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By using the latest software and Dell PowerEdge servers in your VMware vSphere environment, you can provide your data center administrators with new or updated tools that simplify routine tasks in both initial host setup and ongoing monitoring. In our exploration of the latest features in vSphere 8.0 Lifecycle Manager, we found that vSphere 8.0 on latest-gen Dell PowerEdge servers offers advantages compared to the previous generation, which may make an infrastructure update worth your while. By introducing vSphere Configuration Profiles and providing simpler image updates to vSphere clusters, VMware vSphere 8.0 on latest-generation Dell PowerEdge servers can help streamline operations for your administrative staff.
The combination of 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers and VMware vSphere 8.0 provides a resilient and efficient solution for organizations running containerized applications. Upgrading to the hardware and software combination provides helpful features that increase workload availability and streamline management. We found Workload Availability Zones, ClusterClass, and node image customization features to function well and as we expected, thus aiding both development and infrastructure teams in a DevOps context. Deploying vSphere 8.0 on Dell PowerEdge servers enables organizations to take advantage of the benefits of containerization and modernize their IT infrastructure.
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.
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The document summarizes performance testing of VMware vSphere 6, VMware Virtual SAN, and VMware NSX running business-critical applications. In single-site testing, the solution delivered over 189,000 IOPS and 5ms average read latency under heavy workload. In two-site testing, it live migrated all VMs between sites in under 9 minutes with no downtime or performance degradation for applications. The software-defined datacenter solution provided reliable performance and business continuity for critical workloads.
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By using the latest software and Dell PowerEdge servers in your VMware vSphere environment, you can provide your data center administrators with new or updated tools that simplify routine tasks in both initial host setup and ongoing monitoring. In our exploration of the latest features in vSphere 8.0 Lifecycle Manager, we found that vSphere 8.0 on latest-gen Dell PowerEdge servers offers advantages compared to the previous generation, which may make an infrastructure update worth your while. By introducing vSphere Configuration Profiles and providing simpler image updates to vSphere clusters, VMware vSphere 8.0 on latest-generation Dell PowerEdge servers can help streamline operations for your administrative staff.
The combination of 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers and VMware vSphere 8.0 provides a resilient and efficient solution for organizations running containerized applications. Upgrading to the hardware and software combination provides helpful features that increase workload availability and streamline management. We found Workload Availability Zones, ClusterClass, and node image customization features to function well and as we expected, thus aiding both development and infrastructure teams in a DevOps context. Deploying vSphere 8.0 on Dell PowerEdge servers enables organizations to take advantage of the benefits of containerization and modernize their IT infrastructure.
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
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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.
VMware vSphere 7 Update 2 offered greater VM density and increased availabili...Principled Technologies
vSphere not only supported more VMs than the container native virtualization approach in OpenShift, but it required less downtime and less hands-on admin time
Dell OpenManage Enterprise Integration for VMware vCenter 1.0 streamlined firmware updates vs. completing the task manually
If you are using VMware-based Dell PowerEdge servers, the OpenManage Enterprise Integration for VMware vCenter can help you complete firmware updates faster and more easily than using manual
processes with iDRAC. This integrated, cluster-aware automation also allowed us to scale out the node count from four to eight clusters without adding time and effort to the task.
Business-critical applications on VMware vSphere 6, VMware Virtual SAN, and V...Principled Technologies
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A Dell PowerEdge MX environment using OpenManage Enterprise and OpenManage En...Principled Technologies
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V sphere 5.1 what's new presentation, customersolarisyourep
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Comparação entre XenServer 6.2 e VMware VSphere 5.1 - Comparison of Citrix Xe...Lorscheider Santiago
The document compares Citrix XenServer 6.2 and VMware vSphere 5.1. It discusses that both pioneered server virtualization and how their architectures have evolved. It then analyzes key areas like memory management, storage management, infrastructure management, and disaster recovery planning. It notes XenServer uses open standards like VHD and avoids proprietary formats. For desktop virtualization, it highlights XenServer integrates with Citrix XenDesktop and its Provisioning Services for template management to efficiently deploy golden images at scale.
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Track 1 Virtualizing Critical Applications with VMWARE VISPHERE by Roshan ShettyEMC Forum India
Virtualizing Critical Applications with Vsphere 5 provides concise summaries of the key enhancements in vSphere 5 that enable virtualizing even the most critical applications. These include support for larger virtual machines with up to 32 vCPUs, 1TB of RAM and 4x larger sizes. It also improves availability, storage, and network services with features like Storage DRS, Profile-Driven Storage, and Network I/O Control that provide performance guarantees and help prevent resource starvation issues. The document also highlights how vSphere 5 simplifies infrastructure deployment and management with capabilities such as Auto Deploy, vCenter Server Appliance, and the new Web Client.
