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Dell DVS Simplified Appliance Reference Architecture
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Solution Architecture
3.1
Architecture Overview
Dell‖s Desktop Virtualization Solutions are a combination of purpose-built horizontal
architectures designed to be modular and scalable for an array of customer needs and a
defined and tested services methodology. To provide this scalable and predictive solution
stack, Dell developed specific design criteria based on extensive testing and validation
within our Engineering Solutions Lab. This drove the design criteria to allow modular
scalability which requires certain design constraints as outlined in this document.
The DVS Simplified base configuration provides customers with the following choices:
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Appliance hardware form factor
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Rack-based or Tower-based
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Base hypervisor platform
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Citrix XenServer or Microsoft Hyper-V
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Appliance scale level
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Entry Level (up to 65 users) or Standard Level (up to 129 users)
Customers can be assured that no matter what hypervisor, appliance hardware platform,
or scale level they choose, the DVS Simplified solution will meet and/or exceed all
performance levels and provide users with the best possible VDI experience.
3.1.1
Simplified Appliance Form Factor Options
Customers can now choose between two appliance hardware form factors. The DVS
Simplified appliance can either be ordered as a rack-based solution based on Dell‖s
PowerEdge R720 platform, or as a tower-based solution based on Dell‖s PowerEdge T620
platform.
3.1.2
Hypervisor Platform Options
Additionally, customers can now choose between hypervisor platforms. The DVS
Simplified solution now supports and can be configured with Citrix XenServer or Microsoft
Hyper-V. These choices have been tested and validated to provide the same high level of
performance while adhering to the customer‖s standard or preference.
3.1.3
Appliance Scale Configuration Options
The DVS Simplified appliance can now be ordered in two hardware scale configurations,
regardless of appliance form factor; depending on deployment size and purpose. While
the two configurations share the same rack-based and tower-based hardware platform(s),
the differences between the two are as follows;
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Standard Configuration
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Chassis for Up to 16 2.5-Inch Hard Drives
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Dual Intel Xeon® ES-2680 2.7Ghz, 8 Cores
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192 GB (12x16GB) DDR3 1666MHz
