VSPEX BLUE Hyper-Converged Appliance

Respond to business needs faster and simplify your IT infrastructure with EMC VSPEX BLUE. Get virtualization, compute, and storage in a hyper-converged infrastructure appliance (HCIA) that’s easy to deploy, manage, protect, and scale.

EMC VSPEX BLUE fits a range of virtualized workloads: virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), cloud, test and development, remote office/branch office (ROBO), and managed service provider (MSP).

Start with a single appliance and scale out linearly and automatically. Grow from 1 to 4 appliances in a cluster, for a total of up to 16 nodes. Provision virtual machines within 15 minutes of powering up.

Each EMC VSPEX BLUE appliance includes:

• 4 nodes of integrated compute and storage, including flash (SSD) and HDD
• VMware EVO:RAIL software including VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN)
• 128 or 192 GB memory per appliance
• Choice of 10 Gigabit Ethernet network connectivity: SFP+ or 10GBASE-T
• EMC VSPEX BLUE Manager providing a system health dashboard and support portal
• EMC CloudArray to expand storage capacity into the cloud (license for 1 TB cache and 10 TB cloud storage included)
• VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced (VDPA) for centralized backup and recovery
• EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines for continuous data protection of VMs (license for 15 VMs included)

Key features:

• Combines compute, storage, and virtualization for simple deployment and operation
• Software-defined architecture based on VMware EVO:RAIL and EMC software
• Fully automates 200+ configuration tasks and workflows
• Provides a single point of global product support from EMC, inclusive of VMware software
• Enables patches and upgrades without downtime 
• Powered by Dual Intel^® Xeon^® Processors
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