Across the three laptop systems we tested, the Seagate SSHD configuration outperformed both hard drive configurations. It booted and launched applications as much as 31.8 percent more quickly and delivered general performance increases of up to 503.3 percent.
By speeding up the tasks that users perform day in and day out, the Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive can boost productivity and let you spend more of your day working and less of it waiting.
Database performance comparison of VMware vCloud Air, Amazon Web Services, an...Principled Technologies
Business computing is making its way to the cloud in a dramatic fashion. Selecting the correct cloud service provider is a pivotal decision that could have a significant effect on how much your company benefits from this move.
In our database testing, we found that our VMware vCloud Air instance performed dramatically better than the Azure instance, delivering more than 12 times as many orders per minute. The vCloud Air solution also delivered 3.9 percent greater performance than the AWS solution.
Choosing a cloud service that can deliver better database performance can allow you to make the most of your investment in the cloud platform.
IT admins can spend considerable time managing employee notebooks. The Dell Client Integration Pack 3.1 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 can greatly streamline the management process and allow admins to remotely perform management tasks under a much broader range of conditions.
In our labs at Principled Technologies, we performed a series of remote management tasks on Dell Latitude 7240 notebooks managed with DCIP and on Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks managed only through SCCM. Executing these tasks on a single system with DCIP was quicker and simpler than doing so with only SCCM. The time savings was even more pronounced when we performed the scenarios on two systems because DCIP lets you apply the same changes to multiple systems without taking any additional time. For an organization with large numbers of notebook systems, the economies of scale that DCIP provides would translate to the greatest savings.
BatteryXPRT for Android benchmark reliably evaluates the battery life of Android-based devices. The benchmark provides an intuitive user interface, a runtime allowing it to be completed within one work day, and easy-to-understand results.
Performance and battery life comparison: Samsung solid-state drive vs. hard d...Principled Technologies
A zippy Samsung SSD-based notebook computer can speed up your employees’ experience at work; saving a few seconds here and there over the course of the day might sound inconsequential, but can add up. Being able to take advantage of a power-saving feature such as Intel Rapid Start Technology extends battery life, which can make employees’ lives easier. Investing in Samsung SSDs for your Dell Latitude E6430 notebooks can deliver this improved speed and battery life, boosting both productivity and morale.
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
Database performance: Dell PowerEdge R730xd vs. Lenovo ThinkServer RD650Principled Technologies
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 users, take note. In our datacenter, we found that the Dell PowerEdge R730xd server based on the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family with the Intel SSD DC S3610 Series handled up to 27.9 percent more orders per minute than the Lenovo ThinkServer RD650 did. With three times the SSDs, the PowerEdge R730xd delivered better response times—up to 24.6 percent for application latency and up to 93.1 percent for disk latency—than the ThinkServer RD650. Getting more performance per server and better response times means you can give customers a better, faster ecommerce experience. This can allow you to buy, store, and power fewer servers, helping stretch your IT budget further.
Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 vs. VMware View 5: User experience and bandwidth consum...Principled Technologies
The experience that virtual desktops provide for workers is critical. If a user’s desktop is sluggish, or worse, choppy and difficult to navigate, working becomes difficult. Choosing a virtual desktop solution that provides sluggish, choppy desktops to remote end-users in branch offices defeats the purpose of implementing such a solution in the first place.
In both the small and medium-sized branch office scenarios we tested, we found that Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 provided a better desktop experience for remote users than VMware View 5, and used as much as 37.1 percent less bandwidth delivering it. Using Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 with Citrix Branch Repeater provided an even better experience for remote users by optimizing bandwidth over the WAN and delivering local-like virtual desktop sessions in both our 10-and 100-user tests. When selecting a VDI solution to deploy virtual desktops over the WAN to users in remote offices, determining the type of user experience the solution provides is paramount.
Database performance comparison of VMware vCloud Air, Amazon Web Services, an...Principled Technologies
Business computing is making its way to the cloud in a dramatic fashion. Selecting the correct cloud service provider is a pivotal decision that could have a significant effect on how much your company benefits from this move.
In our database testing, we found that our VMware vCloud Air instance performed dramatically better than the Azure instance, delivering more than 12 times as many orders per minute. The vCloud Air solution also delivered 3.9 percent greater performance than the AWS solution.
Choosing a cloud service that can deliver better database performance can allow you to make the most of your investment in the cloud platform.
IT admins can spend considerable time managing employee notebooks. The Dell Client Integration Pack 3.1 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 can greatly streamline the management process and allow admins to remotely perform management tasks under a much broader range of conditions.
In our labs at Principled Technologies, we performed a series of remote management tasks on Dell Latitude 7240 notebooks managed with DCIP and on Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks managed only through SCCM. Executing these tasks on a single system with DCIP was quicker and simpler than doing so with only SCCM. The time savings was even more pronounced when we performed the scenarios on two systems because DCIP lets you apply the same changes to multiple systems without taking any additional time. For an organization with large numbers of notebook systems, the economies of scale that DCIP provides would translate to the greatest savings.
BatteryXPRT for Android benchmark reliably evaluates the battery life of Android-based devices. The benchmark provides an intuitive user interface, a runtime allowing it to be completed within one work day, and easy-to-understand results.
Performance and battery life comparison: Samsung solid-state drive vs. hard d...Principled Technologies
A zippy Samsung SSD-based notebook computer can speed up your employees’ experience at work; saving a few seconds here and there over the course of the day might sound inconsequential, but can add up. Being able to take advantage of a power-saving feature such as Intel Rapid Start Technology extends battery life, which can make employees’ lives easier. Investing in Samsung SSDs for your Dell Latitude E6430 notebooks can deliver this improved speed and battery life, boosting both productivity and morale.
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
Database performance: Dell PowerEdge R730xd vs. Lenovo ThinkServer RD650Principled Technologies
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 users, take note. In our datacenter, we found that the Dell PowerEdge R730xd server based on the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family with the Intel SSD DC S3610 Series handled up to 27.9 percent more orders per minute than the Lenovo ThinkServer RD650 did. With three times the SSDs, the PowerEdge R730xd delivered better response times—up to 24.6 percent for application latency and up to 93.1 percent for disk latency—than the ThinkServer RD650. Getting more performance per server and better response times means you can give customers a better, faster ecommerce experience. This can allow you to buy, store, and power fewer servers, helping stretch your IT budget further.
Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 vs. VMware View 5: User experience and bandwidth consum...Principled Technologies
The experience that virtual desktops provide for workers is critical. If a user’s desktop is sluggish, or worse, choppy and difficult to navigate, working becomes difficult. Choosing a virtual desktop solution that provides sluggish, choppy desktops to remote end-users in branch offices defeats the purpose of implementing such a solution in the first place.
In both the small and medium-sized branch office scenarios we tested, we found that Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 provided a better desktop experience for remote users than VMware View 5, and used as much as 37.1 percent less bandwidth delivering it. Using Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 with Citrix Branch Repeater provided an even better experience for remote users by optimizing bandwidth over the WAN and delivering local-like virtual desktop sessions in both our 10-and 100-user tests. When selecting a VDI solution to deploy virtual desktops over the WAN to users in remote offices, determining the type of user experience the solution provides is paramount.
Faster, easier deployment of Dell PowerEdge servers helps it and your businessPrincipled Technologies
Saving IT deployment time has a number of benefits, including reducing setup hassle and complexities, freeing up time of administrators, and reducing costs. By choosing Dell PowerEdge servers with pre-installed OEM software, specifically Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 and Hyper-V, you’re saving time and effort compared to buying the server without the software. We found you could save over 3.5 hours by purchasing the server with pre-installed software. Deploying more servers can save time too, as our findings can scale up to meet IT resource needs of your business. What’s more, choosing the Dell server with pre-installed software can save you 24 percent of additional licensing costs per server.
In our tests, we found that the HP Z8 tower with Intel Xeon Gold 6226R processors completed three sample media and entertainment tasks in up to 44 percent less time than the Apple Mac Pro with Intel Xeon W-3275M processor, while adding only 11 percent to the purchase price.
Performance comparison: Samsung solid-state drive vs. hard disk drive in a De...Principled Technologies
A zippy Samsung SSD-based laptop can speed up your employees’ experience at work. Saving a few seconds here and there over the course of the day might sound inconsequential, but those seconds can add up. We found that the Dell Latitude E7440 with a 512GB Samsung PM851 SSD outperformed the same system with an HDD in both performance and battery life. Investing in Samsung SSDs for your Dell Latitude 14 7000 Series laptops can boost both employee productivity and morale. As SSDs continue to evolve, employees will likely be able to benefit from the performance advantages of SSDs without sacrificing storage space.
For more info on the Dell Latitude 14 7000 Series laptop, visit www.dell.com/us/business/p/latitude-e7440-ultrabook/fs?pf=v. To learn about the SSD options that Dell offers, visit www.dell.com/business/ssd.
For more info on Samsung SSD technology, visit www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/product/flash-ssd/overview.
http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/Latitude_14_7000_SamsungSSD_0115.pdf
Administrators can spend a great deal of time deploying and managing computing resources, especially when dealing with ROBO environments. The Dell PowerEdge VRTX, powered by the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 v2 product family and running Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, gives administrators centralized management tools to help them provide time saving benefits and integrated toolsets.
