge, among others.

Vendor

Name: Dell / EMC Headquarters 176 South Street Hopkinton, MA 01748 (508) 435-1000 (800) 782-4362 Web: http://www.dellemc.com/ Type of Vendor:   Computer Storage Devices Founded: 1979 Service Areas: Worldwide

The Dell EMC lineup includes categories such as:

• 
  Cloud
  – Cloud and cloud-enabled infrastructure
• Converged Infrastructure – Helps run IT via pre-integrated,
  validated, and workload-optimized technology.
• Data Protection – Portfolio to ensure data security regardless of
  where information is stored.
• Data Storage – Store, protect, and manage data with
  All-Flash arrays, software-defined storage, and other options.
• 
  Hyperconverged Infrastructure
  – Streamlines cloud-based
  deployments
• Networking – Open networking products to improve data center
  performance.
• Servers – Accelerate workload performance and deploy up to 10,000
  servers.

These categories, and the brands and types of products that they include, are listed in
Table 1.

Cloud

Dell EMC’s Cloud products are designed to help create a multi-cloud strategy,
unify environments, and reduce risk. The portfolio includes

Multi-Cloud
Solutions
to modernize infrastructure and streamline IT management,
including:

• 
  Cloud
  services to ensure consistent infrastructure across
  private, public, and "edge" deployments.
• 
  Cloud-Enabled Infrastructure
  to adopt a "data-first" mindset,
  modernize IT operations, store and protect data, enhance public cloud use,
  and monitor and manage cloud-based analytics.

Converged Infrastructure

Dell EMC offers hyper-converged infrastructure products to streamline and
transform IT operations while also bringing together compute, storage,
networking, and data protection. These products – which have undergone
consolidation in the past year – are detailed in Table 2.

Data Protection

Dell EMC provides Data Protection services, from "core to edge to cloud," to
provide centralized management and automation via software-defined, cloud-based
technology.

Data Protection & Backup Appliances.
This portfolio offers
cloud-enabled protection storage, integrated appliances, and software-defined
solutions, and includes:

• PowerProtect Appliance
• Integrated Data Protection Appliances
• Data Domain

Data Protection & Backup Software.
This collection offers next-gen
data management to transform IT, protect data capital, and create business
value. Applications include:

• PowerProtect Software
• Data Protection Suite

Data Protection & Backup Solutions.
Coverage is available for:

• Cyber Recovery
• Virtualization
• Cloud

Data Storage

Table 3 looks at EMC’s Data Storage Portfolio in greater detail.

Figure 1 shows the PowerMax.

Figure 1. PowerMax

Source: Dell EMC

Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

Dell EMC’s HCI portfolio includes integrated systems and "building blocks"
such as:

• 
  VxRail and Cloud Foundation on VxRail – Integrated systems, designed with VMware, to streamline
  operations
• PowerFlex – High-performance, software-defined agile enterprise
  management.
• vSAN Ready Nodes
  – Combines PowerEdge servers with vSAN for a
  pre-configured solution
• Integrated
  Solutions for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub and HCI
  – Pre-validated
  configurations with solution-level support

Networking

Dell EMC’s Networking portfolio includes Ethernet switch, access platform,
and wireless networking options, as well as supporting system software to:

• Improve network performance
• Protect investments in Dell EMC network hardware
• Enhance network infrastructure with new innovation
• Deliver business agility

Servers

Dell EMC’s servers include PowerEdge Rack, Modular Infrastructure, and Tower
options.

PowerEdge Rack. The PowerEdge Rack family includes one-socket, two-socket, and four-socket
servers.

PowerEdge Modular infrastructure. Modular servers include Dell EMC’s PowerEdge FX Series (hybrid rack-based),
VRTX (integrates servers, storage, networking, and management), and MX Series
(blade-based server node).

Tower. Dell’s PowerEdge Tower servers are designed to scale with an organization,
providing:

• Flexible configurations with large internal capacity.
• A portfolio for SOHO, ROBO, and SMB markets.
• Rackable infrastructure for continued use as companies’ needs grow.

The portfolio also includes a collection of specialty and industrial-grade
servers, as well as management solutions.

Applications

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Dell EMC’s Networked Storage Systems portfolio is developed for organizations
looking to manage a network’s enterprise-critical applications by providing
infrastructure and support for stringent service levels, including the
networking needs of virtually any sized organization. Table 4 looks at specific
applications for EMC’s major networked storage offerings.

Environment

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Dell EMC’s Networked Storage Systems use an open platform technology that
works with mainframes and most Windows and Linux environments.

Support

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Dell EMC’s support services include options such as Online Support, Support
by Product, Downloads, Communities, and Live Chats. This includes a mixed-vendor
storage network service and support initiative, as well as professional services
such as 24×7 monitoring, equipment troubleshooting, and a "call home" feature
that self-monitors algorithms to detect potential failures and dispatch EMC
customer engineers for repair.

Pricing

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The cost for Dell EMC’s collection of Network Storage Systems is largely
configuration dependent. Customers can request a price quote from the individual
product pages via the EMC Web site.

Competitors

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Top competitors include Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HDS, Cisco, Oracle, and
NetApp, among others.

Web Links

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• Cisco Systems: http://www.cisco.com/
• Dell EMC: http://dellemc.com/
• Hewlett-Packard Enterprise:
  http://www.hpe.com/
• Hitachi Data Systems: http://www.hds.com/
• NetApp: http://www.netapp.com/
• Oracle: http://www.oracle.com/

About the Author

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Brady Hicks is an editor with Faulkner Information Services.
He writes about computer and networking hardware, software, communications
networks and equipment, and the Internet.

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