Store data more efficiently and increase I/O performance with lower latency w...Principled Technologies
Compared to an array from another vendor, the PowerMax 8000 offered a better inline data reduction ratio and better performance during simulated OLTP and data extraction workloads
The Dell EMC PowerMax 8000 outperformed another vendor's array on an OLTP-lik...Principled Technologies
The Dell EMC PowerMax 8000 outperformed a competitor's storage array in several key areas:
- It delivered 25% more IOPS on an OLTP workload simulation.
- It stored compressed data more efficiently, requiring 44% less storage capacity after migrating compressible data and achieving a higher 2.3:1 compression ratio.
- Admin tasks like provisioning new storage took half the time (45% fewer steps and 51% less time) using the PowerMax management interface compared to the competitor.
Watch your transactional database performance climb with Intel Optane DC pers...Principled Technologies
The document discusses testing of Intel Optane DC persistent memory in a Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd server. It found that using Intel Optane DC persistent memory delivered over 2 times the transactions per minute of a configuration with two NVMe drives and over 11 times the transactions per minute of a configuration with 12 SATA SSDs. Intel Optane DC persistent memory can significantly improve transactional database performance over traditional storage solutions like SSDs.
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.
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
Handle transaction workloads and data mart loads with better performancePrincipled Technologies
Database work is a big deal—in terms of its importance to your company, and the sheer magnitude of the work. Our tests with the Dell EMC PowerEdge R930 server and Unity 400F All-Flash storage array demonstrated that it could perform comparably to an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server and 3PAR array during OLTP workloads, with a better compression ratio (3.2-to-1 vs. 1.3-to-1). For loading large sets of data, the Dell EMC Unity finished 22 percent faster than the HPE 3PAR, which can result in less hassle for the administrator in charge of data marts. When running both OLTP and data mart workloads in tandem, the Unity array outperformed the HPE 3PAR in terms of orders processed per minute by 29 percent. For additional product information concerning the Unity 400F storage array, visit DellEMC.com/Unity.
Store data more efficiently and increase I/O performance with lower latency w...Principled Technologies
Compared to an array from another vendor, the PowerMax 8000 offered a better inline data reduction ratio and better performance during simulated OLTP and data extraction workloads
The Dell EMC PowerMax 8000 outperformed another vendor's array on an OLTP-lik...Principled Technologies
The Dell EMC PowerMax 8000 outperformed a competitor's storage array in several key areas:
- It delivered 25% more IOPS on an OLTP workload simulation.
- It stored compressed data more efficiently, requiring 44% less storage capacity after migrating compressible data and achieving a higher 2.3:1 compression ratio.
- Admin tasks like provisioning new storage took half the time (45% fewer steps and 51% less time) using the PowerMax management interface compared to the competitor.
Watch your transactional database performance climb with Intel Optane DC pers...Principled Technologies
The document discusses testing of Intel Optane DC persistent memory in a Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd server. It found that using Intel Optane DC persistent memory delivered over 2 times the transactions per minute of a configuration with two NVMe drives and over 11 times the transactions per minute of a configuration with 12 SATA SSDs. Intel Optane DC persistent memory can significantly improve transactional database performance over traditional storage solutions like SSDs.
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.
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
Handle transaction workloads and data mart loads with better performancePrincipled Technologies
Database work is a big deal—in terms of its importance to your company, and the sheer magnitude of the work. Our tests with the Dell EMC PowerEdge R930 server and Unity 400F All-Flash storage array demonstrated that it could perform comparably to an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server and 3PAR array during OLTP workloads, with a better compression ratio (3.2-to-1 vs. 1.3-to-1). For loading large sets of data, the Dell EMC Unity finished 22 percent faster than the HPE 3PAR, which can result in less hassle for the administrator in charge of data marts. When running both OLTP and data mart workloads in tandem, the Unity array outperformed the HPE 3PAR in terms of orders processed per minute by 29 percent. For additional product information concerning the Unity 400F storage array, visit DellEMC.com/Unity.
Back up deduplicated data in less time with the Dell DR6000 Disk Backup Appli...Principled Technologies
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.
Database performance and memory capacity with the Intel Xeon processor E5-266...Principled Technologies
The Dell PowerEdge M620 offers 24 memory slots, 50 percent more than the 16 slots offered by the HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8, which enables the Dell solution to provide greater performance while delivering memory error protection. We found that the Dell PowerEdge M620 solution, built on the new Intel Xeon processor E5-2600v2 Series, delivered 182.2 percent more database performance and 92.0 percent faster response times than the previous version Intel Xeon E5-2640 processor-based HP ProLiant BL460c Gen 8 solution, while providing 12.5 percent more available memory and error protection. The additional memory capacity of the Dell solution allowed us to engage FRM technologies and still have more overall RAM capacity compared to the 16-slot HP server. The Dell PowerEdge M620 offered maximum memory capacity and protection with Fault Resilient Memory to keep your database workloads running strong and available for your business needs.
The document discusses optimizing Oracle and Siebel applications on the Sun UltraSPARC T1 platform. It describes how Siebel's multi-threaded architecture is well-suited to the T1 processor's ability to run multiple threads in parallel. It provides examples of consolidating Siebel environments and optimizing performance through Solaris, Siebel, and Oracle database tuning. Metrics show Siebel performing well with low CPU utilization on T1 systems.
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.
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.
Resource balancing comparison: VMware vSphere 6 vs. Red Hat Enterprise Virtua...Principled Technologies
Having ample resources to handle user requests is a necessity of modern virtualization solutions. Allocating and distributing those resources evenly, however, is imperative to the success of your business’s virtualized environment. In our tests, after powering on the other two servers in our three-node cluster and adding resource management features, VMware vSphere 6 improved performance by 183 percent over its baseline configuration of one active server and no resource management features. RHEV 3.5, in contrast, delivered only a 79 percent increase over its baseline. As you design your business’s infrastructure and applications, improvements such as those offered by VMware vSphere 6 DRS and Storage DRS can play a critical role by offering your users better application experiences. Optimized and modern resource management provided by VMware DRS can also help to lower your IT purchase and maintenance costs by reducing the number of servers necessary to run your applications.