Networker integration for optimal performanceMohamed Sohail
In large, modern data centers, integrating multiple products—whether from the same vendor or multiple vendors—to form a stable, consistent workflow is a major challenge. In their award-winning Knowledge Sharing article, Mohamed Sohail and Shareef Bassiouny offer some best practices for integrating NetWorker and different EMC products and present some best practices for the optimum performance of this integration.
VMware vSphere 5.5 with features like Flash Read Cache (vFRC) can improve performance of virtualized Oracle 12c databases without impacting reliability functions like VMotion. Testing showed vFRC decreased time to complete an OLAP workload by 14% and allowed seamless migration of vFRC-enabled VMs during VMotion. The combination of VMware, Cisco, and EMC technologies provided reliable virtualization and storage with increased Oracle 12c performance using vFRC.
With new automation tools, tying up your administrator’s time with repetitive processes can become a thing of the past. Our tests showed how Dell ASM, with the ability to build deployment templates, can save significant administrator time and steps compared to a solution that lacks these features. In an age where business IT demands grow rapidly, providing administrators with the right tools to manage their virtualized infrastructure is critical for keeping your datacenter running efficiently.
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Dell 3-2-1 Reference Configurations: High available and scalable performance ...Principled Technologies
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The 3-2-1 base configuration provides a robust solution for any business needing to support up to 500 users on multiple business applications. Our tests demonstrate this solution supporting 500 users per VM for four VMs including two database VMs, one email VM, and one collaboration application VM.
If the number of users you need to support exceeds the user count the base configuration provides, adding another Dell PowerEdge R720 server to make a 4-2-1 configuration can support up to 1,000 users on multiple business applications while maintaining high availability. Our tests demonstrate this solution supporting 1,000 users per VM in the same four VMs as the 3-2-1 solution. Additionally, these configurations are so easy to scale upward that you can complete the process of adding a server in a matter of two hours or less from start to finish.
If you require support for an even higher number of users, adding a server and storage array to the base configuration, to make a 4-2-2 configuration allows for up to 1,500 users on multiple business applications. Our tests demonstrated this when we ran 1,500 users against each of the four VMs. Better yet, adding a Dell EqualLogic PS6110XV storage array to an existing 4-2-1 configuration is a cinch, taking under 30 minutes start to finish.
All of these Dell Reference Configurations give your business the reliability of highly available hardware configurations, greatly reducing downtime resulting from any hardware malfunctions.
By choosing proven Dell architecture, you avoid the hassles of putting your infrastructure together piece by piece, reducing the potential for error and providing you with a sturdy solution that is easily scalable to fit your present and future needs.
Most medium and large-sized IT organizations have deployed several generations of virtualized servers, and they have become more comfortable with the performance and reliability with each deployment. As IT organizations increased virtual machine (VM) density, they reached the limits of vSphere software, server memory, CPU, and I/O.
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VMware vSphere vMotion: 5.4 times faster than Hyper-V Live MigrationVMware
Businesses using a virtualized infrastructure have many reasons to move active virtual machines (VMs) from one physical server to another. Whether the migrations are for routine maintenance, balancing performance needs, work distribution (consolidating VMs onto fewer servers during non-peak hours to conserve resources), or another reason, the best virtual infrastructure platform executes the move as quickly as possible and with minimal impact to end users.
We tested two competing features that move active VMs from one server to another, VMware vSphere 5 vMotion and Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V Live Migration. While both perform these moves with no VM downtime, in our testing the VMware solution did so faster, with greater application stability, and with less impact to application performance – clearly showing that not all live migration technologies are the same. VMware also holds an enormous advantage in concurrency: VMware vSphere 5 can move eight VMs at a time while a Microsoft Hyper-V cluster node can take part only as the source or destination in one live migration at a time. In our two test scenarios, the VMware vMotion solution was up to 5.4 times faster than the Microsoft Hyper-V Live Migration solution.
The IBM XIV Gen3 Storage System provides several key integrations with VMware vSphere that improve performance and management:
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2) It integrates with vSphere APIs like VASA to provide real-time storage information and alerts to vCenter.
3) It includes a plug-in for vCenter that allows storage provisioning, mapping, replication and snapshot management from within vCenter.
