Dell EMC ProDeploy Plus for Enterprise services deployed
and configured new storage resources and data protection
appliances faster than an in‑house administrator
Faster, easier deployment of Dell PowerEdge servers helps it and your businessPrincipled Technologies
Saving IT deployment time has a number of benefits, including reducing setup hassle and complexities, freeing up time of administrators, and reducing costs. By choosing Dell PowerEdge servers with pre-installed OEM software, specifically Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 and Hyper-V, you’re saving time and effort compared to buying the server without the software. We found you could save over 3.5 hours by purchasing the server with pre-installed software. Deploying more servers can save time too, as our findings can scale up to meet IT resource needs of your business. What’s more, choosing the Dell server with pre-installed software can save you 24 percent of additional licensing costs per server.
Fault tolerance ease of setup comparison: NEC hardware-based FT vs. software-...Principled Technologies
For enterprise datacenter staff, time is of the essence. While using a software-based FT solution such as VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance is an effective way to eliminate downtime, the five extra steps required to configure every single VM can add up.
In our hands-on tests, setting up a server with eight fault-tolerant virtual machines took only 41 steps on the NEC Express5800/R320d-M4, vs. 60 steps when we used a VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance, a difference of 36.6 percent. With a greater number of VMs per server, this difference would increase. Hardware-based fault tolerance on the NEC Express5800/R320d-M4 also reduced the number of necessary hardware components required by half compared to the software-based based FT approach.
With dozens of servers hosting hundreds of VMs, your IT staff can benefit enormously from the hardware-based fault tolerance that the NEC Express5800/R320d-M4 delivers.
Dell OpenManage Essentials: Improve efficiency with fewer tools, more benefits Principled Technologies
Using a systems management solution that streamlines and automates common data center operations is vital to the efficient operation of your data center and the continuous availability of your infrastructure. The right servers and systems management solution can actually provide your IT organization with dramatic savings and enable greater efficiency and productivity.
We carried out three typical data center use cases using a Dell PowerEdge R630 managed with Dell OpenManage Essentials and an HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 managed with HP OneView. We found that the Dell solution reduced IT administrator time by as much as 40 percent and provided incremental systems management benefits and features. It achieved this with the additional advantage that the cost of the Dell OpenManage Essentials systems management solution is 93 percent lower than the cost of the HP OneView systems management solution.
Our conclusion: Dell OpenManage Essentials and PowerEdge servers can be excellent investments for your data center if you are interested in ease of use, cost and time savings, accuracy, and infrastructure availability.
Dell EMC ProDeploy Plus for Enterprise services deployed
and configured new storage resources and data protection
appliances faster than an in‑house administrator
Faster, easier deployment of Dell PowerEdge servers helps it and your businessPrincipled Technologies
Saving IT deployment time has a number of benefits, including reducing setup hassle and complexities, freeing up time of administrators, and reducing costs. By choosing Dell PowerEdge servers with pre-installed OEM software, specifically Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 and Hyper-V, you’re saving time and effort compared to buying the server without the software. We found you could save over 3.5 hours by purchasing the server with pre-installed software. Deploying more servers can save time too, as our findings can scale up to meet IT resource needs of your business. What’s more, choosing the Dell server with pre-installed software can save you 24 percent of additional licensing costs per server.
Fault tolerance ease of setup comparison: NEC hardware-based FT vs. software-...Principled Technologies
For enterprise datacenter staff, time is of the essence. While using a software-based FT solution such as VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance is an effective way to eliminate downtime, the five extra steps required to configure every single VM can add up.
In our hands-on tests, setting up a server with eight fault-tolerant virtual machines took only 41 steps on the NEC Express5800/R320d-M4, vs. 60 steps when we used a VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance, a difference of 36.6 percent. With a greater number of VMs per server, this difference would increase. Hardware-based fault tolerance on the NEC Express5800/R320d-M4 also reduced the number of necessary hardware components required by half compared to the software-based based FT approach.
With dozens of servers hosting hundreds of VMs, your IT staff can benefit enormously from the hardware-based fault tolerance that the NEC Express5800/R320d-M4 delivers.
Dell OpenManage Essentials: Improve efficiency with fewer tools, more benefits Principled Technologies
Using a systems management solution that streamlines and automates common data center operations is vital to the efficient operation of your data center and the continuous availability of your infrastructure. The right servers and systems management solution can actually provide your IT organization with dramatic savings and enable greater efficiency and productivity.
We carried out three typical data center use cases using a Dell PowerEdge R630 managed with Dell OpenManage Essentials and an HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 managed with HP OneView. We found that the Dell solution reduced IT administrator time by as much as 40 percent and provided incremental systems management benefits and features. It achieved this with the additional advantage that the cost of the Dell OpenManage Essentials systems management solution is 93 percent lower than the cost of the HP OneView systems management solution.
Our conclusion: Dell OpenManage Essentials and PowerEdge servers can be excellent investments for your data center if you are interested in ease of use, cost and time savings, accuracy, and infrastructure availability.
Migrating to Windows 7 or 8 with Lenovo's Deployment Optimization SolutionsLenovo Business
MIGRATING TO WINDOWS 7 OR 8 WITH LENOVO'S DEPLOYMENT OPTIMIZATION SOLUTIONS
If you haven't migrated from Windows XP, you will soon face security risks, support challenges, and increased costs. Lenovo can customize migration solutions to support your organization—no matter what your infrastructure looks like.
Learn how Lenovo can help you:
- Create a migration solution that addresses your needs
- Get started with your migration
- Handle application remediation
- Use existing PCs, buy new, or both
- Securely and safely dispose of old systems
For more information or to see this archived webinar recording go to http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/xp-migration-webinar.shtml
Windows Server 2003 EOS : l'opportunité de repenser votre IT et mettre en pla...Microsoft Décideurs IT
Session Dell: Chacun ses raisons, chacun ses moyens, chacun sa migration. Alors que l’échéance du 14 juillet 2015 approche à grands pas pour les utilisateurs de Windows Server 2003, différents scénarios sont possibles pour passer sans encombre à un nouvel environnement. Qu’il s’agisse de répondre à des contraintes de compliance, à une fin de garantie ou encore à un enjeu de sécurité, ces projets de migration doivent en effet être abordé de façon précise car ils recèlent de nombreuses opportunités pour votre organisation : • Consolider son infrastructure informatique avec la virtualisation, • Initier ou poursuivre sa transformation vers le cloud, • Optimiser et moderniser ses applications métiers. Pour faire les bons choix, les équipes de Dell, qui ont accompagné plus de 500 entreprises dans leur migration depuis Windows XP l’année dernière, sont prêtes à vous apporter conseils et expertise dans ces nouveaux défis, et partager avec vous les premiers retours d'expérience.