The document discusses and compares several data storage solutions used by SLC, including Dell EqualLogic storage arrays, Dell Compellent storage arrays, and SyncSort NSB backup software with NetApp storage. The Dell EqualLogic arrays were used to establish a VMware vSphere 5 test and development environment, allowing migration of virtual machines and freeing up production storage space. The Dell Compellent arrays were chosen over Hitachi and NetApp options due to lower total cost of ownership and benefits like automated tiered storage, data replication, and expandability. SyncSort NSB backup software improved on the previous backup solution by reducing full backup time from 80 hours to under 8 hours.
Veritas NetBackup 7.6 benchmark comparison: Data protection in a large-scale ...Principled Technologies
In an enterprise environment, a data center VM footprint can grow quickly; large-scale deployments of thousands of virtual machines are becoming increasingly common. Risk of failure grows proportionally to the number of systems deployed and critical failures are unavoidable. Your ability to offer data protection from a backup solution is critical to business continuity. Elongated, inefficient protection windows can create resource contention with production environments, making it critical to execute system backup in a finite window of time.
The Veritas NetBackup Integrated Appliance running NetBackup 7.6 offered application protection to 1,000 VMs in 67.3 percent less time in SAN testing and used NetApp array-based snapshots to create recovery points in 54.1 percent less time than Competitor “V.” NetBackup was able to perform application-consistent backups at 1,000 VMs while Competitor “V” started to fail as the environment approached 300 VMs. Also, Competitor “V” was not able to complete a concurrent restore of 24 VMs while Veritas NetBackup was. The ability to complete backups and recoveries at scale are the most critical factor when determining the right solution for you. These time savings can scale as your VM footprint grows, allowing you to execute both system protection and user-friendly, simplified recovery.
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
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.
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.
Scaling Oracle 12c database performance with EMC XtremIO storage in a Databas...Principled Technologies
Oracle single instance database VMs need plenty of storage capacity and performance to handle increased workload demands placed on them by users. Whether your organization uses DBaaS or traditional Oracle 12c instances, consider the reliable performance and scaling flexibility that the EMC XtremIO storage array can offer. We found IOPS levels stayed consistent as we scaled up to eight Oracle single instance VMs and scaled by an average of 14,700 IOPS for each VM (totaling 118,067). In addition, we found that the inline deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning capabilities on the XtremIO array resulted in an overall efficiency ratio of 51 to 1 and a data reduction ratio of 14.6 to 1. With this level of consistent performance, users can expect great performance to meet high demand for IOPS in a DBaaS environment.
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.
Moving your legacy database workloads to the Dell PowerEdge R930 can help you realize the benefits of consolidation, which can include savings in management costs, power usage, and cable management costs. More importantly, the licensing costs of the database application itself may be reduced by the consolidation effort. In addition to these benefits, greater database transactions per minute can keep your orders flowing smoothly.
We found that the Dell PowerEdge R930, powered by the Intel Xeon processor E7 v3 series, could consolidate three legacy servers running four Oracle Database 12c VMs each. The Dell PowerEdge R930 outperformed the legacy server with 4.4 times the overall database performance, delivering an average of 47.1 percent more performance per VM. By consolidating that many legacy servers, you can save up to 67 percent in rack space, 25 percent in database licenses, and even reduce other operating costs to improve your bottom line.
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.
This document provides an overview and agenda for a presentation on Dell Storage Management tools. It discusses Enterprise Manager (EM) and how it automates management of Dell Storage Center (SC) systems. EM 2015 includes new functionality like localization and thin import migration from EqualLogic PS series to SC series. It also discusses Dell Storage Manager (DSM), a future unified management platform that will provide a single pane of glass for managing SC, PS series, and other Dell storage products. DSM 2016 R1 will add capabilities like management of EqualLogic PS groups and cross-platform replication between SC and PS series storage systems.
Symantec NetBackup 7.6 benchmark comparison: Data protection in a large-scale...Principled Technologies
In an enterprise environment, a data center VM footprint can grow quickly; large-scale deployments of thousands of virtual machines are becoming increasingly common. Risk of failure grows proportionally to the number of systems deployed and critical failures are unavoidable. Your ability to offer data protection from a backup solution is critical to business continuity. Elongated, inefficient protection windows can create resource contention with production environments, therefore, it is critical to execute system backup in a finite window of time.
The Symantec NetBackup Integrated Appliance running NetBackup 7.6 offered application protection to 1,000 VMs in 80.3 percent less time in SAN testing and used NetApp array-based snapshots to create recovery points in 93.8 percent less time than Competitor “C.” In addition, the Symantec NetBackup Integrated Appliance with NetBackup 7.6 created backup images that offered granular recovery without additional steps and in a backup window 69.0 percent shorter than the backup window needed for Competitor “C.” These time savings can scale as your VM footprint grows, allowing you to execute both system protection and user-friendly, simplified recovery.
Achieve up to 80% better throughput and increase storage efficiency with the ...Principled Technologies
Compared to a competing array, Dell’s high-end PowerMax 8500 storage array offered better I/O performance for simulated OLTP and data workloads, saved more space through more efficient data reduction, and performed snapshots with no performance impact
Back up deduplicated data in less time with the Dell DR6000 Disk Backup Appli...Principled Technologies
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.
Database performance and memory capacity with the Intel Xeon processor E5-266...Principled Technologies
The Dell PowerEdge M620 offers 24 memory slots, 50 percent more than the 16 slots offered by the HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8, which enables the Dell solution to provide greater performance while delivering memory error protection. We found that the Dell PowerEdge M620 solution, built on the new Intel Xeon processor E5-2600v2 Series, delivered 182.2 percent more database performance and 92.0 percent faster response times than the previous version Intel Xeon E5-2640 processor-based HP ProLiant BL460c Gen 8 solution, while providing 12.5 percent more available memory and error protection. The additional memory capacity of the Dell solution allowed us to engage FRM technologies and still have more overall RAM capacity compared to the 16-slot HP server. The Dell PowerEdge M620 offered maximum memory capacity and protection with Fault Resilient Memory to keep your database workloads running strong and available for your business needs.
