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PowerFlex SDS platform is available in multiple consumption options to help customers meet their project and data center requirements. PowerFlex appliance and PowerFlex rack provide customers comprehensive IT Operations Management (ITOM) and life cycle management (LCM) of the entire infrastructure stack in addition to sophisticated high-performance, scalable, resilient storage services. PowerFlex appliance and PowerFlex rack are the two preferred and proactively marketed consumption options. PowerFlex is also available on VxFlex Ready Nodes without the ITOM and LCM capabilities.
Note: The brand for Ready Nodes continues to be VxFlex.
PowerFlex rack is a software-defined storage platform designed to deliver flexibility, elasticity, and simplicity with predictable performance and resiliency at scale by combining compute as well as high performance storage resources in a managed unified network. This rack-scale engineered system, with integrated networking, enables customers to achieve the scalability and management requirements of a modern data center.
PowerFlex appliance is a software-defined storage platform designed to deliver flexibility, elasticity, and simplicity with predictable performance and resiliency at scale by combining compute as well as high performance storage resources in a managed unified network. This turnkey offer allows customers the flexibility and savings to bring their own compatible networking. With PowerFlex, customers deploy to match their initial needs and easily expand with massive scale potential, without having to compromise on performance and resiliency.
VxFlex Ready Nodes are validated server building blocks configured for use with PowerFlex. They are available with thousands of configuration options and are available for customers who prefer to build their own environments.