Dell Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance

Deliver predictable performance at enterprise scale with the Dell Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance.

Maximize scale and performance

• Achieve enterprise-class scalability to hundreds of terabytes.

• Take advantage of high performance provided by a shared nothing , massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture.

Rely on a proven solution

• Benefit from the combined experience of Microsoft and Dell – powering enterprise-scale solutions in the largest companies in the world.

• Trust a fully tested architecture built on proven software and hardware.

• Reduce maintenance ad downtime costs through built-in component redundancy and easy manageability.

A complete hardware appliance with enterprise performance and scale.

High performance hardware

• Award-winning, enterprise-class PowerEdge servers.

• High performance networking.

• High-density PowerVault storage with advanced RAID management.

• Energy Smart server technologies.

Hardware configuration choice

• Scale from a single storage rack up to four storage racks.

• Choose between a standard configuration with large form factor nearline disks for great performance at low cost, or enhanced performance and capacity with small form factor disks.

Get more than just a data warehouse engine.

A platform for BI

• A complete data warehouse solution spanning desktops, data marts, and the enterprise data warehouse.

• A complementary set of tools for ETL, analysis, reporting, MDM, and real-time data warehousing.

• Integration with Microsoft BI tools, including Analysis Services, Integration Services, and Microsoft SharePoint®.

• Interoperability with non-Microsoft BI and ETL tools such as, SAP Business Objects, Informatica, and Microstrategy.

• Hadoop connectors for seamless integration between Parallel Data Warehouse and the Hadoop environment.

Benefit from comprehensive support with a customer-centric support experience.

Single-point support

• A single point of contact for support for the complete appliance.

• Premium software and hardware support, provided by Microsoft and Dell working together.

Microsoft Critical Advantage program

• Software support with two levels.

• SA + Premier level provides comprehensive support for all appliance software.

• SA + Premier: Mission Critical level includes enhanced services to maintain your appliance and provide fast issue resolution.

Dell ProSupport

• Award winning hardware support.

• Customer-defined severity, with rapid resolution for mission-critical issues.