The document discusses optimizing Oracle and Siebel applications on the Sun UltraSPARC T1 platform. It describes how Siebel's multi-threaded architecture is well-suited to the T1 processor's ability to run multiple threads in parallel. It provides examples of consolidating Siebel environments and optimizing performance through Solaris, Siebel, and Oracle database tuning. Metrics show Siebel performing well with low CPU utilization on T1 systems.
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.
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.
Resource balancing comparison: VMware vSphere 6 vs. Red Hat Enterprise Virtua...Principled Technologies
Having ample resources to handle user requests is a necessity of modern virtualization solutions. Allocating and distributing those resources evenly, however, is imperative to the success of your business’s virtualized environment. In our tests, after powering on the other two servers in our three-node cluster and adding resource management features, VMware vSphere 6 improved performance by 183 percent over its baseline configuration of one active server and no resource management features. RHEV 3.5, in contrast, delivered only a 79 percent increase over its baseline. As you design your business’s infrastructure and applications, improvements such as those offered by VMware vSphere 6 DRS and Storage DRS can play a critical role by offering your users better application experiences. Optimized and modern resource management provided by VMware DRS can also help to lower your IT purchase and maintenance costs by reducing the number of servers necessary to run your applications.
The document discusses and compares several data storage solutions used by SLC, including Dell EqualLogic storage arrays, Dell Compellent storage arrays, and SyncSort NSB backup software with NetApp storage. The Dell EqualLogic arrays were used to establish a VMware vSphere 5 test and development environment, allowing migration of virtual machines and freeing up production storage space. The Dell Compellent arrays were chosen over Hitachi and NetApp options due to lower total cost of ownership and benefits like automated tiered storage, data replication, and expandability. SyncSort NSB backup software improved on the previous backup solution by reducing full backup time from 80 hours to under 8 hours.
Veritas NetBackup 7.6 benchmark comparison: Data protection in a large-scale ...Principled Technologies
In an enterprise environment, a data center VM footprint can grow quickly; large-scale deployments of thousands of virtual machines are becoming increasingly common. Risk of failure grows proportionally to the number of systems deployed and critical failures are unavoidable. Your ability to offer data protection from a backup solution is critical to business continuity. Elongated, inefficient protection windows can create resource contention with production environments, making it critical to execute system backup in a finite window of time.
The Veritas NetBackup Integrated Appliance running NetBackup 7.6 offered application protection to 1,000 VMs in 67.3 percent less time in SAN testing and used NetApp array-based snapshots to create recovery points in 54.1 percent less time than Competitor “V.” NetBackup was able to perform application-consistent backups at 1,000 VMs while Competitor “V” started to fail as the environment approached 300 VMs. Also, Competitor “V” was not able to complete a concurrent restore of 24 VMs while Veritas NetBackup was. The ability to complete backups and recoveries at scale are the most critical factor when determining the right solution for you. These time savings can scale as your VM footprint grows, allowing you to execute both system protection and user-friendly, simplified recovery.
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
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.
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.
Scaling Oracle 12c database performance with EMC XtremIO storage in a Databas...Principled Technologies
Oracle single instance database VMs need plenty of storage capacity and performance to handle increased workload demands placed on them by users. Whether your organization uses DBaaS or traditional Oracle 12c instances, consider the reliable performance and scaling flexibility that the EMC XtremIO storage array can offer. We found IOPS levels stayed consistent as we scaled up to eight Oracle single instance VMs and scaled by an average of 14,700 IOPS for each VM (totaling 118,067). In addition, we found that the inline deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning capabilities on the XtremIO array resulted in an overall efficiency ratio of 51 to 1 and a data reduction ratio of 14.6 to 1. With this level of consistent performance, users can expect great performance to meet high demand for IOPS in a DBaaS environment.
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.
Moving your legacy database workloads to the Dell PowerEdge R930 can help you realize the benefits of consolidation, which can include savings in management costs, power usage, and cable management costs. More importantly, the licensing costs of the database application itself may be reduced by the consolidation effort. In addition to these benefits, greater database transactions per minute can keep your orders flowing smoothly.
We found that the Dell PowerEdge R930, powered by the Intel Xeon processor E7 v3 series, could consolidate three legacy servers running four Oracle Database 12c VMs each. The Dell PowerEdge R930 outperformed the legacy server with 4.4 times the overall database performance, delivering an average of 47.1 percent more performance per VM. By consolidating that many legacy servers, you can save up to 67 percent in rack space, 25 percent in database licenses, and even reduce other operating costs to improve your bottom line.
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.
This document provides an overview and agenda for a presentation on Dell Storage Management tools. It discusses Enterprise Manager (EM) and how it automates management of Dell Storage Center (SC) systems. EM 2015 includes new functionality like localization and thin import migration from EqualLogic PS series to SC series. It also discusses Dell Storage Manager (DSM), a future unified management platform that will provide a single pane of glass for managing SC, PS series, and other Dell storage products. DSM 2016 R1 will add capabilities like management of EqualLogic PS groups and cross-platform replication between SC and PS series storage systems.
Symantec NetBackup 7.6 benchmark comparison: Data protection in a large-scale...Principled Technologies
In an enterprise environment, a data center VM footprint can grow quickly; large-scale deployments of thousands of virtual machines are becoming increasingly common. Risk of failure grows proportionally to the number of systems deployed and critical failures are unavoidable. Your ability to offer data protection from a backup solution is critical to business continuity. Elongated, inefficient protection windows can create resource contention with production environments, therefore, it is critical to execute system backup in a finite window of time.