System Center 2012 for VMware InfrastructureBryan Dady
Slides from a group presentation I was privileged to participate in during the last Microsoft Management Summit (MMS, April 2013).
The original is hosted by Microsoft at http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MMS/2013/IM-B309, and I've copied this edition here for sharing on my LinkedIn profile.
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
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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.
Veeam Backup & Replication - What’s New in 6.5Veeam Software
Virtualization changes everything—especially what you can
do with backup. Veeam® recognized the disruptive power
of virtualization early on, and designed a solution from the
ground up specifically for the new platform.
Virtual Solution for Microsoft SQL Serverwebhostingguy
This document describes a virtualization solution for running Microsoft SQL Server using VMware Infrastructure 3 and EMC Celerra IP Storage Server. The solution provides benefits like high availability, simplified disaster recovery, rapid provisioning, and accommodating future growth. It consists of VMware Infrastructure 3 for virtualization, EMC Celerra NS20 IP Storage Server for storage, Dell PowerEdge servers, and Microsoft SQL Server. Testing has validated the solution delivers reliable SQL Server performance in a virtualized environment.
Virtual Solution for Microsoft SQL Serverwebhostingguy
This document describes a virtualization solution for running Microsoft SQL Server using VMware Infrastructure 3 and EMC Celerra IP Storage servers. The solution provides benefits like high availability, scalability, and maintaining performance. It ensures SQL Server environments remain available and can grow easily. Virtualizing SQL Server reduces complexity, improves flexibility and reliability of the infrastructure, and allows for simple disaster recovery and provisioning of new resources. The solution consists of VMware Infrastructure 3 for virtualization, EMC Celerra IP storage servers, Dell PowerEdge servers, and Microsoft SQL Server.
Help skilled workers succeed with Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme ...Principled Technologies
Instead of equipping consumer-grade tablets with rugged cases
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In our performance and durability tests, the Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablets performed better in demanding manufacturing, logistics, and field service environments than consumer-grade tablets with rugged cases. Both Rugged Extreme Tablets, with their greater thermal range, suffered less performance degradation in extreme temperatures, never failed and were merely scuffed after 26 hard drops, survived a 10 minute drenching with no ill effects, and were easier to view in direct sunlight than Apple iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 tablets.
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System Center 2012 for VMware InfrastructureBryan Dady
Slides from a group presentation I was privileged to participate in during the last Microsoft Management Summit (MMS, April 2013).
The original is hosted by Microsoft at http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MMS/2013/IM-B309, and I've copied this edition here for sharing on my LinkedIn profile.
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.
Veeam Backup & Replication - What’s New in 6.5Veeam Software
Virtualization changes everything—especially what you can
do with backup. Veeam® recognized the disruptive power
of virtualization early on, and designed a solution from the
ground up specifically for the new platform.
Virtual Solution for Microsoft SQL Serverwebhostingguy
This document describes a virtualization solution for running Microsoft SQL Server using VMware Infrastructure 3 and EMC Celerra IP Storage Server. The solution provides benefits like high availability, simplified disaster recovery, rapid provisioning, and accommodating future growth. It consists of VMware Infrastructure 3 for virtualization, EMC Celerra NS20 IP Storage Server for storage, Dell PowerEdge servers, and Microsoft SQL Server. Testing has validated the solution delivers reliable SQL Server performance in a virtualized environment.
Virtual Solution for Microsoft SQL Serverwebhostingguy
This document describes a virtualization solution for running Microsoft SQL Server using VMware Infrastructure 3 and EMC Celerra IP Storage servers. The solution provides benefits like high availability, scalability, and maintaining performance. It ensures SQL Server environments remain available and can grow easily. Virtualizing SQL Server reduces complexity, improves flexibility and reliability of the infrastructure, and allows for simple disaster recovery and provisioning of new resources. The solution consists of VMware Infrastructure 3 for virtualization, EMC Celerra IP storage servers, Dell PowerEdge servers, and Microsoft SQL Server.
Similar to Streamline operations with new and updated VMware vSphere 8.0 features on 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers (20)
Help skilled workers succeed with Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme ...Principled Technologies
Instead of equipping consumer-grade tablets with rugged cases
Conclusion
In our hands-on testing, the Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablets showed that they are better equipped to help skilled workers than consumer-grade Apple iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 tablets in multiple ways. They provide more built-in capabilities and features than the consumer-grade tablets we tested. And, while they were more expensive than the rugged-case fortified consumer-grade options we tested, their rugged claims were more than skin deep.