In our hands-on testing, we found that the Dell PowerEdge VRTX greatly simplified deployment through an easy, wizard-based setup of Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clusters across server nodes with the Dell OpenManage Cluster Configurator. It also provided versatile hardware resource reassignment through a shared PCIe bus and efficient centralized management through CMC and scripting. Finally, we found that the Dell System Update Utility worked seamlessly with Microsoft Cluster-Aware Updating to update server nodes while keeping the failover cluster online and minimizing downtime. These advantages make the Dell PowerEdge VRTX an attractive choice for those who seek to reduce the management overhead of their ROBO environments.
VDI performance comparison: Dell PowerEdge FX2 and FC430 servers with VMware ...Principled Technologies
Replacing your legacy VDI servers with a new Intel Xeon processor E5-2650 v3-powered Dell PowerEdge FX2 solution using VMware Virtual SAN can be a great boon for your enterprise.
In the Principled Technologies (PT) labs, this space-efficient, affordable solution outperformed a legacy server and traditional SAN VSAN by offering 72 percent greater VDI users. Additionally, it achieved greater performance while using 91 percent less space and at a cost of only $176.52 per user.
By supporting more users, saving space, and its affordability, an upgrade to the Intel-powered Dell PowerEdge FX2 solution using VMware Virtual SAN can be a wise move when replacing your aging, older infrastructure.
Performance and durability comparison: Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series vs. Lenov...Principled Technologies
Durability and performance are important when selecting a notebook for employees in the workplace. The Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series performed comparably to or better than a similarly configured competitor system while also withstanding three drops without compromising physical data. The Lenovo ThinkPad T440 failed after two drops. This means that the Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series should handle common tasks for work and be durable enough for workers on the go.
Deduplication without performance hits: Intel Xeon processor E5-2697v2-powere...Principled Technologies
Backing up business data with deduplication has the potential to clog network resources and slow down performance for your customers. Servers with powerful processors are crucial to running an efficient and secure infrastructure. We found that a Dell PowerEdge R720xd server powered by the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 Series successfully overcame this hurdle in our tests. When we used NetVault Backup to dedupe and back up data while running database workloads, performance did not slow down. The Dell solution using source-based deduplication reduced backup storage space used by 39 times and reduced application server network traffic by 70.5 percent when compared with a traditional backup method. Strong processor and server combinations, such as the one we tested, can keep your business moving swiftly and save resources as you back up your data to keep it safe.
Performance and durability comparison: Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series vs. HP El...Principled Technologies
Durability and performance are important when selecting a notebook for employees in the workplace. The Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series performed comparably to or better than a similarly configured competitor system while also withstanding three drops without compromising physical data. The HP EliteBook 840 G1 incurred severe hard drive damage on the first drop and continued to take damage with every drop. This means that the Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series should handle common tasks for work and be durable enough for workers on the go.
VDI performance comparison: Dell PowerEdge FX2 and FC430 servers with VMware ...Principled Technologies
Replacing your legacy VDI servers with a new Intel Xeon processor E5-2670 v3-powered Dell PowerEdge FX2 solution using VMware Virtual SAN can be a great boon for your enterprise.
In the Principled Technologies (PT) labs, this space-efficient, affordable solution outperformed a five-year-old legacy server and traditional SAN by offering twice as many VDI users. Additionally, it achieved greater performance while using 91 percent less space and at a cost of only $167.89 per user in hardware costs.
By supporting more users, saving space, and its affordability, an upgrade to the Intel-powered Dell PowerEdge FX2 solution using VMware Virtual SAN can be a wise move when replacing your aging, older infrastructure.
Better email response time using Microsoft Exchange 2013 with the Dell PowerE...Principled Technologies
In a market where servers can seem the same at a glance, look for the differences. Your email infrastructure choices will directly affect end-user experience for your UC&C applications. Equipped with more drives in its extra drive slots, the Dell PowerEdge R730xd delivered 31.7 percent better Exchange 2013 response times than a similarly configured, current-generation Supermicro server did. With better Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 response times, the PowerEdge R730xd can help deliver an improved experience for users in your organization.
Maximizing Oracle Database performance with Intel SSD DC P3600 Series NVMe SS...Principled Technologies
If your organization runs critical, high-demand databases in environments such as Oracle Database, strong performance is not an option: it’s a must-have. Additionally, getting that necessary strong performance out of a single server can be essential for running a space and cost-efficient datacenter. In the Principled Technologies labs, we found that the Dell PowerEdge R930 offered strong performance for such transactional databases when configured with SATA SSDs. When we upgraded the servers to Intel SSD DC P3600 Series NVMe SSDs, performance doubled, increasing by 2.17 times, or 117 percent. If your datacenter needs a new powerhouse server, purchasing your Dell PowerEdge R930 with Intel NVMe SSDs for a cost increase of only 18 percent can double the performance you get from each server. This increases what your infrastructure can do within the same amount of space and lets you ultimately save money that would otherwise be spent purchasing additional servers and software.
Nimboxx HCI AU-110x: A scalable, easy-to-use solution for hyperconverged infr...Principled Technologies
Hyperconvergence is a fresh way of looking at your data center. For small- and medium-sized businesses especially, it could be well worth your time to invest in a hyperconverged infrastructure. The MeshOS-operated Nimboxx HCI AU-110x offered scalability and great performance in our hands-on tests and was simple and straightforward to use, which could help your business meet user demands and potentially save money by avoiding things such as hiring expensive IT staff to maintain your data center.
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.
Workstation heat and power usage: Lenovo ThinkStation P500 vs. Dell Precision...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 Dell Precision T5810 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.
Lenovo ThinkServer RD650: Continuous performance in extreme temperaturesPrincipled Technologies
Servers that are designed to operate at higher inlet temperatures allow for significant energy reductions in your data center. The Lenovo ThinkServer RD650, with its dynamic environmental design, lets you take advantage of these cost reductions. Lenovo has specifically enhanced the ThinkServer RD650 architecture to plan for higher temperatures and maximize data center efficiency. In our labs, this server ran two concurrent workloads, exercising CPU, disk, and memory subsystems, continuously at temperatures ranging from 40 to 45° C, with the temperature staying at or above 43° C for more than half the time for eight days—and did so without significantly varying in performance levels during the test period.
Workstation heat and power usage: Lenovo ThinkStation P900 vs. Dell Precision...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 P900 generally ran at lower surface temperatures and used less power than the Dell Precision T7910 Workstation. These findings show that the Lenovo ThinkStation P900 could meet the needs of those who want to provide a reliable, comfortable work environment while using less power.
Faster, easier deployment of Dell PowerEdge servers helps it and your businessPrincipled Technologies
Saving IT deployment time has a number of benefits, including reducing setup hassle and complexities, freeing up time of administrators, and reducing costs. By choosing Dell PowerEdge servers with pre-installed OEM software, specifically Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 and Hyper-V, you’re saving time and effort compared to buying the server without the software. We found you could save over 3.5 hours by purchasing the server with pre-installed software. Deploying more servers can save time too, as our findings can scale up to meet IT resource needs of your business. What’s more, choosing the Dell server with pre-installed software can save you 24 percent of additional licensing costs per server.
In our tests, we found that the HP Z8 tower with Intel Xeon Gold 6226R processors completed three sample media and entertainment tasks in up to 44 percent less time than the Apple Mac Pro with Intel Xeon W-3275M processor, while adding only 11 percent to the purchase price.
Performance comparison: Samsung solid-state drive vs. hard disk drive in a De...Principled Technologies
A zippy Samsung SSD-based laptop can speed up your employees’ experience at work. Saving a few seconds here and there over the course of the day might sound inconsequential, but those seconds can add up. We found that the Dell Latitude E7440 with a 512GB Samsung PM851 SSD outperformed the same system with an HDD in both performance and battery life. Investing in Samsung SSDs for your Dell Latitude 14 7000 Series laptops can boost both employee productivity and morale. As SSDs continue to evolve, employees will likely be able to benefit from the performance advantages of SSDs without sacrificing storage space.
For more info on the Dell Latitude 14 7000 Series laptop, visit www.dell.com/us/business/p/latitude-e7440-ultrabook/fs?pf=v. To learn about the SSD options that Dell offers, visit www.dell.com/business/ssd.
For more info on Samsung SSD technology, visit www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/product/flash-ssd/overview.
http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/Latitude_14_7000_SamsungSSD_0115.pdf
Administrators can spend a great deal of time deploying and managing computing resources, especially when dealing with ROBO environments. The Dell PowerEdge VRTX, powered by the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 v2 product family and running Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, gives administrators centralized management tools to help them provide time saving benefits and integrated toolsets.
In our hands-on testing, we found that the Dell PowerEdge VRTX greatly simplified deployment through an easy, wizard-based setup of Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clusters across server nodes with the Dell OpenManage Cluster Configurator. It also provided versatile hardware resource reassignment through a shared PCIe bus and efficient centralized management through CMC and scripting. Finally, we found that the Dell System Update Utility worked seamlessly with Microsoft Cluster-Aware Updating to update server nodes while keeping the failover cluster online and minimizing downtime. These advantages make the Dell PowerEdge VRTX an attractive choice for those who seek to reduce the management overhead of their ROBO environments.
VDI performance comparison: Dell PowerEdge FX2 and FC430 servers with VMware ...Principled Technologies
Replacing your legacy VDI servers with a new Intel Xeon processor E5-2650 v3-powered Dell PowerEdge FX2 solution using VMware Virtual SAN can be a great boon for your enterprise.
In the Principled Technologies (PT) labs, this space-efficient, affordable solution outperformed a legacy server and traditional SAN VSAN by offering 72 percent greater VDI users. Additionally, it achieved greater performance while using 91 percent less space and at a cost of only $176.52 per user.
By supporting more users, saving space, and its affordability, an upgrade to the Intel-powered Dell PowerEdge FX2 solution using VMware Virtual SAN can be a wise move when replacing your aging, older infrastructure.
Performance and durability comparison: Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series vs. Lenov...Principled Technologies
Durability and performance are important when selecting a notebook for employees in the workplace. The Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series performed comparably to or better than a similarly configured competitor system while also withstanding three drops without compromising physical data. The Lenovo ThinkPad T440 failed after two drops. This means that the Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series should handle common tasks for work and be durable enough for workers on the go.
Deduplication without performance hits: Intel Xeon processor E5-2697v2-powere...Principled Technologies
Backing up business data with deduplication has the potential to clog network resources and slow down performance for your customers. Servers with powerful processors are crucial to running an efficient and secure infrastructure. We found that a Dell PowerEdge R720xd server powered by the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 Series successfully overcame this hurdle in our tests. When we used NetVault Backup to dedupe and back up data while running database workloads, performance did not slow down. The Dell solution using source-based deduplication reduced backup storage space used by 39 times and reduced application server network traffic by 70.5 percent when compared with a traditional backup method. Strong processor and server combinations, such as the one we tested, can keep your business moving swiftly and save resources as you back up your data to keep it safe.
Performance and durability comparison: Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series vs. HP El...Principled Technologies
Durability and performance are important when selecting a notebook for employees in the workplace. The Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series performed comparably to or better than a similarly configured competitor system while also withstanding three drops without compromising physical data. The HP EliteBook 840 G1 incurred severe hard drive damage on the first drop and continued to take damage with every drop. This means that the Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series should handle common tasks for work and be durable enough for workers on the go.
VDI performance comparison: Dell PowerEdge FX2 and FC430 servers with VMware ...Principled Technologies
Replacing your legacy VDI servers with a new Intel Xeon processor E5-2670 v3-powered Dell PowerEdge FX2 solution using VMware Virtual SAN can be a great boon for your enterprise.
In the Principled Technologies (PT) labs, this space-efficient, affordable solution outperformed a five-year-old legacy server and traditional SAN by offering twice as many VDI users. Additionally, it achieved greater performance while using 91 percent less space and at a cost of only $167.89 per user in hardware costs.
By supporting more users, saving space, and its affordability, an upgrade to the Intel-powered Dell PowerEdge FX2 solution using VMware Virtual SAN can be a wise move when replacing your aging, older infrastructure.
Better email response time using Microsoft Exchange 2013 with the Dell PowerE...Principled Technologies
In a market where servers can seem the same at a glance, look for the differences. Your email infrastructure choices will directly affect end-user experience for your UC&C applications. Equipped with more drives in its extra drive slots, the Dell PowerEdge R730xd delivered 31.7 percent better Exchange 2013 response times than a similarly configured, current-generation Supermicro server did. With better Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 response times, the PowerEdge R730xd can help deliver an improved experience for users in your organization.
Maximizing Oracle Database performance with Intel SSD DC P3600 Series NVMe SS...Principled Technologies
If your organization runs critical, high-demand databases in environments such as Oracle Database, strong performance is not an option: it’s a must-have. Additionally, getting that necessary strong performance out of a single server can be essential for running a space and cost-efficient datacenter. In the Principled Technologies labs, we found that the Dell PowerEdge R930 offered strong performance for such transactional databases when configured with SATA SSDs. When we upgraded the servers to Intel SSD DC P3600 Series NVMe SSDs, performance doubled, increasing by 2.17 times, or 117 percent. If your datacenter needs a new powerhouse server, purchasing your Dell PowerEdge R930 with Intel NVMe SSDs for a cost increase of only 18 percent can double the performance you get from each server. This increases what your infrastructure can do within the same amount of space and lets you ultimately save money that would otherwise be spent purchasing additional servers and software.
Nimboxx HCI AU-110x: A scalable, easy-to-use solution for hyperconverged infr...Principled Technologies
Hyperconvergence is a fresh way of looking at your data center. For small- and medium-sized businesses especially, it could be well worth your time to invest in a hyperconverged infrastructure. The MeshOS-operated Nimboxx HCI AU-110x offered scalability and great performance in our hands-on tests and was simple and straightforward to use, which could help your business meet user demands and potentially save money by avoiding things such as hiring expensive IT staff to maintain your data center.
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.
Workstation heat and power usage: Lenovo ThinkStation P500 vs. Dell Precision...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 Dell Precision T5810 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.
Lenovo ThinkServer RD650: Continuous performance in extreme temperaturesPrincipled Technologies
Servers that are designed to operate at higher inlet temperatures allow for significant energy reductions in your data center. The Lenovo ThinkServer RD650, with its dynamic environmental design, lets you take advantage of these cost reductions. Lenovo has specifically enhanced the ThinkServer RD650 architecture to plan for higher temperatures and maximize data center efficiency. In our labs, this server ran two concurrent workloads, exercising CPU, disk, and memory subsystems, continuously at temperatures ranging from 40 to 45° C, with the temperature staying at or above 43° C for more than half the time for eight days—and did so without significantly varying in performance levels during the test period.
Workstation heat and power usage: Lenovo ThinkStation P900 vs. Dell Precision...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 P900 generally ran at lower surface temperatures and used less power than the Dell Precision T7910 Workstation. These findings show that the Lenovo ThinkStation P900 could meet the needs of those who want to provide a reliable, comfortable work environment while using less power.
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Comparing desktop drive performance: Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive vs. har...Principled Technologies
In our tests, the Seagate SSHD configuration outperformed all three hard drive configurations and delivered results comparable to a Seagate Client SSD configuration. It launched applications as much as 23.7 percent more quickly and delivered disk performance increases of up to 387.3 percent over the HDDs we tested.
By speeding up the tasks that users perform day in and day out, the Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive can boost productivity and let you spend more of your day working and less of it waiting—without forcing you to choose between speed and storage capacity.
Alienware X51 performance comparison: Samsung SSD vs. traditional hard drivePrincipled Technologies
The Alienware X51 with Samsung SSD delivers more speed and greater performance than the same machine with HDD storage, which for gamers means better gaming experiences. For a modest additional investment, users could avoid frustrating lag times when copying large files and when booting and shutting down their systems. Users should appreciate the noticeable improvements that a solid-state drive brings.
Meet the challenge of demanding workloads with the HP ZBook Power G10 A Mobil...Principled Technologies
This system achieved higher performance benchmark scores and stayed cooler under load than a Dell Precision 3851 Workstation
Conclusion
With the ability to handle tough workloads on the go, a mobile workstation can be a wise investment for creative and engineering professionals, or anyone who needs to accomplish resource-intensive work. In most of the graphic, video, and gaming performance benchmarks in our tests, the HP ZBook Power G10 A Mobile Workstation powered by an AMD Ryzen™ 7 7840HS processor outperformed the Dell Precision 3581 Workstation powered by an Intel Core i7-13800H vPro processor. Our battery life testing demonstrates that even with its smaller battery capacity, the HP ZBook Power G10 A Mobile Workstation can deliver longer battery life, greater system efficiency, and higher performance. Additionally, the HP ZBook Power G10 A Mobile Workstation powered by an AMD Ryzen™ 7 7840HS processor not only ran cooler than the Dell Precision 3581 Workstation powered by an Intel Core i7-13800H vPro processor under a sustained Cinebench R23 workload, but did so while achieving a higher performance score.
The new HP Z8 Fury G5 Workstation Desktop PC: Crunch through demanding worklo...Principled Technologies
vs. an HP Z8 G4 Workstation Desktop PC
Conclusion
Powerful workstations are more important than ever for companies preparing for the future by embracing big data solutions, leveraging cloud computing technologies, and training or processing algorithms. Our content creation benchmark results show that creative and technical professionals can get more done in less time by upgrading to the new HP Z8 Fury G5 Workstation.
High-end notebook performance comparison: Dell Precision M3800 vs. 2012 and 2...Principled Technologies
Mobile workers cannot waste time with a slow or inefficient workstation. Workstation productivity must meet the user demands in terms of speed and ability, especially when dealing with multimedia content.
We found that the Dell Precision M3800 outperformed both the current and older generation Apple MacBook Pro on several key performance tests. At a cost savings of up to 13.5 percent savings over the 2013 MacBook Pro, the Dell Precision M3800 can boost the productivity of a user performing compute-intensive multimedia work and provides greater storage capacity. By harnessing the touch-screen capabilities of Windows 8, this system can further improve the experience for users.
The HP EliteBook 845 G10 with AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U processor: Improve perfor...Principled Technologies
Compared to the previous-generation HP EliteBook 845 G9
Conclusion
Equipping your team with new laptops can help them navigate their daily routines quicker and easier, improve their user experience, and give them more options when it comes to working unplugged.
Our hands-on tests showed that the HP EliteBook 845 G10 with AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 7840U processor offered stronger, more consistent benchmark performance while plugged in and unplugged compared to the older HP EliteBook 845 G9. And, the HP EliteBook 845 G10 stayed significantly cooler in the hot spots we compared (under-chassis and keyboard) and emitted the same or less noise than the G9 system. Finally, HP EliteBook 845 G10 with AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 7840U processor offered 2.5 hours longer battery life compared to the previous-gen HP EliteBook 845 G9. The improved performance, lower heat and noise, and longer battery life that the HP EliteBook 845 G10 delivers all provide good reasons for selecting these laptops with the latest AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 7840U processor for the employees in your organization.