The Symantec NetBackup Integrated Appliance running NetBackup 7.6 offered application protection to 1,000 VMs in 80.3 percent less time in SAN testing and used NetApp array-based snapshots to create recovery points in 93.8 percent less time than Competitor “C.” In addition, the Symantec NetBackup Integrated Appliance with NetBackup 7.6 created backup images that offered granular recovery without additional steps and in a backup window 69.0 percent shorter than the backup window needed for Competitor “C.” These time savings can scale as your VM footprint grows, allowing you to execute both system protection and user-friendly, simplified recovery.
Achieve up to 80% better throughput and increase storage efficiency with the ...Principled Technologies
Compared to a competing array, Dell’s high-end PowerMax 8500 storage array offered better I/O performance for simulated OLTP and data workloads, saved more space through more efficient data reduction, and performed snapshots with no performance impact
A company’s success depends on critical application performance and availability. Upgrades and patches can improve application efficiency and user experience, but making the necessary changes requires resource intensive environments to test updates before deploying them. What’s more, these applications need to continue accessing data even in the event of an on-premises crisis.
Our Dell EMC VMAX 250F and PowerEdge server solution supported test/dev environments and production database applications simultaneously without affecting the production applications’ performance. Storage latency for the VMAX 250F peaked at a millisecond in our testing while IOPS stayed within an acceptable range. The solution also kept data highly available with no downtime or performance drop when we initiated a lost host connection for the primary storage. Consider the Dell EMC VMAX 250F array for your datacenter to support the critical database applications that drive your company.
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.
Ensure greater uptime and boost VMware vSAN cluster performance with the Del...Principled Technologies
The Dell EMC PowerEdge MX with VMware vSAN Ready Nodes delivered a 55.9% faster response time than a Cisco UCS solution and a 41.3% faster response time than an HPE Synergy solution
Slow performance and unavailable critical applications can impinge a company’s progress. You can apply patches and updates to improve application quality and user experience, but these changes need to be tested in resource-intensive environments before deployment. Keeping these applications accessing data is vital, too, as on-premises events can put availability at risk.
Our Dell EMC VMAX 250F and PowerEdge server solution supported test/dev environments and production database applications simultaneously without affecting the production applications’ performance. As we added VMs designed for test/dev environments, the production workload maintained an acceptable level of IOPS and achieved an average storage latency of less than a millisecond. The solution also kept data highly available with no downtime and no performance drop when we initiated a lost host connection for the primary storage. To run critical database applications of your company, consider the Dell EMC VMAX 250F for your datacenter.
The document summarizes testing of a Dell EMC VMAX 250F all-flash storage array and Dell EMC PowerEdge servers to support both production and test/development Oracle Database 12c workloads. Key findings include:
1) The solution maintained low latency of less than 1 millisecond even when adding 7 test/dev database snapshots to the production workload.
2) The production workload saw less than 2% degradation in IOPS despite increasing overall storage IOPS by adding test/dev workloads.
3) Using SRDF/Metro replication, the solution provided uninterrupted access to data with no downtime or performance drop when one array was unavailable, ensuring high availability.
Reap better SQL Server OLTP performance with next-generation Dell EMC PowerEd...Principled Technologies
The document summarizes testing that compared the performance of new Dell EMC PowerEdge MX750c servers to current Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740c servers. The testing found that:
- A cluster of the new servers achieved 36.1% more SQL Server transaction processing work (orders per minute) than a cluster of the current servers, while also lowering application response time by 8%.
- With the same number of virtual machines, the new server cluster achieved 18.7% more transactions than the current cluster and an 18.4% lower response time.
- By adding one more virtual machine per new server, the new cluster achieved a 36.1% higher transaction rate than the current cluster
A single-socket Dell EMC PowerEdge R7515 solution delivered better value on a...Principled Technologies
If your company is running important business applications in VMware vSAN clusters of servers that are several years old, chances are good that you’re considering upgrading to newer hardware. Our testing demonstrated that our clusters of single-socket Dell EMC PowerEdge R7515 servers and clusters of dual-socket HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 servers could both improve upon the database performance of a legacy cluster with five-year-old servers by more than 50 percent, with the Dell EMC cluster achieving 93.4 percent of the performance of the HPE cluster.
Get higher performance for your MySQL databases with Dell APEX Private CloudPrincipled Technologies
Featuring 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, the Dell APEX Private Cloud solution processed more new orders per minute in a transactional database workload than a comparable AWS solution
When we compared the MySQL database performance of a four-server solution supporting 16 client VMs from Dell APEX Private Cloud to 16 similarly configured VMs on AWS using the TPROC-C workload from the HammerDB benchmark suite, the Dell APEX Private Cloud solution processed 25.4 percent more NOPM than the AWS solution. These results indicate that to maximize the performance of MySQL databases and the responsiveness of critical applications, the APEX private cloud solution is the better choice compared to a similarly configured solution running on AWS.
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.
Symantec NetBackup 7.6 benchmark comparison: Data protection in a large-scale...Principled Technologies
The footprint of a VM can grow quickly in an enterprise environment and large-scale VM deployments in the thousands are common. As this number of deployed systems grows, so does the risk of failure. Critical failures can become unavoidable and offering data protection from a backup solution promotes business continuity. Elongated protection windows requiring multiple jobs of different types can create resource contention with production environments and may require valuable IT admin time, so a finite window for system backups can have plenty of importance.
In our hands-on SAN backup testing, the Symantec NetBackup Integrated Appliance running NetBackup 7.6 offered application protection to 1,000 VMs in 66.8 percent less time than Competitor “E” did. In addition, the Symantec NetBackup Integrated Appliance with NetBackup 7.6 created backup images that offered granular recovery without additional steps. These time and effort savings can scale as your VM footprint grows, allowing you to execute both system protection and user-friendly, simplified recovery.
The document summarizes a test of the EMC XtremIO storage array's ability to scale mixed database workloads in a VMware vSphere environment. Key findings:
- The array supported 3 production databases (Oracle, SQL Server, DB2) using only 664GB of physical storage while delivering over 116,000 IOPS with sub-millisecond latency.
