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HCI or Dedicated Storage: When to use Dell’s VxRail v. PowerStore

Event Overview

In 2020, Dell EMC introduced an innovation to the mid-range storage market: PowerStore. For good reason, customers came to us wanting to know more about PowerStore, especially the PowerStore X model. That’s because PowerStore X includes installation of the VMware hypervisor, allowing applications to be embedded as virtual machines (VMs) directly on the appliance. Meaning, you now can run VMs natively on the storage array controllers, alongside having the benefits of a centralized storage array.  Given this capability, our customers wanted to know what use cases were best suited for PowerStore versus Dell EMC’s leading hyper-converged platform, VxRail. 

What to expect

In this discussion, you'll hear about the varying use cases that are best suited for Dell's VxRal versus PowerStore X, such as:
  • Organization with large enterprise IT environment
  • High-intensity workload environment
  • Remote offices with smaller number of users

Goals and Objectives

After attending, you’ll have better insight into which of these hyper-converged solutions will make a better fit for your IT environment based on the experience and expertise from our dedicated engineers.

Who should attend?

This event is best suited for technology influencers that are modernizing their data center infrastructure and are interested in HCI benefits. Relevant roles include VP of Infrastructure Operations, Director of Cloud Operations, Cloud Architects and Enterprise Architects.

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