New Dell EqualLogic PS6510ES (10GbE) and PS6500ES (1GbE) Arrays

Dell Inc. announced an expansion to its cloud client computing offerings with an array of enhanced end points, storage solutions and reference architectures validated by VMware, enabling more organizations to embrace the flexibility, productivity and cost advantages of desktop virtualization.

As organizations offer tailored work style options to enhance worker productivity, attract and retain employees, and increase competitiveness, they increasingly consider desktop virtualization to enable their mobile workforce and embrace social media and BYOD (bring your own device) programs. With Dell’s announcements, the company extends its position in delivering end-to-end virtual solutions that drive increased flexibility and performance and support organizations’ performance application environments.

"Dell is clearly focused on delivering comprehensive enterprise solutions to help customers grow their businesses through more efficient, secure and cost-effective virtualized compute models. Dell is distinguishing itself from other market players by building its innovation and acquired IP into a portfolio of market-leading end-to-end virtualization solutions. Desktop virtualization models are gaining ground as today’s IT departments are looking to streamline IT management and more easily address data security and BYOD policies. Dell has a unique advantage to provide a combination of products and services that provide complete data center-to-endpoint scale to help customers address these growing challenges," said Matt Eastwood, group VP, Enterprise Platform Research, IDC.

New Dell Wyse zero clients
designed specifically for VMware View
Dell announced the availability of the newest members of the Dell Wyse P class family of PCoIP zero clients for VMware. The dual-display capable Dell Wyse P25 and quad-display capable Wyse P45 are designed for VMware View implementations, providing outstanding application delivery and resolve the challenges of provisioning, managing, maintaining and securing enterprise desktops through:

• Graphics performance to deliver performance for graphics-intensive applications such as CAD, 3D Solids modeling, video editing and advanced productivity applications based on Teradici’s new Tera2 PCoIP processor
• Client side caching to reduce bandwidth consumption
• Simple set-up and configuration, with centralized management for rapid time-to-value
• Security with zero client architecture and firmware without exposed APIs or application ports
• Extensibility supporting a range of peripherals
• Compact form factor and energy efficient

Dell arrays and VMware integration
effective data management for VDI

The new Dell EqualLogic PS6510ES (10GbE) and PS6500ES (1GbE) hybrid storage arrays bolster the company’s end-to-end capabilities for VDI. They enable Dell to offer a first-time combination of SSD) and high-capacity NL-SAS drive types in one, dense EqualLogic 48-drive array.

Hosting up to 85TB per array and up to two petabytes per Dell EqualLogic group, they excel in uses with large data sets serving multiple applications, including VDI implementations, data warehousing and online transactional databases. With auto-tiering, a new EqualLogic PS6510ES hybrid array can deliver 360% improved IOPS performance with 75% reduced latency on tiered workloads as compared to the high performance PS6510X (Results based on August 2012 internal Dell testing using Dell PowerEdge R710 and 12G servers.). Automated tiering is a natural fit for VDI deployments by helping to prevent performance drains during potential ‘boot storms’ when several hundreds of users simultaneously log-on to virtual desktops.

Additionally, new EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for VMware 3.5 provides centralized EqualLogic management from VMware vCenter Server plus new storage recovery replica capabilities. Its Virtual Desktop Deployment utility eases VDI management with automated and rapid deployment and provisioning of virtual desktops also from the VMware vCenter Server interface.

New Dell Reference Architectures
optimized for VMware View
Dell has extended its collaboration with its partner to deliver three new desktop virtualization reference architectures, validated in conjunction with VMware in addition to Dell’s Desktop Virtualization Solutions for Government (DVS-Gov) also announced.

• vStart for VDI Reference Architecture – VMware View: Running as a workload on top of the Dell vStart stack, this architecture offers the security, scalability and management capabilities of Dell’s DVS Enterprise solution plus one more level of simplification in deployment.
• Dell Mobile Clinical Computing – VMware AlwaysOn Point of Care Reference Architecture: Dell and VMware jointly validated reference architecture with VMware View enables data integrity as well as minimal disruption in computing service to the caregiver, including: constant monitoring, secure rapid access, single sign on and constant data replication across sites.
• New Dell DVS Enterprise – VMware Mobile Secure Desktop Reference Architecture: New reference architecture promotes more flexible and BYOD working styles by delivering session persistence and mobility across any qualified device to access personal desktops.

New Dell channel Desktop Virtualization
Solutions Certification Competency
A new PartnerDirect Desktop Virtualization Solution competency will complement existing enterprise channel competencies and round out the end-to-end IT solution offering Dell channel partners need.

"Our employees need the flexibility to be able to access patient information throughout our facilities," said Justin Johnson, Network Design senior advisor, Daughters of Charity Health System. "Desktop virtualization has dramatically improved our workforce mobility and lets our staff focus more time on patient care."

"As a Dell Wyse and PartnerDirect partner, we’re excited to see this offering and the new Desktop Virtualization Solutions Certification Competency pull all the pieces together," said Andrew Ernst, VP Operations & Engineering Services, AdviStor, Inc. "Earning this competency in end-to-end IT solutions will help us remain competitive in the rapidly evolving cloud and virtualization market space."

"Dell’s new end-to-end cloud client computing offerings will allow for more organizations to take advantage of the benefits that desktop virtualization has to offer," said Vittorio Viarengo, VP, End-User Computing, VMware, Inc. "We are pleased to support Dell as it expands its desktop virtualization solutions. By working together, VMware and Dell can provide a clear path for organizations to rapidly deploy a modern, end-user computing architecture from the desktop to the data center."

"Dell is now able to offer a whole range of desktop virtualization solutions from the data center to the cloud that suit the needs of organizations that require rigorous security, unrivaled reliability, and above all granular control," commented Tarkan Maner, VP and GM, Cloud Client Computing at Dell. "Organizations are able to meet the needs of a rapidly changing and increasingly social, mobile, virtual, converged and contextual workforce by providing them with near universal access to corporate information as well as an optimal user experience without compromising the security of sensitive data."

Product availability

• Wyse P25 and P45 are expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2012.
• EqualLogic PS6510ES/PS6500ES and Host Integration Tools for VMware 3.5 are expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2012.
• vStart for VDI 50 and vStart for VDI 1000 reference architectures are available.
• DVS – VMware Mobile Secure Desktop reference architecture is available.
• Mobile Clinical Computing – VMware AlwaysOn Point of Care reference architecture is available.

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