Installing, configuring, and running an on-premises CI cloud solution involves multiple considerations, including:

• Operating system and virtualization software distributions
• Selection of monitoring and management software
• Allocation of cluster services and data storage to physical nodes and arrays
• Selection of appropriate server hardware
• Design of the network fabric
• Sizing and scalability
• Performance requirements

Complicating these considerations is the need to understand the types of workloads that will run on the cluster and the challenges of managing a system that is designed to accommodate multiple general-purpose, virtualized workloads.

Dell EMC’s customer-centered approach creates rapidly deployable and highly available CI systems that run on enterprise-class hardware. Ready Stack designs include all the hardware, software, resources, and best practices that are needed to run a scalable, highly available CI environment. With this approach, organizations can be operational in a shorter time than is typically possible with homegrown solutions.