Backing up data is a key component in data protection. However, long backup windows can cause headaches for IT and users while slowing down the network. We found that using source-side deduplication and Rapid CIFS technology to back up data to the Dell DR6000 Disk Backup Appliance was faster—with the average rate of data backup at 8.99 TB per hour. The backup to the DR6000 completed in two-thirds the time that the backup to the industry-leading deduplication appliance completed. Backing up to the DR6000 consumed less than one-sixth the bandwidth needed to back up to the industry-leading deduplication appliance. In addition, the DR6000 needed less rack space and cost a third less than the competition. The solution to lengthy backup windows is clear: Save time and network bandwidth with source-side deduplication built into the Dell DR6000 Disk Backup Appliance.
Dell PowerEdge M820 blades: Balancing performance, density, and high availabi...Principled Technologies
Finding a server that can deliver the right balance of high workload performance, density, and RAS features can help you meet both infrastructure and business goals at the same time.
In our tests, the single-width Dell PowerEdge M820 blade delivered 19.3 percent better Oracle Database 12c performance than the HP ProLiant BL680c G7 in half the space, meaning it could deliver 2.38 times more transactions per U. The value of the denser Dell PowerEdge M820 was clear in our cost analysis of the two systems. Because the Dell PowerEdge M820 takes up less space, you need fewer enclosures, less rack space, and can save on port costs. In our sample comparison of two performance-equivalent solutions, we found that the Dell PowerEdge M820 solution could save up to 42.1 percent compared to an HP ProLiant BL680c G7 solution. That’s money that you can use to buy even more servers for greater performance or to innovate elsewhere. We also found that the Dell PowerEdge M820 took high availability into account by utilizing key RAS features to help increase your workload uptime.
If you’re looking for a dense blade solution to lower costs with the power to handle your important workloads and keep them running, our study shows that the Dell PowerEdge M820 blade addresses all those concerns.
Scalability: Lenovo ThinkServer RD540 system and Lenovo ThinkServer SA120 sto...Principled Technologies
Enterprises and SMBs need servers that can provide reliable performance with the ability to scale out to match growth. The Lenovo ThinkServer RD540 and the ThinkServer SA120 DAS array can run transactional applications such as Microsoft Exchange Server while providing scalable storage to support these critical workloads. We found that in the HDD configuration, the ThinkServer RD540 and ThinkServer SA120 DAS device provided support for 3,800 Exchange users. When we added just two Intel 400GB SSDs as a CacheCade volume, the ThinkServer RD540 and ThinkServer SA120 not only supported 5,300 users—a 39.5 percent increase—but did so while improving response time 33.9 percent.
Move your private cloud to Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 server nodes and boost Ap...Principled Technologies
Powered by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 server nodes handled 2X the operations per second of older HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen9 nodes
Move your private cloud to Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 server nodes and boost Ap...Principled Technologies
Powered by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 server nodes handled 2X the operations per second of older HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen9 nodes
Upgrade to Dell EMC PowerEdge R940 servers with VMware vSphere 7.0 and gain g...Principled Technologies
The document summarizes a study that tested online transactional processing (OLTP) performance on two server solutions: a Dell EMC PowerEdge R940 server with VMware vSphere 7.0, and a previous-generation Dell EMC PowerEdge R930 server with vSphere 6.7. The study found that the R940 solution processed over 30% more operations per minute than the R930 solution. Upgrading to the R940 platform provides benefits like more processor cores, memory, and PCIe capacity. VMware vSphere 7.0 features like vLCM could help scale Dell EMC environments, and integrating with OpenManage for vCenter allows faster updating, upgrading, and compatibility checking.
Get stronger SQL Server performance for less with Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515 cl...Principled Technologies
When it comes to hardware, getting greater performance often requires spending more. In our virtualized SQL Server 2019 testing of two current-generation servers in Hyper-V clusters, however, the less expensive option delivered stronger performance on our OLTP workload.
Boost transactional database performance of VMware vSAN clusters by replacing...Principled Technologies
Replacing older servers in a VMware vSAN cluster with new Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 servers powered by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors can significantly improve transactional database performance. Testing showed the new servers delivered over 7 times the orders per minute of legacy servers and over 2 times the orders per minute of previous-generation servers. Additionally, the new servers were able to handle more transactions in the same amount of rack space, helping to reduce data center costs and sprawl.
Dell PowerEdge M820 blades: Balancing performance, density, and high availabi...Principled Technologies
Finding a server that can deliver the right balance of high workload performance, density, and RAS features can help you meet both infrastructure and business goals at the same time.
In our tests, the single-width Dell PowerEdge M820 blade delivered 19.3 percent better Oracle Database 12c performance than the HP ProLiant BL680c G7 in half the space, meaning it could deliver 2.38 times more transactions per U. The value of the denser Dell PowerEdge M820 was clear in our cost analysis of the two systems. Because the Dell PowerEdge M820 takes up less space, you need fewer enclosures, less rack space, and can save on port costs. In our sample comparison of two performance-equivalent solutions, we found that the Dell PowerEdge M820 solution could save up to 42.1 percent compared to an HP ProLiant BL680c G7 solution. That’s money that you can use to buy even more servers for greater performance or to innovate elsewhere. We also found that the Dell PowerEdge M820 took high availability into account by utilizing key RAS features to help increase your workload uptime.
If you’re looking for a dense blade solution to lower costs with the power to handle your important workloads and keep them running, our study shows that the Dell PowerEdge M820 blade addresses all those concerns.
Scalability: Lenovo ThinkServer RD540 system and Lenovo ThinkServer SA120 sto...Principled Technologies
Enterprises and SMBs need servers that can provide reliable performance with the ability to scale out to match growth. The Lenovo ThinkServer RD540 and the ThinkServer SA120 DAS array can run transactional applications such as Microsoft Exchange Server while providing scalable storage to support these critical workloads. We found that in the HDD configuration, the ThinkServer RD540 and ThinkServer SA120 DAS device provided support for 3,800 Exchange users. When we added just two Intel 400GB SSDs as a CacheCade volume, the ThinkServer RD540 and ThinkServer SA120 not only supported 5,300 users—a 39.5 percent increase—but did so while improving response time 33.9 percent.
Move your private cloud to Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 server nodes and boost Ap...Principled Technologies
Powered by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 server nodes handled 2X the operations per second of older HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen9 nodes
Move your private cloud to Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 server nodes and boost Ap...Principled Technologies
Powered by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 server nodes handled 2X the operations per second of older HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen9 nodes
Upgrade to Dell EMC PowerEdge R940 servers with VMware vSphere 7.0 and gain g...Principled Technologies
The document summarizes a study that tested online transactional processing (OLTP) performance on two server solutions: a Dell EMC PowerEdge R940 server with VMware vSphere 7.0, and a previous-generation Dell EMC PowerEdge R930 server with vSphere 6.7. The study found that the R940 solution processed over 30% more operations per minute than the R930 solution. Upgrading to the R940 platform provides benefits like more processor cores, memory, and PCIe capacity. VMware vSphere 7.0 features like vLCM could help scale Dell EMC environments, and integrating with OpenManage for vCenter allows faster updating, upgrading, and compatibility checking.
Get stronger SQL Server performance for less with Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515 cl...Principled Technologies
When it comes to hardware, getting greater performance often requires spending more. In our virtualized SQL Server 2019 testing of two current-generation servers in Hyper-V clusters, however, the less expensive option delivered stronger performance on our OLTP workload.
Boost transactional database performance of VMware vSAN clusters by replacing...Principled Technologies
Replacing older servers in a VMware vSAN cluster with new Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 servers powered by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors can significantly improve transactional database performance. Testing showed the new servers delivered over 7 times the orders per minute of legacy servers and over 2 times the orders per minute of previous-generation servers. Additionally, the new servers were able to handle more transactions in the same amount of rack space, helping to reduce data center costs and sprawl.
In our tests, Cisco UCS Director provisioned servers in up to 12.9 percent less time than provisioning them manually and reduced steps by as much as 88.4 percent.
So what do our findings mean for your organization? By reducing the amount of time and number of steps it takes to provision servers with the automation of Cisco UCS Director, you can help save your systems administrators time so they can work on more strategic projects or even reduce the number of staff you require. Moving from manual provisioning to automated provisioning with Cisco UCS Director can have a significant impact on your management budget by streamlining routine tasks—and the savings could only be expected to grow along with your server count.
Get more out of your Windows 10 laptop experience with SSD storage instead of...Principled Technologies
Your time is precious. Choosing a laptop that loads apps and transfers data as quickly as possible is one way to make sure you get the most from your time investment. Our hands-on testing found that most users could start their day-to day activities faster with a Windows 10 laptop powered by SSD storage instead of HDD storage.
Watch your transactional database performance climb with Intel Optane DC pers...Principled Technologies
Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd servers with Intel Optane DC persistent memory handled more transactions per minute than configurations with NAND flash NVMe drives or SATA SSDs
Watch your transactional database performance climb with Intel Optane DC pers...Principled Technologies
Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd servers with Intel Optane DC persistent memory handled more transactions per minute than configurations with NAND flash NVMe drives or SATA SSDs
Distributed storage performance for OpenStack clouds using small-file IO work...Principled Technologies
OpenStack cloud environments demand strong storage performance to handle the requests of end users. Software-based distributed storage can provide this performance while also providing much needed flexibility for storage resources.
In our tests, we found that Red Hat Storage Server better handled small-file IO workloads than did Ceph Storage, handling up to two times the number of files per second in some instances. The smallfile tool we used simulated users performing actions on their files to show the kind of end-user performance you could expect using both solutions at various node, VM, and thread counts.
These results show that Red Hat Storage Server can provide equivalent or better performance than Ceph Storage for similar workloads in OpenStack cloud environments, which can help users better access the files they keep in the cloud.
Maximizing Oracle Database performance with Intel SSD DC P3600 Series NVMe SS...Principled Technologies
If your organization runs critical, high-demand databases in environments such as Oracle Database, strong performance is not an option: it’s a must-have. Additionally, getting that necessary strong performance out of a single server can be essential for running a space and cost-efficient datacenter. In the Principled Technologies labs, we found that the Dell PowerEdge R930 offered strong performance for such transactional databases when configured with SATA SSDs. When we upgraded the servers to Intel SSD DC P3600 Series NVMe SSDs, performance doubled, increasing by 2.17 times, or 117 percent. If your datacenter needs a new powerhouse server, purchasing your Dell PowerEdge R930 with Intel NVMe SSDs for a cost increase of only 18 percent can double the performance you get from each server. This increases what your infrastructure can do within the same amount of space and lets you ultimately save money that would otherwise be spent purchasing additional servers and software.
OLTP with Dell EqualLogic hybrid arrays: A comparative study with an industry...Principled Technologies
The effectiveness of your OLTP database environment can depend to an enormous degree on the storage system you select. We compared a database server solution using the Dell EqualLogic PS6210XS with a one using competing industry-leading SAN storage.
The EqualLogic PS6210XS solution was overwhelmingly superior in all areas we tested. It delivered twice the performance with half the response time, and used a fraction of the power.
These factors make it clear that any business that relies on its database servers and wants to get the greatest return on its storage investment must consider the Dell EqualLogic PS6210XS.
Workstation heat and power usage: Lenovo ThinkStation P500 vs. HP Z440 Workst...Principled Technologies
A workstation that runs coolly and uses less power is a great asset to workers and the companies they work for. In our tests, both when idle and when under load, the Lenovo ThinkStation P500 generally ran at lower surface temperatures and used less power than the HP Z440 Workstation. These findings show that the Lenovo ThinkStation P500 could meet the needs of those who want to provide a reliable, comfortable work environment while using less power.
The Dell PowerEdge R920 could replace nine older Oracle database servers and provide nine times the performance while reducing power consumption by 64% and lowering software licensing costs by 17%. Testing showed the R920 running Oracle Database 12c with pluggable databases provided significant savings over three years in power, cooling, and licensing costs compared to running the databases on nine older servers.
As our tests show, investing in the powerful new Dell PowerEdge R920 running Oracle VM Server 3.2.8 with Oracle Database 12c VMs achieves cost savings without compromising performance. In our testing, a single Dell PowerEdge R920 could perform five times the work of a single HP ProLiant DL385 G6 server; the costs to power and cool the Dell PowerEdge would be 43 percent less than the five servers it could replace. The three-year software licensing costs of the Dell PowerEdge R920 server would be 22 percent lower than the licensing costs for the five-server solution. These dramatic savings—which come out to $212,091 for our single test environment — could grow to millions of dollars in a larger consolidation effort.
Offer faster access to critical data and achieve greater inline data reductio...Principled Technologies
Compared to a solution from another vendor (“Vendor B”), the PowerStore 7000T delivered a better inline data reduction ratio and better performance during simulated OLTP and other I/O workloads
Whether you’re looking for the highest possible performance per rack unit or the strongest RAS-enabled server to run your mission-critical databases, Dell has a server to meet your needs. Factors such as performance per rack, expansion capabilities, and flash storage options will also drive your server decision.
In our hands-on tests, we found that the Dell PowerEdge R820 server could handle up to 382,397 database orders per minute and had 73.6 percent greater performance per U of rack space than the R910.
The Dell PowerEdge R910 processed 440,475 OPM. Its high number of logical processors, maximum expansion capabilities, and support for RAS technologies make the Dell PowerEdge R910 an excellent choice for your mission-critical data center applications.
Deduplication without performance hits: Intel Xeon processor E5-2697v2-powere...Principled Technologies
Backing up business data with deduplication has the potential to clog network resources and slow down performance for your customers. Servers with powerful processors are crucial to running an efficient and secure infrastructure. We found that a Dell PowerEdge R720xd server powered by the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 Series successfully overcame this hurdle in our tests. When we used NetVault Backup to dedupe and back up data while running database workloads, performance did not slow down. The Dell solution using source-based deduplication reduced backup storage space used by 39 times and reduced application server network traffic by 70.5 percent when compared with a traditional backup method. Strong processor and server combinations, such as the one we tested, can keep your business moving swiftly and save resources as you back up your data to keep it safe.
Keep remote desktop power users productive with Dell EMC PowerEdge R840 serve...Principled Technologies
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R840 server powered by 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors can support 230 VDI power users while maintaining acceptable desktop response times of less than 1 second for CPU-centric tasks and less than 6 seconds for storage-centric tasks. This allows companies to keep their remote workforce productive with fewer servers. Testing showed the PowerEdge R840 delivered speedy access to applications for hundreds of users simultaneously working and collaborating.
By upgrading from the legacy solution we tested to the new Intel processor-based Dell and VMware solution, you could do 18 times the work in the same amount of space. Imagine what that performance could mean to your business: Consolidate workloads from across your company, lower your power and cooling bills, and limit datacenter expansion in the future, all while maintaining a consistent user experience—the list of potential benefits is huge.
Try running DPACK, which can help you identify bottlenecks in your environment and inform you about your current performance needs. Then consider how the consolidation ratio we proved could be helpful for your company. The Intel processor-powered Dell PowerEdge R730 solution with VMware vSphere and Dell Storage SC4020, also powered by Intel, could be the right destination for your upgrade journey.
Innovations that simplify desktop virtualization Dell World
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is an alternative desktop deployment model that offers increased flexibility and simplified management. In this session, you will learn how to sharply decrease the time required to plan, deploy and operate VDI in small to mid-size environments. The discussion will focus on Dell appliances for both Citrix and vWorkspace—part of a comprehensive portfolio of end-to-end VDI solutions—optimized to quickly and cost-effectively satisfy a variety of specific use cases and user requirements.
The document summarizes an agenda for a Dell VMware and Intel roadshow. The agenda includes:
- Welcome and registration from 08:00-08:30
- News from Dell and VMware from 08:30-09:00
- Introduction to the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) from 09:00-09:30
- Dell infrastructure for SDDC and vSphere from 09:45-10:30
- vSphere 5.5 and vCloud Suite 5.5 from 10:30-11:15
- VMware Horizon suite and demo of Dell VRTX from 11:30-12:00
- Closing and lunch from 12:00-13
Manage easier, deliver faster, innovate more - Top 10 facts on Dell Enterpris...Dell World
The Dell Enterprise Systems Management software portfolio is a powerful set of systems and data center management tools that help you maximize your investment in Dell enterprise systems and unify the management of your IT resources. Come learn how some of the largest and most innovative companies use Dell’s Enterprise Systems Management solutions to streamline server management, increase overall system reliability and maximize data center efficiency.
In our tests, Cisco UCS Director provisioned servers in up to 12.9 percent less time than provisioning them manually and reduced steps by as much as 88.4 percent.
So what do our findings mean for your organization? By reducing the amount of time and number of steps it takes to provision servers with the automation of Cisco UCS Director, you can help save your systems administrators time so they can work on more strategic projects or even reduce the number of staff you require. Moving from manual provisioning to automated provisioning with Cisco UCS Director can have a significant impact on your management budget by streamlining routine tasks—and the savings could only be expected to grow along with your server count.
Get more out of your Windows 10 laptop experience with SSD storage instead of...Principled Technologies
Your time is precious. Choosing a laptop that loads apps and transfers data as quickly as possible is one way to make sure you get the most from your time investment. Our hands-on testing found that most users could start their day-to day activities faster with a Windows 10 laptop powered by SSD storage instead of HDD storage.
Watch your transactional database performance climb with Intel Optane DC pers...Principled Technologies
Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd servers with Intel Optane DC persistent memory handled more transactions per minute than configurations with NAND flash NVMe drives or SATA SSDs
Watch your transactional database performance climb with Intel Optane DC pers...Principled Technologies
Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd servers with Intel Optane DC persistent memory handled more transactions per minute than configurations with NAND flash NVMe drives or SATA SSDs
Distributed storage performance for OpenStack clouds using small-file IO work...Principled Technologies
OpenStack cloud environments demand strong storage performance to handle the requests of end users. Software-based distributed storage can provide this performance while also providing much needed flexibility for storage resources.
In our tests, we found that Red Hat Storage Server better handled small-file IO workloads than did Ceph Storage, handling up to two times the number of files per second in some instances. The smallfile tool we used simulated users performing actions on their files to show the kind of end-user performance you could expect using both solutions at various node, VM, and thread counts.
These results show that Red Hat Storage Server can provide equivalent or better performance than Ceph Storage for similar workloads in OpenStack cloud environments, which can help users better access the files they keep in the cloud.
Maximizing Oracle Database performance with Intel SSD DC P3600 Series NVMe SS...Principled Technologies
If your organization runs critical, high-demand databases in environments such as Oracle Database, strong performance is not an option: it’s a must-have. Additionally, getting that necessary strong performance out of a single server can be essential for running a space and cost-efficient datacenter. In the Principled Technologies labs, we found that the Dell PowerEdge R930 offered strong performance for such transactional databases when configured with SATA SSDs. When we upgraded the servers to Intel SSD DC P3600 Series NVMe SSDs, performance doubled, increasing by 2.17 times, or 117 percent. If your datacenter needs a new powerhouse server, purchasing your Dell PowerEdge R930 with Intel NVMe SSDs for a cost increase of only 18 percent can double the performance you get from each server. This increases what your infrastructure can do within the same amount of space and lets you ultimately save money that would otherwise be spent purchasing additional servers and software.
OLTP with Dell EqualLogic hybrid arrays: A comparative study with an industry...Principled Technologies
The effectiveness of your OLTP database environment can depend to an enormous degree on the storage system you select. We compared a database server solution using the Dell EqualLogic PS6210XS with a one using competing industry-leading SAN storage.
The EqualLogic PS6210XS solution was overwhelmingly superior in all areas we tested. It delivered twice the performance with half the response time, and used a fraction of the power.
These factors make it clear that any business that relies on its database servers and wants to get the greatest return on its storage investment must consider the Dell EqualLogic PS6210XS.
Workstation heat and power usage: Lenovo ThinkStation P500 vs. HP Z440 Workst...Principled Technologies
A workstation that runs coolly and uses less power is a great asset to workers and the companies they work for. In our tests, both when idle and when under load, the Lenovo ThinkStation P500 generally ran at lower surface temperatures and used less power than the HP Z440 Workstation. These findings show that the Lenovo ThinkStation P500 could meet the needs of those who want to provide a reliable, comfortable work environment while using less power.
The Dell PowerEdge R920 could replace nine older Oracle database servers and provide nine times the performance while reducing power consumption by 64% and lowering software licensing costs by 17%. Testing showed the R920 running Oracle Database 12c with pluggable databases provided significant savings over three years in power, cooling, and licensing costs compared to running the databases on nine older servers.
As our tests show, investing in the powerful new Dell PowerEdge R920 running Oracle VM Server 3.2.8 with Oracle Database 12c VMs achieves cost savings without compromising performance. In our testing, a single Dell PowerEdge R920 could perform five times the work of a single HP ProLiant DL385 G6 server; the costs to power and cool the Dell PowerEdge would be 43 percent less than the five servers it could replace. The three-year software licensing costs of the Dell PowerEdge R920 server would be 22 percent lower than the licensing costs for the five-server solution. These dramatic savings—which come out to $212,091 for our single test environment — could grow to millions of dollars in a larger consolidation effort.
