Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 28 | Page 69

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// t TECH cht TALK lk simpler to migrate virtual machines between appliances and even the data centres themselves. So where should companies who are looking to reap these benefits turn? Brought to you by Pinnacle, VxRail is the only fully integrated, pre-configured, and pre-tested VMware hyper-converged appliance on the market. It is powered by VMware vSAN and Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, and transforms HCI networking and simplifies VMware cloud adoption, while meeting any HCI use case, including support for the most demanding workloads and applications. www.intelligentcio.com VxRail allows customers to continuously innovate, featuring next-generation technology that allows businesses to future proof their infrastructure, including NVMe cache drives, SmartFabric Services supported by Dell EMC Networking switches, advanced VMware Cloud integration through VMware Validated Designs (VVD) guidance, and automated tools and guides to simplify deployment of a secure VxRail infrastructure. Moreover, VxRail brings compute, storage, and virtualisation, and automated lifecycle management together, and provides deep integration with VMware tools, including operational transparency with vCenter. It also automates network setup with SmartFabric Services, which dramatically simplifies and accelerates performance, and offers a single point of support for appliance software and hardware. VxRail significantly simplifies IT operations, including network deployment with SmartFabric Services that includes full lifecycle simplification while maintaining the single point of comprehensive support for both hardware and software. It is also the first and only HCI appliance to deliver fully automated network awareness and configuration during set up, cluster expansion, and day-to-day management. n INTELLIGENTCIO 69