Storage Consolidation

Virtualization is an essential strategy for increasing IT efficiency. One way Dell can simplify your transition to virtualization is by engineering architected, prebuilt configurations designed to help build a dynamic and efficient virtualized environment — from the server and hypervisor to the network, storage systems and management tool sets.

Based on extensive engineering work in end-to-end solution design and certification, these architectures can be quickly and confidently deployed  into production environments to help eliminate many of the time-consuming steps common in complex infrastructure implementations.

Dell™ Business-Ready Configurations

• Simplify the designing, ordering and deployment of a virtual infrastructure
• Help ensure integration completeness and production readiness
• Include best practice recommendations, guidelines and consideration for server workloads, networks and storage systems

	Virtualization Solutions with Dell and Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 with Hyper-V™ for small, medium and remote environments deliver a cost-effective virtualization infrastructure for organizations that want the benefits of virtualization but have limited budget and resources.
	Dell Business-Ready Configurations With VMware® vSphere™ for small and medium business are easy-to-order bundled solutions designed to aid in ordering, deploying and maintaining your virtual infrastructure.

	PowerEdge™ R710 Rack Server A rack server that is designed with 125 percent more memory capacity and more integrated I/O than the previous generation to deliver virtualization performance and scalability.		PowerEdge M910 Blade Server A four-socket, full-height blade server that offers excellent performance (up to four Intel® Xeon® 7500 series processors) and outstanding scalability with the Dell FlexMem Bridge technology, giving access to up to 32 DIMM slots.
	EqualLogic™ PS4000 Series EqualLogic virtualized iSCSI SAN data protection features provide your organization with automated protection for virtual and remote environments.		EqualLogic PS6000 Series An enterprise-class iSCSI SAN that delivers the levels of availability, fault tolerance and protection to make virtualization suitable for even the most critical business data.