Dell DVS Simplified Appliance Tower Reference Guide - Page 7

 Addresses the whole solution to meet both planned and unplanned future growth requirements. Value:  Removes the inherent complexity and allows you to realize value and efficiencies versus customer DIY and competitors.  Removes economic barriers of entry and mitigates risk due to our extensive experience in cloud computing models.  Offers you the choice from data center to end point clients/devices, ease of expansion and mitigates cost by providing a scalable architecture for future growth.  Fosters IT alignment to core business objectives and needs increasing overall business performance.  The solution will maintain long term agility and financial viability for years to come. Differentiation:  Only Dell offers an end-to-end solution.  Single point of contact for all hardware, software and services support. 2.4 Feature Overview 2.4.1 Design Principles The design principles for the flexible computing solution are: ● Secure - Security risks, concerns and policies are addressed or mitigated. ● Manageable - The solution includes the tools and software services required to manage the environment. ● Standards based - Makes use of commodity, off-the-shelf components wherever possible. ● Distributed - Non-blocking and built with distributed components to maximise the use of available computing resources and eliminate bottlenecks. ● Scalable - Capable of scaling up / down to support business needs. ● Resilient - The solution must be able to withstand the failure of a single infrastructure component. 2.4.2 Architecture Scalability The architecture is designed to provide a scalable platform: ● The components can be scaled either horizontally or vertically by adding additional DVS Simplified appliances to the VDI-in-a-box grid. ● The architecture has been designed to eliminate bandwidth and performance bottlenecks as much as possible. 4 Dell DVS Simplified Appliance Reference Architecture