To start or extend your data center, you can choose from instance types within APEX Private Cloud and or APEX Hybrid Cloud. Instances deliver standardized combinations of compute, memory, storage, and networking resources, on which a workload can run. Streamlined cloud operations with automated, intelligent lifecycle management (LCM) mean that full stack upgrades are simplified.
Dell designs for VDI on APEX Private Cloud and APEX Hybrid Cloud offer several key benefits:
- Predictable costs, performance, and scalability to support a growing workforce—The cost of deploying applications and desktops is reduced when deploying from a data center, edge location, or a co-location facility.
- Rapid scaling to serve enterprises of any size—Scale rapidly with the appropriate workload-specific instance type. The solution is scalable supporting thousands of VMs per cluster. Continue scaling with pod architecture and by combining multiple clusters.
- Customers can manage and monitor infrastructure on their own and have Dell provide bi-annual system maintenance and hardware monitoring.
- Build a secure private or hybrid cloud with simplified operation.
- Data center modernization—Refresh your infrastructure and move from CapEx to Opex. APEX subscription terms are 1 or 3 years ensuring predictable costs.
- Application modernization—A single cloud platform supporting virtualized and containerized workloads.
- Data latency and sovereignty—Easily comply with regulatory requirements and always know where your data is located.
- Dell Technologies support—Dell Validated Designs for VDI are tested and validated engineering systems for VDI and its related tools. Deployment services provide installation of this turnkey VDI appliance to ensure a rapid deployment with linear and predictable scalability.
- Secure by design—Dell Validated Designs for VDI on APEX Private Cloud and APEX Hybrid Cloud protect your data from malicious attacks by using built-in cyber resiliency and data security. The services includes both data at rest and data in-flight encryption with the Enterprise Key Management System. Other features such as distributed firewall services and secure patches for hypervisors ensure that you can operate your infrastructure with the peace of mind that there are no potential threats to your business.
- User experience—NVIDIA virtual GPU technology brings the power of NVIDIA GPUs to virtual desktops, apps, and workstations, accelerating graphics and compute to enable virtualized workspaces to perform just like physical PCs. This means that users working from home offices or anywhere can have a consistently excellent user experience.
The following figure shows a comparison of APEX Private Cloud and APEX Hybrid Cloud: