The PowerEdge R750 solution boosted performance compared to a previous-generation PowerEdge R740 with PERC 10
Conclusion
Companies increasingly turn to big data applications to solve business problems such as understanding customer habits and behavior, maintaining electronic health records, and detecting fraud. In a 2022 survey of executives, 97.0 percent had invested in big data initiatives, and 73.7 percent said their organizations had appointed a Chief Data Officer (CDO), up from 12 percent in 2012.
With so much data at play, storage becomes an essential consideration for companies as they select hardware platforms to run their vital workloads. Two primary requirements for storage are fast performance and redundancy. Companies seek storage that can quickly put actionable insights into the hands of decision makers. At the same time, it is a fact of life that storage media occasionally fails, and no company wants to risk the potentially very large expense of losing vital business data.
In our testing with a disk-intensive TeraSort big data workload, we found that a current-generation Dell PowerEdge R750 server with a Broadcom-based Dell PERC 11 RAID controller with NVMe SSDs outperformed a previous-generation PowerEdge R740 server with a Dell PERC 10 RAID controller. The newer PowerEdge R750 solution completed the workload in 13.9 percent less time and with 16.3 percent better throughput, indicating that it could speed the delivery of insights to decision makers. With its PERC 11 RAID controller, it also offers RAID support for today’s speedy NVMe SSDs. Data-driven organizations must weigh the cost savings of putting off purchases of newer servers against the benefits of investing in those same newer, more powerful servers with RAID support for NVMe drives. Our testing shows that with the Dell PowerEdge R750 server with a Broadcom technology-based Dell PERC 11 RAID controller, buyers need not choose between redundancy and high performance.
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Compared to a legacy solution, this new Dell solution increased Hadoop performance in our testing. For the most up-to-date decision-making based on big data, you need a solution that can analyze that data quickly. In our testing with the TeraSort benchmark on two Apache Hadoop environments, a Dell PowerEdge R750 server with Dell PERC 11 RAID controller completed a big data workload faster and with higher throughput than a previous-generation PowerEdge R740 server with PERC 10 RAID controller.
Finish Hadoop workloads faster and with higher throughput with Dell PowerEdge...Principled Technologies
Compared to an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server with HPE Smart Array P440ar Controller.
In the area of big data analysis, speed is vital. We used the TeraSort benchmark to test two Apache Hadoop environments: a Dell PowerEdge R750 server with a Dell PERC 11 RAID controller, and an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server with an HPE Smart Array P440ar Controller. In both time to complete the workload and throughput, the Dell PERC 11 solution came out on top.
Dell PowerEdge R750 servers: Stronger Apache Hadoop big data performance with high availability
Conclusion
Organizations of all sizes have incorporated big data applications into their workflows, and rely on them daily. The enormous volume of information that companies now contend with drives the need for effective storage solutions. These solutions must support strong performance by delivering speedy access to data, which helps companies make critical business decisions in a timely manner. In addition, effective storage solutions protect data and keep it available even if individual storage components stop working.
We ran a disk-intensive TeraSort big data workload on two server-and-storage solutions. Both solutions used RAID for redundancy, but only one of them used high-speed NVMe storage media. The current-generation Dell PowerEdge R750 server with a Dell PERC 11 RAID controller and NVMe storage outperformed the previous-generation HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server with an HPE Smart Array P440ar Controller. The Dell solution completed a disk-intensive TeraSort workload in 27 percent less time and achieved a 36 percent greater throughput rate. These results show that by selecting the Dell PowerEdge R750 server with a Dell PERC 11 RAID controller, companies no longer need to choose between the data protection that comes with true redundant hardware RAID solutions and the performance benefits of the fastest NVMe drives. The Dell-Broadcom solution lets companies have both.
Data proliferation and machine learning: The case for upgrading your servers ...Principled Technologies
Principled Technologies examined the performance improvements and cost savings associated with upgrading to the 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge R7625 for machine learning algorithms
Conclusion
As data proliferates and the sizes of databases grow, the potential to unlock valuable insights from them becomes increasingly dependent on fast architectures that can handle compute-intensive machine learning workloads such as k-means clustering and Bayesian inference. By upgrading to the latest servers, organizations can scale their processing power to meet the growing demands of their databases.