Offer faster access to critical data and achieve greater inline data reductio...Principled Technologies
Compared to a solution from another vendor (“Vendor B”), the PowerStore 7000T delivered a better inline data reduction ratio and better performance during simulated OLTP and other I/O workloads
Whether you’re looking for the highest possible performance per rack unit or the strongest RAS-enabled server to run your mission-critical databases, Dell has a server to meet your needs. Factors such as performance per rack, expansion capabilities, and flash storage options will also drive your server decision.
In our hands-on tests, we found that the Dell PowerEdge R820 server could handle up to 382,397 database orders per minute and had 73.6 percent greater performance per U of rack space than the R910.
The Dell PowerEdge R910 processed 440,475 OPM. Its high number of logical processors, maximum expansion capabilities, and support for RAS technologies make the Dell PowerEdge R910 an excellent choice for your mission-critical data center applications.
Deduplication without performance hits: Intel Xeon processor E5-2697v2-powere...Principled Technologies
Backing up business data with deduplication has the potential to clog network resources and slow down performance for your customers. Servers with powerful processors are crucial to running an efficient and secure infrastructure. We found that a Dell PowerEdge R720xd server powered by the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 Series successfully overcame this hurdle in our tests. When we used NetVault Backup to dedupe and back up data while running database workloads, performance did not slow down. The Dell solution using source-based deduplication reduced backup storage space used by 39 times and reduced application server network traffic by 70.5 percent when compared with a traditional backup method. Strong processor and server combinations, such as the one we tested, can keep your business moving swiftly and save resources as you back up your data to keep it safe.
Keep remote desktop power users productive with Dell EMC PowerEdge R840 serve...Principled Technologies
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R840 server powered by 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors can support 230 VDI power users while maintaining acceptable desktop response times of less than 1 second for CPU-centric tasks and less than 6 seconds for storage-centric tasks. This allows companies to keep their remote workforce productive with fewer servers. Testing showed the PowerEdge R840 delivered speedy access to applications for hundreds of users simultaneously working and collaborating.
By upgrading from the legacy solution we tested to the new Intel processor-based Dell and VMware solution, you could do 18 times the work in the same amount of space. Imagine what that performance could mean to your business: Consolidate workloads from across your company, lower your power and cooling bills, and limit datacenter expansion in the future, all while maintaining a consistent user experience—the list of potential benefits is huge.
Try running DPACK, which can help you identify bottlenecks in your environment and inform you about your current performance needs. Then consider how the consolidation ratio we proved could be helpful for your company. The Intel processor-powered Dell PowerEdge R730 solution with VMware vSphere and Dell Storage SC4020, also powered by Intel, could be the right destination for your upgrade journey.
Innovations that simplify desktop virtualization Dell World
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is an alternative desktop deployment model that offers increased flexibility and simplified management. In this session, you will learn how to sharply decrease the time required to plan, deploy and operate VDI in small to mid-size environments. The discussion will focus on Dell appliances for both Citrix and vWorkspace—part of a comprehensive portfolio of end-to-end VDI solutions—optimized to quickly and cost-effectively satisfy a variety of specific use cases and user requirements.
The document summarizes an agenda for a Dell VMware and Intel roadshow. The agenda includes:
- Welcome and registration from 08:00-08:30
- News from Dell and VMware from 08:30-09:00
- Introduction to the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) from 09:00-09:30
- Dell infrastructure for SDDC and vSphere from 09:45-10:30
- vSphere 5.5 and vCloud Suite 5.5 from 10:30-11:15
- VMware Horizon suite and demo of Dell VRTX from 11:30-12:00
- Closing and lunch from 12:00-13
Manage easier, deliver faster, innovate more - Top 10 facts on Dell Enterpris...Dell World
The Dell Enterprise Systems Management software portfolio is a powerful set of systems and data center management tools that help you maximize your investment in Dell enterprise systems and unify the management of your IT resources. Come learn how some of the largest and most innovative companies use Dell’s Enterprise Systems Management solutions to streamline server management, increase overall system reliability and maximize data center efficiency.
Continuing to run a legacy infrastructure may be possible, but it isn’t optimal—not when new technologies like the Dell and Nutanix solution are available. By upgrading to this new hyperconverged infrastructure, you could do eight times the work of a legacy solution in just 6U and scale for more work by simply adding another node. What’s more, eliminating the need for centralized SAN storage means more space to grow, less hardware to manage, and the potential for lower power and cooling bills.
Take the first step on the path to an upgraded environment. Run DPACK in your own datacenter, and discover your performance requirements and potential bottlenecks. Then consider how the increased mixed workload performance from the hyperconverged, Intel processor-powered Dell and Nutanix solution could help your business thrive.
Higher Margins and Happier Customers with Dell ServicesDell World
IT professionals today are challenged to deliver high levels of accessibility and performance to their business—and any disruptions translate into money lost. Optimize the performance and productivity of your customer’s IT environment while increasing the efficiency of your business with services and tools from Dell that complement your capabilities and deliver exactly what customers need. Dell provides flexibility to our partners based on their unique business model, and now Dell Services provides that same flexibility. Come learn about the range of services, training, tools and exclusive programs that can deliver higher satisfaction and scalability for your customers, with flexibility and profit for you. Learn more: http://del.ly/uDj9Cje
Dell Solutions Tour 2014
Jan Bjelde Manager, Enterprise Solution Group, Dell Norway
Arild Hansen System Enginer Server, Dell Norway
Løsninger for Software defined and konvergert datasenter
Gjennomgang av Dell VRTX som kan være verdens minste Konvergerte infrastruktur, et komplett konvergert og virtuelt datasenter ogkomponent i en Software Defined Storage løsning (SDS) “Softwared defined datasenter (SDDC) snur opp ned på tradisjonelle enterprise løsninger.Lagring lagres i server plattformer (SDS). Programvare i nettverket flyttes til virtuelle plattformer (SDN+NFV). Infrastruktur forenkles og enten leveres som stack’er i konvergert infrastruktur eller som standardiserte server plattformer (Hyper konvergens). Dell kommer med både moderniseringsstrategier og løsninger for det moderne datasenteret. Dell har mange nye produkter somoptimaliseres for det software definerte datasenter eller som konvergert infrastruktur for det virtuelle datasenter eller for SAP eller Oracle type workloads.»
Boosting performance with the Dell Acceleration Appliance for DatabasesPrincipled Technologies
If your business is expanding and you need to support more users accessing your databases, it’s time to act. Upgrading your database infrastructure with a flash storage-based solution is a smart way to improve performance without adding more servers or taking up very much rack space, which comes at a premium. The Dell Acceleration Appliance for Databases addresses this by providing strong performance when combined with your existing infrastructure or on its own.
We found that adding a highly available DAAD solution to our database application provided up to 3.01 times the Oracle Database 12c performance, which can make a big difference to your bottom line. Additionally, the DAAD delivered 3.14 times the database performance when replacing traditional storage completely, which could enable your infrastructure to keep up with your growing business’ needs.
Dell Solutions Tour 2015 - Azure i ditt eget datasenter, Kristian Nese, CTO L...Kenneth de Brucq
"Se hvordan du kan få Azure i ditt eget datasenter ved å bruke innovative løsninger for compute, network og storage, slik at du kan levere en billigere, bedre og mer stabil tjeneste.
Vi ser nærmere på Dell sine Microsoft løsninger i datasenteret og hvordan Dell bygger løsninger i retning av Azure stack, samt hvilke infrastrukturkomponenter som egner seg når man skal bygge Azure i sitt eget datasenter. "
This document provides a reference architecture for deploying Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) on Dell EMC VxRail Appliances. PCF is a cloud platform that allows developers to deploy and scale applications with no downtime. VxRail Appliances integrate compute and storage on a single appliance in a hyper-converged infrastructure. This solution provides developers with a ready-to-use environment to build and deploy cloud native applications, while leveraging existing VMware infrastructure investments. The document describes the key technologies involved, including PCF, VxRail, and VMware vSphere and vSAN. It also provides guidance on hardware and software requirements, management, storage configuration, networking, and sizing considerations for this
Dell High-Performance Computing solutions: Enable innovations, outperform exp...Dell World
This document summarizes the benefits of High Performance Computing (HPC) and Dell's HPC solutions. It states that HPC is critical for solving big problems that require faster answers through integrated and scalable solutions. It then describes Dell's end-to-end HPC services including modular designs, expertise, and tools. Case studies show how Dell HPC solutions have benefited manufacturing, healthcare, finance, and energy customers. The document concludes by stating that Dell aims to help more organizations use HPC to drive innovation.
Enabling complex B2B sales with PR and content marketingMatt Wilkinson
Matt Wilkinson is the Account Director at Pinnacle Marketing Communications, an agency that helps B2B companies with public relations and content marketing. B2B sales cycles can be complex, time-consuming, and frustrating, taking years and many meetings. Content marketing from an agency like Pinnacle can raise awareness and drive profitable action by being present with valuable content in the moments that matter to customers. Content marketing involves creating and distributing valuable, consistent content to attract and acquire a clearly defined audience with the goal of driving customer action. Done effectively, content marketing can reduce the cost per lead and provide an ROI that is over 250 times the initial investment.
Boosting virtualization performance with Intel SSD DC Series P3600 NVMe SSDs ...Principled Technologies
When it comes time to make your server purchase or if you’re looking for an easy way to boost performance of existing infrastructure, consider upgrading your server’s internal storage. As our hands-on tests with a Dell EMC PowerEdge R630 environment running VMware Virtual SAN proved, Intel SSD DC P3600 Series NVMe SSDs could increase virtualized mixed-workload performance by as much as 59.9 percent compared to SATA SSDs while allowing you to run a large additional number of VMs. When you improve performance for your virtualized workloads, your employees and customers will benefit. By increasing performance with Intel NVMe SSDs on your Dell EMC PowerEdge R630 servers, you can potentially slash wait times and do more work on your servers without having to expand your infrastructure with additional storage arrays, which can translate to happier users and a more efficient infrastructure.
Lessons From The Dell Brand Newsroom, Digiday Content Marketing Summit, Augus...Digiday
The document discusses lessons learned from Dell's brand newsroom. It emphasizes putting customers at the center and championing their success. Key lessons are to stay agile and responsive by acting on data insights, understand the brand is the publisher but doesn't have all the rights of traditional media, and maintain a customer-centric focus by portraying customers as the heroes in their own stories and acting as their champion rather than savior.
7 Key Principles of Mastering the B2B Customer ExperienceJourney Sales
The next big shift in B2B sales is the evolution of the customer experience. In the past decade, we've seen a major improvement in the B2C customer experience. So how do we mimic that in B2B? Learn what the 7 key principles of mastering the B2B customer experience are.
White paper whitewater-datastorageinthecloudAccenture
The document discusses the advantages of using cloud storage over traditional tape or disk storage methods. It outlines how Riverbed's Whitewater cloud storage gateway addresses key concerns with cloud storage like security, transmission speeds, and data availability. Customers that have implemented Whitewater report significant cost savings from eliminating tape infrastructure costs and storage array purchases and being able to back up more frequently due to increased speeds.
