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The PowerEdge XR4000 and Edge Compute Stack solution is based on a reference architecture validated and supported by Dell Technologies and VMware. The target markets of the solution include healthcare, retail, manufacturing, government, Telco, and other use cases that require small powerful edge servers.
PowerEdge XR4000 is a high-performance multi-node server that is purpose-built to address the demands of today’s retail, manufacturing, and defense customers. It can withstand the unpredictable and often challenging deployment environments found in non-data-center locations. Whether it is in the space-constrained back-offices of your retail locations, or directly next to heavy machinery on your dusty manufacturing floors, Dell’s Edge servers deliver the flexible compute capabilities our customers need.
VMware Edge Compute Stack (ECS) is a fully integrated edge platform for customers with many edge sites. ECS empowers IT and OT to deliver intelligent real-time solutions, offering flexibility, consistency, security, and extensibility.
For customer benefits, industry use cases, and recommended solution configurations, see the XR4000 Technical Brief and Dell PowerEdge XR4000z documents to learn more.
This document provides the best practices and processes to deploy a XR4000 and ECS solution architecture. It includes OS recovery install options and systems management aspects that Dell offers for their witness sled. It describes key use cases in retail, manufacturing, and other industries. The PowerEdge XR server series is built to capture and process more data at the edge, with enterprise-grade compute abilities that provide high performance with low latency for the edge.