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Dell private cloud lock in would be the death of any company. You don't want to be isolated to one hardware vendor. We've told Dell to kick rocks many times for
by WokeUp420 10d ago
Dell private cloud lock in would be the death of any company. You don't want to be isolated to one hardware vendor. We've told Dell to kick rocks many times for renewals and would not be able to do that if we were in their Cloud, which requires Dell hardware.
Don't do it
- firesteelrain 10d agoIt’s not their Cloud, you buy a bunch of PowerEdge R7725 for example and then choose between OpenShift, VCF and one other I can’t remember at the moment. It’s on prem
- jasomill 10d agoHow does this help with hardware vendor lock-in, unless there's a second source for PowerEdges I'm not aware of?
- firesteelrain 10d agoYou can use the PowerEdge however you want. No lock in to VMware for VxRail, OpenShift, Azure, Nutanix etc https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/private-cloud/sf/private-cloud?gacd=16229420-1362-5761040-441689965-0&dgc=ST&SA360CID=22667010623&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22667010623&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5P7UBhDaARIsAOSlS1PwpcC9Kx4JuCqJoocoaF2inzmT_SniAxRGYxXXQxv9arXyIoyEJl8aAkt_EALw_wcB https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/private-cloud/sf/private-clo...
- WokeUp420 10d agoThe problem is you must use Dell hardware. Sure it makes being hypervisor agnostic much easier, but you then become locked into a single hardware vendor that has you by the balls every 3 years when hardware refresh comes along. We've switched between HP and SMC several times when Dell has tried to extort us.
- firesteelrain 10d agoI can’t run HP or Super Micro in my industry.
- WokeUp420 10d agoWhen negotiation start, Dell doesn't need to know that