PowerStore
Dell Technologies offers several PowerStore models to support a variety of VDI deployments with various performance and capacity requirements.
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PowerStore storage systems allow you to start with as little as 6 NVMe SSD drives and scale up to 93 per appliance or 372 per cluster with up to 3 NVMe expansion shelves per appliance. PowerStorage appliances scale from 24 to 112 CPU cores, 192 GB to 2,560 GB of memory, and up to 4.52 petabytes per appliance or 18.06 petabytes effective per cluster.
With PowerStore, you can start small and scale as your storage requirements increase. Storage resources are separated from compute resources, so these aspects are managed and scaled independently as needed.
The following figure shows the PowerStore base controller front view with the NVMe SSD or SCM and NVRAM drives:
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The following figure shows the PowerStore base controller rear view with 2-port Mezzanine cards, two 100 GbE QSFP ports, and the Embedded Module v2:
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The following figure shows a PowerStore expansion shelf front view with NVMe SSD drives:
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The following figure shows a PowerStore expansion shelf rear view:
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Physical network components
Dell Validated Designs for VDI enable flexibility in networking selections. VDI validations have been successfully performed with the following hardware, although several other choices are available:
- Dell Networking S5248F-ON (25 GbE ToR switch)—This switch provides optimum flexibility and cost-effectiveness for demanding compute and storage traffic environments. This ToR switch features 48 x 25 GbE SFP28 ports, 4 x 100 GbE QSFP28 ports, and 2 x 100 GbE QFSP28-DD ports. The S5248F-ON switch supports ONIE for zero-touch installation of network operating systems.
- Dell Networking S4048-ON (10 GbE ToR switch)—This switch optimizes your network for virtualization with a high-density, ultra-low-latency ToR switch that features 48 x 10 GbE SFP+ and 6 x 40 GbE ports (or 72 x 10 GbE ports in breakout mode), and up to 720 Gbps performance. The S4048-ON switch supports ONIE for zero-touch installation of alternate network operating systems.
For more information about these switches, see Dell PowerSwitch S Series 10GbE Switches and Dell PowerSwitch S Series 25/40/50/100 GbE Switches.
Client components
Users can access the virtual desktops through various client components. The following table lists the client components that Dell Technologies recommends:
Component | Description | Recommended use | More information |
Latitude laptops and 2-in-1 PCs |
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| www.delltechnologies.com/Latitude |
OptiPlex business desktops and All-in-Ones |
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| www.delltechnologies.com/OptiPlex |
Precision workstations |
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| www.delltechnologies.com/Precision |