In our performance and durability tests, the Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablets performed better in demanding manufacturing, logistics, and field service environments than consumer-grade tablets with rugged cases. Both Rugged Extreme Tablets, with their greater thermal range, suffered less performance degradation in extreme temperatures, never failed and were merely scuffed after 26 hard drops, survived a 10 minute drenching with no ill effects, and were easier to view in direct sunlight than Apple iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 tablets.
Bring ideas to life with the HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation - InfographicPrincipled Technologies
We compared CPU performance and noise output of an HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation in High Performance Mode to a similarly configured Dell Precision 3660 Tower Workstation in its out-of-box performance mode
Investing in GenAI: Cost‑benefit analysis of Dell on‑premises deployments vs....Principled Technologies
Conclusion
Diving into the world of GenAI has the potential to yield a great many benefits for your organization, but it first requires consideration for how best to implement those GenAI workloads. Whether your AI goals are to create a chatbot for online visitors, generate marketing materials, aid troubleshooting, or something else, implementing an AI solution requires careful planning and decision-making. A major decision is whether to host GenAI in the cloud or keep your data on premises. Traditional on-premises solutions can provide superior security and control, a substantial concern when dealing with large amounts of potentially sensitive data. But will supporting a GenAI solution on site be a drain on an organization’s IT budget?
In our research, we found that the value proposition is just the opposite: Hosting GenAI workloads on premises, either in a traditional Dell solution or using a managed Dell APEX pay-per-use solution, could significantly lower your GenAI costs over 3 years compared to hosting these workloads in the cloud. In fact, we found that a comparable AWS SageMaker solution would cost up to 3.8 times as much and an Azure ML solution would cost up to 3.6 times as much as GenAI on a Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. These results show that organizations looking to implement GenAI and reap the business benefits to come can find many advantages in an on-premises Dell solution, whether they opt to purchase and manage it themselves or choose a subscription-based Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. Choosing an on-premises Dell solution could save your organization significantly over hosting GenAI in the cloud, while giving you control over the security and privacy of your data as well as any updates and changes to the environment, and while ensuring your environment is managed consistently.
Workstations powered by Intel can play a vital role in CPU-intensive AI devel...Principled Technologies
In three AI development workflows, Intel processor-powered workstations delivered strong performance, without using their GPUs, making them a good choice for this part of the AI process
Conclusion
We executed three AI development workflows on tower workstations and mobile workstations from three vendors, with each workflow utilizing only the Intel CPU cores, and found that these platforms were suitable for carrying out various AI tasks. For two of the workflows, we learned that completing the tasks on the tower workstations took roughly half as much time as on the mobile workstations. This supports the idea that the tower workstations would be appropriate for a development environment for more complex models with a greater volume of data and that the mobile workstations would be well-suited for data scientists fine-tuning simpler models. In the third workflow, we explored tower workstation performance with different precision levels and learned that using 16-bit floating point precision allowed the workstations to execute the workflow in less time and also reduced memory usage dramatically. For all three AI workflows we executed, we consider the time the workstations needed to complete the tasks to be acceptable, and believe that these workstations can be appropriate, cost-effective choices for these kinds of activities.
Enable security features with no impact to OLTP performance with Dell PowerEd...Principled Technologies
Get comparable online transaction processing (OLTP) performance with or without enabling AMD Secure Memory Encryption and AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization - Encrypted State
Conclusion
You’ve likely already implemented many security measures for your servers, which may include physical security for the data center, hardware-level security, and software-level security. With the cost of data breaches high and still growing, however, wise IT teams will consider what additional security measures they may be able to implement.
AMD SME and SEV-ES are technologies that are already available within your AMD processor-powered 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers—and in our testing, we saw that they can offer extra layers of security without affecting performance. We compared the online transaction processing performance of a Dell PowerEdge R7625 server, powered by AMD EPYC 9274F processors, with and without these two security features enabled. We found that enabling AMD Secure Memory Encryption and Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Encrypted State did not impact performance at all.
If your team is assessing areas where you might be able to enhance security—without paying a large performance cost—consider enabling AME SME and AMD SEV-ES in your Dell PowerEdge servers.
Improving energy efficiency in the data center: Endure higher temperatures wi...Principled Technologies
In high-temperature test scenarios, a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server continued running an intensive workload without component warnings or failures, while a Supermicro SYS‑621C-TN12R server failed
Conclusion: Remain resilient in high temperatures with the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 to help increase efficiency
Increasing your data center’s temperature can help your organization make strides in energy efficiency and cooling cost savings. With servers that can hold up to these higher everyday temperatures—as well as high temperatures due to unforeseen circumstances—your business can continue to deliver the performance your apps and clients require.
