…or shared storage, in this iteration we focus on spreading out four 1,500-scale databases evenly across our VSAN cluster to better illustrate the aggregate performance of the 4-node cluster.  Continuing…

…FC830 node, now offering Intel Broadwell support, continues to offer amazing performance in an incredibly small 1U footprint. Dell’s ease of use via intuitive management and flexibility in configuration continue…

…R630 makes for an excellent node in software-defined deployments ranging from vSAN to ScaleIO. While diminutive in rack footprint, don’t let the R630 fool you; it’s a full-fledged dual-socket PowerEdge…

…its 60-bays via three built-in SAS interfaces, which can connect to three ReadyNAS EDA2000 12-bay or EDA4000 24-bay expansion chassis. This amounts to a huge 132-bay single-node network with more…

…includes many of the hyper-converged solutions on the market where some, like the Dell EMC VxRack Node, can require upwards of four 10G connections per node. The Dell EMC S4048-ON (and its…

…compute nodes, along with all-flash DVX data nodes. The F12X2 data node has 16TB usable storage (12×1.92TB SSDs), with up to 32-96TB effective capacity with 2-6x data reduction and support…

…AST2500 BMC Advanced Lights Out Management compliant to IPMI2.0 with security & availability enhancements  iKVM SupportAdvantech Web GUI style node manager ​Configurable shared or dedicated NIC support Physical Dimension (WxDxH)…

…a box with a server (typically HA compatible and dual node) and you can just plug that into your data center. If you already have existing hardware that you want…

…Pi B4s and one Dell Optiplex 7040. This provides an excellent base to get started. But you only need a single node to follow along with this Docker Swarm tutorial….