Intel VRN2208WAF6 Product Data Sheet

solution brief

Simplifying Access to Software-

Dened Storage (SDS) Solutions
and Private Cloud

Intel® Server Products for Cloud – Virtual SAN* (VSAN) Ready Node

Software-Dened Storage (SDS), Software-Dened Infrastructure (SDI),
Private Cloud

Intel® Server Products for Cloud

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Certied Systems

money, freeing up resources to
focus on value-add and competitive
dierentiation

SDI Market Access

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including 3rd party software
certications

Unbranded systems

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customize and brand to meet end­user requirements

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Intel Quality & Reliability

world-class integration, validation,
certication, and support

Standard Intel 3-year warranty

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ensures customer satisfaction

save time and

with systems

allow resellers to

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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

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2024.

To successfully navigate the
transition to private cloud, customers
need a software-dened 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-congured
server systems that include VMware
certications for VSAN. With these VSAN
Ready Nodes from Intel, resellers have
access to the software-dened storage
market, making it easier to deliver SDS
solutions to customers.

Cost-Eective, 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
simplied storage provisioning, granular
scalability, advanced management, and
outstanding performance required for
enterprise-class SDS solutions. To help
accelerate storage modernization, Intel
is providing VSAN certications 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
certication, 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 dierentiation
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

congurations, each designed for

specic 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

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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 congurations
optimized and pre-certied for VMware
VSAN.

Available in both All-Flash and Hybrid
congurations, 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
congurations (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
identication 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
verication.

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Enhanced Benets

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 specically
designed to help in the planning,
implementation and delivery of
cloud-optimized solutions with strong
performance and rapid eciency.
Specialist benets 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 benets
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

Condence

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 dierentiate 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/