When we ran an intensive floating-point workload on a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 and a Supermicro SYS-621CTN12R in three scenario types simulating typical operations at 25°C, a fan failure, and an HVAC malfunction, the Dell server experienced no component warnings or failures. In contrast, the Supermicro server experienced warnings in all three scenario types and experienced component failures in the latter two tests, rendering the system unusable. When we inspected and analyzed each system, we found that the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server’s motherboard layout, fans, and chassis offered cooling design advantages.
For businesses aiming to meet sustainability goals by running hotter data centers, as well as those concerned with server cooling design, the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 is a strong contender to take on higher temperatures during day-to-day operations and unexpected malfunctions.
Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift: An easily deployable and powe...Principled Technologies
The 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor‑powered solution deployed in less than two hours and ran a Kubernetes container-based generative AI workload effectively
Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift: An easily deployable and powe...Principled Technologies
The 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor‑powered solution deployed in less than two hours and ran a generative AI workload effectively
Conclusion
The appeal of incorporating GenAI into your organization’s operations is likely great. Getting started with an efficient solution for your next LLM workload or application can seem daunting because of the changing hardware and software landscape, but Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift powered by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors could provide the solution you need. We started with a Dell Validated Design as a reference, and then went on to modify the deployment as necessary for our Llama 2 workload. The Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift solution worked well for our LLM, and by using this deployment guide in conjunction with numerous Dell documents and some flexibility, you could be well on your way to innovating your next GenAI breakthrough.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
For organizations running clusters of moderately configured, older Dell PowerEdge servers with a previous version of VCF, upgrading to better-configured modern servers can provide a significant performance boost and more.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5
If your company is struggling with underperforming infrastructure, upgrading to 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers running VCF 5.1 could be just what you need to handle more database throughput and reduce vSAN latencies. As an additional benefit to IT admins, we also found that the embedded VMware Aria Operation adapter provided useful infrastructure insights.
Realize 2.1X the performance with 20% less power with AMD EPYC processor-back...Principled Technologies
Three AMD EPYC processor-based two-processor solutions outshined comparable Intel Xeon Scalable processor-based solutions by handling more Redis workload transactions and requests while consuming less power
Conclusion
Performance and energy efficiency are significant factors in processor selection for servers running data-intensive workloads, such as Redis. We compared the Redis performance and energy consumption of a server cluster in three AMD EPYC two-processor configurations against that of a server cluster in two Intel Xeon Scalable two-processor configurations. In each of our three test scenarios, the server cluster backed by AMD EPYC processors outperformed the server cluster backed by Intel Xeon Scalable processors. In addition, one of the AMD EPYC processor-based clusters consumed 20 percent less power than its Intel Xeon Scalable processor-based counterpart. Combining these measurements gave us power efficiency metrics that demonstrate how valuable AMD EPYC processor-based servers could be—you could see better performance per watt with these AMD EPYC processor-based server clusters and potentially get more from your Redis or other data intensive applications and workloads while reducing data center power costs.
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.
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.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
HCL Notes und Domino Lizenzkostenreduzierung in der Welt von DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-und-domino-lizenzkostenreduzierung-in-der-welt-von-dlau/
DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie häufige Konfigurationsprobleme lösen können, die dazu führen können, dass mehr Benutzer gezählt werden als nötig, und wie Sie überflüssige oder ungenutzte Konten identifizieren und entfernen können, um Geld zu sparen. Es gibt auch einige Ansätze, die zu unnötigen Ausgaben führen können, z. B. wenn ein Personendokument anstelle eines Mail-Ins für geteilte Mailboxen verwendet wird. Wir zeigen Ihnen solche Fälle und deren Lösungen. Und natürlich erklären wir Ihnen das neue Lizenzmodell.
Nehmen Sie an diesem Webinar teil, bei dem HCL-Ambassador Marc Thomas und Gastredner Franz Walder Ihnen diese neue Welt näherbringen. Es vermittelt Ihnen die Tools und das Know-how, um den Überblick zu bewahren. Sie werden in der Lage sein, Ihre Kosten durch eine optimierte Domino-Konfiguration zu reduzieren und auch in Zukunft gering zu halten.
Diese Themen werden behandelt
- Reduzierung der Lizenzkosten durch Auffinden und Beheben von Fehlkonfigurationen und überflüssigen Konten
- Wie funktionieren CCB- und CCX-Lizenzen wirklich?