Deep Dive On Intel Optane SSDs And New Server PlatformsNEXTtour
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As enterprises embrace software defined and hyperconverged infrastructure, original methods for defining infrastructure ingredients becomes more complex. Maintaining a balanced platform with a diverse set of workloads is required to maximize TCO. Defining configurations at the solution level helps ease the challenges of implementing HCI, while optimizing TCO. Come to this session to learn about Intel’s view on how HCI configurations will be using technologies like Optane SSDs, the newest server platforms, and new SSD form factors to continue HCI TCO scaling.
Hybrid CPU GPU MATLAB Image Processing BenchmarkingDimitris Vayenas
An attempt to quantify the substantial performance improvement observed on Windows 8.1\ Nvidia GTX 780M\Intel HD 4600 via the latest NVIDIA Driver (326.01) that may help other users - particularly of the MATLAB Image Processing and Parallel Computing Toolboxes - to consider upgrading...
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.
The six-core AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U processor-based HP EliteBook 645 G9 achiev...Principled Technologies
This laptop delivered performance better than or comparable to that of the Dell Latitude 5420, powered by the four-core Intel Core i5-1145G7 processor, and had lower surface temperatures for a more comfortable user experience
Performance and durability comparison: Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series vs. Lenov...Principled Technologies
Durability and performance are important when selecting a notebook for employees in the workplace. The Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series performed comparably to or better than a similarly configured competitor system while also withstanding three drops without compromising physical data. The Lenovo ThinkPad T440s had some damage to its hard drive after the second drop, compromising user data. This means that the Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series should handle common tasks for work and be durable enough for workers on the go.
vs. the Dell Latitude 5430 and Dell Latitude 5420 laptops
Choosing laptops for a hybrid workforce requires the consideration of many factors. Users with the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U processor-based HP EliteBook 645 G9 Notebook PC could experience longer battery life, increased responsiveness, and cooler surface temperatures.
One of the most important things you can do to improve the performance of your flash/SSDs with Aerospike is to properly prepare them. This Presentation goes through how to select, test, and prepare the drives so that you will get the best performance and lifetime out of them.
Make the most of your time as well as your space with Dell OptiPlex small and...Principled Technologies
In our benchmark and scenario-based comparisons, we found Dell OptiPlex compact desktops powered by Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors outperformed comparable HP ProDesk and EliteDesk compact desktops powered by AMD Ryzen 3, 5, and 7 PRO processors.
Achieve more storage performance with Dell PowerEdge R750 servers equipped wi...Principled Technologies
Achieve more storage performance w/ Dell PowerEdge R750 servers with Broadcom PCIe Gen4 switches vs. a PowerEdge R740xd server equipped with Broadcom PCIe Gen3 switches
Upgrading laptops and desktops to the new HP EliteBook Folio 9470m and HP Eli...Principled Technologies
Upgrading from older laptops and desktops to newer ones can save employees time on a number of tasks, which can really add up over the course of the workday, the week, and even the year.
We found that the HP EliteBook Folio 9470m laptop delivered 30.3 percent longer battery life than a legacy system and also performed most common tasks more quickly, which would save workers time. Similarly, the HP EliteDesk 800 G1 Desktop Mini improved upon an older system in most common worker tasks, including converting a file to an MPEG in less than one-third the time. This means that for workers who do similar tasks, upgrading to an HP EliteBook Folio 9470m laptop or HP EliteDesk 800 G1 Desktop Mini could reduce wait time and increase productivity.
The HP ProBook 445 G10 Notebook PC: Work a typical business day with no strin...Principled Technologies
A comparison to a Dell Latitude 3440 laptop
Conclusion
There are many factors to consider when investing in new business laptops. By looking at real-world system performance and battery life from multiple angles, you can get a better overall view of what will potentially work best for your specific needs. In our hands-on performance, battery life, heat, and sound tests, we found that a HP ProBook 445 G10 Notebook PC powered by an AMD Ryzen™ 5 7530U processor achieved mostly higher benchmark scores–both plugged-in and unplugged—compared to a Dell Latitude 3440 laptop powered by an Intel Core i5-1335U processor. The HP ProBook 445 G10 also kept its cool and stayed quiet while running a CPU-intensive Cinebench R23 workload.
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Investing in GenAI: Cost‑benefit analysis of Dell on‑premises deployments vs....Principled Technologies
Conclusion
Diving into the world of GenAI has the potential to yield a great many benefits for your organization, but it first requires consideration for how best to implement those GenAI workloads. Whether your AI goals are to create a chatbot for online visitors, generate marketing materials, aid troubleshooting, or something else, implementing an AI solution requires careful planning and decision-making. A major decision is whether to host GenAI in the cloud or keep your data on premises. Traditional on-premises solutions can provide superior security and control, a substantial concern when dealing with large amounts of potentially sensitive data. But will supporting a GenAI solution on site be a drain on an organization’s IT budget?
In our research, we found that the value proposition is just the opposite: Hosting GenAI workloads on premises, either in a traditional Dell solution or using a managed Dell APEX pay-per-use solution, could significantly lower your GenAI costs over 3 years compared to hosting these workloads in the cloud. In fact, we found that a comparable AWS SageMaker solution would cost up to 3.8 times as much and an Azure ML solution would cost up to 3.6 times as much as GenAI on a Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. These results show that organizations looking to implement GenAI and reap the business benefits to come can find many advantages in an on-premises Dell solution, whether they opt to purchase and manage it themselves or choose a subscription-based Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. Choosing an on-premises Dell solution could save your organization significantly over hosting GenAI in the cloud, while giving you control over the security and privacy of your data as well as any updates and changes to the environment, and while ensuring your environment is managed consistently.
Workstations powered by Intel can play a vital role in CPU-intensive AI devel...Principled Technologies
In three AI development workflows, Intel processor-powered workstations delivered strong performance, without using their GPUs, making them a good choice for this part of the AI process
Conclusion
We executed three AI development workflows on tower workstations and mobile workstations from three vendors, with each workflow utilizing only the Intel CPU cores, and found that these platforms were suitable for carrying out various AI tasks. For two of the workflows, we learned that completing the tasks on the tower workstations took roughly half as much time as on the mobile workstations. This supports the idea that the tower workstations would be appropriate for a development environment for more complex models with a greater volume of data and that the mobile workstations would be well-suited for data scientists fine-tuning simpler models. In the third workflow, we explored tower workstation performance with different precision levels and learned that using 16-bit floating point precision allowed the workstations to execute the workflow in less time and also reduced memory usage dramatically. For all three AI workflows we executed, we consider the time the workstations needed to complete the tasks to be acceptable, and believe that these workstations can be appropriate, cost-effective choices for these kinds of activities.
Enable security features with no impact to OLTP performance with Dell PowerEd...Principled Technologies
Get comparable online transaction processing (OLTP) performance with or without enabling AMD Secure Memory Encryption and AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization - Encrypted State
Conclusion
You’ve likely already implemented many security measures for your servers, which may include physical security for the data center, hardware-level security, and software-level security. With the cost of data breaches high and still growing, however, wise IT teams will consider what additional security measures they may be able to implement.
AMD SME and SEV-ES are technologies that are already available within your AMD processor-powered 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers—and in our testing, we saw that they can offer extra layers of security without affecting performance. We compared the online transaction processing performance of a Dell PowerEdge R7625 server, powered by AMD EPYC 9274F processors, with and without these two security features enabled. We found that enabling AMD Secure Memory Encryption and Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Encrypted State did not impact performance at all.
If your team is assessing areas where you might be able to enhance security—without paying a large performance cost—consider enabling AME SME and AMD SEV-ES in your Dell PowerEdge servers.
Improving energy efficiency in the data center: Endure higher temperatures wi...Principled Technologies
In high-temperature test scenarios, a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server continued running an intensive workload without component warnings or failures, while a Supermicro SYS‑621C-TN12R server failed
Conclusion: Remain resilient in high temperatures with the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 to help increase efficiency
Increasing your data center’s temperature can help your organization make strides in energy efficiency and cooling cost savings. With servers that can hold up to these higher everyday temperatures—as well as high temperatures due to unforeseen circumstances—your business can continue to deliver the performance your apps and clients require.
When we ran an intensive floating-point workload on a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 and a Supermicro SYS-621CTN12R in three scenario types simulating typical operations at 25°C, a fan failure, and an HVAC malfunction, the Dell server experienced no component warnings or failures. In contrast, the Supermicro server experienced warnings in all three scenario types and experienced component failures in the latter two tests, rendering the system unusable. When we inspected and analyzed each system, we found that the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server’s motherboard layout, fans, and chassis offered cooling design advantages.
For businesses aiming to meet sustainability goals by running hotter data centers, as well as those concerned with server cooling design, the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 is a strong contender to take on higher temperatures during day-to-day operations and unexpected malfunctions.
Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift: An easily deployable and powe...Principled Technologies
The 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor‑powered solution deployed in less than two hours and ran a Kubernetes container-based generative AI workload effectively
Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift: An easily deployable and powe...Principled Technologies
The 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor‑powered solution deployed in less than two hours and ran a generative AI workload effectively
Conclusion
The appeal of incorporating GenAI into your organization’s operations is likely great. Getting started with an efficient solution for your next LLM workload or application can seem daunting because of the changing hardware and software landscape, but Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift powered by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors could provide the solution you need. We started with a Dell Validated Design as a reference, and then went on to modify the deployment as necessary for our Llama 2 workload. The Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift solution worked well for our LLM, and by using this deployment guide in conjunction with numerous Dell documents and some flexibility, you could be well on your way to innovating your next GenAI breakthrough.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
For organizations running clusters of moderately configured, older Dell PowerEdge servers with a previous version of VCF, upgrading to better-configured modern servers can provide a significant performance boost and more.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5
If your company is struggling with underperforming infrastructure, upgrading to 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers running VCF 5.1 could be just what you need to handle more database throughput and reduce vSAN latencies. As an additional benefit to IT admins, we also found that the embedded VMware Aria Operation adapter provided useful infrastructure insights.