- As additional copies of the databases were added, physical storage usage increased only slightly, while addressable capacity grew significantly due to data reduction technologies. This resulted in over 5,600GB of storage savings with 9 VMs.
- IOPS demands increased linearly as VMs were added, and latency remained under 1ms, showing the
SQL Server 2016 database performance on the Dell EMC PowerEdge FC630 QLogic 1...Principled Technologies
Upgrading the hardware running your SQL Server to a space-efficient modular Dell EMC modern environment can help your company achieve a great deal of database work in a small amount of space. With the Dell Express Flash technology, adding a caching solution such as Samsung AutoCache can make the environment even more efficient.
In the PT labs, we ran a mixed database workload on six Dell EMC PowerEdge FC630 servers, powered by Intel Xeon E5-2667 processors, in three PowerEdge FX2 enclosures. The solution included the QLogic QLE2692 16Gb FC adapter with StorFusion Technology, Dell EMC Storage SC9000 all-flash storage, and Dell EMC PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe Performance PCIe SSDs.
With no caching solution, the 36 SQL Server 2016 VMs on the six servers achieved a total of 431,839 orders per minute while an Oracle workload ran on 12 VMs. When we added a caching solution to accelerate the SQL database volumes, the performance across the 36 SQL Server 2016 VMs doubled to 871,580. These numbers show the power of server-side caching to alleviate pressure on the storage array allowing you to get even more out of the Dell EMC modern environment.
The document summarizes testing of Symantec NetBackup 7.6 and a competitor's solution for backing up virtual environments of increasing size, from 100 to 1,000 VMs. It found that NetBackup with the NetBackup Integrated Appliance provided backups that were 66.8% faster than the competitor's solution for backing up 1,000 VMs using SAN transport. NetBackup also offered capabilities like Replication Director and Accelerator that the competitor did not support. The testing environment used VMware vSphere and NetApp storage arrays to host the VMs.
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.
Process 84% more MySQL database activity with the latest-gen Dell PowerEdge R...Principled Technologies
The 16th Generation server handled more database transactions than a previous-generation PowerEdge R750 server with vSphere 7
New servers and software versions can be a boon for your organization. If you’re running MySQL workloads for web applications, retail, or other use cases, your organization could see a performance boost by upgrading to latest-generation Dell PowerEdge R760 servers running VMware vSphere 8.0. In our testing, a PowerEdge R760 server handled 84.5 percent more NOPM than an older Dell PowerEdge R750 server. We also found that Live Optics infrastructure monitoring software allows you to view performance data for new PowerEdge R760 and vSphere 8.0 environments so you can manage those resources to optimize your MySQL workloads.
EqualLogic is changing how people experience storage by delivering dynamic virtual storage solutions that address changing business needs in real time at a reasonable cost. The presentation covers how EqualLogic avoids disruptions and underutilization compared to traditional storage, provides high performance for applications, and includes comprehensive data management features like snapshots, cloning and replication at no additional cost. It also demonstrates how EqualLogic integrates with virtualization platforms and simplifies management.
Veritas NetBackup benchmark comparison: Data protection in a large-scale virt...Principled Technologies
In an enterprise environment, a data center VM footprint can grow quickly; large-scale deployments of thousands of virtual machines are becoming increasingly common. Risk of failure grows proportionally to the number of systems deployed and critical failures are unavoidable. Your ability to offer data protection from a backup solution is critical to business continuity. Elongated, inefficient protection windows can create resource contention with production environments, therefore, it is critical to execute system backup in a finite window of time.
The Veritas NetBackup Integrated Appliance running NetBackup 7.6 offered application protection to 1,000 VMs in 80.3 percent less time in SAN testing and used NetApp array-based snapshots to create recovery points in 93.8 percent less time than Competitor “C.” In addition, the Veritas NetBackup Integrated Appliance with NetBackup 7.6 created backup images that offered granular recovery without additional steps and in a backup window 69.0 percent shorter than the backup window needed for Competitor “C.” These time savings can scale as your VM footprint grows, allowing you to execute both system protection and user-friendly, simplified recovery.
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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.
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.
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.
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Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift.pdfTosin Akinosho
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
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Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
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Robin van Emden, Senior Director of Data Science at Network Optix, presents the “Building and Scaling AI Applications with the Nx AI Manager,” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
In this presentation, van Emden covers the basics of scaling edge AI solutions using the Nx tool kit. He emphasizes the process of developing AI models and deploying them globally. He also showcases the conversion of AI models and the creation of effective edge AI pipelines, with a focus on pre-processing, model conversion, selecting the appropriate inference engine for the target hardware and post-processing.
van Emden shows how Nx can simplify the developer’s life and facilitate a rapid transition from concept to production-ready applications.He provides valuable insights into developing scalable and efficient edge AI solutions, with a strong focus on practical implementation.
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Enable greater data reduction, storage performance, and manageability with Dell EMC PowerStore storage arrays
1. Enable greater data reduction,
storage performance, and
manageability with Dell EMC
PowerStore storage arrays
Dell EMC PowerStore arrays outperformed
a competitor array in areas including data
reduction, performance, and out‑of-the-box
VM deployment
Organizations face different challenges for storing and accessing data.
Some need powerful arrays to maximize performance, and some
want the flexibility of an infrastructure that combines both storage
and compute into a single system. New all‑flash, NVMe™
‑based Dell
EMC™
PowerStore™
storage arrays help organizations meet these
needs. PowerStore arrays deliver high data reduction and speed in a 2U
form factor, and a hypervisor-enabled PowerStore array can internally
host VMware ESXi™
VMs while also providing storage resources to
external hosts.
We tested two Dell EMC PowerStore arrays against the equivalent
NVMe‑based array of a competitor (“Vendor A”) across a range of
performance and usability metrics. The Dell EMC PowerStore arrays had
higher data reduction ratios, supported more input/output operations per
second (IOPS), responded in less time, and provided higher bandwidth
than the array from Vendor A. In addition, the hypervisor-enabled
PowerStore array allowed our admins to start deploying a VM right out
of the box. With Dell EMC PowerStore storage arrays, organizations
can maximize storage capacity, increase storage performance, and cut
management overhead time.
