solution brief
Simplifying Access to Software-
Dened Storage (SDS) Solutions
and Private Cloud
Intel® Server Products for Cloud – Virtual SAN* (VSAN) Ready Node
Software-Dened Storage (SDS), Software-Dened Infrastructure (SDI),
Private Cloud
Intel® Server Products for Cloud
•
Certied Systems
money, freeing up resources to
focus on value-add and competitive
dierentiation
SDI Market Access
•
including 3rd party software
certications
Unbranded systems
•
customize and brand to meet enduser requirements
•
Intel Quality & Reliability
world-class integration, validation,
certication, and support
Standard Intel 3-year warranty
•
ensures customer satisfaction
save time and
with systems
allow resellers to
with
Accelerating the path to private cloud
with SDS and VMware* VSAN Ready
Nodes from Intel
Research shows that 80% of workloads
will run on a cloud architecture by
1
2024.
To successfully navigate the
transition to private cloud, customers
need a software-dened infrastructure
(SDI) that is automated, resilient,
and programmatically extensible.
Modernizing storage resources is an
essential element to SDI, driving up
customer demand for SDS solutions.
To increase reseller access to the
SDI market and enable them to help
customers modernize storage resources,
Intel is delivering a new server product
optimized for SDS. The Intel® Server
Products for Cloud – VSAN Ready Nodes
are fully-validated, pre-congured
server systems that include VMware
certications for VSAN. With these VSAN
Ready Nodes from Intel, resellers have
access to the software-dened storage
market, making it easier to deliver SDS
solutions to customers.
Cost-Eective, Scalable Storage with
Intel and VMware VSAN
Traditional storage is xed, siloed and
hard to scale, and addressing these
challenges remains one of the key
barriers customers face as they move to
a cloud-based infrastructure. VMware*
VSAN provides one path to SDS with the
simplied storage provisioning, granular
scalability, advanced management, and
outstanding performance required for
enterprise-class SDS solutions. To help
accelerate storage modernization, Intel
is providing VSAN certications as part
of its VSAN Ready Node to give resellers
better access to the SDS market and
enable them to deliver innovative
storage solutions to their customers.
Reduced Complexity, Improved ROI &
Faster Time to Market
Designing, testing and validating SDS
solutions is a costly and resourceintensive process. By starting with
a higher-level of integration and
certication, partners can reduce
costs and speed time to market. This
approach gives partners more exibility
and choice about where to invest
R&D spend to ensure they remain
competitive and drive dierentiation
in the market. There is also increased
acquisition value to the partner, since
they source a validated bundle of
products with a single order code,
rather than acquiring each component
individually.
Solutions Targeted at Individual
Customer Needs
Intel® Server Products for
Cloud – VSAN Ready Nodes are
available in multiple All-Flash
(AF) or Hybrid (HY) system
congurations, each designed for
specic workloads and use cases.
This enables partners to address
a wide array of customer needs.
By taking advantage of Intel’s
latest technologies and world-
class engineering and validation
expertise, partners can build
innovative solutions faster with a
lower total cost-of-ownership.
Customer Use Cases
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Business-Critical Applications
•
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
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Disaster Recovery
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Test and Dev Scenarios
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Enterprise Production Workloads
Intel Built for Quality, Reliability and
Value
Built for Maximum Performance
VSAN Ready Nodes from Intel are
powered by the latest Intel technology,
and include Intel® Server Boards,
Chassis, Intel® Xeon® processors,
Intel® Solid State Drives (SSDs), and
third-party memory in congurations
optimized and pre-certied for VMware
VSAN.
Available in both All-Flash and Hybrid
congurations, these server systems
are optimized for outstanding storage
performance. The Intel® Xeon processor
E5 v4 product family accelerates
virtualized storage with features such as
Intel® AVX 2.0 and Intel® Virtualization
Technology. Intel SSDs provide high
throughput and low latency, which
maximizes power while reducing cost
and space requirements. All-Flash
congurations (AF-8 and AF-6) deploy
Intel’s high-endurance NVMe SSDs for
the caching tier, delivering excellent
performance, high IOPS and low latency.
Smart Boards Ensure System Stability
and Increased Uptime
Intel® Server Boards have more than
100 sensors built in that monitor all
critical functions and use management
capabilities to automatically ag
problems before they impact business
operations. Event logs and lightguided diagnostics also assist in rapid
identication and issue remediation.