Realize 2.1X the performance with 20% less power with AMD EPYC processor-back...Principled Technologies
Three AMD EPYC processor-based two-processor solutions outshined comparable Intel Xeon Scalable processor-based solutions by handling more Redis workload transactions and requests while consuming less power
Conclusion
Performance and energy efficiency are significant factors in processor selection for servers running data-intensive workloads, such as Redis. We compared the Redis performance and energy consumption of a server cluster in three AMD EPYC two-processor configurations against that of a server cluster in two Intel Xeon Scalable two-processor configurations. In each of our three test scenarios, the server cluster backed by AMD EPYC processors outperformed the server cluster backed by Intel Xeon Scalable processors. In addition, one of the AMD EPYC processor-based clusters consumed 20 percent less power than its Intel Xeon Scalable processor-based counterpart. Combining these measurements gave us power efficiency metrics that demonstrate how valuable AMD EPYC processor-based servers could be—you could see better performance per watt with these AMD EPYC processor-based server clusters and potentially get more from your Redis or other data intensive applications and workloads while reducing data center power costs.
Improve performance and gain room to grow by easily migrating to a modern Ope...Principled Technologies
We deployed this modern environment, then migrated database VMs from legacy servers and saw performance improvements that support consolidation
Conclusion
If your organization’s transactional databases are running on gear that is several years old, you have much to gain by upgrading to modern servers with new processors and networking components and an OpenShift environment. In our testing, a modern OpenShift environment with a cluster of three Dell PowerEdge R7615 servers with 4th Generation AMD EPYC processors and high-speed 100Gb Broadcom NICs outperformed a legacy environment with MySQL VMs running on a cluster of three Dell PowerEdge R7515 servers with 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors and 25Gb Broadcom NICs. We also easily migrated a VM from the legacy environment to the modern environment, with only a few steps required to set up and less than ten minutes of hands-on time. The performance advantage of the modern servers would allow a company to reduce the number of servers necessary to perform a given amount of database work, thus lowering operational expenditures such as power and cooling and IT staff time for maintenance. The high-speed 100Gb Broadcom NICs in this solution also give companies better network performance and networking capacity to grow as they embrace emerging technologies such as AI that put great demands on networks.
Deploy with confidence: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdg...Principled Technologies
A Principled Technologies deployment guide
Conclusion
Deploying VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdge servers brings together critical virtualization capabilities and high-performing hardware infrastructure. Relying on our hands-on experience, this deployment guide offers a comprehensive roadmap that can guide your organization through the seamless integration of advanced VMware cloud solutions with the performance and reliability of Dell PowerEdge servers. In addition to the deployment efficiency, the Cloud Foundation 5.1 and PowerEdge solution delivered strong performance while running a MySQL database workload. By leveraging VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 and PowerEdge servers, you could help your organization embrace cloud computing with confidence, potentially unlocking a new level of agility, scalability, and efficiency in your data center operations.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5
Conclusion
If your company is struggling with underperforming infrastructure, upgrading to 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers running VCF 5.1 could be just what you need to handle more database throughput and reduce vSAN latencies. We found that a Dell PowerEdge R760 server cluster running VCF 5.1 processed over 78 percent more TPM and 79 percent more NOPM than a Dell PowerEdge R750 server cluster running VCF 4.5. It’s also worth noting that the PowerEdge R750 cluster bottlenecked on vSAN storage, with max write latency at 8.9ms. For reference, the PowerEdge R760 cluster clocked in at 3.8ms max write latency. This higher latency is due in part to the single disk group per host on the moderately configured PowerEdge R750 cluster, while the better-configured PowerEdge R760 cluster supported four disk groups per host. As an additional benefit to IT admins, we also found that the embedded VMware Aria Operation adapter provided useful infrastructure insights.
Based on our research using publicly available materials, it appears that Dell supports nine of the ten PC security features we investigated, HP supports six of them, and Lenovo supports three features.
Increase security, sustainability, and efficiency with robust Dell server man...Principled Technologies
Compared to the Supermicro management portfolio
Conclusion
Choosing a vendor for server purchases is about more than just the hardware platform. Decision-makers must also consider more long-term concerns, including system/data security, energy efficiency, and ease of management. These concerns make the systems management tools a vendor offers as important as the hardware.
We investigated the features and capabilities of server management tools from Dell and Supermicro, comparing Dell iDRAC9 against Supermicro IPMI for embedded server management and Dell OpenManage Enterprise and CloudIQ against Supermicro Server Manager for one-to-many device and console management and monitoring. We found that the Dell management tools provided more comprehensive security, sustainability, and management/monitoring features and capabilities than Supermicro servers did. In addition, Dell tools automated more tasks to ease server management, resulting in significant time savings for administrators versus having to do the same tasks manually with Supermicro tools.
When making a server purchase, a vendor’s associated management products are critical to protect data, support a more sustainable environment, and to ease the maintenance of systems. Our tests and research showed that the Dell management portfolio for PowerEdge servers offered more features to help organizations meet these goals than the comparable Supermicro management products.
Increase security, sustainability, and efficiency with robust Dell server man...Principled Technologies
Compared to the Supermicro management portfolio
Conclusion
Choosing a vendor for server purchases is about more than just the hardware platform. Decision-makers must also consider more long-term concerns, including system/data security, energy efficiency, and ease of management. These concerns make the systems management tools a vendor offers as important as the hardware.
We investigated the features and capabilities of server management tools from Dell and Supermicro, comparing Dell iDRAC9 against Supermicro IPMI for embedded server management and Dell OpenManage Enterprise and CloudIQ against Supermicro Server Manager for one-to-many device and console management and monitoring. We found that the Dell management tools provided more comprehensive security, sustainability, and management/monitoring features and capabilities than Supermicro servers did. In addition, Dell tools automated more tasks to ease server management, resulting in significant time savings for administrators versus having to do the same tasks manually with Supermicro tools.
When making a server purchase, a vendor’s associated management products are critical to protect data, support a more sustainable environment, and to ease the maintenance of systems. Our tests and research showed that the Dell management portfolio for PowerEdge servers offered more features to help organizations meet these goals than the comparable Supermicro management products.
Scale up your storage with higher-performing Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS ...Principled Technologies
In our tests, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS outperformed similarly configured solutions from Vendor A, achieving more IOPS, better throughput, and more consistent performance on both NVMe-supported configurations and configurations backed by Elastic Block Store (EBS) alone.
Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS supports a full NVMe backed configuration, but Vendor A doesn’t—its solution uses EBS for storage capacity and NVMe as an extended read cache—which means APEX Block Storage for AWS can deliver faster storage performance.
Scale up your storage with higher-performing Dell APEX Block Storage for AWSPrincipled Technologies
Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS offered stronger and more consistent storage performance for better business agility than a Vendor A solution
Conclusion
Enterprises desiring the flexibility and convenience of the cloud for their block storage workloads can find fast-performing solutions with the enterprise storage features they’re used to in on-premises infrastructure by selecting Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS.
Our hands-on tests showed that compared to the Vendor A solution, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS offered stronger, more consistent storage performance in both NVMe-supported and EBS-backed configurations. Using NVMe-supported configurations, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS achieved 4.7x the random read IOPS and 5.1x the throughput on sequential read operations per node vs. Vendor A. In our EBS-backed comparison, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS offered 2.2x the throughput per node on sequential read operations vs. Vendor A.
Plus, the ability to scale beyond three nodes—up to 512 storage nodes with capacity of up to 8 PBs—enables Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS to help ensure performance and capacity as your team plans for the future.
Get in and stay in the productivity zone with the HP Z2 G9 Tower WorkstationPrincipled Technologies
We compared CPU performance and noise output of an HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation in High Performance Mode to Dell Precision 3660 and 5860 tower workstations in optimized performance modes
Conclusion
HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation users can change the BIOS settings to dial in the performance mode that best suits their needs: High Performance Mode, Performance Mode, or Quiet Mode. In good
news for both creative and technical professionals, we found that an Intel Core i9-13900 processor-powered HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation set to High Performance mode received higher CPU-based benchmark scores than both a similarly configured Dell Precision 3660 and a Dell Precision 5860 equipped with an Intel Xeon w5-2455x processor. Plus, the HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation was quieter while running CPU-intensive Cinebench 2024 and SPECapc for Solidworks 2022 workloads than both Dell Precision tower workstations. This means HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation users who prize performance over everything else can do so without sacrificing a quiet workspace.
Open up new possibilities with higher transactional database performance from...Principled Technologies
In our PostgreSQL tests, R7i instances boosted performance over R6i instances with previous-gen processors
If you use the open-source PostgreSQL database to run your critical business operations, you have many cloud options from which to choose. While many of these instances can do the job, some can deliver stronger performance, which can mean getting a greater return on your cloud investment.
We conducted hands-on testing with the HammerDB TPROC-C benchmark to see how the PostgreSQL performance of Amazon EC2 R7i instances, enabled by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, stacked up to that of R6i instances with previous-generation processors. We learned that small, medium-sized, and large R7i instances with the newer processors delivered better OLTP performance, with improvements as high as 13.8 percent. By choosing the R7i instances, your organization has the potential to support more users, deliver a better experience to those users, and even lower your cloud operating expenditures by requiring fewer instances to get the job done.