Your CEO's Teams Calls Keep Dropping... What do you do?panagenda
Speaker: Joel Oleson (Microsoft MVP), Ben Menesi (VP, Products & Innovation), Carl Baumann (SVP Sales & Business Development)
Recording of this webinar can be found here: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/the-ceos-ms-teams-calls-keep-dropping-what-do-you-do/
Abstract:
IT administration and support has shifted their focus over the past few years – USER experience is now CRUCIAL.
Enterprise organizations are looking for ways to improve usage and adoption for technologies at the heart of digital transformation, especially Microsoft Teams for calls and meetings. This has prompted IT support groups to find better methods to track and identify quality issues, especially for users working remotely.
Traditional network monitoring tools are optimized for data centers and centralized office locations where employees would access SaaS cloud applications from the corporate infrastructure. These tools no longer work in today’s enterprise landscape with many users working from home. Instead, enterprises need a holistic monitoring tool that provides end-to-end visibility into the employee experience, regardless of where they are working.
In this webinar, you will receive an introduction to OfficeExpert Endpoint Performance Monitoring (EPM). This new module provides data analytics for Microsoft 365 performance and availability from the end-user perspective. If you want to know the truth about your Teams call quality experience, then please join us to see how actionable insights can speed troubleshooting and help remediate issues before they become escalations from an executive.
During the webinar demonstration you will explore topics that include:
- Proactive monitoring for home office network performance
- Identify slow ISP’s causing poor call quality for remote users
- Detailed analytics for end-point computers (CPU, memory usage, patch levels, etc.)
- Fast troubleshooting for call quality issue resolution
Alliance 2017 3891-University of California | Office of The President People...Smart ERP Solutions, Inc.
Jeffery Wong, Senior Applications Manager, PeopleSoft Systems Group - University of California System. Mr. Wong discusses the pragmatic approach the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) pursued for one of the world’s largest PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 implementations hosted by Oracle Managed Cloud Services, for the UCPath project (UC Payroll, Academic Personnel, Timekeeping & Human Resources).
Using Dell ProDeploy Plus for Infrastructure can improve deployment times for...Principled Technologies
Save valuable in-house admin time by using a Dell Technologies-certified engineer for installation and configuration of a Dell solution
New data center resources can be great for your critical workloads and applications, but deploying those resources can burden IT staff. Organizations adding Dell Technologies solutions to their data center can use the deployment service Dell ProDeploy Plus for Infrastructure to simplify deployment and save time.
We found that Dell ProDeploy Plus:
• Planned the deployment with minimal input from our in-house staff, which freed them up to focus on
organizational demands and other strategic initiatives during deployment
• Reduced deployment planning by 67 percent—down to just three hours and 34 minutes—saving significant pre-deployment time for our admin as well as in totality
• Deployed our Dell Technologies solution in just one business day, needing just four
hours and 17 minutes
• Reduced installation time by nearly 16 hours, or two days, compared to our admin—or in other words, deployed the solution three times as fast
With ProDeploy Plus for Infrastructure, your organization can realize a faster, more efficient deployment of Dell technology with minimal impact on your in-house IT staff.
Speed up system deployment with Dell Connected Configuration servicesPrincipled Technologies
The days of administrators going through lengthy system provisioning procedures to update and patch client images on new employee systems are gone. With Dell Connected Configuration service, your organization can get any number of systems delivered to your door with the latest company image loaded and customized for your employees’ needs. Dell Connected Configuration Service lets customers using management software such as SCCM integrate existing software and processes securely into the Dell manufacturing process at the factory using a secure VPN with your own network/firewall standards, so you can change configurations from your location in real time, on your time. From your headquarters, you can complete a number of tasks on new systems, including imaging, updating BIOS settings, partitioning and encrypting hard drives, and installing user-specific software.
As we found, using Dell Connected Configuration Service could save significant time for a laptop deployment, allowing your administrative staff to focus on other ways to improve your business IT. Additionally, your employees can receive their new systems more quickly, potentially avoiding days of waiting for a system to be ready. These time saving advantages of Dell Connected Configuration services can mean a more efficient process for deploying new systems, and can boost productivity by putting the up-to-date tools employees need to do their jobs into their hands more quickly.
Migrating to Windows 7 or 8 with Lenovo's Deployment Optimization SolutionsLenovo Business
MIGRATING TO WINDOWS 7 OR 8 WITH LENOVO'S DEPLOYMENT OPTIMIZATION SOLUTIONS
If you haven't migrated from Windows XP, you will soon face security risks, support challenges, and increased costs. Lenovo can customize migration solutions to support your organization—no matter what your infrastructure looks like.
Learn how Lenovo can help you:
- Create a migration solution that addresses your needs
- Get started with your migration
- Handle application remediation
- Use existing PCs, buy new, or both
- Securely and safely dispose of old systems
For more information or to see this archived webinar recording go to http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/xp-migration-webinar.shtml
Windows Server 2003 EOS : l'opportunité de repenser votre IT et mettre en pla...Microsoft Décideurs IT
Session Dell: Chacun ses raisons, chacun ses moyens, chacun sa migration. Alors que l’échéance du 14 juillet 2015 approche à grands pas pour les utilisateurs de Windows Server 2003, différents scénarios sont possibles pour passer sans encombre à un nouvel environnement. Qu’il s’agisse de répondre à des contraintes de compliance, à une fin de garantie ou encore à un enjeu de sécurité, ces projets de migration doivent en effet être abordé de façon précise car ils recèlent de nombreuses opportunités pour votre organisation : • Consolider son infrastructure informatique avec la virtualisation, • Initier ou poursuivre sa transformation vers le cloud, • Optimiser et moderniser ses applications métiers. Pour faire les bons choix, les équipes de Dell, qui ont accompagné plus de 500 entreprises dans leur migration depuis Windows XP l’année dernière, sont prêtes à vous apporter conseils et expertise dans ces nouveaux défis, et partager avec vous les premiers retours d'expérience.
Your CEO's Teams Calls Keep Dropping... What do you do?panagenda
Speaker: Joel Oleson (Microsoft MVP), Ben Menesi (VP, Products & Innovation), Carl Baumann (SVP Sales & Business Development)
Recording of this webinar can be found here: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/the-ceos-ms-teams-calls-keep-dropping-what-do-you-do/
Abstract:
IT administration and support has shifted their focus over the past few years – USER experience is now CRUCIAL.
Enterprise organizations are looking for ways to improve usage and adoption for technologies at the heart of digital transformation, especially Microsoft Teams for calls and meetings. This has prompted IT support groups to find better methods to track and identify quality issues, especially for users working remotely.