- Verstehen des DLAU-Tools und wie man es am besten nutzt
- Tipps für häufige Problembereiche, wie z. B. Team-Postfächer, Funktions-/Testbenutzer usw.
- Praxisbeispiele und Best Practices zum sofortigen Umsetzen
Best 20 SEO Techniques To Improve Website Visibility In SERPPixlogix Infotech
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UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
AI 101: An Introduction to the Basics and Impact of Artificial IntelligenceIndexBug
Imagine a world where machines not only perform tasks but also learn, adapt, and make decisions. This is the promise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a technology that's not just enhancing our lives but revolutionizing entire industries.
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Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
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Streamline operations with new and updated VMware vSphere 8.0 features on 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers
1. Boost security for
cloned VMs
TPM Provision Policy
enables admins to
replace vTPMs when
scaling out VMs
Configure and
manage multiple
hosts in a cluster
simultaneously
Lifecycle Manager and
Configuration Profiles
enable cluster-wide
host remediation
and configuration
Streamline operations with new
and updated VMware vSphere
8.0 features on 16th
Generation
Dell PowerEdge servers
Managing infrastructure at scale requires significant
monitoring and maintenance from data center
administrators. By updating your environment with
clusters of latest 16th
Generation Dell™
PowerEdge™
servers and the latest versions of software, you can arm
administrators with cutting-edge tools to help simplify
routine tasks. The latest release of VMware®
vSphere®
,
version 8.0, offers new and updated features to make
monitoring and managing Dell PowerEdge servers easier.
Connecting to a cluster of two remote 16th
Generation
Dell PowerEdge R6625 servers from our data center, we
explored how vSphere 8.0 can simplify some PowerEdge
server, host, and VM configuration tasks as well as
some ongoing monitoring tasks. We found that the
new and upgraded vSphere 8.0 features we evaluated
provide the functionality they aim to deliver. For your
organization, that could translate to better hardware and
software performance and less downtime. In addition,
your data center admins could focus less on routine
management and monitoring tasks and spend more time
on remediation or other work to help the organization.
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April 2023 (Revised)
Streamline operations with new and updated VMware vSphere 8.0 features on 16th
Generation Dell PowerEdge servers
A Principled Technologies report: Hands-on testing. Real-world results.
2. Testing advances in server, host, and VM configuration and lifecycle
and resource management for vSphere clusters of latest 16th
Generation Dell PowerEdge servers
Centralized management capabilities for VMware vSphere continue to improve with each release to further ease
management burdens for administrators. Equipping your admins with the latest 16th
Generation Dell PowerEdge
servers and vSphere technology gives them the tools to maintain a healthy virtual environment running in
clusters, regardless of scale.
Our engineers connected to a remote Dell data center equipped with new 16th
Generation PowerEdge R6625
servers and had full control over deployment of VMware ESXi™
hosts, configuration, updates, and more for
testing. Using hands-on testing, documentation, and our own experience with previous VMware vSphere
versions, we sought to enumerate some of the improvements available in vSphere 8.0.
Note: In this project, we did not directly test vSphere 7 or compare the vSphere 8 features to those in vSphere
7; however, in performing testing and writing this report, our team did draw on our extensive past experience
with vSphere 7. For step-by-step details of how we tested and configuration details for the 16th
Generation Dell
PowerEdge servers we used, read the Science behind the report. Table 1 summarizes the changes we found in
vSphere 8.0 and how they can help streamline data center operations.
Table 1: Summary of the lifecycle management features we investigated in vSphere 8.0 compared to the previous version.
Source: Principled Technologies.
Admin task vSphere 7.0 approach vSphere 8.0 approach Benefits of vSphere 8.0
Configuring at scale
Uses host/baseline profiles and
Update Manager
vSphere Configuration Profiles
replace host/baseline profiles
Consistent cluster-wide configuration
across all hosts in a cluster
Built-in configuration drift detection
Virtual TPM provisioning Supports TPM 2.0
TPM Provision Policy allows
administrators to clone VMs and
regenerate unique vTPM keys
Quickly secures VMs when using
encryption technologies
Enables scale out of secured Windows
11 VMs
Staging updates
Hosts must be in maintenance
mode for updates
Hosts do not need to be in
maintenance mode
Payload staging without
requiring maintenance mode
Quickly update hosts without migrating
VMs
Seamless payload staging in
production environments
Remediating issues in
the cluster
Sequential host remediation
Option to remediate multiple
hosts in parallel
Fast remediation across the cluster
Minimize time in maintenance mode
About VMware vSphere 8.0
vSphere is an enterprise compute virtualization program that aims to bring “the benefits of cloud to
on-premises workloads” by combining “industry-leading cloud infrastructure technology with data
processing unit (DPU)- and GPU-based acceleration to boost workload performance.”1
This latest version introduces the vSphere Distributed Services Engine, which enables organizations to
distribute infrastructure services across compute resources available to the VMware ESXi host and, for
systems with DPUs, offload networking functions to the DPU.2
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3. Assessing monitoring and remediation tools
After deployment, your clusters of latest 16th
Generation Dell PowerEdge servers will need frequent monitoring
and management to prevent configuration drift and ensure optimal performance levels. In our cluster, we used
vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) to look for any issues on the hosts or VMs, update software for the hosts and
VMs, and remediate issues simultaneously.