Improving database performance and value with an easy migration to Azure Data...Principled Technologies
Migrating from Azure Database for MySQL – Single Server to a Flexible Server solution was quick and provided performance and cost benefits
Don’t put off migrating your databases from Azure Database for MySQL – Single Server until the last minute—which is September 2024, when the service will end. Our hands-on testing shows that moving to Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server is a simple process that can actually improve your overall database performance and offer better value. With as much as 117 percent better OLTP performance on sysbench and up to 266 percent better performance per dollar, migrating your database to Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server with AMD EPYC processors can help you serve more database users and potentially improve your operating budget compared to the expiring Single Server option.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Laptop drive performance comparison: Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive vs. hard disk drives
1. JULY 2013
A PRINCIPLED TECHNOLOGIES TEST REPORT
Commissioned by Seagate
LAPTOP DRIVE PERFORMANCE COMPARISON: SEAGATE SOLID STATE
HYBRID DRIVE VS. HARD DISK DRIVES
When selecting a laptop computer, you generally have a choice of storage
options. Upgrading from a traditional spindle hard disk drive (HDD) to a Seagate Solid
State Hybrid Drive (SSHD) can boost performance dramatically, speeding up everyday
activities such as booting and launching applications.
To learn about the effects of the Seagate SSHD on performance, we tested three
Lenovo® laptop systems in the Principled Technologies labs. We conducted a series of
tests on each system configured with three different Seagate drives—a 5,400 RPM HDD,
a 7,200 RPM HDD, and an SSHD. We measured boot time and application launch time
and ran two industry-standard benchmark tests that quantify system performance.
For all three laptop systems, the Seagate SSHD configuration outperformed both
hard drive configurations considerably, up to 503.3 percent. This increased performance
shows that selecting the Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive for your next laptop computer
can be a very wise move.
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Hybrid Drive vs. hard disk drives
THE SPEED OF AN SSD WITH THE CAPACITY OF AN HDD
No one likes to wait around while his or her computer boots, opens
applications, or performs other everyday tasks. While the solid state drives that have
emerged over the past few years speed up these activities considerably, they tend to
hold much less data than traditional hard drives. Seagate has designed their Solid State
Hybrid Drive to deliver the performance of an SSD with the capacity of an HDD.
To compare the performance of the Seagate SSHD with that of two Seagate
HDDs, we tested three Lenovo laptop computers—the G400, the G480, and the Y400—
in three configurations. Each of the three configurations was identical except for the
storage devices:
500GB Seagate Momentus Thin, 5,400 RPM HDD
500GB Seagate Momentus, 7,200 RPM HDD
500GB Seagate Laptop SSHD
We tested the systems exactly as we received them from Seagate. We
conducted every test five times and report the results from the fifth and final run.
Across the several different tests we conducted, the Seagate Laptop SSHD configuration
delivered the best performance. Appendix A provides detailed system configuration
information. Appendix B provides the specifics of our testing.
APPLICATION LAUNCH TIME
The less time users spend waiting for their applications to launch, the more
quickly they can get down to work. Figures 1 and 2 show the median results for our
application launch tests. With all three laptops, the Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive
took the shortest amount of time. The greatest improvement was on the Lenovo G480,
where the SSHD decreased launch time by 31.8 percent over the 7,200 RPM HDD.
Figure 1: The laptops with the Seagate
SSHDs launched applications more
quickly than those with HDDs. Smaller
numbers are better.
1.0
2.0
3.0
Lenovo G400 Lenovo G480 Lenovo Y400
Minutes
Time tolaunch applications
(lower is better)
5,400 RPM
hard drive
7,200 RPM
hard drive
Solid State
Hybrid Drive
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Application
launch times
5,400 RPM
HDD
7,200 RPM
HDD
SSHD
SSHD advantage over
5,400 RPM HDD
SSHD advantage over
7,200 RPM HDD
Lenovo G400 2:29.5 2:06.7 1:58.4 20.8% 6.6%
Lenovo G480 2:03.2 2:39.1 1:48.5 11.9% 31.8%
Lenovo Y400 2:00.5 2:12.7 1:46.1 12.0% 20.0%
Figure 2: Median application launch times, in minutes:seconds, for the systems with the three storage options.
BOOT TIME
The less time users spend waiting for their laptops to boot, the more time they
have to be productive. Figures 3 and 4 show the median results for our boot tests. With
two of the laptops, the Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive took the shortest amount of
time to boot. (On the Lenovo G480, the SSHD configuration took slightly longer to boot
than the 5,400 RPM HDD configuration.) The greatest improvement was on the Lenovo
G400, where the SSHD decreased boot time by 16.9 percent over the 5,400 RPM HDD.
Figure 3: The laptops with the Seagate
SSHDs booted more quickly than
those with HDDs. Smaller numbers
are better.
05
10
15
20
Lenovo G400 Lenovo G480 Lenovo Y400
Seconds
Time toboot
(lower is better)
5,400 RPM
hard drive
7,200 RPM
hard drive
Solid State
Hybrid Drive
Boot times
5,400 RPM
HDD
7,200 RPM
HDD
SSHD
SSHD advantage over
5,400 RPM HDD
SSHD advantage over
7,200 RPM HDD
Lenovo G400 15.8 14.3 13.1 16.9% 8.3%
Lenovo G480 15.4 18.3 16.5 -7.2% 9.8%
Lenovo Y400 11.3 11.8 10.5 7.4% 11.4%
Figure 4: Median boot times, in seconds, for the systems with the three storage options.
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GENERAL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
We used two industry-standard benchmarks to measure the performance of the
two systems. These scores indicate that the Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive would
excel at completing the tasks workers require.
Futuremark® PCMark® Vantage v1.2.0 is a PC benchmark for Windows Vista.
Figure 5 shows the results for the PCMark Vantage HDD test, which measures how
quickly a system’s hard drive responds. As it shows, on all three laptop systems, the
Seagate SSHD delivered overwhelmingly superior performance, as much as 503.3
percent better.
Figure 5: The PCMark Vantage HDD
Scores of the laptops with the Seagate
SSHD were as much as 503.3 percent
higher than those of the laptops with
the spindle drives.
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
Lenovo G400 Lenovo G480 Lenovo Y400
PCMark Vantage HDD score
(higher is better)
5,400 RPM
hard drive
7,200 RPM
hard drive
Solid State
Hybrid Drive
Figure 6 shows the median results of the complete set of PCMark Vantage tests.
In every test on each of the three systems, the Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive
outperformed the two spindle drives.
Futuremark PCMark
Vantage
5,400 RPM
HDD
7,200 RPM
HDD
SSHD
SSHD advantage over
5,400 RPM HDD
SSHD advantage over
7,200 RPM HDD
Lenovo G400
Memories Score 3,204 3,089 4,936 54.1% 59.8%
Gaming Score 3,614 3,636 6,435 78.1% 77.0%
Music Score 5,122 5,253 8,252 61.1% 57.1%
HDD Score 3,069 2,932 16,660 442.8% 468.2%
Lenovo G480
Memories Score 4,796 4,725 6,792 41.6% 43.7%
Gaming Score 5,886 6,000 9,948 69.0% 65.8%
Music Score 6,611 6,810 12,406 87.7% 82.2%
HDD Score 3,127 2,990 18,040 476.9% 503.3%
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Futuremark PCMark
Vantage
5,400 RPM
HDD
7,200 RPM
HDD
SSHD
SSHD advantage over
5,400 RPM HDD
SSHD advantage over
7,200 RPM HDD
Lenovo Y400
Memories Score 3,105 3,186 4,083 31.5% 28.2%
Gaming Score 2,742 2,915 4,711 71.8% 61.6%
Music Score 6,841 7,782 14,426 110.9% 85.4%
HDD Score 2,978 3,193 16,840 465.5% 427.4%
Figure 6: Median score for the Futuremark PCMark Vantage benchmark. Higher numbers are better.
BAPCo SYSmark® 2012 measures system performance for a number of common
tasks including office productivity and media creation. Figure 7 shows the SYSmark 2012
Office Productivity score, which measures productivity usage during word processing,
spreadsheet data manipulation, email creation/management, and Web browsing. As it
shows, on all three laptop systems, the Seagate SSHD delivered superior performance,
as much as 9.4 percent better.
Figure 7: The SYSmark 2012 Office
Productivity scores of the laptops with
the Seagate SSHD were consistently
higher than those of the laptops with
the spindle drives.
0
50
100
150
Lenovo G400 Lenovo G480 Lenovo Y400
SYSmark 2012 - Office Productivityscore
(higher is better)
5,400 RPM
hard drive
7,200 RPM
hard drive
Solid State
Hybrid Drive
Figure 8 shows the results of the complete set of SYSmark 2012 tests. In every
test on each of the three systems, the Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive outperformed
the two spindle drives.