Traditional network monitoring tools are optimized for data centers and centralized office locations where employees would access SaaS cloud applications from the corporate infrastructure. These tools no longer work in today’s enterprise landscape with many users working from home. Instead, enterprises need a holistic monitoring tool that provides end-to-end visibility into the employee experience, regardless of where they are working.
In this webinar, you will receive an introduction to OfficeExpert Endpoint Performance Monitoring (EPM). This new module provides data analytics for Microsoft 365 performance and availability from the end-user perspective. If you want to know the truth about your Teams call quality experience, then please join us to see how actionable insights can speed troubleshooting and help remediate issues before they become escalations from an executive.
During the webinar demonstration you will explore topics that include:
- Proactive monitoring for home office network performance
- Identify slow ISP’s causing poor call quality for remote users
- Detailed analytics for end-point computers (CPU, memory usage, patch levels, etc.)
- Fast troubleshooting for call quality issue resolution
Alliance 2017 3891-University of California | Office of The President People...Smart ERP Solutions, Inc.
Jeffery Wong, Senior Applications Manager, PeopleSoft Systems Group - University of California System. Mr. Wong discusses the pragmatic approach the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) pursued for one of the world’s largest PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 implementations hosted by Oracle Managed Cloud Services, for the UCPath project (UC Payroll, Academic Personnel, Timekeeping & Human Resources).
Using Dell ProDeploy Plus for Infrastructure can improve deployment times for...Principled Technologies
Save valuable in-house admin time by using a Dell Technologies-certified engineer for installation and configuration of a Dell solution
New data center resources can be great for your critical workloads and applications, but deploying those resources can burden IT staff. Organizations adding Dell Technologies solutions to their data center can use the deployment service Dell ProDeploy Plus for Infrastructure to simplify deployment and save time.
We found that Dell ProDeploy Plus:
• Planned the deployment with minimal input from our in-house staff, which freed them up to focus on
organizational demands and other strategic initiatives during deployment
• Reduced deployment planning by 67 percent—down to just three hours and 34 minutes—saving significant pre-deployment time for our admin as well as in totality
• Deployed our Dell Technologies solution in just one business day, needing just four
hours and 17 minutes
• Reduced installation time by nearly 16 hours, or two days, compared to our admin—or in other words, deployed the solution three times as fast
With ProDeploy Plus for Infrastructure, your organization can realize a faster, more efficient deployment of Dell technology with minimal impact on your in-house IT staff.
Speed up system deployment with Dell Connected Configuration servicesPrincipled Technologies
The days of administrators going through lengthy system provisioning procedures to update and patch client images on new employee systems are gone. With Dell Connected Configuration service, your organization can get any number of systems delivered to your door with the latest company image loaded and customized for your employees’ needs. Dell Connected Configuration Service lets customers using management software such as SCCM integrate existing software and processes securely into the Dell manufacturing process at the factory using a secure VPN with your own network/firewall standards, so you can change configurations from your location in real time, on your time. From your headquarters, you can complete a number of tasks on new systems, including imaging, updating BIOS settings, partitioning and encrypting hard drives, and installing user-specific software.
As we found, using Dell Connected Configuration Service could save significant time for a laptop deployment, allowing your administrative staff to focus on other ways to improve your business IT. Additionally, your employees can receive their new systems more quickly, potentially avoiding days of waiting for a system to be ready. These time saving advantages of Dell Connected Configuration services can mean a more efficient process for deploying new systems, and can boost productivity by putting the up-to-date tools employees need to do their jobs into their hands more quickly.
Spend less time, effort, and money by choosing a Dell EMC server with pre-ins...Principled Technologies
Deploying a Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 with pre-installed Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard took less time and fewer steps than deploying the same server without it
The evolution of Dell EMC PowerEdge server systems management - InfographicPrincipled Technologies
Technology that anticipates your infrastructure needs before you realize them may be closer than you think. Over 13 years of hands-on testing, we’ve found that the tools in the Dell EMC™ OpenManage™ Suite have steadily improved the speed and quality of systems management.
When considering whether to upgrade to the new Dell PowerEdge VRTX or repurpose older hardware, the advantages of new hardware are clear. Not only do you get newer hardware that is faster and is better-equipped to handle the increasing demands of today’s business applications and workloads, but you also benefit from advances that make deployment and management easier than ever.
In our labs, we compared the Dell PowerEdge VRTX with four server nodes and shared storage and networking to a similar infrastructure using four legacy tower servers, external network switches, and an external SAN. Our testing revealed the following:
· PowerEdge VRTX took 78.5 percent less time and 150 fewer steps to configure and deploy out of the box compared to the legacy solution.
· PowerEdge VRTX It took less than 1 hour to unbox and configure into a highly available VMware vSphere cluster compared to over 4 hours on the legacy solution.
· Deploying the Dell PowerEdge VRTX used just a single management tool, the integrated Chassis Management Controller, whereas the tower solution required six separate management tools.
Choosing such a complete solution during your next server refresh can simplify infrastructure setup and configuration, boost performance through built-in high availability features, and potentially save your organization space and operating costs over the life of the hardware.
Faster and easier server installation with Dell ProDeploy Factory Configurati...Principled Technologies
Saving any amount of time when configuring or deploying servers can help IT admins as well as your organization. Enterprise-grade organizations might feel the pressure of a large-scale Dell PowerEdge server rollout and want to save time with pre-configured servers or on-site installation. Smaller organizations might not have IT staff available to configure or deploy PowerEdge servers in a new data center. Dell ProDeploy can save you time in these scenarios and more.
Regardless of whether you’re rolling out a hundred servers at once into an established IT infrastructure or needing on-site services installing new servers in a regional data center, using ProDeploy Infrastructure Suite can help your organization achieve critical business priorities and save time for your IT admins.
IT admins can spend considerable time managing employee notebooks. The Dell Client Integration Pack 3.1 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 can greatly streamline the management process and allow admins to remotely perform management tasks under a much broader range of conditions.
In our labs at Principled Technologies, we performed a series of remote management tasks on Dell Latitude 7240 notebooks managed with DCIP and on Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks managed only through SCCM. Executing these tasks on a single system with DCIP was quicker and simpler than doing so with only SCCM. The time savings was even more pronounced when we performed the scenarios on two systems because DCIP lets you apply the same changes to multiple systems without taking any additional time. For an organization with large numbers of notebook systems, the economies of scale that DCIP provides would translate to the greatest savings.
Simplify administrator tasks and improve security and health monitoring with ...Principled Technologies
Management tools that reduce hands-on time and effort for recurring tasks provide real benefits to administrators with demanding responsibilities. In our comparison of the management portfolios from Dell and HPE, we found that the Dell tools we tested offered better ease-of use than their HPE counterparts, with many additional features and views that can streamline administrator tasks. Plus, the Dell management portfolio offered features that increase data security and allow admins to make changes without infrastructure downtime. By reducing time and effort for tasks like monitoring system health or updating firmware, your admins can focus their time on supporting key business initiatives.
