Three become one: Dell EMC's VxBlock range is now a seriously big iron
Summary
The inclusion of Isilon expands VxBlock workload coverage and could hinder the take-up of competing file storage arrays inside Dell EMCs installed base. In general, Dell EMC says, the VxBlock 1000 can reduce the data centre footprint of the component products and their management cost. The software set includes Vision, Unisphere, InsightIQ (Isilon), Secure Remote Services (ESRS), Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) for LAN and SAN, and Microsoft Windows Server. In this respect VxBlock 1000 is similar to HPEs Synergy composable design, which also features a separate management server system. Next-gen technologies, including NVMe drives and fabric storage, UCS generation 4 servers, VMware Validated Design (VVD), and XtremIO X2, are planned for future release later this year.