Get a fully integrated “appliance-like” experience with a DataON AZS-7208 Integrated System for Azure Local (formerly Azure Stack HCI). Optimized for workloads in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) with all-NVMe flash storage with all-NVMe flash storage, it delivers the fastest time-to-value through the convenience of pre-installed software, integrated drivers, and firmware updates. Simple to procure and deploy, they’re turnkey solutions that require little deployment effort from IT staff.
The AZS-7208G features NVIDIA graphics processing unites (GPUs) for the best experience with graphics-rich virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and artificial intelligence and machines learning (AI & ML) applications.
DataON Integrated Systems are powered by 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processors, combining Intel® technology with Azure Arc-enabled Azure Local. Microsoft and Intel have worked closely together to optimize the features and performance of Azure Local, providing a fast path to hybrid cloud deployment and data center infrastructure modernization.
| Model | DataON AZS-7208G Integrated System for Azure Local |
| Profile | All-NVMe; GPU optimized |
| Form Factor | 2U / 1-Node rack server |
| Scalability | 2 to 16 Nodes per cluster |
| CPU | 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processors |
| Core | Dual socket, 8-64 cores (per node) |
| Memory | 512GB – 8TB DDR5 MT/s DIMMs (or 4TB per processor) / 32 slots (per node) |
| Raw Storage | 3TB – 122TB |
| Drive Bay Configuration | 8x 2.5” NVMe U.2 |
| PCIe Slot Configuration | 2x PCIe 5.0 x8; 2x PCIe 5.0 x16 (2W), 2x PCIe 5.0 x16 (1W) |
| Onboard Networking | 2x 10GbE RJ45 OCP mezzanine (per node) |
| Add-on Networking | 2x 25GbE SFP28 or 2x 40/50/100GbE QSFP 28/56 2-port RDMA (per node) |
| GPU Support | Yes |
| PMEM Support | No |
| Secured-core Server | Yes |
| Kernel Soft Reboot | Yes |
| Vectorized AES | Yes |
| VM Memory Encryption | Yes |
DataON Exclusives for Integrated Systems for Azure Local
Premium deployment and training
DataON provides pre-deployment baseline testing, benchmarking, and stress testing. Azure Local is pre-installed with the latest verified firmware and drivers. Plus, DataON provides sixteen hours of customer deployment services.
DataON MUST and MUST Pro are included
DataON MUST and MUST Pro keeps your system updated via cluster aware updating so you always have the latest Microsoft-validated OS, drivers, firmware, BIOS, and BMC versions, with minimum disruptions to your system.
World-class service and support
DataON is an exclusive Microsoft partner and our team of Azure Local experts provide white glove service to make sure you stay up and running. Plus, you’ll get joint support from both Microsoft & DataON for an integrated experience.
Accelerating performance with 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processors
5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors help boost performance, reduce costs, and improve power efficiency for today’s demanding workloads, including AI, HPC, security, networking, analytics, and storage.
Solidigm NVMe SSDs for performance software-defined storage
Solidigm TLC NAND and QLC NAND SSDs provide high performance and low latency or Azure Stack HCI. All-flash SSDs offer the performance and reliability needed to support multiple workloads with high performance in a single HCI cluster.
Utilize NVIDIA GPUs to scale
virtual desktop workloads
and optimize AI performance
Use NVIDIA GPUs with Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI (preview) for graphics-rich virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for remote work. You can also utilize GPUs to optimize AI workload performance.
“DataON offers some of our favorite Azure Stack HCI solutions. The DataON cluster we’ve been testing has posted tremendous numbers, the fastest we’ve seen in a mid-market 4-node HCI cluster.
We’re really impressed with what such a small company (relatively speaking) is achieving. ”
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