Systems management savings with Dell OpenManage on 13G Dell PowerEdge servers Principled Technologies
Administrators can spend their time doing routine tasks such as firmware updates, or they can spend their time on other initiatives to make your data center and your business more successful. Older servers keep admins focused on routine tasks instead of innovation because they just don’t have the capabilities to streamline management in a meaningful way to lessen the burden of routine management tasks.
In our hands-on tests, we found that Dell PowerEdge R730 servers with Dell OpenManage dramatically reduced the time it took to deploy, update, monitor, and maintain servers compared to completing the tasks manually on older systems. We estimate that you could save as much as 91.3 percent of administrator time—nearly 800 hours—over two years for a 200-server deployment.
Don’t let your older servers continue to be a time sink for administrators. By upgrading to new Dell PowerEdge R730 servers with new systems management features to handle routine tasks, you can potentially redirect those resources to innovation in other areas.
Reduce complexity and save money with Dell Engineered Solutions for VMware EV...Principled Technologies
Companies like ManuCorp have seemingly contradictory goals for their virtualized infrastructure: They want a solution that eases the deployment and management burden for generalized IT staff while simultaneously saving money over the long term. According to our analysis, ManuCorp would do well to choose Dell Engineered Solutions for VMware EVO:RAIL, saving up to 63.9 percent in costs over three years compared to a solution with Cisco UCS blades and NetApp storage.
Less experienced administrators like ManuCorp already has in house would be able to plug in the Dell Engineered Solutions for VMware EVO:RAIL and use its single, easy-to-use interface to deploy end-to-end virtual infrastructure and complete updates without any additional training or instruction. The Cisco UCS and NetApp solution required extra tools and a wider skillset, which can mean adding a more experienced person and inviting the chance for human error. In addition, the hyper-converged Dell Engineered Solutions for VMware EVO:RAIL appliance reduced power consumption compared to the do-it-yourself environment with Cisco UCS blades and NetApp, which can contribute to big operating cost savings.
Microsoft System Center virtual environment comparison: Dell PowerEdge server...Principled Technologies
When repetitive and admin-intensive management tasks are quicker and easier to complete, that’s a win for your datacenter and IT administrators. We found that using Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for SCVMM took 74.6 percent less time to complete four key server management use cases on a single server, compared to performing the same use cases with HP OneView for System Center. When managing many servers, data extrapolated to 100 servers from testing on a second server shows the Dell solution would take 95.8 percent fewer steps and 96.5 percent less time than the HP solution. Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager also enabled IT admins to perform all of the server management operations through a single console—and staged firmware updates without necessitating a server power-down. Easier to use and less time-intensive, the results of our testing showed that the DLCI for SCVMM and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager can be a more efficient and effective combination for your virtualized datacenter.
Simplifying systems management with Dell OpenManage on 13G Dell PowerEdge ser...Principled Technologies
Automated systems management and additional connectivity solutions can reduce the number of administrators you need to run your datacenter or simply free up administrators to innovate rather than tying them up with routine management tasks. We found that the Dell OpenManage suite provides several new features for 13G Dell PowerEdge server solutions to streamline management tasks in both time and steps. Other new features let us easily connect to iDRAC right from the server. Updating firmware with Dell OpenManage features was also easier—eliminating 213 steps for updating a single server compared to updating manually.
The latest versions of the Dell OpenManage suite of system management tools and the power of iDRAC 8 contained within Dell 13G servers gives administrators increased flexibility and powerful new options for managing their data centers that translate to demonstrable savings in time and administrative effort. These automated enhancements and new technologies enable administrators to manage increasingly larger workloads while reducing the amount of hands-on work required for each system, bringing real value to systems management and datacenter operations.
Design advantages of Hadoop ETL offload with the Intel processor-powered Dell...Principled Technologies
High-level Hadoop analysis requires custom solutions to deliver the data that you need and the amount of time that even senior engineers require to create ETL jobs in a DIY hardware and software situation, can be substantial.
We found that the Dell | Cloudera | Syncsort solution was so easy to use that an entry-level employee could use it to create optimized ETL jobs after only a few days of training. And he could do it quickly—our technician, who had no previous experience using Hadoop, developed three optimized ETL jobs in 31 hours. That is less than half of the 68 hours our expert with years of Hadoop experience needed to create the same jobs using open source tools.
Using the Dell | Cloudera | Syncsort solution means that your organization can implement a Hadoop solution using employees already on your staff rather than trying to recruit expensive, difficult-to-find specialists. Not only that, but the projects can be completed in a fraction of the time. This makes the Dell | Cloudera | Syncsort solution a winning business proposition.
Administrators can spend a great deal of time deploying and managing computing resources, especially when dealing with ROBO environments. The Dell PowerEdge VRTX, powered by the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 v2 product family and running Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, gives administrators centralized management tools to help them provide time saving benefits and integrated toolsets.
In our hands-on testing, we found that the Dell PowerEdge VRTX greatly simplified deployment through an easy, wizard-based setup of Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clusters across server nodes with the Dell OpenManage Cluster Configurator. It also provided versatile hardware resource reassignment through a shared PCIe bus and efficient centralized management through CMC and scripting. Finally, we found that the Dell System Update Utility worked seamlessly with Microsoft Cluster-Aware Updating to update server nodes while keeping the failover cluster online and minimizing downtime. These advantages make the Dell PowerEdge VRTX an attractive choice for those who seek to reduce the management overhead of their ROBO environments.
The Dell EMC PowerEdge MX solution required 89.4 percent less admin time to deploy multiple server nodes and 15 fewer steps to update firmware on multiple systems
Implementing and managing large and distributed enterprise solutions presents unique administrative challenges. Anything that can streamline the process to minimize error and save administrator time and effort can have a strong, positive effect on your company’s bottom line. We found that the Dell Chassis Management Controller made deploying Dell PowerEdge M620 blades in a Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis much quicker and easier by allowing you to import existing server profiles in just a few clicks. In our test case to configure for a common mission critical application, Citrix XenDesktop, manually deploying a full 16-blade chassis required 800 steps; but only 59 steps with Dell Chassis Management Controller, transforming a multi-hour task to one that took just minutes. Certain demanding applications can require even greater hardware configuration — these would benefit even more from the “all settings” profile capture and replication features of the Dell Chassis Management Controller.
The ability to pre-provision empty slots and export profiles for redeployment on other chassis further increases the value of the Dell Chassis Management Controller in bigger environments by largely eliminating tedious, redundant tasks and decreasing the opportunities for human error, while freeing administrators to perform other mission-critical or innovative activities. Choosing a solution that automates much of the deployment process is an asset to managing your infrastructure and your business.