How to Accelerate Backup Performance with Dell DR Series Backup AppliancesDLT Solutions
Join us for a live demonstration of Dell DR series disk backup and disaster recovery appliances. Learn how to transform your backup operations without the pain of replacing your existing backup software. DR series appliances can be deployed in any environment quickly and easily – fast and affordable data reduction with the future built in. Discover how to easily accelerate backup performance, reduce backup storage footprint, and simplify disaster recovery.
Data Protection and Disaster Recovery Solutions: Ensuring Business ContinuityMaryJWilliams2
In today's digital landscape, data protection and disaster recovery are critical components of any robust IT strategy. This article delves into various solutions designed to safeguard your data against loss, corruption, and cyber threats. Explore the latest technologies and best practices for effective data protection, from backup strategies to comprehensive disaster recovery plans. To know more: https://stonefly.com/white-papers/data-protection-disaster-recovery-solution/
Shielding Data Assets: Exploring Data Protection and Disaster Recovery Strate...MaryJWilliams2
Delve into comprehensive data protection and disaster recovery strategies with our detailed PDF submission. Discover best practices, methodologies, and technologies to safeguard critical data and ensure operational continuity in the face of unforeseen events. Gain insights into designing resilient backup plans, implementing disaster recovery solutions, and mitigating risks effectively. Equip yourself with the knowledge needed to protect your organization's data assets and maintain business continuity. To Know more: https://stonefly.com/white-papers/data-protection-disaster-recovery-solution/
MT25 Server technology trends, workload impacts, and the Dell Point of ViewDell EMC World
As you modernize your data center and become future ready, your server requirements are changing. With innovations such as software-defined storage and networking, your compute platform is now more important than ever. Discover how the highly innovative Dell EMC PowerEdge portfolio is designed to meet the challenges of your future ready data center and how selecting the right compute platform can better enable you to deliver more efficient, secure and manageable IT for your business.
Introducing Backup to Disk devices and deduplication
This document describes how HPE Data Protector integrates with Backup to Disk devices and deduplication. By supporting deduplication, several new concepts are introduced to Data Protector, including a new device type, the Backup to Disk device, and four interface types: the HPE StoreOnce Software deduplication, the HPE StoreOnce Backup System, Smart Cache, and the EMC Data Domain Boost. Backup to Disk devices and deduplication are both discussed in detail in this document.
Backup to Disk devices are devices that back up data to a physical storage disk and support multi-host configurations. They support different backends such as the HP StoreOnce Software deduplication, the StoreOnce Backup system, Smart Cache, or the EMC Data Domain Boost. This document also describes the basic principles behind deduplication technology.
Data Protector supports the following deduplication backends:
HPE Data Protector Software deduplication provides the ability to deploy target-side deduplication on virtually any industry-standard hardware, offers greater flexibility than existing solutions as it can be deployed in a wider range of hardware set-ups, and provides enterprise-class scalability.
Because of the way Data Protector makes use of the extremely efficient HPE StoreOnce engine, Data Protector software deduplication uses memory very efficiently. As a result, you can deploy deduplication on application or backup servers without lowering application performance. Data Protector software deduplication can even be deployed on a virtual machine. In addition, Data Protector software deduplication delivers very high throughput. HPE StoreOnce Backup system devices are disk to disk (D2D) backup devices which support deduplication. Smart Cache devices are backup to disk devices that enable non-staged recovery from VMware backups. EMC Data Domain Boost devices are D2D backup devices which support deduplication.
Increasing performance with the Dell PowerEdge FX2 and VMware Virtual SANPrincipled Technologies
IT and business goals don’t have to compete: With a Dell PowerEdge FX2 solution powered by Intel Xeon processors and SanDisk SSDs with VMware Virtual SAN 6, you can get the database performance you need by bringing compute and data closer together while maximizing datacenter space, all within the constraints of a tightening budget. We found that the Dell PowerEdge FX2 solution outperformed an HP solution with legacy external SAN array and provided a lower cost per order along with lowering common operating costs. Configured with SanDisk SSDs and VMware Virtual San 6, the Dell PowerEdge FX2 solution delivered 3.1 times the performance and 4.2 times the performance per watt of the HP solution using a legacy SAN array. The entire Dell PowerEdge FX2 solution also took up 90 percent less space and cost half as much per database order it handled.
With numbers like that, it becomes clear that investing in servers for your old external storage array isn’t going to cut it. Moving to an all-in-one Dell PowerEdge FX2 solution with VMware Virtual SAN 6 can help you meet both your performance and budgeting goals.
Are your backups are too big, and do you store them too long? Do missed SLAs, cost and complexity still vex you? Are you worried you won’t get all of your data back? Do you waste hours managing complicated, temperamental backup solutions?
We discuss ways to make backup predictable, shrink windows, over-perform on SLAs and get all your data back – every time, on time. See how others are matching their backup to their business, reducing stored data by up to 95% and speeding backups by 275%. Focus on your business—not your backups.
Reduce time to complete backups and restores with Transparent Snapshots with ...Principled Technologies
Compared to a competitor solution, Transparent Snapshots Data Mover (TSDM) took less time to perform incremental backups and restore data from a backup on VMware VMs
The document discusses data protection challenges and solutions from Dell. It notes that 23% of respondents desire increased reliability of backups/recoveries and 22% wish for increased speed or frequency of backups. Dell's data protection approach claims to restore applications and data 6x faster than legacy solutions with near-zero downtime. It provides extensible protection across physical, virtual and cloud in one solution. Dell solutions aim to help customers spend less, operate with more agility, and unlock time in their day.
True IDC Share Services provides cloud storage capabilities tailored for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It offers simple, fast sharing of files anytime, anywhere. Users can improve productivity through collaboration enabled by fast access to shared files. The service also provides reliable backup and archiving in the cloud for business continuity.
When it comes to backup and recovery, backup performance numbers rule the roost. It’s understandable really: far more data gets backed up than ever gets restored, and backup length is one of most difficult problems facing administrators today. But a reliance on backup numbers alone is dangerous. Recovery may not happen as frequently as daily backup but recovery is the entire reason for backup. Backing up because everyone does it isn’t good enough.
The document discusses Red Hat software-defined storage which uses standard hardware and software instead of proprietary appliances to provide scalable, flexible storage services at a lower cost. It highlights how software-defined storage differs from traditional storage approaches by using scale-out architectures and software-based intelligence rather than hardware-based solutions. Examples of using Red Hat storage include OpenStack, object storage, virtual machines, containers, and converged Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and Gluster storage.
Mastering Backup and Disaster Recovery: Ensuring Data Continuity and ResilienceMaryJWilliams2
Discover the essential strategies and tools for effective backup and disaster recovery. Learn how to safeguard your data against unexpected events and ensure business continuity. Explore the latest technologies and best practices in backup and disaster recovery management. To Know more:https://stonefly.com/white-papers/backup-disaster-recovery-solutions-governments/
ProServer - Direct network attached CD / DVD Server and LoaderPrime Array
ProServer is a versatile direct network attach CD/DVD server and tower in one! It allows an organization to easily share large CD/DVD libraries over their network by hard disc caching. For more information, please contact us. PrimeArray Systems, Inc. 1500 District Avenue, Burlington, MA 01803, Call 800-433-5133, 978-455-9488, Visit https://www.primearray.com/
The document summarizes the new Data Domain DD160 appliance. It is an affordable entry-level deduplication storage system for small enterprises and remote offices, starting at $10,000 for 1.6TB of usable capacity. Key features include throughput up to 1.1TB/hr, scalable capacity up to 3.98TB, and support for all Data Domain software. The document positions the DD160 for backups of less than 4TB and highlights its cost-effectiveness and integration capabilities for small organizations.
Mbrojtje e te Dhenave nga DellEMC - Sinteza CoSintezaCo
- The vast majority (nearly 82%) of organizations are unprepared for future business challenges and must transform their data protection strategies.
- According to a study, 82% of organizations suffered data loss or downtime due to security breaches and the average annual cost of data loss is nearly $1 million.
- Dell EMC offers a complete data protection solution including Data Domain protection storage and Data Protection Suite software to protect data in any environment and consumption model.
Help skilled workers succeed with Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme ...Principled Technologies
Instead of equipping consumer-grade tablets with rugged cases
Conclusion
In our hands-on testing, the Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablets showed that they are better equipped to help skilled workers than consumer-grade Apple iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 tablets in multiple ways. They provide more built-in capabilities and features than the consumer-grade tablets we tested. And, while they were more expensive than the rugged-case fortified consumer-grade options we tested, their rugged claims were more than skin deep.
In our performance and durability tests, the Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablets performed better in demanding manufacturing, logistics, and field service environments than consumer-grade tablets with rugged cases. Both Rugged Extreme Tablets, with their greater thermal range, suffered less performance degradation in extreme temperatures, never failed and were merely scuffed after 26 hard drops, survived a 10 minute drenching with no ill effects, and were easier to view in direct sunlight than Apple iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 tablets.
Bring ideas to life with the HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation - InfographicPrincipled Technologies
We compared CPU performance and noise output of an HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation in High Performance Mode to a similarly configured Dell Precision 3660 Tower Workstation in its out-of-box performance mode
Investing in GenAI: Cost‑benefit analysis of Dell on‑premises deployments vs....Principled Technologies
Conclusion
Diving into the world of GenAI has the potential to yield a great many benefits for your organization, but it first requires consideration for how best to implement those GenAI workloads. Whether your AI goals are to create a chatbot for online visitors, generate marketing materials, aid troubleshooting, or something else, implementing an AI solution requires careful planning and decision-making. A major decision is whether to host GenAI in the cloud or keep your data on premises. Traditional on-premises solutions can provide superior security and control, a substantial concern when dealing with large amounts of potentially sensitive data. But will supporting a GenAI solution on site be a drain on an organization’s IT budget?
In our research, we found that the value proposition is just the opposite: Hosting GenAI workloads on premises, either in a traditional Dell solution or using a managed Dell APEX pay-per-use solution, could significantly lower your GenAI costs over 3 years compared to hosting these workloads in the cloud. In fact, we found that a comparable AWS SageMaker solution would cost up to 3.8 times as much and an Azure ML solution would cost up to 3.6 times as much as GenAI on a Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. These results show that organizations looking to implement GenAI and reap the business benefits to come can find many advantages in an on-premises Dell solution, whether they opt to purchase and manage it themselves or choose a subscription-based Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. Choosing an on-premises Dell solution could save your organization significantly over hosting GenAI in the cloud, while giving you control over the security and privacy of your data as well as any updates and changes to the environment, and while ensuring your environment is managed consistently.