Up to 3x the
data reduction*
Maximize storage
efficiency
Up to 53%
more IOPS**
Satisfy more users
with faster storage
performance
Up to 10.6x faster
out‑of-the-box
VM deployment†
Save IT time and effort
Note: The standard PowerStore model is the 9000T, and the
hypervisor-enabled model is the 9000X.
*Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T and 9000X vs. Vendor A array
**Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T vs. Vendor A array
†Dell EMC PowerStore 9000X vs. Vendor A array
Up to 125%
more bandwidth**
Minimize bottlenecks
during periods of high
user traffic
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A Principled Technologies report: Hands-on testing. Real-world results.
2. Introducing the Dell EMC PowerStore storage arrays
In addition to outperforming the solution from Vendor A in our hands-on testing, Dell EMC PowerStore arrays
can provide the following crucial features:
• Intelligent automation with array provisioning and cluster capacity balancing
• Always-on data reduction for storage efficiency
• Block, file, and VMware vSphere®
Virtual Volumes™
support in a single array
• Dell EMC PowerStore (hypervisor enabled) AppsON technology for VMware-compatible
application hosting
• PowerStore Manager, an HTML5 graphical user interface for local management, monitoring (including
VMware clients), and analysis
• NVMe-based architecture for high levels of performance and improved response times
Dell EMC PowerStore (9000T model)
The latest storage offering from Dell EMC, the
PowerStore 9000T presents an all‑flash NVMe storage
solution for organizations. The Intel®
Xeon®
Scalable
processor-powered array takes up just 2U of rack
space, enabling enterprises to save on data center
costs by delaying the need to expand to new rooms
or even buildings. Organizations can scale up and
out by clustering PowerStore 9000T arrays together
and augmenting storage performance and capacity
without increasing the management workload.
Dell EMC hypervisor-enabled PowerStore
(9000X model)
With this offering, Dell EMC has combined all-flash
storage with VMware-hosted AppsON application
support in a single array. Organizations could gain a
completely virtualized environment ready to host VMs
and applications with minimal configuration. These
capabilities could decrease hardware requirements
(reducing the need to buy additional servers and
switches), lower capital, operational, and licensing
costs, and simplify deployment and management.
Dell EMC PowerStore array
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3. Testing performance and usability on the Dell EMC PowerStore solutions
We used default configuration settings for all testing and followed recommendations from each vendor’s
published best practices. Testing fell into two broad categories: performance and usability.
Performance testing
PowerStore 9000T
We used an input/output benchmarking tool called Vdbench to measure block storage performance and data
reduction on the Dell EMC systems and the Vendor A array. Pages 4-6 present the results of performance testing
on the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T and the Vendor A array. For detailed results of our testing, see the science
behind the report.
PowerStore 9000X
We configured the hypervisor-enabled PowerStore 9000X to host internal VMs running a MongoDB database
workload while delivering storage to external hosts, and captured the database operations per second,
bandwidth, and latency that it delivered (see page 7). The array from Vendor A, by contrast, cannot host
internal VMs.
Usability testing
PowerStore 9000T
We measured how quickly we could provision storage to a virtualized ESXi environment on two clustered
PowerStore 9000T arrays versus two clustered arrays from Vendor A.
PowerStore 9000X
We tested out-of-the-box VM deployment on the PowerStore 9000X versus the Vendor A array (which required
separately configured VMware servers), capturing the time required to deploy a VM.
About the metrics we used to measure storage performance
Our Vdbench testing offers insight into storage performance by showing:
• The number of input/output operations per second (IOPS) a solution can handle,
indicating whether it can process a high volume of user requests
• The speed at which a solution can respond (latency), protecting users and
applications from experiencing long wait times
• The amount of information a solution can process per second (bandwidth),
indicating how well it can process a high volume of data
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4. Performance testing
Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T vs. Vendor A array
Gain more usable storage capacity with more efficient data reduction
Typically, storage administrators group storage resources into Logical Unit Number (LUNS), and present those to
end users using a block-level storage protocol—we used Fibre Channel in our testing with the PowerStore 9000T
and Vendor A array. To gauge the data reduction ability of the arrays, we provisioned 64 storage LUNs and filled
them with 32 TB of data. We used Vdbench to create a 3:1 compressible and 3:1 dedupable data set.1
Next, we measured how well each solution deduplicated and compressed the data; that is, how much duplicate
data it recognized and eliminated, and how much data it compressed. We did this by running a 256KB 100%
write test on the data set. (Tests using write operations indicate how well an array’s disks commit or save new
information to storage, as opposed to tests using read operations, which show how well each solution’s disks
retrieve information.) The Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T solution offered an overall 9.6:1 data reduction ratio
compared to the 3.1:1 ratio of the array from Vendor A, meaning that it offered three times the data reduction
of the Vendor A array (see Figure 1). If your organization is heavily utilizing storage, you need a solution that can
keep up with demands. As our testing demonstrated, the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T array reduced data more
efficiently, providing more usable storage capacity.
Figure 1: Amount of storage required, after data reduction, while running a 256KB 100% write test. Lower is better.
Source: Principled Technologies.