In this section, we also discuss how applying updates and remediation differ from previous vSphere versions and
what those differences could mean for users.
Stage cluster image updates
To help reduce the likelihood of failure or issues, vLCM can stage host updates in a cluster in vSphere 8. Admins
do not need to put hosts into maintenance mode when staging updates, which can lessen the time that hosts
must spend in maintenance mode and thus reduce potential downtime due to host updating. In addition,
VMs do not need to shut down or migrate to a host not in maintenance mode. In vSphere 7, admins would
need to place hosts in maintenance mode before updating or patching and power down VMs or move them
to another host.
Remediate hosts in a 16th
Generation Dell PowerEdge server cluster in parallel
vSphere 7 supported sequential remediation of hosts. If an admin had to apply a patch to multiple hosts, for
example, they would have to do so host by host. Admins would need to place hosts in maintenance mode to
remediate them, and as previously noted about maintenance mode, that would extend the duration that hosts
are in the mode and could require significant and complex migration of VMs.
Now in vSphere 8.0, admins can remediate multiple hosts in parallel. That can mean less time in maintenance
mode and less hands-on time for admins applying patches and updates or fixing an issue. Perhaps most
importantly, parallel remediation of hosts could reduce the overall time to remediate a cluster of latest
16th
Generation Dell PowerEdge servers. VMware notes that admins “can choose to remediate all hosts in
maintenance mode or define the number of parallel remediations to perform at a given time.”3
In our testing, we
remediated all hosts in parallel, and the feature functioned as intended.
About vSphere Lifecycle Manager
First released in vSphere 7, vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) replaces baseline lifecycle
management tool vSphere Update Manager in vSphere 8. vLCM is a tool that “enables centralized
and simplified lifecycle management for VMware ESXi hosts through the use of images and
baselines.”4
In addition to installing ESXi and firmware updates on hosts, maintenance operations of
vLCM include compliance checks, remediation, remediation checks, and staging to ensure that your
vSphere VMs are up to date and match the images your organization has approved.5
To learn more about vSphere Lifecycle Manager, visit https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-
vSphere/8.0/vsphere-lifecycle-manager/GUID-74295A37-E8BB-4EB9-BFBA-47B78F0C570D.html.
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4. Exploring tasks to simplify 16th
Generation Dell PowerEdge
server setup
Adding vSphere hosts to a cluster of latest 16th
Generation Dell PowerEdge servers requires standard
configuration tasks to keep new hosts in line with current organization patching baselines. We used the
new vSphere 8.0 feature Configuration Profiles to configure a cluster at scale. We then created a VM
and cloned it using the virtual TPM provisioning feature. We then found the closest possible feature
or process match based on vSphere 7 documentation and considered how the vSphere 8.0 processes
changed or improved.
Configure hosts in a cluster at scale
Configuration Profiles, a new feature in vSphere 8.0, allows admins to configure all hosts in a PowerEdge
cluster at once with the same configuration. Ensuring hosts in a cluster have the same configuration can
help minimize errors at the host level so VMs can function properly regardless of placement within the
cluster. For example, if you’re clustering PowerEdge R6625 servers for high-performance computing (HPC)
or virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) workloads in a vSphere environment, Configuration Profiles would
enable all hosts to share the same settings. This would mean guest VMs running those workloads use the
same licensing and have the same network and storage access and security settings.
Configuration Profiles defines host configuration at the cluster object level. According to VMware, “Rather
than define separate entities in the form of host profiles and have them attached to clusters or hosts, the
cluster configuration is defined and contained within the cluster object itself, so you don’t have to worry
about attaching anything to anything else.”6
To further replicate the host configuration, admins can export
it as a JSON document and import the file into other clusters or vCenters.