Performance advantages of Hadoop ETL offload with the Intel processor-powered...Principled Technologies
High-level Hadoop analysis requires custom solutions to deliver the data that you need, and the faster these jobs run the better. What if ETL jobs created by an entry-level employee after only a few days of training could run even faster than the same jobs created by a Hadoop expert with 18 years of database experience?
This is exactly what we found in our testing with the Dell | Cloudera | Syncsort solution. Not only was this solution was faster, easier, and less expensive to implement, but the ETL use cases our beginner created with this solution ran up to 60.3 percent more quickly than those our expert created with open-source tools.
Using the Dell | Cloudera | Syncsort solution means that your organization can compensate a lower-level employee for half as much time as a senior engineer doing less-optimized work. That is a clear path to savings.
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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.
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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.
Get in and stay in the productivity zone with the HP Z2 G9 Tower WorkstationPrincipled Technologies
We compared CPU performance and noise output of an HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation in High Performance Mode to Dell Precision 3660 and 5860 tower workstations in optimized performance modes
Conclusion
HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation users can change the BIOS settings to dial in the performance mode that best suits their needs: High Performance Mode, Performance Mode, or Quiet Mode. In good
news for both creative and technical professionals, we found that an Intel Core i9-13900 processor-powered HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation set to High Performance mode received higher CPU-based benchmark scores than both a similarly configured Dell Precision 3660 and a Dell Precision 5860 equipped with an Intel Xeon w5-2455x processor. Plus, the HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation was quieter while running CPU-intensive Cinebench 2024 and SPECapc for Solidworks 2022 workloads than both Dell Precision tower workstations. This means HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation users who prize performance over everything else can do so without sacrificing a quiet workspace.
Open up new possibilities with higher transactional database performance from...Principled Technologies
In our PostgreSQL tests, R7i instances boosted performance over R6i instances with previous-gen processors
If you use the open-source PostgreSQL database to run your critical business operations, you have many cloud options from which to choose. While many of these instances can do the job, some can deliver stronger performance, which can mean getting a greater return on your cloud investment.
We conducted hands-on testing with the HammerDB TPROC-C benchmark to see how the PostgreSQL performance of Amazon EC2 R7i instances, enabled by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, stacked up to that of R6i instances with previous-generation processors. We learned that small, medium-sized, and large R7i instances with the newer processors delivered better OLTP performance, with improvements as high as 13.8 percent. By choosing the R7i instances, your organization has the potential to support more users, deliver a better experience to those users, and even lower your cloud operating expenditures by requiring fewer instances to get the job done.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
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💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
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Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
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Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
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Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
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Dell EMC™ ProDeploy set up a production-ready environment in less time and fewer steps
1. Dell EMC™
ProDeploy set up a
production-ready environment in
less time and fewer steps
Compared to an in-house, entry-level admin, a
Dell Technologies-certified engineer installed
and configured a Dell EMC solution faster and
more efficiently
Adding resources to your data center can help you meet key
business goals quickly. The faster admins can deploy and configure
new hardware, the sooner your critical applications will have access
to resources that could boost revenue streams, expand a customer
base, or promote other positive business outcomes. Choosing
Dell EMC™
ProDeploy to install and configure your new Dell EMC
hardware could allow your organization to feel the impact of new
resources sooner than deploying with in-house, entry-level admins.
In our data center, a Dell Technologies-certified engineer installed
and configured a Dell EMC solution of Dell EMC PowerEdge™
R740
servers, Dell EMC PowerSwitch S4048-ON switches, and a Dell
EMC Unity array in 68 percent less time than our in-house admin
deployed the same solution.
In addition, ProDeploy required little from our in-house
project manager, which allowed them to do other work. A Dell
Technologies-certified engineer deploying Dell EMC hardware in
your data center could mean your IT staff would have more time to
spend on other strategic IT initiatives.
4x
faster
planning and
deployment
82%
less project-
planning time
68%
less
deployment
time
Follows best
practices to
ensure proper
deployment
Dell EMC ProDeploy set up a production-ready environment in less time and fewer steps September 2020
A Principled Technologies report: Hands-on testing. Real-world results.
2. First things first: Save critical time
by planning deployment with a
Dell Technologies project manager
Project planning can help make even the most complex solution deployment
less frustrating and time consuming. Planning phases give IT teams time to
understand necessary planning processes, read supporting documentation,
and learn toolsets before touching any hardware. Planning a deployment
can (and some might say should) include validating power and connectivity
requirements, determining site readiness, and reviewing best practices.
Without these tasks, organizations could see serious delays and performance
impacts. However, Dell Technologies project managers and engineers from
ProDeploy already know the approaches, tools, and best practices for Dell
EMC solutions.
Before a Dell Technologies engineer did any physical work to deploy the
solution in Figure 1 (for detailed configuration information of the solution, see
the section System configuration information), a Dell Technologies project
manager guided the deployment through the planning phase. They gathered
and documented the project requirements and developed a detailed project
roadmap and implementation plan with our in-house project manager that
highlighted best deployment paths and best practices. Our in-house staff
played a role in only the planning phase of the ProDeploy deployment;
the Dell Technologies-certified engineer handled the hardware unboxing,
racking, and deployment and the Dell Technologies project manager assisted
with planning. Choosing ProDeploy can significantly minimize your IT staff’s
involvement in planning, which allows them to focus on other tasks.
Without ProDeploy, our entry-level admin had to spend time planning the
deployment of the solution in Figure 1. Both deployments (with and without
ProDeploy) needed a project-planning phase, but as Figure 2 shows, the Dell
Technologies project manager saved our IT staff significant time compared to
our entry-level person planning on their own.
Required involvement from entry-level admin
with ProDeploy
without ProDeploy (entry-level admin)
Total time:
8h 1min (4x faster)
Planning:
2h 35min
Total time:
32h 5min
Planning:
14h 45min
Less time is better
Dell EMC PowerConnect 5448 switch
2x Dell EMC PowerSwitch
S4048-ON 10GbE switches
4x Dell EMC PowerEdge
R740 servers
1x Dell EMC Unity 650F
all-flash storage
Figure 1: Illustration of the Dell EMC solution.
Source: Principled Technologies.
Figure 2: Time required of an in-house, entry-level admin with and without Dell
EMC ProDeploy service. Source: Principled Technologies.
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3. A ProDeploy engineer needed less time than our entry-level admin
For the ProDeploy deployment, our entry-level admin spent 2 hours and 35 minutes planning the deployment with
a Dell Technologies project manager before the Dell Technologies-certified engineer arrived at our datacenter.