32 TB
32 TB
[OVERALL EFFICIENCY 9.6:1]
[OVERALL EFFICIENCY 3.1:1]
THE DATA
REDUCTION
UP TO
3x
3.3TB
10.1 TB
DELL EMC
POWERSTORE 9000T
VENDOR A
ARRAY
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5. Support more IOPS
To determine each solution’s ability to handle a high volume of user requests, we ran several workloads on the
Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T and the array from Vendor A:
• A 4KB random 100% write workload, which indicates how quickly the arrays could commit or save data to
the disks
• A 32KB random 100% read workload and a simulated Decision Support System (DSS) workload, both of
which show how quickly each solution could retrieve information from their disks
• A 32KB mixed 80/20 read/write workload, representative of the online transaction processing (OLTP)
database profiles that storage arrays commonly handle (e.g., processing customer orders)
The Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T outperformed the Vendor A array on all four tests, delivering up to 53 percent
more IOPS (see Figure 2). On the 32KB random read workload, the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T produced
an impressive 566,145 IOPS. Taken together, this testing shows that the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T solution
outperformed the Vendor A array on an OLTP workload and also maintained superior performance on more
data-intensive 100% read and 100% write workloads. Overall, these wins indicate that the Dell EMC PowerStore
9000T could better support periods of mixed-use or heavy activity than the Vendor A array.
Figure 2: Number of input/output operations per second (IOPS) supported while running four
different workloads on the Vdbench benchmark. Higher is better. Source: Principled Technologies.
DELL EMC POWERSTORE 9000T
IOPS ON A 100% READ
WORKLOAD
566,145
370,983
MORE
52%
294,793
218,890
IOPS ON AN 80/20
READ/WRITE WORKLOAD
MORE
34%
130,374
86,090
IOPS ON A SIMULATED
DSS WORKLOAD
MORE
51%
VENDOR AARRAY
MORE
UP TO UP TO UP TO UP TO
IOPS ON A 100% WRITE
WORKLOAD
53%
218,054
142,042
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6. Figure 3: Amount of bandwidth (MB/s) provided while running two
Vdbench workloads with 256KB blocks of data. Higher is better.
Source: Principled Technologies.
What is the difference between
random and sequential reads?
Our bandwidth testing used random
and sequential read workloads, which
use different access patterns for
reading data. A task like streaming
video requires an array to read data in
a single continuous stream, a process
known as sequential reading. By
contrast, a user clicking different web
links at random would require an array
to pull data from multiple sources, a
process known as random reading.
Running both types of access patterns
provides insight into how an array
might handle a variety of routine
tasks involving accessing and
retrieving data.
Process more data with higher bandwidth
To test how much data each array can transfer per second, we ran
two Vdbench workloads with large 256KB blocks of data—one
using random reads and one using sequential reads. The Dell
EMC PowerStore 9000T outperformed the Vendor A array on
both workloads, supporting up to 125 percent more bandwidth by
processing up to 25,612 MB/s (see Figure 3). An array with high
bandwidth capabilities helps process more data for large data
requests such as streaming video or big data applications.
Deliver faster response times
To measure response times, we applied a load
of 360,000 32KB random read IOPS—a number
indicative of a heavy storage workload. The
Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T reached the target
IOPS while reporting submillisecond latencies.
The Vendor A array reported latencies at 1.48
milliseconds, more than double the time reported
by the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T (see Figure 4).
These results indicate that the Dell EMC PowerStore
9000T could process heavy user request loads
while still delivering fast response times, potentially
improving application user experience.
Figure 4: Response time (milliseconds) delivered while
producing 360,000 IOPS. Lower is better. Source:
Principled Technologies.
MB/s ON A RANDOM
READ WORKLOAD
DELL EMC
POWERSTORE 9000T
MORE
UP TO UP TO
125%
MB/S ON A SEQUENTIAL
READ WORKLOAD
MORE
55%
VENDOR A
ARRAY
25,612
11,358
25,450
16,356
LATENCY IN MILLISECONDS
52%
LESS
UP TO
0.70
1.48 DELL EMC
POWERSTORE 9000T
VENDOR A
ARRAY
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7. Dell EMC PowerStore 9000X vs. Vendor A array
Provide storage resources to external hosts while hosting database VMs internally
In addition to providing storage, the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000X has a hypervisor layer that enables users to
deploy, host, and manage VMs. This unique capability reduces the need to acquire separate solutions for storage
and compute, because the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000X does both. Businesses using the array from Vendor
A, by contrast, wouldn’t be able to do this without additional servers and Fibre Channel switches. With less
hardware to manage, organizations could simplify deployment and management, potentially decreasing capital,
operational, and licensing costs.
We set out to measure what the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000X could achieve while supporting two
tasks simultaneously:
1. Host three internal database VMs running
a Yahoo Cloud Serving Benchmark (YCSB)
workload against MongoDB VMs. (YCSB
is a benchmark that simulates analytics
workloads, while MongoDB is a document-
based database.)
2. Deliver storage to external hosts running a
Vdbench workload
We found that the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000X supported 208,178 database operations per second while
maintaining submillisecond read and update (write) database application latencies (see Figure 5). Simultaneously,
the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000X supported 38 percent greater bandwidth for the external workloads (see Figure
6). This win is particularly striking when you consider that the array from Vendor A does not have the capability to
host internal VMs or support internal workloads. These results demonstrate that the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000X
can sustain strong storage performance while also hosting internal VMs and supporting database workloads.
Figure 6: Amount of bandwidth (MB/s) provided to external hosts running a Vdbench workload. The PowerStore 9000T
achieved these results while running Vdbench and MongoDB simultaneously. The Vendor A array was only running
Vdbench. Higher is better. Source: Principled Technologies.
Figure 5: Application latency (ms) delivered by the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000X while hosting internal VMs and
simultaneously delivering storage to internal hosts. Vendor A cannot host internal VMs, so we could not make a
comparison. Lower is better. Source: Principled Technologies.
UP TO
208,178
OPERATIONS PER
SECOND
VENDOR A CANNOT
HOST INTERNALVMS,
SO WE COULD NOT
MAKE A COMPARISON
16,339
11,758
BANDWIDTH
(MB/S)
38%
MORE
UP TO
DELL EMC POWERSTORE 9000X
VENDOR AARRAY
0.76
0.86
READ
APPLICATION
DATABASE LATENCY (MS)
UPDATE
(WRITE) APPLICATION
DATABASE LATENCY (MS)
DELL EMC POWERSTORE 9000X
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8. More versatility with a smaller
data center footprint
The Dell EMC PowerStore 9000X ran compute and
storage simultaneously while occupying just 2U of rack
space. If businesses using a Vendor A array wanted to
host VMs in a highly available (HA) environment, they
would need to invest in additional servers, increasing
the total footprint of the array from Vendor A to 8U
(the array alone takes up 4U, and our test bed used
two 2U servers). With its compact form factor, the Dell
EMC PowerStore 9000X could help organizations save
on data center costs by delaying the need to expand
to new rooms or even buildings—all while enjoying
the flexibility of an AppsON infrastructure.