In addition to applying a consistent configuration to all hosts in a PowerEdge cluster, Configuration
Profiles also monitors for configuration drift. Ad hoc changes to hardware and software in an environment
can result in changes to the host configuration, affecting the VMs and environment in potentially adverse
ways. With consistent profiles, admins can run compliancy checks on the hosts to determine if any host
has drifted from the baseline configuration. If the admin notices any drift, they can then remediate it.
Configuration Profiles is still in technical preview, and VMware notes that vSphere 8.0 still supports Host
Profiles but will supplant the previous tool eventually with Configuration Profiles.7
Reduce potential issues when securing VMs
Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) and virtual TPMs (vTPMs) can boost security for your Dell PowerEdge
servers by securely creating and storing cryptographic keys. In a cluster with multiple VMs, however,
vTPM can complicate scaling out VMs via cloning. Cloning a VM with a vTPM means cloning TPM secret
Endorsement Keys (EKs), which could introduce security risks.
vSphere 8 offers a new feature, called TPM Provision Policy, to tackle this issue. The feature enables users
to either clone or replace a vTPM when cloning a VM. The clone option clones the vTPM secret EKs, and
the replace option resets the vTPM as if the VM was new and not a clone. Simply put, TPM Provision
Policy ensures each cloned VM can have a unique vTPM.
This is especially important for scaling Windows 11 VMs. Windows 11 requires TPM or vTPM in physical
devices and VMs, so using TPM Provision Policy would enable users to scale out Windows 11 VMs
quickly and with less hassle. For example, a cluster of PowerEdge R6625 servers running VDI could scale
Windows 11 VMs quickly while ensuring the VMs have the correct TPM security protocols in place.
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5. Conclusion
By using the latest software and 16th
Generation Dell PowerEdge servers in your VMware vSphere environment,
you can provide your data center administrators with new or updated tools that simplify routine tasks in both
initial host setup and ongoing monitoring. In our exploration of the latest features in vSphere 8.0 Lifecycle
Manager, we found that vSphere 8.0 on latest 16th
Generation Dell PowerEdge servers offers advantages
compared to the previous generation, which may make an infrastructure update worth your while. By introducing
vSphere Configuration Profiles and providing simpler image updates to vSphere clusters, VMware vSphere 8.0
on latest 16th
Generation Dell PowerEdge servers can help streamline operations for your administrative staff.
1. VMware, “VMware vSphere,” accessed January 12, 2023,
https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/vsphere/vmw-vsphere-datasheet.pdf.
2. VMware, “Introducing VMware vSphere Distributed Services Engine and Networking Acceleration by Using DPUs,”
accessed January 12, 2023, https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-esxi-installation/GUID-EC3CE886-
63A9-4FF0-B79F-111BCB61038F.html.
3. VMware, “What’s New in vSphere 8?,” accessed March 8, 2023, https://core.vmware.com/resource/whats-new-vsphere-
8#sec21112-sub2.
4. VMware, “About vSphere Lifecycle Manager,” accessed January 19, 2023, https://docs.vmware.com/en/VM-
ware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-lifecycle-manager/GUID-74295A37-E8BB-4EB9-BFBA-47B78F0C570D.html.
5. VMware, “About vSphere Lifecycle Manager.”
6. VMware, “vSphere 8 What’s New? Technical Overview,” accessed March 6, 2023,
https://youtu.be/aAQE5RWKWQM?t=1210.
7. VMware, “What’s New in vSphere 8?”
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“Dell PowerEdge 16G Intel Servers
Announced,” accessed January 19, 2023,
https://www.storagereview.com/news/
dell-poweredge-16g-intel-servers-announced.
About latest 16th
Generation Dell PowerEdge servers
The latest line of servers from Dell, PowerEdge servers come in multiple form factors for workload
acceleration. Also new in 16th
Generation Dell PowerEdge servers is the Dell PowerEdge RAID controller
12 (PERC 12 Series), which offers expanded support and capabilities compared to previous versions,
including support for SAS4, SATA, and NVMe drive types.
According to the StorageReview blog, “[The 16G portfolio] includes PCI Gen5 slots, DDR5, and servers
with Gen5 SSD support in the E3.S form factor. Beyond the massive performance gains in going from
Gen4 to Gen5 SSDs, there’s a capacity gain as well, as these are 7mm z-height compared to 15mm in
the U.2/U.3 SSD. This means Dell can squeeze 60% more density in the 1U chassis of the R660 and 33%
more in the R760.”8
To learn more about the latest 16th
Generation Dell PowerEdge servers, visit https://www.dell.com/en-
us/shop/dell-poweredge-servers/sc/servers.
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