BAPCo SYSmark 2012
5,400 RPM
HDD
7,200 RPM
HDD
SSHD
SSHD advantage over
5,400 RPM HDD
SSHD advantage over
7,200 RPM HDD
Lenovo G400
Overall Performance Rating 84 85 87 3.6% 2.4%
Office Productivity 85 86 90 5.9% 4.7%
Media Creation 91 91 92 1.1% 1.1%
Web Development 73 77 79 8.2% 2.6%
Data/Financial Analysis 92 92 93 1.1% 1.1%
3D Modeling 75 75 76 1.3% 1.3%
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BAPCo SYSmark 2012
5,400 RPM
HDD
7,200 RPM
HDD
SSHD
SSHD advantage over
5,400 RPM HDD
SSHD advantage over
7,200 RPM HDD
Lenovo G480
Overall Performance Rating 124 124 130 4.8% 4.8%
Office Productivity 117 119 128 9.4% 7.6%
Media Creation 122 122 124 1.6% 1.6%
Web Development 113 113 120 6.2% 6.2%
Data/Financial Analysis 144 143 151 4.9% 5.6%
3D Modeling 118 119 120 1.7% 0.8%
Lenovo Y400
Overall Performance Rating 170 176 178 4.7% 1.1%
Office Productivity 138 142 149 8.0% 4.9%
Media Creation 169 171 173 2.4% 1.2%
Web Development 165 182 180 9.1% -1.1%
Data/Financial Analysis 251 250 260 3.6% 4.0%
3D Modeling 177 201 185 4.7% 1.1%
Figure 8: Median scores for the BAPCo SYSmark 2012 benchmark. Higher numbers are better.
WHAT WE TESTED
Futuremark PCMark Vantage v1.2.0
Futuremark PCMark Vantage v1.2.0 is a PC benchmark for Windows Vista
offering one-click complete performance testing. It includes eight PC tests covering
photos, video, gaming, music, communication, and productivity. You can complete
system testing or test at the component level with a range of CPU and HDD tests.
For more information on this benchmark, see
www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/pcmark-vantage/.
BAPCo SYSmark 2012
BAPCo SYSmark 2012 is an application-based benchmark that tests performance
in the following office workload scenarios: office productivity, media creation, Web
development, data/financial analysis, 3D modeling, and system management. SYSmark
2012 records the time that the system takes to complete each individual operation in
each scenario. For more information on this benchmark, see
www.bapco.com/products/sysmark2012/.
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IN CONCLUSION
Across the three laptop systems we tested, the Seagate SSHD configuration
outperformed both hard drive configurations. It booted and launched applications as
much as 31.8 percent more quickly and delivered general performance increases of up
to 503.3 percent.
By speeding up the tasks that users perform day in and day out, the Seagate
Solid State Hybrid Drive can boost productivity and let you spend more of your day
working and less of it waiting.
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APPENDIX A – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
Figure 9 provides detailed configuration information for the test systems. We tested the systems exactly as we
received them from Seagate. The Lenovo G400 and the Lenovo Y400 lacked drivers for the discrete graphics cards.
Because of this, those cards were disabled for our testing and all testing was performed on the integrated graphics. As a
result, some specifications for the discrete cards were unavailable.
System Lenovo G400 Lenovo G480 Lenovo Y400
General
Number of processor
packages
1 1 1
Number of cores per
processor
2 2 4
Number of hardware
threads per core
1 2 2
Total number of threads 2 4 8
System power management
policy
Balanced Balanced Balanced
Processor power-saving
option
EIST EIST EIST
System dimensions (depth x
width x height)
9-1/4" x 13-3/4" x 1-1/2" 9" x 13 3/8" x 1-1/2" 9-3/4" x 13-3/4" x 1-3/8"
System weight (pounds) 4.84 4.70 5.48
CPU
Vendor Intel® Intel Intel
Name Pentium® Core™ i5 Core i7
Model number B980 3320M 3630QM
Stepping D2 E1/L1 E1/L1
Socket type and number of
pins
Socket 988B rPGA Socket 988B rPGA Socket 988B rPGA
Core frequency (GHz) 2.40
2.60 (Max Turbo Frequency
3.30)
2.40 (Max Turbo Frequency
3.40)
Bus frequency DMI bus 5 GT/s DMI bus 5 GT/s DMI bus 5 GT/s
L1 cache 32 KB + 32 KB per core 32 KB + 32 KB per core 32 KB + 32 KB per core
L2 cache 512 KB (256 KB per core) 512 KB (256 KB per core) 1 MB (256 KB per core)
L3 cache 2 MB (shared) 3 MB (shared) 6 MB (shared)
Platform
Vendor Lenovo Lenovo Lenovo
Motherboard chipset Intel QM77 Intel QM77 Intel QM77
BIOS name and version
Lenovo 78CN13WW(v1.01),
(03/12/2013)
Lenovo 5ECN95WW (V9.00)
(12/29/2012)
Lenovo 6BCN42WW (V2.02)
(02/08/2013)
Memory module(s)
Vendor and model number
Ramaxel Technology®
RMT3170EB68F9W-1600
Hynix HMT351S6EFR8C Hynix HMT41GS6MFR8C
Type PC3-12800 PC3-12800S PC3-12800S
Speed (MHz) 1,600 1,600 1,600
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System Lenovo G400 Lenovo G480 Lenovo Y400
Speed running in the
system (MHz)
1,300 1,600 1,600
Timing/Latency (tCL-tRCD-
tRP-tRASmin)
9-9-9-24 11-11-11-28 11-11-11-28
Size (MB) 4,096 4,096 8,192
Number of memory
module(s)
2 1 1
Chip organization (single-
sided/double-sided)
Double-sided Double-sided Double-sided
Channel (single/dual) Dual Single Single
Storage drive
First storage drive
Vendor and model number
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD
ST500LM000
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD
ST500LM000
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD
ST500LM000
Number of disks in system 1 1 1
Size (GB) 500 500 500
Buffer size (MB) 64 64 64
RPM 7,200 7,200 7,200
Type SSHD 6.0 Gb/s SSHD 6.0 Gb/s SATA 6.0 Gb/s
Controller
Microsoft® Storage Spaces
Controller
Intel 7 Series Chipset Family
SATA AHCI Controller
Intel 7 Series/C216 Chipset
Family SATA AHCI Controller
Driver
Microsoft 6.2.9200.16548
(06-21-2006)
Intel 11.5.4.1001
(08/16/2012)
Intel 9.3.0.1011
(08/16/2012)
Second storage drive
Vendor and model number
Seagate Momentus
ST9500423AS
Seagate Momentus
ST9500423AS
Seagate Momentus
ST9500423AS
Number of disks in system 1 1 1
Size (GB) 500 500 500
Buffer size (MB) 16 16 16
RPM 7,200 7,200 7,200
Type SATA 3.0 Gb/s SATA 3.0 Gb/s SATA 3.0 Gb/s
Controller
Microsoft Storage Spaces
Controller
Intel 7 Series Chipset Family
SATA AHCI Controller
Intel 7 Series/C216 Chipset
Family SATA AHCI Controller
Driver
Microsoft 6.2.9200.16548
(06-21-2006)
Intel 11.5.4.1001
(08/16/2012)
Intel 9.3.0.1011
(08/16/2012)
Third storage drive
Vendor and model number
Seagate Momentus Thin
ST500LT012
Seagate Momentus Thin
ST500LT012
Seagate Momentus Thin
ST500LT012
Number of disks in system 1 1 1
Size (GB) 500 500 500
Buffer size (MB) 16 16 16
RPM 5.400 5.400 5.400
Type SATA 3.0 Gb/s SATA 3.0 Gb/s SATA 3.0 Gb/s
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System Lenovo G400 Lenovo G480 Lenovo Y400
Controller
Microsoft Storage Spaces
Controller
Intel 7 Series Chipset Family
SATA AHCI Controller
Intel 7 Series/C216 Chipset
Family SATA AHCI Controller
Driver
Microsoft 6.2.9200.16548
(06-21-2006)
Intel 11.5.4.1001
(08/16/2012)
Intel 9.3.0.1011
(08/16/2012)
Operating system
Name
Microsoft Windows® 8
Professional
Microsoft Windows 8
Professional
Microsoft Windows 8
Professional
Build number 6.2.9200 6.2.9200 6.2.9200
Service Pack N/A N/A N/A
File system NTFS NTFS NTFS
Kernel X64-based PC X64-based PC X64-based PC
Language English English English
Microsoft DirectX version 11 11 11
Graphics cards
First graphics card
Vendor and model number Intel HD Graphics 4000 Intel HD Graphics 4000
Microsoft Basic Display
Adapter
Type Integrated Integrated Integrated
Chipset Intel HD Graphics 4000 Intel HD Graphics 4000 N/A
BIOS version 2137.0 N/A N/A
Total available graphics
memory (MB)
1,664 1,664 256
Dedicated video memory
(MB)
32 32 0
System video memory (MB) 0 0 0
Shared system memory
(MB)
1,632 1,632 256
Resolution 1,366 x 768 1,366 x 768 1,366 x 768
Driver
Intel 9.17.10.2932
(12/12/2012)
Intel 9.17.10.2932
(12/12/2012)
Microsoft 6.2.9200.16384
(06/21/2006)
Second graphics card
Vendor and model number AMD Radeon™ HD 8570M
NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT
635M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
Type Discrete Discrete Discrete
Chipset 8570M 635M 750M
BIOS version N/A 70.08.A8.00.90 N/A
Total available graphics
memory (MB)
N/A 3772 N/A
Dedicated video memory
(MB)
N/A 2048 N/A
System video memory (MB) N/A 0 N/A
Shared system memory
(MB)
N/A 1724 N/A
Resolution N/A 1,366 x 768 N/A
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System Lenovo G400 Lenovo G480 Lenovo Y400
Driver N/A
NVIDIA 9.18.13.745
(11/06/2012)
N/A
Sound card/subsystem
Vendor and model number
High Definition Audio
Device
High Definition Audio
Device
Realtek™ High Definition
Audio
Driver
Microsoft 6.2.9200.16497
(01/08/2013)
Microsoft 6.2.9200.16497
(01/08/2013)
Realtek 6.0.1.6714
(08/27/2012)
Ethernet
Vendor and model number
Qualcomm® Atheros®
AR8162 Fast Ethernet
Controller
Qualcomm Atheros AR8162
Fast Ethernet Controller
Qualcomm Atheros AR8162
Fast Ethernet Controller
Driver
Microsoft 2.0.0.4
(02/15/2011)
Microsoft 2.0.0.4
(02/15/2011)
Microsoft 2.0.0.4
(02/15/2011)
Wireless
Vendor and model number
Broadcom® 802.11n
Network Adapter
Broadcom 802.11n Network
Adapter
Qualcomm Atheros
AR9485WB-EG Wireless
Network Adapter
Driver
Microsoft 5.100.245.20
(03/13/2012)
Microsoft 5.100.245.20
(03/13/2012)
Qualcomm 10.0.0.209
(09/19/2012)
Optical drive(s)
Vendor and model number TSST Corp. SN-208DB PLDS DS8A8SH N/A
Type DVD-RW DVD-RW N/A
USB ports
Number 3 3 3
Type
2 x USB 3.0
1 x USB 2.0
2 x USB 3.0
1 x USB 2.0
1 x USB 3.0
2 x USB 2.0
Other
HDMI, VGA, 2-in-1 card
reader (SD, MMC)
HDMI, VGA, 2-in-1 card
reader (SD, MMC)
HDMI, VGA, 6 in 1 SDXC
card reader
IEEE 1394 ports
Number 0 0 0
Monitor
LCD type HD LED-backlit HD LED-backlit HD LED Glossy
Screen size 14.0" 14.0" 14.0"
Refresh rate (Hz) 60 60 64
Battery
Type
Lenovo L11S6Y01 Lithium-
Ion
Lenovo L11S6Y01 Lithium-
Ion
Lenovo L11S6R01 Lithium-
Ion
Size (depth x width x height) 2" x 8" x 3/4" 2" x 8" x 3/4" 2-1/4" x 10-3/4" x 3/4"
Rated capacity 10.8V / 4,400mAh / 48 Wh 10.8V / 4,400mAh / 48 Wh 10.8V / 6,700mAh / 72Wh
Weight (pounds) 0.6 0.6 0.7
Figure 9: System configuration information for the test systems.