Figure 7: Amount of space taken up
by storage array plus any servers
necessary to provide storage resources
while hosting database VMs. Source:
Principled Technologies.
Vendor A array
2x additional 2U servers
to host VMs
Dell EMC
PowerStore 9000X
2U
8U
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9. Usability testing
Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T cluster vs. Vendor A array cluster
Provision storage on clustered systems in less time
Clustering storage arrays allows organizations to pool resources and
reduce routine management tasks. Clustering also increases scalability:
businesses can start with a small configuration and add capacity or
performance as demand increases—clustering up to four arrays, in the
case of the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T. Each array in the cluster shares
a single pool of compute and storage, simplifying management. The Dell
EMC PowerStore 9000T also features auto-balancing, meaning that the
system automatically chooses the array on which to create storage LUNs.
By contrast, clustering arrays from Vendor A requires admins to manually
navigate multiple layers of aggregates, volumes, and LUNs.
For ongoing management on the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T, the
Assisted Migration feature provides migration recommendations based on
drive wear, array capacity, and health to better balance system resources.
Migration starts automatically if the user accepts these recommendations.
Thanks to these features, a Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T cluster can
streamline common tasks that are normally time-consuming, multi-step processes, such as creating storage for
virtualized environments. We created clusters with two Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T arrays and two Vendor A
arrays. Provisioning eight storage LUNs on the Dell EMC cluster took 1 minute and 25 seconds, compared to
almost 9 minutes on the Vendor A cluster (see Figure 8).
Dell EMC PowerStore 9000X vs. Vendor A array
Spend less time on out-of-the-box VM deployment
Traditionally, storage systems haven’t been able to support applications
and serve as storage targets at the same time. The PowerStore 9000X
enables both capabilities, offering a fully virtualized VMware-based
environment out of the box that allows admins to provision storage to
VMs with a few clicks. To save time and effort and allow admins to deploy
VMs faster, the Dell EMC solution also automatically provisions Tier 1
storage to the VMware environment.
By contrast, deploying a VM on the Vendor A array required us to add
physical cable connections, configure the Fibre Channel switch, map
to the host, deploy storage LUNs, and create a VMware datastore. This
expanded VM deployment time to 10 minutes and 21 seconds, versus
just 53 seconds on the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000X—less than one tenth
of the time (see Figure 9). With these time savings, admins could redirect
their efforts to more strategic IT initiatives.
Figure 8: Time to provision eight
storage LUNs on clustered systems to
ESXi environments. Lower is better.
Source: Principled Technologies.
STORAGE LUN PROVISIONING
TO VIRTUALIZED ESXI ENVIRONMENTS
DELL EMC POWERSTORE 9000T CLUSTER
FASTER
UP TO
5.3x
VENDOR AARRAY CLUSTER
1m 25s
8m 57s
Figure 9: Time to provision a VM out
of the box. Lower is better. Source:
Principled Technologies.
OUT-OF-THE-BOX
VM DEPLOYMENT
DELL EMC POWERSTORE 9000X
FASTER
UP TO
10.6X
VENDOR AARRAY
53s
10m 21s
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10. About Dell EMC PowerStore Manager
PowerStore Manager is a modern graphical user interface that enables management, monitoring, and analysis.
The main dashboard screen presents a complete view of essential storage information on a single pane, while
the Overview, Capacity, and Performance tabs can simplify administration. With a single click, administrators can
access information such as alerts, capacity, historical usage and forecasting, data reduction rates, latency, IOPS,
and bandwidth. Admins can also view and download data for anywhere from one hour to two years ago. (The
below screenshots feature the GUI from the PowerStore 9000X.)
User interface dashboard for illustrative purposes only.
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11. Monitoring and managing VMs from PowerStore Manager
The Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T and 9000X share some VM capabilities and integration with VMware. As we
explored on page 9, the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000X supports out-of-the-box VM deployment; admins can also
enable VM features on the Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T, such as Virtual Volumes (vVols), by registering a Vvols
storage provider (known as the VASA provider) and connecting to VMware vCenter. Admins can then conduct
monitoring and management tasks from PowerStore Manager, such as:
• Creating VM snapshots within PowerStore Manager or VMware vSphere. From within PowerStore
Manager, admins can choose to create snapshots manually or use the PowerStore protection policy with a
snapshot rule, employing a similar user interface to the one used for managing other storage objects such
as volumes.
• Assessing virtual environment health and performance from a centralized location: Admins can access
capacity, compute performance, storage performance, alerts, virtual volumes details, and historical usage
on a single screen and on a per-VM basis.
• Viewing and downloading performance data from the past two years, one month, 24 hours, or
one hour. (The below screenshot shows this capability on the PowerStore 9000X, but it is
available on both systems.)
User interface dashboard for illustrative purposes only.
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12. To learn more about Dell EMC PowerStore arrays, visit DellEMC.com/PowerStore
Conclusion
We tested two all-flash PowerStore arrays from Dell EMC against an array from Vendor A. In hands-on testing,
we determined that both Dell EMC PowerStore arrays reduced data more efficiently and offered greater storage
performance, as measured by IOPS, bandwidth, and latency. The hypervisor-enabled PowerStore array also
saved time and hardware on out-of-the-box VM deployment compared to the Vendor A array. With Dell EMC
PowerStore arrays, organizations could get more out of their storage.
1 Vdbench uses the LZJB compression algorithm, however Dell EMC PowerStore arrays use a different compression
algorithm, which may result in different savings.
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