Name: Dell VxBlock System 1000
Rating: 7.3 (19 reviews)
Author: Dell Technologies

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Fraud Detection

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Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Load Balancing

Machine Learning

Network Function Virtualization (NFV)

Network Performance Monitoring

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Packet Analyzer

Runtime Application Self-Protection

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Security Awareness Training

Smart Contracts

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Automation

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The VxBlock 1000 is a converged infrastructure solution that integrates Dell storage and data protection into a turnkey converged system supporting all high-value, mission-critical workloads—from the core data center to the cloud. It helps users modernize and simplify their IT infrastructure at scale, so users can focus on innovation and gain more value from data.

The VxBlock replaces the former Vblock from VCE, acquired by EMC in 2014. The Vblock used a Cisco Nexus virtual switch, while VxBlock uses VMware's vSphere Distributed Switch.

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Management dashboard

Tech support

Administrative interface

Product is not

Upgrade process

Not simple

Simple to manage

Complicated to understand

Tighter integration

Highly technical

Business critical

Critical applications

Ease of implementation

Support issues

Local support

Processing speed

Vendor support

Data transfer

Fully tested

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Converged Infrastructure Platforms

DELL/EMC VBlock is a hyper converged platform used for on premise workloads of the enterprise hybrid cloud. VBlock provides processing, storage, and replication services. VBlock runs mixed workloads, including database servers, application, and web tier servers, as well as general IT and supporting services. In addition, VBlock runs low-latency communication workloads, such as Cisco Call Manager and Microsoft Lync server.

Product Usage

Pros and Cons

Speed - unparalleled processing speed and responsiveness. VBlock design eliminates bottlenecks in data transfer between components.
Reliability - Built with leading industry components VBLock ensures low hardware incident rate.
Resiliency by design. VBlock is designed, built, and setup in a way that no single component failure will cause loss of functionality or management capabilities.
Integration

Things done well

Even tighter integration between components, with single pane of management dashboard to manage and deploy solutions.
Automation - as of right now there is no single administrative interface provided to script solution provisioning.

Things done poorly

VBlock is extremely well-suited for reliable delivery of virtualized mixed workloads. VBlock provides necessary hardware abstraction that allows for, uninterrupted by hardware failures, continuous delivery of critical services that otherwise do not provide hardware failure resiliency. VBlock is not the best solution from a financial standpoint for cost-sensitive solutions that are programmed for software resiliency.

VBLock has eliminated unforced downtime occurrences in the environment.
VBlock support model has significantly reduced amount of effort allocated to hardware installation and support activities and firmware maintenance.

Return on Investment

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Other Software Used

VCE Vblock 2018-11-23 11:36:00

VCE vblock is a converged infrastructure with all three major vendors - Dell EMC, VMware, and Cisco. We migrated all of our workloads running from Oracle SPARC to Vblock to run our IT systems. It is well suited to run highly technical applications like SAP, Oracle, and other business-critical applications.

Product is well suited to run highly technical applications like SAP, Oracle, and other business critical applications.
Easy manageability between vendors for support issues.

Product is not simple to manage.
Product is very expensive. Documentation is too complicated to understand.

Depends upon the workload, check with other vendors like Nutanix, SimpliVity, HPE and funding approved by the business.

Single contact for vendor support & fully tested and integrated.

Alternatives

Dell EMC VxBlock System, CommVault, SAP Business Warehouse, EMC Isilon Scale-Out NAS, NetApp FAS series, SAP HANA, Dell EMC Unity, Cloudera Enterprise, SAS Advanced Analytics

Senior Manager

VCE Vblock 2017-09-16 10:16:43

We use vblock to consolidate our VM workloads previously running in HP environment. It is currently use by the whole organization to run our IT systems. The business problem it's trying to resolve is to simplify maintaining a single vendor for the whole infrastructure. Currently it's running different workloads namely SAP, Manufacturing applications, internal webapps, etc.

Single contact for vendor support.
Fully Tested and integrated.
Best of breed products combined.

VCE vBlock is well suited to run highly technical applications like SAP HANA. Having an infrastructure fully built from ground-up and well tested assure customers that everything had been done to architect the solution very well. Running general VM workloads is an overkill due to the expensive cost that this product entails.

Product is not simple to manage.
Product is very expensive.
Documentation is too complicated to understand.

vce vBlock is considered a converged solution wherein 3 vendors namely cisco, vmware and emc combined in a single rack/solution. Compared to Nutanix which is tightly integrated,  vblock does not provide the ease of use, support and management. The solution does not offer that much if you buy it separately.

VMware ESXi, VMware vCenter Server, Windows Server

VCE Vblock 2016-12-20 23:43:19

VCE enables us to attain cloud computing benefits very quickly. Since it's a pre-installed (storage, compute, networking and virtualization) technology it allows us to implement the system quickly. Another advantage of Vblock is the modular approach, which can grow as per the needs of our organization.<br><br>

VCE enables us to attain cloud computing benefits very quickly. Since it's a pre-installed (storage, compute, networking and virtualization) technology it allows us to implement the system quickly. Another advantage of Vblock is the modular approach, which can grow as per the needs of our organization.

Ease of Implementation
Local Support and Expertise
Minimum disruption to Architect

VCE Vblock is well suited for:

Elastic ComputingDisaster Planing

Reduce Foot print
Optimize Resource
Ease of operation

SVP - Head of IT PMO & Enterprise Architect

VCE Vblock 2016-09-27 00:33:42

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Dell VxBlock System 1000
Formerly VCE Vblock

Overview

What is Dell VxBlock System 1000?

VBlock - advanced hyper converged solution for your on premise hardware needs.

VCE Vblock - A complete Converged Solution

VCE vBlock - The not so converged solution

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What is Dell VxBlock System 1000?

Dell VxBlock System 1000 Technical Details

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