Dell Private Cloud, enabled by Dell Automation Platform, is a software solution that helps you reimagine how you deploy, manage, and scale your private cloud.

It’s built on Dell’s disaggregated infrastructure, so you can mix and match compute, storage, and your preferred cloud operating systems instead of being locked into a single, rigid stack. The platform focuses on three main outcomes:

• Simplified operations: Blueprint-driven workflows automate cluster deployment, expansion, and storage updates. Dell-tested templates (written as TOSCA-based YAML) turn proven architectures into repeatable, automated workflows.
• Automation across the lifecycle: Dell Automation Platform handles deployment, configuration, scaling, and lifecycle management, helping you maintain a continuously validated state while still allowing you to drift from that state when business needs require.
• Future-ready flexibility: You can repurpose existing Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell storage, pivot to new software ecosystems, and adapt to changing workload demands, including traditional apps, AI, and edge computing.

According to internal Dell testing, organizations can deploy clusters in about 2.5 hours with zero manual effort after initiation, and achieve up to 65% cost savings compared to HCI, helping IT teams reduce complexity while keeping options open for the future.

Dell Private Cloud is designed to give you flexibility without tying you to a single vendor stack.

At the infrastructure level, it uses an open, disaggregated architecture, so you can:

• Run on standard Dell PowerEdge servers (no specialized hardware required).
• Use your existing Dell storage or invest in new systems, including platform-integrated Dell PowerStore with full automation and lifecycle workflows, or other validated Dell storage managed independently.

On the software side, you can bring your own third-party cloud OS licenses, such as:

• VMware
• Red Hat
• Nutanix
• Azure Local

Dell Private Cloud then integrates into the management consoles you already use, including:

• VMware vCenter
• Red Hat OpenShift Web Console
• Nutanix Prism
• Azure Portal

This approach lets your teams continue working with familiar tools and processes, leveraging existing expertise and reducing the need for extensive retraining. You gain the automation and operational consistency of Dell Private Cloud, while keeping control over your OS choices and avoiding vendor lock-in.

Dell Private Cloud is built to deliver practical, measurable improvements across cost, time, and reliability.

Cost efficiency

• Internal Dell testing indicates up to 65% cost savings compared to HCI, driven by disaggregated infrastructure, the ability to repurpose standard PowerEdge servers, and automation that reduces manual effort.

Time to value

• Clusters can be deployed in about 2.5 hours with no manual interaction after initiation, according to internal testing.
• Blueprint-driven automation reduces the number of manual steps required to provision infrastructure, turning what used to be multi-step, error-prone tasks into a single automated workflow.

Operational reliability and scale

• Dell reports 70,000 hours of testing behind the solution, helping ensure robustness and stability.
• Validated blueprints support consistent deployment and scaling across VMware, Red Hat, Nutanix, and Azure Local environments.
• Automated lifecycle management, including LCM prechecks and update advisors, helps keep environments optimized and reduces disruption during updates.

For organizations managing a mix of traditional, AI, and edge workloads, these capabilities help streamline operations, reduce operational costs, and maintain agility as business and technology requirements evolve.