Storage
Does VxRail have A/A processors?
No
Capital of TX
Austin
What is a private cloud?
A cloud computing environment dedicated to a single organization
What are the 3 workloads that ABS can protect?
Hybrid Workloads, Saas Apps, Endpoints
WHAT DRIVE TYPES DO VXRAIL NODES SUPPORT & WHAT IS A LIMITATION?
AF & Hybrid
Can only be AF or Hybrid – no mixing
What is the average deduplication we see on Unity?
4:1 DRR (not guaranteed)
Capital of New Mexico
Santa Fe
WHAT ARE THE MINIMUMS FOR DELL’S DSS OFFERINGS?
APEX Compute as a Service: 5 nodes
APEX DSS Block: 15tb
APEX DSS File: 25tb
APEX DSS BU Target: 25tb
Where are the 2 places Dell deduplicates data in a BU environment?
Host/Server level
Inline (controllers at the target)
Explain Resource Pooling
The ability to combine hardware resources (compute and/or storage) across multiple devices using virtualization
How does PowerStore scale?
Up: Adding 3 additional expansion enclosures of 25 drives each
Out: Up to 4 appliances in an environment
Capital of CA
Sacramento
What is APEX Protection Storage?
Storing backups in any cloud vendor by utilizing the Data Domain software in the cloud
DOES DELL USE VARIABLE LENGTH OR FIXED LENGTH IN DEDUPLICATION
Variable
What is the use Case for Dynamic Nodes?
Adding only compute, or combining with PowerStore to scale compute and storage independantly (heavy compute workloads, or heavy storage workloads)
What is FAST Cache vs FAST VP?
FAST Cache: When data is temporarily moved to flash tier to improve workloads
FAST VP: Data that is being accessed frequently will be placed on the best performing tier, while data that has gone “cold” will be moved to the high capacity tiers
Capital of Vermont
Montpelier
How much headroom does APEX Private Cloud have?
None
HOW DOES THE DP SERIES SCALE?
DP scales up with cloud like scalability
Appliance comes pre-baked with drives and licensing keys are used to unlock more room
- From 8-24tb in increments of 4tb
- From 24-96tb in increments of 12tb
- Additional 192tb with a cloud vendor of your choice
How does VxRail scale?
Scale: Up and Out, or only compute, or only storage
Up: Adding drives to existing nodes
Out: Adding additional nodes into the environment for storage and compute resources (Out to 64)
Only storage – add a PowerStore
Only Compute – add Dynamic Nodes
What is the name of the compression chip in PowerStore?
Lewisburg Compression Chip
Capital of South Dakota
Pierre
WHAT DOES THE EMC STAND FOR IN DELL’S CLOUD EMC STORY
enhance, modernize, connect
WHAT HYPERVISOR IS NEEDED TO USE THE DM5500
VMware
What is the storage virtualization called for Azure Stack?
Storage Spaces Direct