Broad and fully productized portfolio
Broad and fully productized portfolio
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Components in the AX nodes from Dell Technologies are carefully selected and balanced for customers’ intended workloads and use cases. The solution is correctly sized to meet the needs of today’s business and to expand easily to accommodate future growth. Customers have typically used the platform for running the diverse portfolio of applications that are found in remote branch offices, large-scale virtual desktop implementations, resource-demanding Microsoft SQL Server environments, and more.
You can choose from three distinct platforms: AX-640, AX-740xd, and AX-6515. The three platforms provide configuration options that are broad enough to meet the performance and availability requirements of many applications. The following table describes the AX nodes from Dell Technologies portfolio:
Table 1. AX nodes from Dell Technologies portfolio
Platform
Description
Target workload and use case
Storage configurations available
AX-640 node
Performance- and density-optimized 1U Intel-based form factor
Most demanding databases and workloads requiring high performance and low latency, dense virtualization clusters, service provider application tiers
Hybrid and all-flash. HDD, SSD, NVMe, and the only platform for Intel Optane persistent memory and Intel Optane SSDs
AX-740xd node
Storage- and capacity-optimized 2U Intel-based form factor
Applications requiring significant storage capacity, big data, analytics, service provider data tiers
Hybrid and all-flash. HDD, SSD, and NVMe
AX-6515 node
Value-optimized 1U short depth AMD-based form factor
ROBO and edge use cases, providing increased security through processor diversification
All-flash SSD
As part of a Windows Server HCI solution, networking is validated. Various network configuration options are thoroughly tested and detailed in the Network Integration and Host Network Configuration Options guide. Dell Technologies highly recommends the Dell EMC PowerSwitch S5200-ON family of switches as they provide up to 32 100 GbE ports in a 1RU footprint and deliver outstanding levels of throughput. The following figure shows different switch models with various speeds and port configurations that meet every use case:
Figure 1. Dell EMC PowerSwitch S5200-ON family of switches for Windows Server HCI