Verify Authenticity with Intel®
Transparent Supply Chain
To address security concerns and
guard against counterfeiting and
malware, VSAN Ready Nodes from Intel
feature the Intel Transparent Supply
Chain. This board feature enables
the ability to verify the authenticity
of board components and rmware
through digitally signed statements
of conformance and rmware load
verication.
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Enhanced Benets
To further help partners succeed, Intel®
Technology Providers will have the
opportunity to qualify for the Intel®
Technology Provider Cloud Specialist
designation. Cloud Specialists have
access to exclusive resources specically
designed to help in the planning,
implementation and delivery of
cloud-optimized solutions with strong
performance and rapid eciency.
Specialist benets extend to the
VSAN Ready Node from Intel, and will
include special access to Intel experts
and engineering resources to assist
Cloud Specialists as they identify exact
customer requirements. Other benets
include access to valuable solution
guides, technical support, and other
tools to stay ahead of the competition
and build customer value.
Intel Warranty Delivers Value and
Condence
VSAN Ready Nodes from Intel come
with a standard three-year warranty
that includes the option to extend
coverage to ve years. Warranties come
with Intel’s 24/7 technical support and
commitment to replace or refund any
product that fails. Additionally, since all
components are purchased in a single
SKU, resellers have a single source for all
support needs.
Engage with Intel Today
Intel continuously delivers leadingedge technologies to help resellers
innovate and dierentiate themselves
in the market. This is true with Intel
Server Products for Cloud – VSAN Ready
Nodes, designed to help partners realize
an easier path to reliable SDI solutions.
Contact your Intel sales representative
or Intel authorized distributor for any
inquiries.
More information can be found at
http://www.intelserveredge.com/intelcloud-block-vsan/
Hybrid Congurations (Hard drives for capacity, SSDs for cache)
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Order Codes VMware* VSAN Prole Intel® Server System Features
VRN2224THY2
2
Hybrid 2 (HY-2)
2
2U 4 node Intel® Server Chassis
H2224XXKR2 and Intel® Server
Board S2600TPR
- Up to 20 VMs and 4K IOPs per node
- 2 TB raw storage capacity
- Intel® Xeon® E5-2620 v4
- 32 GB memory
VRN2224THY42
2
Hybrid 4 (HY-4)
2
2U 4 node Intel® Server Chassis
H2224XXKR2 and Intel® Server
Board S2600TPR
- Up to 30 VMs and 10K IOPs per node
- 4 TB raw storage capacity
- Intel® Xeon® E5-2620 v4
- 128 GB memory
VRN2224THY6
2
Hybrid 6 (HY-6)
2
2U 4 node Intel® Server Chassis
H2224XXKR2 and Intel® Server
Board S2600TPR
- Up to 50 VMs and 20K IOPS per node
- 8 TB raw storage capacity
- Intel® Xeon® E5-2680 v4
- 256 GB memory
VRN2208WHY8
2
Hybrid 8 (HY-8)
2
2U 1 node Intel® Server System
R2208WTTYSR with Intel® Server
Board S2600WTTR
- Up to 100 VMs and 40K IOPS per node
- 12 TB raw storage capacity per node
- Intel® Xeon® E5-2680 v4
- 384 GB memory
All-Flash Congurations (SATA SSDs for capacity, NVMe SSDs for cache)
Order Codes VMware* VSAN Prole Intel® Server System Features
VRN2208WAF6
3
All-Flash 6 (AF-6)
3
2U 1 node Intel® Server System
R2208WTTYSR with Intel® Server
Board S2600WTTR
- Up to 60 VMs and 50K IOPs per node
- 8 TB raw storage capacity
- Intel® Xeon® E5-2680 v4
- 256 GB memory
VRN2208WAF8
3
All-Flash 8 (AF-8)
3
2U 1 node Intel® Server System
R2208WTTYSR with Intel® Server
Board S2600WTTR
- Up to 120 VMs and 80K IOPs per node
- 12 TB raw storage capacity
- Intel® Xeon® E5-2680 v4
- 384 GB memory
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1 Source: Intel and Bain analysis
2 3rd party SW stack and HDD NOT included
3 3rd party SW stack NOT included
4 Results based on VMware internal measurements
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