Those 2 hours and 35 minutes completed our involvement; we did not need to be involved in any further planning
or deployment. Over the course of two business days, the Dell Technologies-certified engineer spent 5 hours
and 26 minutes physically installing and configuring the PowerEdge servers, networking components, Unity array,
and software.
Without ProDeploy, we spent 32 hours and 5 minutes installing and configuring the solution over six business days.
Figure 3 breaks down deployment in business days. Highlights include the following:
• With ProDeploy, unboxing and racking the PowerEdge servers, networking components, and the Unity array
took 83 percent less time and saved 2 hours and 9 minutes compared to the time it took our in-house, entry-
level admin. ProDeploy saved 2 hours and 45 minutes when cabling the solution.
• Setting up the networking components with ProDeploy saved nearly 1 hour and 58 minutes and took 85
percent less time.
• Following deployment best practices took
longer for our entry-level admin because
they required deployment documentation
for guidance.
• With ProDeploy, configuring the Dell EMC
Unity array, upgrading its firmware and
software, and performing a health check on
the array saved 1 hour and 3 minutes and
took 42 percent less time.
• With ProDeploy, installing the OS, updating
the server firmware, setting up VMware
vCenter®
, and updating VMware ESXi™
saved
a sizable chunk of time—almost 4 hours—and
took 60 percent less time.
Table 1 breaks down the deployment times by stage of installation and configuration in hours and minutes.
Table 1: Comparison of time (in hours:minutes) required to complete each stage of the deployment process for an in-house,
entry-level admin and a Dell Technologies-certified engineer. Source: Principled Technologies.
Stage Entry-level admin ProDeploy engineer
ProDeploy
percentage less time
Planning 14:45 2:35 82%
Racking hardware & cabling 5:55 1:01 82%
Configuring networking 2:18 0:20 85%
Configuring OS & firmware 6:38 2:39 60%
Configuring storage 2:29 1:26 42%
Total deployment time without planning stage 17:20 5:26 68%
Total planning and deployment time 32:05 8:01 75%
ProDeploy engineer
Entry-level admin
8h 1min (4x faster)
32h 5min
Mon Tues
Tues Wed Thurs Fri MonMon
Time spent on deployment each day
Less time is better
Figure 3: Comparison of time required to complete server deployment
for a Dell Technologies-certified engineer and an in-house, entry-level
admin. Source: Principled Technologies.
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4. Day-by-day breakdown:
ProDeploy vs. in-house deployment
Table 2 shows how our in-house admin and the Dell Technologies-certified engineer spent their
time on the first day. Without ProDeploy, we spent the first 4 hours confirming implementation
details with our in-house project manager. It took the Dell Technologies-certified engineer 1 hour
and 38 fewer minutes to plan the deployment; unbox, rack, and cable the solution; conduct a health
check; update the server firmware; install the OS; configure the Ethernet switch; set up vCenter; and
update ESXi than it took us to plan this first day and unbox, rack, and cable the PowerEdge servers,
networking components, and Unity array.
Table 2: Comparison between an in-house, entry-level admin and a Dell Technologies-certified engineer for
time (in hours:minutes) required to deploy the solution during day one. Source: Principled Technologies.
Stage Entry-level admin ProDeploy engineer
Planning 4:00 2:35
Unboxing and racking 2:35 0:26
Initial cabling 1:15 0:35
Checking server health 0:25
Updating server firmware 0:28
OS installation 0:12
Ethernet switch config 0:20
vCenter setup 0:21
ESXi updates 0:50
Time spent deploying the Dell EMC solution 7:50 6:12
Table 3 shows how our admin without ProDeploy and the Dell Technologies-certified engineer
spent their time on the second day. In addition to the deployment, our admin had to address
unrelated administrative and routine tasks that needed immediate attention. The Dell
Technologies-certified engineer, however, was able to focus and complete the deployment.
Table 3: Comparison between an in-house, entry-level admin and a Dell Technologies-certified engineer for
time (in hours:minutes) required to deploy the solution during day two. Source: Principled Technologies.
Stage Entry-level admin ProDeploy engineer
Planning 1:15
Initial cabling 2:05
Storage configuration 0:23
Storage firmware/software upgrade 0:38
**Installation of OME and SAE 0:48
Time spent deploying the Dell EMC solution 3:20 1:49
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5. It took our in-house, entry-level admin four more business days to finish planning the installation as
well as to finish installing and configuring the new PowerEdge servers, networking components, and
Unity arrays from Dell EMC. That’s six business days total, compared to the two business days it took
the Dell Technologies-certified engineer. An organization would have had the new PowerEdge servers,
networking components, and Unity array up and running six days earlier (including Saturday and
Sunday) by using ProDeploy. After two days, our admin still had a lot to do, as Table 4 shows.
Table 4: Breakdown of in-house, entry-level admin time (in hours:minutes) on the remaining days.
Source: Principled Technologies.
Stage Entry-level admin ProDeploy engineer
(Day 3) Wednesday
Planning 3:00
Time spent deploying the Dell EMC solution 3:00 0:00
(Day 4) Thursday
Planning 3:45
Health check 0:30
Time spent deploying the Dell EMC solution 4:15 0:00
(Day 5) Friday
Planning 1:15
Configuring storage 0:42
Upgrading storage firmware 1:17
Server firmware update 0:42
OS installation 0:27
Ethernet switch config 0:53
ESXi updates 0:36
Time spent deploying the Dell EMC solution 5:52 0:00
(Day 6) Monday
Planning 1:30
Ethernet switch config 1:25
vCenter setup 0:48
ESXi updates 1:00
Installing OME and SAE 3:05
Time spent deploying the Dell EMC solution 7:48 0:00
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6. Get additional post-deployment care from Dell Technologies
After installing and configuring the solution, our in-house admin and the Dell Technologies-certified engineer
initiated post-deployment services. These were mostly checks to ensure things were running smoothly. However,
the Dell Technologies-certified engineer took some extra time to do things beyond deployment. In addition to
collecting environment configuration across all the platforms, they performed a final health check, validated that
they had implemented all configuration best practices, and completed the remaining documentation.
Conclusion
Choosing ProDeploy to install and configure new Dell EMC hardware means your organization can get new
data center resources to applications more quickly without tying up too much of an admin’s time. In our
data center:
• The Dell Technologies-certified engineer installed and configured the Dell EMC solution in 68 percent less
time, saving 11 hours and 54 minutes and allowing our in-house admin to focus on organizational demands
and other strategic initiatives.
• Installing and configuring the Dell EMC solution with ProDeploy reduced the total planning and
deployment time by 75 percent, 4 times faster than our in-house admin.
• The Dell Technologies-certified engineer needed only 5 hours and 26 minutes over two business days to
deploy the Dell EMC solution.