Workstations powered by Intel can play a vital role in CPU-intensive AI devel...Principled Technologies
In three AI development workflows, Intel processor-powered workstations delivered strong performance, without using their GPUs, making them a good choice for this part of the AI process
Conclusion
We executed three AI development workflows on tower workstations and mobile workstations from three vendors, with each workflow utilizing only the Intel CPU cores, and found that these platforms were suitable for carrying out various AI tasks. For two of the workflows, we learned that completing the tasks on the tower workstations took roughly half as much time as on the mobile workstations. This supports the idea that the tower workstations would be appropriate for a development environment for more complex models with a greater volume of data and that the mobile workstations would be well-suited for data scientists fine-tuning simpler models. In the third workflow, we explored tower workstation performance with different precision levels and learned that using 16-bit floating point precision allowed the workstations to execute the workflow in less time and also reduced memory usage dramatically. For all three AI workflows we executed, we consider the time the workstations needed to complete the tasks to be acceptable, and believe that these workstations can be appropriate, cost-effective choices for these kinds of activities.
Enable security features with no impact to OLTP performance with Dell PowerEd...Principled Technologies
Get comparable online transaction processing (OLTP) performance with or without enabling AMD Secure Memory Encryption and AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization - Encrypted State
Conclusion
You’ve likely already implemented many security measures for your servers, which may include physical security for the data center, hardware-level security, and software-level security. With the cost of data breaches high and still growing, however, wise IT teams will consider what additional security measures they may be able to implement.
AMD SME and SEV-ES are technologies that are already available within your AMD processor-powered 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers—and in our testing, we saw that they can offer extra layers of security without affecting performance. We compared the online transaction processing performance of a Dell PowerEdge R7625 server, powered by AMD EPYC 9274F processors, with and without these two security features enabled. We found that enabling AMD Secure Memory Encryption and Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Encrypted State did not impact performance at all.
If your team is assessing areas where you might be able to enhance security—without paying a large performance cost—consider enabling AME SME and AMD SEV-ES in your Dell PowerEdge servers.
Improving energy efficiency in the data center: Endure higher temperatures wi...Principled Technologies
In high-temperature test scenarios, a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server continued running an intensive workload without component warnings or failures, while a Supermicro SYS‑621C-TN12R server failed
Conclusion: Remain resilient in high temperatures with the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 to help increase efficiency
Increasing your data center’s temperature can help your organization make strides in energy efficiency and cooling cost savings. With servers that can hold up to these higher everyday temperatures—as well as high temperatures due to unforeseen circumstances—your business can continue to deliver the performance your apps and clients require.
When we ran an intensive floating-point workload on a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 and a Supermicro SYS-621CTN12R in three scenario types simulating typical operations at 25°C, a fan failure, and an HVAC malfunction, the Dell server experienced no component warnings or failures. In contrast, the Supermicro server experienced warnings in all three scenario types and experienced component failures in the latter two tests, rendering the system unusable. When we inspected and analyzed each system, we found that the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server’s motherboard layout, fans, and chassis offered cooling design advantages.
For businesses aiming to meet sustainability goals by running hotter data centers, as well as those concerned with server cooling design, the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 is a strong contender to take on higher temperatures during day-to-day operations and unexpected malfunctions.
Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift: An easily deployable and powe...Principled Technologies
The 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor‑powered solution deployed in less than two hours and ran a Kubernetes container-based generative AI workload effectively
Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift: An easily deployable and powe...Principled Technologies
The 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor‑powered solution deployed in less than two hours and ran a generative AI workload effectively
Conclusion
The appeal of incorporating GenAI into your organization’s operations is likely great. Getting started with an efficient solution for your next LLM workload or application can seem daunting because of the changing hardware and software landscape, but Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift powered by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors could provide the solution you need. We started with a Dell Validated Design as a reference, and then went on to modify the deployment as necessary for our Llama 2 workload. The Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift solution worked well for our LLM, and by using this deployment guide in conjunction with numerous Dell documents and some flexibility, you could be well on your way to innovating your next GenAI breakthrough.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
For organizations running clusters of moderately configured, older Dell PowerEdge servers with a previous version of VCF, upgrading to better-configured modern servers can provide a significant performance boost and more.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5
If your company is struggling with underperforming infrastructure, upgrading to 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers running VCF 5.1 could be just what you need to handle more database throughput and reduce vSAN latencies. As an additional benefit to IT admins, we also found that the embedded VMware Aria Operation adapter provided useful infrastructure insights.
Realize 2.1X the performance with 20% less power with AMD EPYC processor-back...Principled Technologies
Three AMD EPYC processor-based two-processor solutions outshined comparable Intel Xeon Scalable processor-based solutions by handling more Redis workload transactions and requests while consuming less power
Conclusion
Performance and energy efficiency are significant factors in processor selection for servers running data-intensive workloads, such as Redis. We compared the Redis performance and energy consumption of a server cluster in three AMD EPYC two-processor configurations against that of a server cluster in two Intel Xeon Scalable two-processor configurations. In each of our three test scenarios, the server cluster backed by AMD EPYC processors outperformed the server cluster backed by Intel Xeon Scalable processors. In addition, one of the AMD EPYC processor-based clusters consumed 20 percent less power than its Intel Xeon Scalable processor-based counterpart. Combining these measurements gave us power efficiency metrics that demonstrate how valuable AMD EPYC processor-based servers could be—you could see better performance per watt with these AMD EPYC processor-based server clusters and potentially get more from your Redis or other data intensive applications and workloads while reducing data center power costs.
Improve performance and gain room to grow by easily migrating to a modern Ope...Principled Technologies
We deployed this modern environment, then migrated database VMs from legacy servers and saw performance improvements that support consolidation
Conclusion
If your organization’s transactional databases are running on gear that is several years old, you have much to gain by upgrading to modern servers with new processors and networking components and an OpenShift environment. In our testing, a modern OpenShift environment with a cluster of three Dell PowerEdge R7615 servers with 4th Generation AMD EPYC processors and high-speed 100Gb Broadcom NICs outperformed a legacy environment with MySQL VMs running on a cluster of three Dell PowerEdge R7515 servers with 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors and 25Gb Broadcom NICs. We also easily migrated a VM from the legacy environment to the modern environment, with only a few steps required to set up and less than ten minutes of hands-on time. The performance advantage of the modern servers would allow a company to reduce the number of servers necessary to perform a given amount of database work, thus lowering operational expenditures such as power and cooling and IT staff time for maintenance. The high-speed 100Gb Broadcom NICs in this solution also give companies better network performance and networking capacity to grow as they embrace emerging technologies such as AI that put great demands on networks.
Boost PC performance: How more available memory can improve productivityPrincipled Technologies
With more memory available, system performance of three Dell devices increased, which can translate to a better user experience
Conclusion
When your system has plenty of RAM to meet your needs, you can efficiently access the applications and data you need to finish projects and to-do lists without sacrificing time and focus. Our test results show that with more memory available, three Dell PCs delivered better performance and took less time to complete the Procyon Office Productivity benchmark. These advantages translate to users being able to complete workflows more quickly and multitask more easily. Whether you need the mobility of the Latitude 5440, the creative capabilities of the Precision 3470, or the high performance of the OptiPlex Tower Plus 7010, configuring your system with more RAM can help keep processes running smoothly, enabling you to do more without compromising performance.
Deploy with confidence: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdg...Principled Technologies
A Principled Technologies deployment guide
Conclusion
Deploying VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdge servers brings together critical virtualization capabilities and high-performing hardware infrastructure. Relying on our hands-on experience, this deployment guide offers a comprehensive roadmap that can guide your organization through the seamless integration of advanced VMware cloud solutions with the performance and reliability of Dell PowerEdge servers. In addition to the deployment efficiency, the Cloud Foundation 5.1 and PowerEdge solution delivered strong performance while running a MySQL database workload. By leveraging VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 and PowerEdge servers, you could help your organization embrace cloud computing with confidence, potentially unlocking a new level of agility, scalability, and efficiency in your data center operations.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5
Conclusion
If your company is struggling with underperforming infrastructure, upgrading to 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers running VCF 5.1 could be just what you need to handle more database throughput and reduce vSAN latencies. We found that a Dell PowerEdge R760 server cluster running VCF 5.1 processed over 78 percent more TPM and 79 percent more NOPM than a Dell PowerEdge R750 server cluster running VCF 4.5. It’s also worth noting that the PowerEdge R750 cluster bottlenecked on vSAN storage, with max write latency at 8.9ms. For reference, the PowerEdge R760 cluster clocked in at 3.8ms max write latency. This higher latency is due in part to the single disk group per host on the moderately configured PowerEdge R750 cluster, while the better-configured PowerEdge R760 cluster supported four disk groups per host. As an additional benefit to IT admins, we also found that the embedded VMware Aria Operation adapter provided useful infrastructure insights.
Based on our research using publicly available materials, it appears that Dell supports nine of the ten PC security features we investigated, HP supports six of them, and Lenovo supports three features.
Increase security, sustainability, and efficiency with robust Dell server man...Principled Technologies
Compared to the Supermicro management portfolio
Conclusion
Choosing a vendor for server purchases is about more than just the hardware platform. Decision-makers must also consider more long-term concerns, including system/data security, energy efficiency, and ease of management. These concerns make the systems management tools a vendor offers as important as the hardware.
We investigated the features and capabilities of server management tools from Dell and Supermicro, comparing Dell iDRAC9 against Supermicro IPMI for embedded server management and Dell OpenManage Enterprise and CloudIQ against Supermicro Server Manager for one-to-many device and console management and monitoring. We found that the Dell management tools provided more comprehensive security, sustainability, and management/monitoring features and capabilities than Supermicro servers did. In addition, Dell tools automated more tasks to ease server management, resulting in significant time savings for administrators versus having to do the same tasks manually with Supermicro tools.
When making a server purchase, a vendor’s associated management products are critical to protect data, support a more sustainable environment, and to ease the maintenance of systems. Our tests and research showed that the Dell management portfolio for PowerEdge servers offered more features to help organizations meet these goals than the comparable Supermicro management products.
Increase security, sustainability, and efficiency with robust Dell server man...Principled Technologies
Compared to the Supermicro management portfolio
Conclusion
Choosing a vendor for server purchases is about more than just the hardware platform. Decision-makers must also consider more long-term concerns, including system/data security, energy efficiency, and ease of management. These concerns make the systems management tools a vendor offers as important as the hardware.
We investigated the features and capabilities of server management tools from Dell and Supermicro, comparing Dell iDRAC9 against Supermicro IPMI for embedded server management and Dell OpenManage Enterprise and CloudIQ against Supermicro Server Manager for one-to-many device and console management and monitoring. We found that the Dell management tools provided more comprehensive security, sustainability, and management/monitoring features and capabilities than Supermicro servers did. In addition, Dell tools automated more tasks to ease server management, resulting in significant time savings for administrators versus having to do the same tasks manually with Supermicro tools.
