Why customers choose Dell Unity XT HFA Storage for multicloud deployment
A multi-cloud strategy needs a data first approach
Many organizations that look to digital transformation usually see cloud as the logical next step towards making this transition.
However, in doing so, organizations tend to lead with a cloud-first mindset taking the approach that everything or almost everything should move to the cloud.
There are challenges in this approach including access and egress fees, data gravity, latency, data lock-in, and even compliance and control issues.
A business may start their cloud journey with a cloud pilot, then a directive to move everything to the cloud, followed by a period of rationalization and some repatriation.
This ultimately leads the organization to settle on a more strategic and situational use of the cloud.
The reality is, you need a data first mindset, which ultimately should drive your hybrid cloud strategy allowing you to ensure that valuable data assets are in the right place, at the right time, and with the right SLA.
Dell Technologies believes that organizational needs and business models should drive your decision on where your data resides.
Validated Designs
VMware Cloud Foundation Unity XT was the first external storage platform to be validated for use with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
With our validated designs, Unity XT customers can easily provision NFS storage for VCF enabling a “build-ityourself” cloud platform using best of breed components, award-winning storage, and fully documented best practices.
Multi-cloud Data Services
Enabled by Faction
Connect Unity XT directly to the cloud of your choice with Multi-cloud Data Services for Unity XT through a highspeed, low latency connection into Faction data centers.
This enables you to get the economic benefits of cloud as well as the high-availability and durability of persistent and highly reliable storage and maintain complete control of your data.
The multi-cloud services enabled by Faction include:
- VMware customers can deploy an automated DRaaS solution with Unity XT in VMware Cloud Foundation on AWS for seamless, enterprise-grade, pay-as-you-go DRaaS in the cloud.
- Flexibly leverage multiple clouds allowing you to switch clouds easily and quickly for use case needs such as workload migration, analytics, test/dev and more to maximize business outcomes.
Consume in the Cloud
Unity Cloud Edition
Unity Cloud Edition with HA is a full featured Unity XT software-defined storage solution deployed with VMware Cloud Foundation in AWS supporting up to 350TB capacity.
This unified solution are ideal for a variety of cloud use cases including home directory for running a VDI environment in VMware Cloud, Test/Dev, replication services to a third site and more.
It implements the same Unisphere GUI as on-premise Unity XT systems for management consistency across all platforms.
Expand to the Cloud
Cloud Tiering Appliance (CTA)
Unity XT storage arrays include a no-cost right-to-use software license for implementing this automated, policy-based virtual software solution for file tiering and block snapshot archiving to four S3-based clouds.
With CTA, you can quickly free up capacity and reduce your backup windows to improve your total cost of ownership.
CTA will also migrate file and stub data from legacy VNX, Dell EMC Unity and NetApp arrays to Unity XT.
Cloud Data Insights
CloudIQ
CloudIQ is a no cost cloud-native application that leverages machine learning to proactively monitor and measure the overall health of storage systems through intelligent, comprehensive, predictive analytics.
CloudIQ makes it simple to track storage health, report on historical trends, plan for future growth, and proactively discover and remediate issues from any browser or mobile device.
CloudIQ is secure and updates are all non-disruptively performed in the Dell cloud.
DataIQ
DataIQ is an unstructured dataset management and storage monitoring software solution that empowers organizations to identify, classify and move data between heterogeneous storage systems.
DataIQ will identify and report on Unity XT NAS as well as any third-party NAS in the topology.
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