• Without ProDeploy, it took more than 17 hours over six business days for our in-house, entry-level admin to
install and configure the same solution.
• Familiarity with the solution components allowed the Dell Technologies-certified engineer to complete
tasks, such as configuring the network, faster than our in-house, entry-level admin, who sometimes needed
documentation and guidance from our project manager.
With ProDeploy, your organization can realize a faster, more efficient deployment with minimal impact on your
in-house IT staff.
Compliance with
COVID-19 restrictions
Before the Dell Technologies engineer
visited our data center, we informed
them of our social distancing policy
and face covering requirement to
help reduce the potential spread of
the virus causing coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19). The engineer
complied by maintaining a distance
of at least six feet from others and
by wearing a mask that covered their
mouth and nose at all times.
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7. We concluded our hands-on testing on July 7, 2020. During testing, we determined the appropriate hardware
and software configurations and applied updates as they became available. The results in this report reflect
configurations that we finalized on June 23, 2020 or earlier. Unavoidably, these configurations may not represent
the latest versions available when this report appears.
Our results
For our calculations, we found that the Dell EMC ProDeploy time of 8 hours and 1 minute was just under a
quarter of the in-house, entry level time of 32 hours and 5 minutes. Therefore, we assume that a Dell EMC
ProDeploy-certified engineer could do four deployments in the time of one in-house, entry level IT admin-
conducted deployment and thus is four times faster.
Table 5: Times (in hours:minutes) for each stage of deployment.
Task In-house, entry-level IT admin Dell EMC ProDeploy-certified engineer
Planning 14:45 2:35
Unboxing and racking 2:35 0:26
Initial cabling 3:20 0:35
Storage configuration 0:42 0:23
Storage firmware/software upgrade 1:17 0:38
Health check 0:30 0:25
Server firmware update 0:42 0:28
OS installation 0:27 0:12
Ethernet switch config 2:18 0:20
vCenter setup 0:48 0:21
ESXi updates 1:36 0:50
Installation of OME and SAE 3:05 0:48
Total time 32:05 8:01
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8. System configuration information
Table 6: Detailed information for the deployed servers. Source: Principled Technologies.
Server configuration information Dell EMC PowerEdge R740
BIOS name and version 2.6.4
Non-default BIOS settings none
Operating system name and version/build number VMware ESXi™
7.0 15843807
Date of last OS updates/patches applied 6/22/20
Power management policy Balanced
Processor
Number of processors 2
Vendor and model Intel®
Xeon®
Silver 4216
Core count (per processor) 16
Core frequency (GHz) 2.1
Stepping 7
Memory module(s)
Total memory in system (GB) 96
Memory module A Memory module B
Number of memory modules 2 2
Vendor and model Samsung®
M393A2K43BB1-CTD6Q Samsung M393A4K40CB2-CTD7Q
Size (GB) 16 32
Type DDR4 DDR4
Speed (MHz) 2,666 2,666
Speed running in the server (MHz) 2,666 2,666
Storage controller
Vendor and model Dell PERC H740P Mini
Cache size (GB) 4
Firmware version 50.9.4-3025
Driver version 7.712.50.00
Local storage (type A)
Number of drives 2
Drive vendor and model Micron®
MTFDDAK480TDN
Drive size (GB) 480
Drive information (speed, interface, type) 6GB/s, SAS, SSD
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9. Server configuration information Dell EMC PowerEdge R740
Local storage (type B)
Number of drives 1
Drive vendor and model Seagate ST600MM0069
Drive size (GB) 600
Drive information (speed, interface, type) 12GB/s, SAS, HDD
Network adapter (type A)
Vendor and model Broadcom Adv. Dual 10GBASE-T Ethernet
Number and type of ports 4
Driver version 21.60.22.11
Network adapter (type B)
Vendor and model Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520
Number and type of ports 2
Driver version 1.7.1.26
Cooling fans
Vendor and model Nidec Ultraflo XN44V-A00
Number of cooling fans 6
Power supplies
Vendor and model Dell PWR SPLY, 750W
Number of power supplies 2
Wattage of each (W) 750
Table 7: Detailed information for the deployed storage. Source: Principled Technologies.
Storage configuration information Dell EMC Unity 650F
Software Version 5.0.3.0.5.014
Number of drives 10
Drive vendor and model Samsung MZ-ILT1T9A
Drive size 1.92TB
Protocol SAS
Gb/s 12Gb/s
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10. Table 8: Detailed information for the deployed switches. Source: Principled Technologies.
Switch configuration information Dell EMC PowerConnect 5448
Port type A
Type of ports Gigabit ethernet
Number of ports 48
Port type B
Type of ports Combo gigabit SFP
Number of ports 4
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11. How we tested
Configuring Unity 650F
1. Visit https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/unity-family/overview, and download the Dell EMC Unity
Connection Utility.