When making a server purchase, a vendor’s associated management products are critical to protect data, support a more sustainable environment, and to ease the maintenance of systems. Our tests and research showed that the Dell management portfolio for PowerEdge servers offered more features to help organizations meet these goals than the comparable Supermicro management products.
Scale up your storage with higher-performing Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS ...Principled Technologies
In our tests, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS outperformed similarly configured solutions from Vendor A, achieving more IOPS, better throughput, and more consistent performance on both NVMe-supported configurations and configurations backed by Elastic Block Store (EBS) alone.
Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS supports a full NVMe backed configuration, but Vendor A doesn’t—its solution uses EBS for storage capacity and NVMe as an extended read cache—which means APEX Block Storage for AWS can deliver faster storage performance.
Scale up your storage with higher-performing Dell APEX Block Storage for AWSPrincipled Technologies
Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS offered stronger and more consistent storage performance for better business agility than a Vendor A solution
Conclusion
Enterprises desiring the flexibility and convenience of the cloud for their block storage workloads can find fast-performing solutions with the enterprise storage features they’re used to in on-premises infrastructure by selecting Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS.
Our hands-on tests showed that compared to the Vendor A solution, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS offered stronger, more consistent storage performance in both NVMe-supported and EBS-backed configurations. Using NVMe-supported configurations, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS achieved 4.7x the random read IOPS and 5.1x the throughput on sequential read operations per node vs. Vendor A. In our EBS-backed comparison, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS offered 2.2x the throughput per node on sequential read operations vs. Vendor A.
Plus, the ability to scale beyond three nodes—up to 512 storage nodes with capacity of up to 8 PBs—enables Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS to help ensure performance and capacity as your team plans for the future.
“An Outlook of the Ongoing and Future Relationship between Blockchain Technologies and Process-aware Information Systems.” Invited talk at the joint workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems (BC4IS) and Blockchain for Trusted Data Sharing (B4TDS), co-located with with the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE), 3 June 2024, Limassol, Cyprus.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
GraphRAG for Life Science to increase LLM accuracyTomaz Bratanic
GraphRAG for life science domain, where you retriever information from biomedical knowledge graphs using LLMs to increase the accuracy and performance of generated answers
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Infrastructure Challenges in Scaling RAG with Custom AI modelsZilliz
Building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems with open-source and custom AI models is a complex task. This talk explores the challenges in productionizing RAG systems, including retrieval performance, response synthesis, and evaluation. We’ll discuss how to leverage open-source models like text embeddings, language models, and custom fine-tuned models to enhance RAG performance. Additionally, we’ll cover how BentoML can help orchestrate and scale these AI components efficiently, ensuring seamless deployment and management of RAG systems in the cloud.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
Building Production Ready Search Pipelines with Spark and MilvusZilliz
Spark is the widely used ETL tool for processing, indexing and ingesting data to serving stack for search. Milvus is the production-ready open-source vector database. In this talk we will show how to use Spark to process unstructured data to extract vector representations, and push the vectors to Milvus vector database for search serving.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
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Back up deduplicated data in less time with the Dell DR6000 Disk Backup Appliance
1. MAY 2015
A PRINCIPLED TECHNOLOGIES TEST REPORT
Commissioned by Dell Inc.
BACK UP DEDUPLICATED DATA IN LESS TIME
WITH THE DELL DR6000 DISK BACKUP APPLIANCE
Are long backup windows hurting your business? The Dell DR6000 Disk Backup
Appliance used source-side deduplication to provide a fast backup in our datacenter
while minimizing network resource consumption. The DR6000 backed up 3.5 TB of data
from 12 media servers in just over 28 minutes—two-thirds of the time that it took the
competition, an industry-leading deduplication appliance, to back up the same data. A
sample media server backing up to the DR6000 appliance consumed less than one-sixth
the bandwidth needed to back up to the competing appliance. What’s more, the 6U
DR6000 cost two-thirds the price of the 10U, industry-leading deduplication appliance.1
Backing up data is vital to protecting your business, but IT staff and users can
waste time when backups run longer than allotted windows and cause network
congestion. IT must work quickly to rectify the problems, as accessing data through the
network during a backup can feel sluggish and slow user productivity. Disk backup
appliances such as the Dell DR6000 use deduplication, a data-reduction technology, to
help control data growth, save time by reducing necessary backup windows, and
manage resources, such as available storage, for your business.
Not all backup appliances approach deduplication the same way, however. The
Dell DR6000 Disk Backup Appliance specifically has the option to use source-side
deduplication, where deduplication occurs at the server, to back up only unique data at
1
We gathered server prices in April 2015 from the respective vendor websites. They do not include discounts, tax, or shipping costs.
Please check with Dell for current pricing as it is subject to change.
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no additional cost to the customer. The appliance is part of a family of Dell DR
appliances and can do target-side deduplication in addition to source side dedupe.
FASTER PROTECTION OF YOUR DATA WITH SOURCE-SIDE
DEDUPLICATION
Deduplication is a form of compression that replaces unique chunks of data with
reference points, ideally reducing the amount of backup data stored and transferred for
replication and disaster recovery purposes in your datacenter. It is particularly useful for
businesses with large amounts of data that need to handle data growth and perform
frequent backups without dramatically increasing storage costs.
The Dell DR6000 Disk Backup Appliance, like the Dell DR4100 appliance, has
built-in protocol accelerators that focus on increasing the performance of source-side
deduplication, which works with different types of file-system protocols to provide a
filter that deduplicates the data at the source. This enables these servers to send
deduplicated data directly to the DR6000.
To aid the source-side deduplication process, the Dell DR Series offers Rapid NFS
and Rapid CIFS write-operation acceleration technology for NFS and CIFS file-system
protocols. The goal of these technologies is to provide better coordination and
integration between the DR appliance operations and data management applications
(DMAs), such as CommVault Simpana, which we used in testing. Rapid NFS and Rapid
CIFS are new patent–pending, source-based deduplication technology plug-ins created
by Dell for NFS and CIFS systems that ensures the DR appliance receives only unique
blocks of data from NFS or CIFS clients that haven’t already been stored in the backup
storage repository within the DR appliance disk pool. Write operations use Rapid NFS,
whereas metadata operations use the regular NFS protocol. For organizations using
CIFS, the filter driver verifies that the DR appliance receives only unique data.
In our datacenter, we connected, installed, and configured a Dell M1000e
chassis with two stacked Dell Networking MXL switches. We configured a 2 × 10 Gbps
LACP port channel from the Dell Networking stack to our core network, a Dell
PowerConnect™ 8024F 10 Gbps switch. We installed and configured 12 Dell M620
blades as media servers. On each of these media servers, we installed Windows Server®
2012. On our infrastructure server, a Dell PowerEdge™ R815, we installed Windows
Server 2012 R2. For the Hyper-V® role, we connected the infrastructure server to the
core network. We installed and configured a Dell DR6000 and an industry-leading
deduplication appliance and attached them to our core network via 2 × 10 Gbps LACP
port channels. Figure 1 shows the hardware setup we used in our testing.
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Figure 1: The components we used in our testing.
For more information on the Dell DR6000, see Appendix A. For more
information on the servers and appliances used in our testing, see Appendix B. For
detailed steps on how we tested, see Appendix C.
WHAT WE FOUND
Backing up data in less time with the Dell DR6000 Disk Backup Appliance
Thanks to source-side deduplication and Rapid CIFS technology, backing up 3.5
TB of data with the Dell DR6000 saved 14 minutes and 22 seconds compared to the
industry-leading deduplication appliance in our testing—two-thirds of the industry-
leading deduplication appliance’s backup window (see Figure 2). The DR6000 appliance
finished the backup in 28 minutes and 59 seconds, at a rate of 8.99 TB per hour. The
industry-leading deduplication appliance finished the backup in 43 minutes and 21
seconds at a rate of 5.99 TB per hour. By backing up only unique data with the DR6000,
backup windows shrink, making life easier for your IT staff and database users. IT staff
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can move on to other important tasks sooner, and your users won’t have to struggle
against sluggish responses from database applications.2
Figure 2: The time to complete
the backup for both solutions.
Less time is better.
Consuming less network resources with the Dell DR6000 Disk Backup Appliance
Another advantage to backing up only unique data is the reduction in network
resources that backing up data to the DR6000 consumes. We found the average
throughput from a sample media server to the Dell DR6000 was 176.8 MB per second,
less than a sixth of the network bandwidth needed during the back up to the industry-
leading deduplication appliance. This reduction shows how minimal the performance
impact would be for users who happened to access the network during the backup
window. Figure 3 compares the average throughput from the two sample media
servers.
2
According to Dell, they achieved 25TB per hour throughput in their internal testing. To see their Best Practices Guide, visit
downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_powervault/powervault-dr6000_White%20Papers_en-
us.pdf.
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Figure 3: Average throughput
from a sample media server to
the backup appliance. Lower
numbers are better.
Lower hardware cost in a smaller footprint for the Dell DR6000 Disk Backup Appliance
Figure 4 compares the hardware costs of the two solutions. By paying less for a
deduplication appliance with a 4U-smaller footprint, you’re saving your business money
with the initial purchase (money that your business could be spend on other projects)
and potentially reaping all the savings benefits that come from needing less space in the
datacenter. The Dell DR6000 occupied 40 percent less rack space and cost more than a
third less than the industry-leading appliance—a total savings of $85,467.3
Rack units
(U)
Purchase cost
(USD)
Dell DR6000 Disk Backup Appliance 6 $147,908.00
Industry-leading deduplication appliance 10 $233,375.00
Figure 4: Footprint and initial cost for each deduplication appliance. Lower numbers are better.
3
We gathered server prices in April 2015 from the respective vendor websites. They do not include discounts, tax, or shipping costs.
Please check with Dell for current pricing as it is subject to change.
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CONCLUSION
Backing up data is a key component in data protection. However, long backup
windows can cause headaches for IT and users while slowing down the network. We
found that using source-side deduplication and Rapid CIFS technology to back up data to
the Dell DR6000 Disk Backup Appliance was faster—with the average rate of data
backup at 8.99 TB per hour. The backup to the DR6000 completed in two-thirds the time
that the backup to the industry-leading deduplication appliance completed. Backing up
to the DR6000 consumed less than one-sixth the bandwidth needed to back up to the
industry-leading deduplication appliance. In addition, the DR6000 needed less rack
space and cost a third less than the competition. The solution to lengthy backup
windows is clear: Save time and network bandwidth with source-side deduplication built
into the Dell DR6000 Disk Backup Appliance.
