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Ask The Expert: VxBlock System 1000, #1 in converged, now all in one system
Industry-leading converged infrastructure portfolio is boosted with Dell EMC VxBlock System 1000, offering unprecedented flexibility and improved data center simplicity to help accelerate IT and digital transformation.
Dell EMC recently announced the next generation of its industry-leading converged infrastructure (CI) system - the Dell EMC VxBlock System 1000 - breaking the physical boundaries of traditional CI. Designed to support workloads of all types and includes a broad choice of world class Dell EMC storage arrays and integrated data protection and Cisco UCS compute and networking, all in one fully integrated CI system.
Now you can:
- Mix and pool 4 different types of storage (Dell EMC Unity, VMAX, XtremIO and Isilon), both Cisco USC Blade and Rack servers, with Dell EMC integrated data protection options…all in one system
- Centrally manage up to 8 VxBlock Systems form a new centralized management platform
- Enjoy a simplified life Cycle Assurance process for all technologies in your VxBlock System
Join our experts and find out more about the VxBlock 1000 and how we can help you transform your business.
This discussion takes place from February 26 - March 9th.
Meet Your Subject Matter Experts:
Data Protection Product Management Jason Kahn is a product manager in the Converged Platforms and Solutions Division at Dell EMC, and manages the data protection products that support CI/HCI systems. Jason has worked in the technology industry for 6 years and before product management, Jason worked in presales and sales support. |
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Sr Advisor Solutions Architect Degura Chennupalli is a Sr. Advisor Solutions Architect for the Engineered Systems Development team, joined VCE in 2015 after working in legacy EMC in IT division as Sr. Storage Administrator. |
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Senior Solutions Architect Amar Clark is a Solutions Architect in the Block Systems Engineering division at Dell EMC. He has contributed to the network design of various Dell EMC converged infrastructure offerings including VxBlock 1000, and has over 18 years of experience in various IT operations and engineering roles. |
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Cheryl Curran Director Product Management, Converged Systems Cheryl leads a team responsible for Dell EMC’s VxBlock product portfolio. This includes product life cycle management, bringing to market innovative solutions that help companies transform their infrastructure and staying abreast of the latest technologies for roadmap development to future proof the VxBlock solutions. This is evident in the recent launch of the VxBlock 1000 that offers unprecedented choice in compute and storage, operational efficiencies through central management and peace of mind with integrated data protection. Cheryl has over 25 years bringing technology based solutions to market. Cheryl will be available to answer any questions on how the VxBlock 1000 provides businesses the operational efficiencies and agility needed to meet their business needs. |
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Senior Consultant, Converged Infrastructure Systems and Software David’s 30-year experience includes product marketing at tier one enterprise server, networking and management software vendors as well as security appliance and management software start-ups. At Dell EMC he is focused on converged systems, data center architectures, and management/orchestration tools. |
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Consultant Product Manager Maureen DeSena is the product manager for Dell EMC Advanced Management Platform AMP-VX. Maureen has been with EMC, VCE and now Dell EMC for 14 years. In her role at Dell EMC Maureen works directly with customers and partners on their data center management requirements for Dell EMC systems. |
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Solutions Architect, VxBlock Engineering Daniel Barnette is a Solutions Architect for the Block Systems Engineering team. He joined VCE from legacy EMC in 2015, after supporting engineering and development internal customers in EMC's first ever US based Center of Excellence. His current role is to collaborate with engineering and architecture to design and configure virtual infrastructures for Dell EMC’s current and future VxBlock systems. |
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Consultant Solutions Architecture Steve Sayre is an Advisory Solutions Architect for VxBlock Converged Infrastructure Products. He has worked in the IT industry for 35 years and has 7 years of experience with Converged Infrastructure with an emphasis on storage. |
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Senior Director, Dell EMC VxBlock Product Development Scott is Senior Director of Product Development for VxBlock converged infrastructure at Dell EMC. He is responsible for design and development of the Vscale and VxBlock family of Converged Systems, as well as the complimentary offerings which include Data Protection and systems management. Scott and his team are working to deliver next generation converged infrastructure to transform the economics, agility and profitability of enterprises and service providers as they transition to cloud-enabled business models. |
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Sr Consultant, Product Management Ejaz Chaudhry is a Senior Consultant Product Manager in the Converged Infrastructure team at Dell EMC. He leads the team responsible for delivering and maintaining the VxBlock System 1000. He was over 18 years of experience in technology industry with global experience in engineering, support, sales and marketing. |
Uehara Y.
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This discussion is now open. Please feel free to ask your questions on VxBlock System 10000 to experts while this event is ongoing!