2. When the download is finished, click Run.
3. At the Select Setup Language screen, Select English, and click OK.
4. At the Welcome screen, click Next.
5. At the Choose Install Folder, accept defaults, and click Next.
6. At the Pre-Installation Summary screen, click Install.
7. Check Run Connection Utility, and click Finish.
Connecting to the storage and configuring management IP address
1. In the connection utility, select Auto Discover, and click Next.
2. Select the System, and click Next.
3. Enter the management IP information, and click Next.
4. Review the information, and click Next.
5. Click Deploy.
Running the initial configuration wizard
1. At the introduction screen, click Next.
2. Enter the DNS server address, and click Next.
3. At the NTP server screen, click Add.
4. Enter the NTP server IP, and click Next.
5. Apply the Unisphere License, and click Next.
6. Until the initial configuration wizard completes, click Next.
7. Check Run Connection Utility, and click Finish.
Creating a storage pool
1. On left Unisphere pane, under Storage, click Pools.
2. Click +.
3. Enter a Pool name and description.
4. Select Extreme Performance Tier, and click Next.
5. Select all available drives, and click Next.
6. At the Capability Profile Name screen, click Next.
7. At the Summary screen, click Finish.
Creating a NAS server
1. Under Storage, select File>NAS Servers.
2. Click the add icon.
3. Create a server name, and choose the appropriate pool and storage processor.
4. Click Next.
5. Select the Ethernet port, and set the IP address, subnet mask, and Gateway.
6. Click Next.
7. Check Enable NFSv3 and NFSv4.
8. On DNS, Replication, and Summary, click Next.
9. Click Finish.
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12. Creating a file system
1. Under Storage, select File>File Systems.
2. Click the add icon.
3. Create a name and description.
4. Click Next.
5. On File-level Retention, click Next.
6. Select the appropriate pool, set its size, and check Thin.
7. On subsequent screens, check Next.
8. Click Finish.
Discovering and adding multiple ESXi hosts
1. On left Unisphere pane, under Access, click VMware.
2. To connect to the vCenter server, click +.
3. At the Find ESXi Hosts screen, enter the vCenter credentials, and click Find.
4. Select the appropriate ESXi hosts, and click Next.
5. At the VSA Provider screen, click Next.
6. At the Summary screen, click Finish.
Installing VMware ESXi
1. Using the USB, boot to the VMware ESXi installation media.
2. To Continue, press Enter.
3. To Accept and Continue, press F11 key.
4. Under Storage Device, select the installation drive, and press Enter.
5. For keyboard layout, select US Default, and press Enter.
6. Enter the root password twice, and press Enter.
7. At the Confirm Install window, press F11.
8. At the Installation Complete window, press Enter.
9. To configure the system after rebooting, press F2.
10. Log in with root credentials, and press Enter.
11. Scroll to Configure Management Network, and press Enter.
12. Scroll to IPv4 Configuration, and press Enter.
13. Scroll to Static IPv4, and use the spacebar to select it.
14. Set the IPv4 address, Subnet Mask, and Default gateway.
15. Press Enter.
16. Scroll to IPv6 Configuration, and press Enter.
17. Scroll to Disable IPv6, and use the spacebar to select it.
18. Press Enter.
19. Scroll to DNS Configuration, and press Enter.
20. Scroll to manually configure DNS, and use the spacebar to select it.
21. Add the Primary DNS Server and the Alternate DNS Server, and provide the hostname for the system.
22. Scroll to Custom DNS Suffixes, and press Enter.
23. Add the suffix that is required for testing, and press Enter.
24. To accept the changes, press Esc.
25. To confirm changes, press Y. The system will reboot.
26. To configure the system after rebooting, press F2.
27. Log in with root credentials, and press Enter.
28. Scroll to Troubleshooting Options, and press Enter.
29. Select Enable ESXi Shell, and press Enter.
30. Select Enable SSH, and press Enter.
31. Scroll to Restart Management Agents, and press Enter.
32. Press F11.
33. To exit, press Esc.
34. To log out, press Esc.
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13. Deploying VMware vCenter Server®
7.0
1. Using a USB drive, on a Windows server or VM, locate the VMware-VCSA installer image using USB.
2. Mount the image, navigate to the vcsa-ui-installer folder, and double-click win32.
3. Double-click installer.exe.
4. Click Install.
5. Click Next.
6. Accept the terms of the license agreement, and click Next.
7. Ensure that the vCenter Server with an Embedded Platform Services Controller is selected, and click Next.
8. Enter the FQDN or IP address of the host onto which you are deploying the vCenter Server Appliance.
9. Provide the server’s username and password, and click Next.
10. To accept the certificate of the host you chose to connect to, click Yes.
11. Provide a name and password for the vCenter Appliance, and click Next.
12. Set an appropriate appliance size, and click Next.
13. Select the appropriate datastore, and click Next.
14. At the Configure Network Settings page, configure the network settings as appropriate for your environment, and click Next.
15. Review your settings, and click Finish.
16. When the deployment completes, click Continue.
17. At the Introduction page, click Next.
18. At the Appliance configuration page, select the time synchronization mode and SSH access settings, and click Next.
19. At the CEIP page, click Next.
20. At the Ready to complete page, click Finish.
21. At the Warning pop-up, click OK.
22. Once Stage 2 completes successfully, click Close.
Adding the servers to vCenter
1. Log into vCenter.
2. In the left pane, right-click vCenter, and select New Datacenter.
3. Enter the name of your datacenter, and press OK.
4. Right-click your datacenter, and select Add Host.
5. In Name and location, add the IP address of your host, and click Next.
6. In Connection settings, to log into your ESXi host, enter the username and password, and click Next.
7. In Host summary, verify your host’s information, and click Next.
8. In Assign license, choose the appropriate license for your host, and click Next.
9. In Lockdown mode, leave the host lockdown as default (Disabled), and click Next.
10. In VM location, choose the location where your VMs will be organized, and click Next.
11. In Ready to complete, verify your settings, and click Finish.
12. Complete steps 4 through 11 for the remaining three servers.
Downloading and installing OpenManage Enterprise
1. From the support site, download the openmanage_enterprise_ovf_format.zip file, and extract the file to a location accessible by the
VMware vSphere Client.
2. In vSphere Client, select File>Deploy OVF Template.
3. On the Local file option, click Upload files, select the OVF and VMDK packages, and click Next.
4. Name the VM, select the Datacenter, and click Next.
5. Select the host on which you want to deploy the appliance VM, and click Next.
6. Review the details, and click Next.
7. Accept the License agreements, and click Next.
8. Select storage option, choose Thin provision, and click Next.
9. Select Networks, and click Next.
10. Enter DNS, hostname, Gateway, network address (IPV4), time zone, NTP server address, and click next.
11. Review the settings, and click Finish.
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Configuring OpenManage Enterprise
1. In a web browser, navigate to the IP of the OpenManage Enterprise VM, and log in.
2. On the Home tab, choose Discover Devices.
3. Click Add, and in the Device Type dropdown, choose Server.
4. Select Dell iDRAC, and click OK.
5. In the IP/Hostname/Range box, enter the IP range of the servers.
6. For the servers, enter the login credentials.
7. Select Run Now, and click Finish.
8. For the virtual machine files, select the datastore, and click Next.
9. On the Disk Format page, to pre-allocate physical storage space to VMs, click Thick provision.
10. Review the selected options, and click Finish.
Downloading and installing SupportAssist Enterprise
1. From the support site, download the OVF file, and extract the file to a location accessible by the VMware vSphere Client.
2. In vSphere Client, select File>Deploy OVF Template.
3. On the local file option, click Upload files, select the OVF and VMDK packages, and click Next.
4. Name the VM, select the Datacenter, and click Next.
5. Select the host on which you want to deploy the appliance VM, and click Next.
6. Review the details, and click Next.
7. Accept the license agreements, and click Next.
8. Select storage option, choose Thin provision, and click Next.
9. Select the networks, and click Next.
10. Enter DNS, hostname, Gateway, network address (IPV4), time zone, NTP server address, and click Next.
11. Review the settings, and click Finish.
Configuring SupportAssist Enterprise
1. In a web browser, navigate to the IP of the SupportAssist Enterprise VM, and log in.
2. On the Devices tab, choose Add.
3. In Device Type, select iDRAC, enter the IP address of the host, name the host, and choose create new credentials account.
4. Name the credentials, and select the device type, operating system, username, and password. Click Save.
5. Select the account credentials you created, and select Next.
6. For the additional three servers, complete steps 1 through 5.
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