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APPENDIX A – ABOUT THE COMPONENTS
About the Dell DR6000 Disk Backup Appliance
Dell designed the DR6000 Disk Backup Appliance to help reduce and ease the negative effects of data growth
and backup complexity. Dell claims that the DR6000 offers “the industry’s first source-side ingest protocol accelerators
for NFS/CIFS backup: Rapid NFS and Rapid CIFS (part of Dell’s DR Rapid technology plug-ins)” in addition to supporting
NFS, CIFS, OST and RDA protocols. In a 10U form factor, the DR6000 can offer up to 252 TB of post-RAID capacity using
four expansion shelves in 9, 18, 27, 36 and 54TB configurations. For more information about the DR6000, see
software.dell.com/products/dr6000-disk-backup-appliance/.
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APPENDIX B – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
Figures 4 through 6 provide detailed configuration information for the test systems.
Dell DR6000 Disk Backup Appliance
Number of primary enclosures 1
Disk model number Constellation ES.3 ST1000NM0023
Disk size (TB) / disk count per primary enclosure 1 TB × 12
Disk type, speed SAS, 7,200 RPM
Number of expansion shelves 2
Disk model number Constellation ES.3 ST2000NM0023
Disk size (TB) /count per expansion shelf 2 TB × 12
Disk type, speed SAS, 7,200 RPM
Total disks 36 (12 × 1 TB, 24 × 2 TB)
Total rack units 9
Figure 4: Detailed configuration information for the Dell DR6000.
Industry-leading deduplication appliance
Number of primary enclosures 1
Number of expansion shelves 2
Disk size (TB) /count per expansion shelf 2 TB × 30
Disk type, speed SAS, 7,200 RPM
Total disks 30 (30 × 2 TB)
Total rack units 7
Figure 5: Detailed configuration information for the industry-leading deduplication appliance.
System
Dell PowerEdge M620
(virtual client hosts)
Enclosure /chassis
Blade enclosure/chassis
Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure with 2 × MXL
10/40Gbe and 4 × Force 10 XML 10/40GbE switch
General
Number of processor packages 2
Number of cores per processor 8
Number of hardware threads per core 2
CPU
Vendor Intel
Name Xeon
Model number E5-2660
Socket type LGA2011
Core frequency (GHz) 2.20
Bus frequency 8.0 GT/s
L1 cache 32 KB + 32 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
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System
Dell PowerEdge M620
(virtual client hosts)
L3 cache 20 MB
Platform
Vendor and model Dell PowerEdge M620
BIOS name and version Dell 2.2.7
BIOS settings Default
Memory module(s)
Total RAM in system (GB) 32
Vendor and model number Hynix® HMT42GR7MFR4C-PB
Type PC3-12800R
Speed (MHz) 1,600
Speed running in the system (MHz) 1,600
Size (GB) 16
Number of RAM module(s) 2
Rank Dual
OS/hypervisor
Name VMware® ESXi™ 5.5.0
Build number 1746018
File system VMFS
Language English
RAID controller
Vendor and model number PERC H310 Mini
Hard drives
Vendor and model number Dell MBF2600RC
Number of drives 2
Size (GB) 600
Type SAS
Network adapter
Vendor and model number Broadcom® NetXtreme® II BCM57810 10GB
Number of ports 2
Type Integrated
Ethernet adapter B
Vendor and model number Intel 82599EB 10GB
Number of ports 2
Type Mezzanine card
Ethernet adapter C
Vendor and model number Intel 82599EB 10GB
Number of ports 2
Type Mezzanine card
Figure 6: Detailed configuration information for the 12 media servers.
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APPENDIX C – HOW WE TESTED
Installing the DR6000 and industry-leading deduplication appliance
We installed both appliances with a 2 × 10 Gbps LACP team. We verified each to use jumbo frames (MTU 9000).
We created 12 CIFS file shares on the DR6000 and the industry-leading deduplication appliance.
Setting up the Dell DR6000
1. Log on to the console as administratorSt0r@ge!
2. Type network –create_bond –bondif bond0 –static –nwif eth2 eth3 –ip <your ip
address> --netmask <your netmask> --gateway <your gateway> --mtu 9000 –mode
802.3ad –restart
3. Open a web browser to the ip address used in step 3.
4. Log in as administratorSt0r@ge!
5. Browse to System ConfigurationNetwork, and verify that for the 2 × 10 Gbps LACP bond, the MTU size is set to
9000.
6. Browse to StorageContainers and click Create.
Container name = Lib1
Type = auto
Connection type = NAS
Checkbox enable CIFS
Checkbox open access to all
7. Repeat step 6 until you have created 12 containers (Lib1 to Lib12).
Setting up the infrastructure server
1. Power on the Dell PowerEdge R815 server, and press Ctrl+R to enter the RAID controller configuration.
2. Select the local PERC H200 Mini controller.
3. Press F2 to create a new virtual disk and select four 300GB disks:
RAID-5
VD name: vol1
4. Click Advanced, and select Initialize.
5. Click OK.
6. Reboot the server.
Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition
1. Insert the installation media into the CD/DVD drive, and restart the server.
2. When the option appears, press F11 to enter the Boot Manager.
3. Select BIOS Boot Menu.
4. Select SATA Optical Drive, and press Enter.
5. Press any key when prompted to boot from DVD.
6. When the installation screen appears, click My language is English (United States).
7. Leave language, time/currency format, and input method as default, and click Next.
8. Click Install now.
9. When the installation prompts you, enter the product key.
10. Select Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter (Server with a GUI), and click Next.
11. Check I accept the license terms, and click Next.
12. Click Custom: Install Windows only (advanced).
13. Select Drive 0 Unallocated Space, and click Next, at which point Windows begins automatically, and restarts
automatically after completing.
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14. When the Settings page appears, fill in the Password and Reenter Password fields with the same password.
15. Log in with the password you set up previously.
Configuring Windows Update
1. In the left pane of the Server Manager window, click Local Server.
2. In the main frame, next to Windows Update, click Not configured.
3. In the Windows Update window, in the main pane, click Let me choose my settings.
4. Under Important updates, select Never check for updates (not recommended), and click OK.
5. In the left pane, click Check for updates, and install all available updates.
6. Close the Windows Update window.
Installing Hyper-V and creating virtual machines
1. Log in to the Windows Server 2012 R2 server.
2. Open Server Management and click on Manage.
3. Click on Add roles and Features.
4. Under Installation type, select Role-based, and click Next.
5. Select the local system, and click Next.
6. Select the Hyper-V roles, and click Next.
7. Select Add features, and click Next.
8. Choose a port for the virtual switch and click Next.
9. Choose whether or not you want to add live migration capabilities, and click Next.
10. Set the default storage, and click Next.
11. Check the box for automatic restart, and click Install.
Creating a new virtual machine
1. Open the Hyper-V manager.
2. Right-click the host server, and choose NewVirtual Machine.
3. Click Next on the Before You Begin screen.
4. Name the VM (DC1 for the first VM, and then CommCell1 and ComCell2 for the next two), and choose the
storage option. Click Next.
5. Choose Generation 2, and click Next.
6. Enter 16384 MB for the startup memory, and click Next.
7. Choose the network connection, and click Next.
8. Choose 40 GB for the disk size, and click Next.
9. Choose Install an operating system later, and click Next.
10. Click Finish.
11. When the VM has been created, right-click the VM and choose Settings…
12. Change the number of processors to 8, and click Apply.
13. Click on the SCSI Controller, highlight Hard Drive, and click Add.
14. Choose Virtual hard disk, and click New.
15. Click Next on the Before You Begin screen.
16. Choose Fixed size, and click Next.
17. Name the HDD Database, and choose a volume for the location. Click Next.
18. Set the size to 100 GB, and click Next.
19. Click Finish.
20. Install Windows Server 2012 R2 and updates on the VM following the same steps outlined in previous sections.
21. Repeat steps 1-20 until you have created three Windows Server 2012 R2 VMs (named DC1, CommCell1, and
CommCell2).
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Installing Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP services on DC1
1. Open Server Manager, and click Add Roles and Features.
2. At the Before you begin screen, click Next.
3. Select Role-based or Feature based Installation, and click Next.
4. Click Active Directory Domain Services, and click Next.
5. Click Add Features, and click Next.
6. Click Next, and click Install.
7. In Server Manager, click AD DS.
8. Next to Configuration required for Active Directory Domain Services, click More…
9. Click Promote this server to a domain controller...
10. Click Add a New Forest, type domain for the root domain name, and click Next.
11. Leave the forest and domain levels at Windows Server 2012, enter a DSRM password, and click Next.
12. Ignore the DNS root delegation message, and click Next.
13. Leave the default NETBIOS name, and click Next.
14. Leave the default paths for AD database, log files, and SYSVOL, and click Next.
15. Leave the Review Options as default, and click Next.
16. Click Install.
17. Log on as <domainadministrator>
18. Open Server Manager.
19. Run dnsmgmt.msc.
20. Create a reverse lookup zone for DC1.
Configuring the Windows time service on DC1
To ensure reliable time, we pointed our Active Directory server to a physical NTP server.
1. Open a command prompt.
2. Type the following:
W32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist:"<ip address of a NTP
server>"
W32tm /config /reliable:yes
W32tm /config /update
W32tm /resync
Net stop w32time
Net start w32time
Setting up DHCP services on DC1
1. Open Server Manager, and click Add Roles and Features.
2. At the Before You Begin screen, click Next.
3. Select Role-based or Feature-based installation, and click Next.
4. Select DC1, and click Next.
5. Select DHCP server, and click Add Features.
6. For Validation, click Continue, and click Next.
7. Do not add any additional features, and click Install.
8. Click Server ManagerToolsDHCP.
9. Select DHCP Server, and click Next.
10. At the Introduction to DHCP Server screen, click Next.
11. At the Specify IPv4 DNS Settings screen, type domain.local for the parent domain.
12. Type the preferred DNS server IPv4 address, and click Next.
13. At the Specify IPv4 WINS Server Settings screen, select WINS is not required for applications on the network, and
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click Next.
14. At the Add or Edit DHCP Scopes screen, click Add.
15. At the Add Scope screen, enter the Name DHCP Scope name.
16. In the next box, set the following values, and click OK.
Start IP address = <your address range start>
End IP address = <your address range end>
Subnet mask = <your subnet mask>
17. Check the Activate This Scope box.
18. At the Add or Edit DHCP Scopes screen, click Next.
19. Click the Enable DHCP v6 Stateless Mode radio button, and click Next.
20. Leave the default IPv6 DNS Settings, and click Next.
21. At the Authorize DHCP server dialog box, select Use current credentials.
22. At the Confirm Installation Selections screen, click Next. If the installation is set up correctly, a screen displays
saying that DHCP server install succeeded.
