Dell EMC Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Solutions

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Securely and reliably deliver virtual desktops and applications to any device with Ready Solutions for VDI. These optimized client virtualization infrastructure solutions allow employees to work from any where at any time, greatly improve security, reduce IT operation costs and speed up deployment.

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Why VDI matters

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Reduce the time required to configure and deploy Virtual Desktop Infrastructure from weeks to hours and scale efficiently when the time is right.

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Relieve IT of time-consuming tasks (planning, installation, operation and management) and empower them to focus on more strategic projects.

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Improve security from the data center to the cloud.

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Lower your cost per user with a Hyper-Converged Infrastructure solution that’s right-sized for your organization.

Dell EMC is the only provider with an end-to-end VDI solution portfolio

Dell EMC makes it easy to adopt VDI or expand an existing footprint with fully-engineered HCI systems and optimized hardware building blocks. These flexible solutions are validated with best-in-class hypervisor, brokering and graphics virtualization technologies from leading vendors. Paired with optional endpoints, organizations of all sizes can leverage these solutions to securely deliver virtual desktops and applications to end users in a cost-effective and predictable way.

What we offer

Customize a VDI solution based on your specific use case and leverage leading software and graphics technologies from VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, NVIDIA and others.

What's the difference between ready systems, nodes and bundles?

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Ready Systems

Ready Nodes

Ready Bundles

Not just converged or hyper-converged

Not just a bare server

Not just a bundle

Ready Systems are rack-scale converged or hyper-converged infrastructure in configurations tested and validated for specific use cases

Workload validation and certification on engineered systems
Deployment guides
Sizing guides
Additional value adds (such as related docs and tools)

Ready Nodes are building blocks for starting or scaling workload-specific deployments

Tested and validated
Deployment guides
Sizing guides
Pre-configured
Accelerated quoting

Ready Bundles include servers, storage, networking, software and services in use case-optimized configurations

Tested and validated
Deployment guides
Sizing guides
Deployment services
Accelerated quoting
Contextual, collaborative support
Additional value adds (for example, benchmarking)

Ready Systems for VDI

Dell EMC Ready Systems for VDI on the VxRail and XC Series HCI platforms are tested and validated Engineered Systems for VDI. They ensure rapid deployment with linear and predictable scalability. Deployment services provide white glove installation of these turn-key VDI appliances.

VxRail

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Fully integrated, preconfigured, and pre-tested VMware hyper-converged infrastructure
Dell EMC PowerEdge servers with Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
800 GB and 1.6 TB NVMe cache drives

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XC Series

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Versatile and scalable hyper-converged platform
Dell EMC 14th generation PowerEdge servers with Nutanix software
Choice of hypervisors
64GB – 6TB memory including all-flash

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Ready Nodes for VDI

Dell EMC Ready Nodes for VDI are available with software-defined-storage (SDS) technologies, bringing you confidence, convenience and outstanding customer support. The hardware and software elements are tightly integrated as certified building blocks. However, you keep control over the system build.

VMware vSAN

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Pre-configured, tested and certified building blocks to run VMware vSAN built on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
Ready‑to‑order options based on different levels of workload requirements for performance and capacity
All‑flash and hybrid rack configurations

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Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct

Starting at $30,199.01

Pre-configured with validated components to run Windows Server built on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
Tested and certified by Dell EMC and Microsoft
RDMA networking and NVMe drives

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Ready Bundles for VDI

Dell EMC Ready Bundles for VDI are Reference Architectures built on traditional 3-tier infrastructure (Server, SAN, networking), certified for Citrix, Microsoft and VMware. You can use your existing SAN and networking hardware. They offer the maximum flexibility and can be a great choice for enterprises with skilled IT VDI staff.

Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp

Citrix XenDesktop environment with Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers and XtremIO Storage
Secure remote access to employees while cutting IT costs with a virtual app and desktop solution that delivers applications or full virtual desktops from any cloud

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Microsoft RDS

Microsoft RDS environment with Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers and XtremIO Storage
Build RDSH and desktop virtualization (RDVH) solutions with Windows Server Hyper V
Provides secure mobile and remote desktop access

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VMware Horizon

VMware Horizon environment with Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers and XtremIO Storage
Provides virtual desktop brokering capabilities to radically transform traditional VDI
Simplicity, flexibility, speed and scale at lower costs

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VDI Complete

VDI Complete: An Easier Way to Buy and Support Virtual Desktops and Apps

Get everything you need to get up and running in one fully validated solution bundle with industry leading technology. VDI Complete leverages hyperconverged architecture and comes with optional Dell endpoints and familiar VMware tools.

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Dell Wyse Thin Clients and Cloud Computing

Dell Wyse thin clients designed to integrate into any virtualized or web-based infrastructure, while meeting the budget and performance requirements for any application. Wyse software enhances the user experience, makes thin client configuration and management easy from within your organization or from the cloud, and allows you to scale to over 50,000 thin and zero clients.

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Learning resources

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Why VDI matters

Dell EMC is the only provider with an end-to-end VDI solution portfolio

What we offer

Customize a VDI solution based on your specific use case and leverage leading software and graphics technologies from VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, NVIDIA and others.

What's the difference between ready systems, nodes and bundles?

Hide comparison

Ready Systems

Ready Nodes

Ready Bundles

Not just converged or hyper-converged

Not just a bare server

Not just a bundle

Ready Systems for VDI

VxRail

XC Series

Ready Nodes for VDI

VMware vSAN

Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct

Ready Bundles for VDI

Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp

Microsoft RDS

VMware Horizon

VDI Complete

VDI Complete: An Easier Way to Buy and Support Virtual Desktops and Apps

Dell Wyse Thin Clients and Cloud Computing

Learning resources

Seaport Hospital Network

Dell EMC end-to-end VDI solutions video

IDG webcast: University of Arkansas

VDI Complete Solutions Flyer

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