Dell PowerEdge VRTX Reviews

Our company uses the solution for 15 mediums with virtual machines. 

The online UI is very good in comparison to others. 

I use Cisco routers and Cisco Nexus. I also use Juniper and OLTP. These are the common machines that I am using, including Cisco switches. 

From JL, it's a PC-based server. I installed MicroTik OS. As I mentioned before, my company is an Internet Service Provider. I provide Internet to end users from the server, using the MicroTik operating system installed on servers to distribute broadband Internet. 

Additionally, I use PC-based servers. It's essentially a clone computer. I collect a processor, like an Intel processor or a motherboard from another company. This customized PC is made into a server, which I use to provide broadband Internet to my end users, in homes or offices, utilizing FTTH technology. 

I use Juniper as my core router, followed by PowerEdge as a secondary router, and then switches and ONT, which stands for Optical Line Terminal. These are used to provide broadband Internet to my end customers through separate layers. Fiber optic lines connect to different buildings and offices, where I install a router device called OLEU to provide Internet to customers.

This process is very good, with a processor that has 32 cores, which is sufficient to meet my qualifications and needs. It's quite a good server, and I've been using it for the last three years. I also use different types of dynamic solutions for network design like AutoCAD and SolarWind.

From a hardware perspective, it's interesting. The selling point of VRTX is that everything is built-in. For a small company that doesn't have a server room or the capabilities of hosting several servers, VRTX has four blades. The equivalent in regular server models would be four servers, which is a minimum of 4U, but it could easily be 8U, and then it would have storage. The storage is included inside the enclosure, and it would require a storage unit. It would also require connectivity, which would be ethernet or another protocol switch. 

From a software perspective, it's a little bit more integrated. You have an integrated way of managing the whole thing, including storage and networking. It has an internal network that can also be useful. I know for a fact that Dell is almost fazing out the product, and it is not that available anymore because it will just cannibalize their sales. They want to sell the more expensive stuff.

VRTX is a bit simplified to the extent that it is a mainstream type of solution for small businesses. If a company needs a more complex solution or something that is a time saver or has more power or scalability, it is probably not the best solution. However, when a company grows and its needs grow, this type of environment can be definitely migrated towards a lab environment or pre-prod testing, not necessarily production. It can still have a second life for the other types of use.

The primary use case is for virtualization.

There is a different product that we would like to explore from Dell. The project that we are currently working on requires us to replace all PowerEdge with VxRail.

The depth of this solution is quite lengthy, and it's very deep. 

I understand that 1U is the smallest size, but the depth is quite lengthy. You can have a model that is still 1U and inside you will have a large motherboard for dual processors, and dual power supplies. 

It would be better to have a compact version of it for some customers that have a small office and don't require a proper data center with power or an industrial type HP.

PowerEdge VRTX is used to install Windows and Linux-based IT solutions. We have 50 users, including four engineers and an IT manager. 

I have used PowerEdge VRTX for six years.

I found myself in charge of a food and beverage company. We needed or had an opportunity for a recovery site. Although we already had a solution from IBM, we offered Dell VRTX as an alternative to compete with IBM. I have previously implemented Dell VRTX for a large company in Egypt known as Egypt Foods.

The main advantage, as I observed, was Dell VMware, which was pre-installed on the device. The VRTX included two device switches, which were connected to work redundantly with Azure. We have redundancy for the disk and networking. It also shortens the time required to manage networking and hardware compatibility.

The solution is deployed on-premises, and we use it for a specialized application because we work in financial services. The company that onboarded this application recommended that we give it a dedicated infrastructure to get the Dell PowerEdge. So we are using it with STRATOS, the STRATOS virtualization on it.

The solution is straightforward and valuable. Dell PowerEdge VRTX is straightforward because you are aware of the number of gigs available and what needs to be done. For VxBlock, you can check your SAN and zone check. Sometimes troubleshooting is challenging on VxBlock, while with Dell PowerEdge VRTX, there are fewer points, and it is easier to troubleshoot and find your way around it.