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APPENDIX B - HOW WE TESTED
Measuring system performance with Seagate App Launch
1. Reboot the system.
2. Bring up an administrative command prompt:
a. Type CMD
b. Right-click the Command Prompt app to open App options.
c. Click Run as administrator.
3. Type Cmd.exe /c start /wait Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
4. Do not interact with the system until the command completes.
5. After the command completes, wait 5 minutes before running the test.
6. Double-click the App Launch Icon.
7. When the test completes, take a screenshot of the results and record the time as App Launch Score.
Measuring time to boot
1. Simultaneously start the timer and boot the system.
2. When the word Start appears in the Windows Store App, stop the timer.
3. Record the result as the Boot time.
4. Bring up an administrative command prompt:
a. Select Windows Start orb.
b. Type cmd and right-click cmd.exe.
c. Select Run as administrator.
5. Type Cmd.exe /c start /wait Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
6. Do not interact with the system until the command completes.
7. After the command completes, wait 5 minutes before shutting the system down.
8. Shut the system down.
9. Repeat steps 1 through 8 four more times, and report the fifth run.
Measuring system performance using Futuremark PCMark Vantage v1.2.0
Setting up the test
1. Reset the system with the appropriate test image.
2. Download the PCMark_Vantage_v102_1901-[Guru3D.com].exe Windows package from
www.futuremark.com/support/downloads.
3. Double-click the PCMark_Vantage_v102_1901-[Guru3D.com].exe file to install PCMark Vantage with the
default options.
4. Click the PCMark Vantage desktop icon to launch PCMark Vantage. Enter the registration code, click
Register, and click OK.
5. Exit PCMark Vantage.
6. Download Futuremark_SystemInfo_v419_installer.msi from www.futuremark.com/support/downloads.
7. Double-click the Futuremark_SystemInfo_v419_installer.msi file to install Futuremark System Info with
default options.
Running the test
1. Reboot the system.
2. Double-click the PCMark Vantage desktop icon to launch the benchmark.
3. Select all test suites.
4. Click Run Benchmark.
5. When the benchmark run completes, take a screenshot of the results, and record them as follows:
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PCMark Score
Memories Score
TV and Movies Score
Gaming Score
Music Score
Communications Score
Productivity Score
HDD Score
6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 four more times, and report the fifth run.
Measuring system performance with SYSmark 2012
Avoiding antivirus software conflicts
SYSmark 2012 is not compatible with any virus-scanning software, so we uninstalled any such software that was
present on the laptop PCs before we installed the benchmark.
Avoiding pre-installed software conflicts
SYSmark 2012 installs the following applications, which its test scripts employ:
ABBYY FineReader Pro 10.0
Adobe® Acrobat® Pro 9
Adobe After Effects® CS5
Adobe Dreamweaver® CS5
Adobe Photoshop® CS5 Extended
Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5
Adobe Flash® Player 10.1
Autodesk® 3DS Max® 2011
Autodesk AutoCAD® 2011
Google SketchUp™ Pro 8
Microsoft Internet Explorer®
Microsoft Office 2010
Mozilla® Firefox® Installer
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8
Winzip® Pro 14.5
If any of these applications are already on the system under test, they will cause problems with the benchmark
due to software conflicts. To avoid any such issues and before we installed the benchmark, we uninstalled all conflicting
pre-installed software applications, including different versions of any of the programs SYSmark 2012 uses.
Setting up the test
Using the SYSmark built-in Configuration Tool
This tool supports three levels of configuration:
Only makes changes that are REQUIRED in order for the benchmark to run.
Additionally, makes changes that are RECOMMENDED for repeatable results.
Additionally, makes OPTIONAL changes that help ensure best results.
The Configuration tool makes the following configuration changes at each of the three levels:
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Level 1 - Required
Disables User Account Control (UAC)
Disables Windows Update
Disables System Sleep and Hibernate
Disables Low Battery Actions
Disables Network Proxies
Level 2 - Recommended
Creates BAPCo power scheme
Sets Power Plan Type to High Performance
Disables Windows Firewall
Disables Windows Sidebar/Gadgets
Disables Windows Pop-ups
Disables Incoming Remote Desktop Connections
Disables Windows Error Reporting
Disables Screen Saver and Monitor Timeout
Sets CPU Adaptive Mode
Disables Desktop Slideshow
Disables Disk Defrag
Level 3 - Optional
Sets Hard Disk Timeout
Disables Windows Defender
Disables System Restore
Ignores Laptop Lid Close
Sets Maximum Display Brightness
Disables Adaptive Brightness
Because we are testing how well each system does out of the box, we chose only the Required options in the
Configuration tool.
1. Insert the SYSmark 2012 Install DVD into the laptop PC’s DVD drive.
2. When the Autoplay menu appears, click Run SYSmark2012_setup.exe.
3. At the Welcome screen, click Next.
4. Enter the serial number, and click Next.
5. Accept the license agreement, and click Next.
6. At the Choose Components screen, select Full, and click Next.
7. At the Choose Install Location screen, accept the default location of C:Program Files
(x86)BAPCoSYSmark2012, and click Next.
8. At the Choose Start Menu Folder screen, click Install.
9. When prompted, insert Disc 2.
10. At the InstallShield Wizard Complete screen, click Finish.
11. Download and install SYSmark 2012 Patch 2 www.bapco.com/support/.
12. Launch SYSmark 2012.
13. Click Configuration, and choose only the Required options.
14. Click Apply, and restart the computer when prompted.
Running the test
1. Double-click the desktop icon to Launch SYSmark 2012.
2. Enter a Project name, and choose three iterations.
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3. Click Run Benchmark.
Getting the SYSmark 2012 results
When SYSmark 2012 has completed, the Test Results Viewer appears. To submit these results to BAPCo, we
saved the test results by performing the following steps:
1. Click Save.
2. Enter a name, and select FDR to save the results as an FDR file.
3. Click Save again, and select PDF to save the results as a PDF file.
4. Browse to the Documents directory where the result FDR and PDF files were saved.
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ABOUT PRINCIPLED TECHNOLOGIES
Principled Technologies, Inc.
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We provide industry-leading technology assessment and fact-based
marketing services. We bring to every assignment extensive experience
with and expertise in all aspects of technology testing and analysis, from
researching new technologies, to developing new methodologies, to
testing with existing and new tools.
When the assessment is complete, we know how to present the results to
a broad range of target audiences. We provide our clients with the
materials they need, from market-focused data to use in their own
collateral to custom sales aids, such as test reports, performance
assessments, and white papers. Every document reflects the results of
our trusted independent analysis.
We provide customized services that focus on our clients’ individual
requirements. Whether the technology involves hardware, software, Web
sites, or services, we offer the experience, expertise, and tools to help our
clients assess how it will fare against its competition, its performance, its
market readiness, and its quality and reliability.
Our founders, Mark L. Van Name and Bill Catchings, have worked
together in technology assessment for over 20 years. As journalists, they
published over a thousand articles on a wide array of technology subjects.
They created and led the Ziff-Davis Benchmark Operation, which
developed such industry-standard benchmarks as Ziff Davis Media’s
Winstone and WebBench. They founded and led eTesting Labs, and after
the acquisition of that company by Lionbridge Technologies were the
head and CTO of VeriTest.
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