23. Click Close.
Configuring the industry-leading deduplication appliance
On our infrastructure server, we created two Simpana® CommCell® instances and added six media servers to
each. We installed the Media Agent role and Windows file system components to each of the media servers. Once
completed, we created a dedicated disk library for each media server and configured each media subclient and storage
policy to back up the D:data directory on each server. We intentionally disabled software compression and
deduplication. We installed and set up the industry-leading deduplication appliance and its relevant software in
accordance with best practices.
Installing CommVault® Simpana® on the master CommCell servers (CommCell1 and CommCell2)
1. Log on to CommCell1 as administrator.
2. Join the domain.local domain and reboot.
3. Log on as <domainadministrator>.
4. Provide the CommVault Simpana installation media to the VM to be used as the Media Agent and CommCell
Console host.
5. Launch the Simpana installer.
6. Accept the terms of the license agreement, and click Next.
7. Select Install Packages, and click Next.
8. Select Standard, and click Next.
9. Select Create a New CommCell, and click Next.
10. Uncheck the MediaAgent box, and click Next.
11. Click Next.
12. Click Install.
13. Select a database path, and click Next.
14. Select Create a New Database, and click Next.
15. Enter and confirm an administrator password, and click Next.
16. Click Next.
17. If asked to wait for the software cache creation to complete, click Yes.
18. When installation completes, click Finish.
19. When the Connect to CommCell window appears, enter your administrator credentials and click OK.
20. Repeat steps 1-20 on CommCell2.
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Updating and configuring CommVault Simpana
1. In the CommCell Console of CommCell1, click Initial CommCell Configuration in the Getting Started tab.
2. Click Download Software.
3. Check the boxes for Download Packages and the Windows options, and click OK.
4. When updates complete, click the Add Active Directory button in the Getting Started tab.
5. Provide the NetBIOS Name and Domain Name, and click Edit.
6. Enter the domain administrator credentials and click OK.
7. Click OK.
8. Click Configure Storage in the Getting Started tab.
9. Click Add Disk Storage under Configure Storage Devices.
10. Provide a name and the appropriate connection information for the DR6000’s disk library, and click OK.
11. Repeat steps 1-10 on CommCell2 to complete the updates on both CommCell instances.
Setting up media servers on the Dell PowerEdge R815
Each of our media servers had one 300GB SAS disk (C:) and one 400GB SATA SSD (D:). We installed Windows
Server 2012 R2 on each server’s C: partition and built our data on the D: partition. We then installed Microsoft Server
2012 R2 Datacenter Edition on the C: partition.
Setting up the Dell PowerEdge M620
1. Power on the server, and press Ctrl+R to enter the RAID controller configuration.
2. Select the local PERC H310 Mini controller.
3. Press F2 to create a new virtual disk, and select the 600GB disk.
RAID-0
VD name: OS
4. Click Advanced, and select Initialize.
5. Click OK.
6. Press F2 to create a new virtual disk and select the 400GB disk.
RAID-0
VD name: Data
7. Reboot the server.
8. Install Microsoft Windows Server Datacenter Edition (see the section of this methodology titled Installing
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition).
9. Join the <domain.local> domain.
10. Reboot.
11. Log on as <domainadministrator>
12. In the Server Manager window, click Tools, and click Computer Management.
13. In the left pane, click Disk Management.
14. Right-click the shaded area, and click New Simple Volume.
15. On the New Simple Volume Wizard that pops up, click Next.
16. Select a size (maximum, for all volumes), and click Next.
17. Assign a drive letter (D:), and click Next.
18. Click Finish.
19. Repeat 1-18 on all 12 media servers.
Install CommVault Simpana on 12 media servers
1. Log on to the CommCell1 server.
2. Click the Getting Started tab.
3. Click Configure Agents.
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4. Click Add File System Client.
5. In the Install wizard, click Next
6. Select Windows, and click next.
7. Select Manually select computers, and click Next.
8. Click on Import from active directory.
9. Enter the server name of the AD server and credentials, and click OK.
10. Select the media servers 1-6 that CommVault Simpana will install, and click Add.
11. Enter the domain administrator’s account, and click Next.
12. Select packages to install, and click Next:
13. Media Agent
14. File System Core
15. File system
16. VSS Provider
17. Leave the storage policy to use and blank, and click Next.
18. Leave additional install options as defaults, and click Next.
19. Leave optional Settings as defaults, and click Next.
20. Leave firewall configuration as defaults, and click Next.
21. Click immediate to finish the install.
22. Log on to CommCell2 and repeat steps 1-17 for media servers 7-12.
Setting up Dell Rapid CIFS on 12 media servers
1. Log on to media server 1.
2. Download the Dell Rapid CIFS plugin installer.
3. Press the Windows key, type cmd.exe, right-click the Command Prompt icon, and click Run as Administrator.
4. Navigate in the command prompt to the folder to which the installer was downloaded.
5. Run the DellRapidCIFS-XXXXXX.msi file.
6. When the setup wizard appears, click Next.
7. Accept the terms of the license agreement, and click Next.
8. Click Install.
9. Click Finish.
10. In a browser, navigate to the IP address of the DR6000, and log in with the administrator credentials.
11. Click the Container Statistics menu on the left, and scroll down to the CIFS Connection Configuration box.
12. To check that the Rapid CIFS plug-in is working properly, ensure the CIFS Write Accelerator item is listed as active.
13. Repeat steps 1-12 on all 12 servers.
Creating 12 CommVault virtual libraries on the 12 media agent servers
1. In CommCell, open Storage ResourcesLibraries.
2. Right-click and select add Disk Library…
3. Enter the following attributes:
Name: Lib1
Connect As: <domainadministrator>
Password: <password>
Folder: <ipaddress of the appliancelib1>
4. Repeat steps 1-3 to create Lib2-Lib12.
Optimizing libraries for unbuffered I/O
1. In CommCell, open Storage ResourcesLibraries.
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2. Expand lib1 and select the data path <ip address of appliancelib1>.
3. Right-click the data path and select properties.
4. Check the box to use unbuffered I/O.
5. Click OK.
6. Repeat steps 1-5 for Lib2-Lib12.
Creating storage policies for each the media servers
1. In the CommCell Open PoliciesStorage policies, right-click New Storage Policy.
2. Click Add Storage Policy.
3. When the Create Storage Policy Wizard appears, select Data Protection and Archiving, click Next.
4. Provide a name for the storage policy, and click Next.
5. Select Lib1 library, and click Next.
6. Select server1 as the MediaAgent associated, and click Next.
7. Select a number of device streams, and click Next.
8. For deduplication, deselect yes to disable CommVault client-side deduplication, and click Next.
9. Click Finish.
10. Repeat steps 1-9 to create a storage policy for each of the 12 media servers.
Configuring subclients and storage policies on each media server
1. In the CommCell1 CommCell Browser, check the Client Computers.
2. Expand the first of the Client Computers, select server1, expand its file system, right-click on defaultBackupSet,
and select Properties.
3. In the Content tab, click Browse.
4. Select D:data, and click Add. Click Close when finished.
5. In the Storage Device tab:
In the Data Storage Policy subtab, select the Lib1 storage policy.
In the Data transfer Option subtab, turn soft compression to off and increase the network agents from 2
to 4.
In the Deduplication subtab, uncheck the checkbox next to Enable Duplication.
6. In Advanced Options, change the number of Data Readers from 2 to 8, and check the box next to the option
Allow multiple data readers within a drive or mount point. Click OK.
7. Repeat steps 1-6 to configure backup jobs on all 12 media servers.
Testing
Our testing consisted of seven parts—the first three were preparation, the last three were to reset the
environment.
5. Corpus creation on each media server, 100 percent unique data (run unique.bat; see Appendix D)
6. Running a scheduled backup on media servers, 100 percent unique data
7. Corpus alteration on each media server to 90 percent duplicate data (run 10p_change.bat; see Appendix D)
8. Running a scheduled backup on media servers, 90 percent duplicate data
9. Deletion of backup data
10. Industry-leading deduplication appliance data aging
11. Deduplication appliance cleaning job
We recorded throughput numbers from both CommCells for step 4 and created our total throughput numbers
for both appliances.
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Running a scheduled backup on media server
12. Log on to CommCell1.
13. Browse to client computersslot1file SystemDefaulBackupset, right-click default, and select Backup.
14. Select Full, schedule, and click Configure.
15. For schedule, select One time, select the time and date to run the backup, and click OK.
16. Click OK to commit the job.
17. Repeat steps 1-5 on CommCell 1 and 2 to create 12 backup jobs to run at the same time.
Deleting backup data
18. Browse to Storage Resources Librarieslib1 right-click ipaddresslib1, and select Delete all contents.
19. Repeat step 1 on libs 1-12 on CommCell 1 and 2.
Running Data Aging
20. Log on to CommCell1.
21. Right-click CommCell1, and select All tasks Data Aging.
22. To run the job immediately, click OK.
23. Click Job Controller to monitor the progress.
24. Repeat steps 1-4 on CommCell 2.
Schedule cleaning on the DR6000 and the industry-leading deduplication appliance
After we deleted our backup data, we ran a cleaning job on both backup targets.
25. Log on to the DR6000 web UI as <domainadministrator>
26. Select Schedules Cleaner Schedule.
27. Select Run now.
28. Wait until the cleaning job becomes idle to proceed.
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APPENDIX D – FILE CORPUS CREATION BAT SCRIPTS
We needed two bat scripts to get an approximately 90 percent duplicate ratio between jobs. Each server needed
an integer that was distinct from that of the other server at runtime. The script prompted us to enter the integer. We
used the server number for each server to ensure no duplicate files were created across the 10 servers. For example, on
server 1, we entered 1 for unique.bat and 10p_change.bat, and for server 2, we entered 2 for both unique.bat and
10p_change.bat.
unique.bat
~~~~~~~~~begin~~~~~~~~~
set /p slot=""
del d:data*.data* /s
for /l %%G in (1,1,350) do (
cmd/c "d:dataddt.exe op=write threads=1
filename=d:data%computername%.data%%G filesize=1024 blocksize=256 dup-
percentage=0 dup-distribution=cyclic buffering=direct io=sequential
contents=binary seed=%slot%%%G verbose-results=yes" )
~~~~~~~~~~END~~~~~~~~
10p_change.bat
~~~~~~~~~begin~~~~~~~~~
set /p slot=""
del d:data*.data* /s
for /l %%G in (1,1,350) do (
cmd/c "d:dataddt.exe op=write threads=1
filename=d:data%computername%.data%%G filesize=1024 blocksize=256 dup-
percentage=90 dup-distribution=cyclic buffering=direct io=sequential
contents=binary seed=%slot%%%G same-perc-distr=90 verbose-results=yes"
)
~~~~~~~~~~END~~~~~~~~
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