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February 26th, 2018 09:00
So what makes this system a 1000 ? You mentioned multiple products but it's not clear what product models would comprise a 1000. Is it a VMAX 950, is it an all flash Isilon ?
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February 26th, 2018 09:00
The VxBlock System 1000 can have VMAX 250F/FX, VMAX 950F/FX, or Unity 350F - 650F as primary or secondary storage today. In addition, Isilon is available for guest access. The VxBlock System 1000 is also the first VxBlock to allow multiple storage arrays from the factory, without the need for a Storage Technology Extension.
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February 26th, 2018 09:00
what is storage technology extension ?
dynamox
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February 26th, 2018 09:00
Uehara, too many zeroes ..you must be very excited about this announcement
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February 26th, 2018 10:00
The formal name is Converged Technology Extension for and is the way we extend the Converged System capabilities in previous platforms (340/540/740). The concept of Technology Extensions is no longer used with the introduction of the VxBlock System 1000. The addition of Cisco UCS C-series servers or additional Dell EMC storage arrays are now supported under the VxBlock System. For more information about Converged Technology Extensions, take a look at this link Dell EMC Converged Technology Extensions.
emcsredfern
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February 26th, 2018 11:00
We all are excited! This has been a vision of ours for a few years now to simplify the myriad Vblock, VxBlock and Converged Technology Extensions products into a more understandable unified offering with just as much flexibility while easier to consume.
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February 26th, 2018 11:00
feel free to also look at the VxBlock 1000 product overview at http://www.dellemc.com/collateral/data-sheet/vxblock-1000-product-overview.pdf
on the last page is a summary of the technologies that are supported in one VxBlock 1000.
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February 26th, 2018 16:00
Yes, I am! You are absolutely right, dynamox-san. I won't fix the mistake to keep showing my excitement
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February 27th, 2018 07:00
VxBlock 1000 sounds like a very powerful and flexible approach to converged infrastructure. Is there some way that I can compare the business value and benefits versus building our infrastructure from individual components?
MWG1
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February 27th, 2018 08:00
Absolutely, you can read an IDC paper, where IDC interviewed a number of customers and summarized the business value of going with a VxBlock System. You can access this paper <here>
Some other interesting papers / videos on this topic include:
Colbywankenobi8
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March 6th, 2018 08:00
Hey experts! What is different about the VxBlock 1000 compared to prior Vblocks and VxBlocks?
1andOnly1
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March 7th, 2018 05:00
As Daniel mentioned above
The VxBlock System 1000 can have VMAX 250F/FX, VMAX 950F/FX, or Unity 350F/450F/550F/650F as primary or secondary storage today. In addition, Isilon Gen6 is available for guest access. The VxBlock System 1000 is also the first VxBlock to allow multiple storage arrays from the factory, without the need for a Converged Technology Extension.
As Mark posted above please look at the product overview guide..
VxBlock 1000 product overview at http://www.dellemc.com/collateral/data-sheet/vxblock-1000-product-overview.pdf
emcsredfern
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March 7th, 2018 07:00
Hi Colbywan,
Her are some high level updates with a slightly different spin from the description at the top of the "Ask the Expert" thread:
1) We wanted to simplify the Block product line which had become very complex with 3 different products in VxBlock 350, 540 and 740 PLUS expansion via a range of Compute Technology Extensions (B- and C- series) and Storage Technology Extensions (VMAX, XtremIO, Unity, Isilon) and management (AMP-2S and HA-AMP). This made for a highly scalable but complex array of options to create a flexible converged infrastructure solution. The VxBlock 1000 now offers a SINGLE product that enables a company to order and scale their CI from just a few compute nodes in a single domain and a single array at the start ... to a massive multi-domain system with hundreds of mixed node types and numerous array types in a single product descriptor with a single RCM.
2) We can grow our new AMP-VX from managing a single VxBlock 1000 to managing multiple VxBlock 1000s and later this year it will manage a heterogeneous mixture of Dell EMC converged systems!
3) New features exclusive to the VxBlock 1000:
4) Finally the new RCM Portal is our first step in simplifying the way RCMs are reviewed and consumed by our customers for their converged systems in production. The portal provides a variety of ways to look at RCMs by system (VxBlock 1000, etc.), compare eligible RCMs, setup automated notifications when an RCM train changes, etc. The big improvement here is an RCM view by the whole solution deployed (VxBlock System 1000 plus AMP-VX plus Data Protection), rather than getting multiple individual PDFs in the past (for example one for VxBlock System 740 plus one for X2 STE plus one for UCS-C CTE plus one for AMP2S).
Hopefully this provides more insight into the new enhancements in the VxBlock System 1000.
MWG1
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March 7th, 2018 07:00
Colby, here is a summary of what's new with the VxBlock 1000.