Larger databases and more powerful algorithms have the potential to give organizations a competitive edge. Faster servers can improve the accuracy of data-driven decisions by allowing organizations to use more complex algorithms and update ML models more frequently. To consider just two examples, improved performance could allow an e-commerce company to make better recommendations to customers and a financial services company to assess risks more accurately.
When we compared the machine learning performance of a 16G Dell PowerEdge R7625 server powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC 64-core processors with Broadcom NICs and PERC 11 storage controllers to a previous-generation PowerEdge server, we found performance enhancements in terms of throughput and speed, whether running k-means clustering or Bayesian workloads. These findings suggest that organizations that rely on machine learning algorithms might gain performance advantages by upgrading to the latest generation of these Dell servers.
DellEMC PowerEdge R740xd Rack Server - Sinteza CoSintezaCo
The document compares the performance of Dell PowerEdge R740xd servers with Intel Xeon Scalable processors using VMware vSAN storage against Dell PowerEdge R720 servers using traditional HDD storage. Testing showed the R740xd cluster processed database transactions 8 times faster, supported 12 times the input/output operations, and had 98% lower storage latency. This superior performance from the newer hardware could help businesses better support customer needs.
Handle more Oracle transactions and support more VMs with the Dell PowerEdge ...Principled Technologies
Compared to the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 with Smart Array P440ar Controller
If your organization runs Oracle Database for OLTP workloads, moving to a Dell PowerEdge R7625 with PERC 12 could be a choice that improves your overall performance and allows you to consolidate your data center hardware. In our tests, the PowerEdge R7625 with PERC 12 delivered 6.3 times the total NOPM and supported 2.5 times the number of VMs the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server did. By harnessing the power of the latest in RAID controller technology, the PowerEdge R7625 can provide an upgraded Oracle Database experience compared to the competitor we tested.
Run more data analysis more quickly using Dell PowerEdge R760 serversPrincipled Technologies
The latest-generation Dell PowerEdge R760 server, powered by 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, performed more data analysis in less time than either older server we tested
Data analytics can play a critical role in understanding your organization. With timely data analysis, decision‑makers can respond to trends or activity quickly and with the support of data-driven insight. New Dell PowerEdge R760 servers, either in addition to or in place of aging servers, can boost data warehouse workload performance to deliver insights sooner. In our testing, a latest-generation Dell PowerEdge R760 server powered by 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors completed 20 data analytics workloads in up to 41 percent less time than older Dell PowerEdge R750 and PowerEdge R740xd servers.
Boost throughput for big data workloads with Dell PowerEdge R750 servers feat...Principled Technologies
This document summarizes a report that tested the performance of Dell PowerEdge R750 servers with Dell PowerEdge RAID Controllers (PERC 11) for big data workloads compared to a legacy Dell PowerEdge R740 server solution. The new Dell solution completed a TeraSort Hadoop workload 13.9% faster and achieved 16.3% higher throughput. Faster data analysis allows organizations to make decisions based on more up-to-date big data.
Boost throughput for big data workloads with Dell PowerEdge R750 servers feat...Principled Technologies
Compared to a legacy solution, this new Dell solution increased Hadoop performance in our testing. For the most up-to-date decision-making based on big data, you need a solution that can analyze that data quickly. In our testing with the TeraSort benchmark on two Apache Hadoop environments, a Dell PowerEdge R750 server with Dell PERC 11 RAID controller completed a big data workload faster and with higher throughput than a previous-generation PowerEdge R740 server with PERC 10 RAID controller.
Finish Hadoop workloads faster and with higher throughput with Dell PowerEdge...Principled Technologies
Compared to an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server with HPE Smart Array P440ar Controller.
In the area of big data analysis, speed is vital. We used the TeraSort benchmark to test two Apache Hadoop environments: a Dell PowerEdge R750 server with a Dell PERC 11 RAID controller, and an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server with an HPE Smart Array P440ar Controller. In both time to complete the workload and throughput, the Dell PERC 11 solution came out on top.
Dell PowerEdge R750 servers: Stronger Apache Hadoop big data performance with high availability
Conclusion
Organizations of all sizes have incorporated big data applications into their workflows, and rely on them daily. The enormous volume of information that companies now contend with drives the need for effective storage solutions. These solutions must support strong performance by delivering speedy access to data, which helps companies make critical business decisions in a timely manner. In addition, effective storage solutions protect data and keep it available even if individual storage components stop working.
We ran a disk-intensive TeraSort big data workload on two server-and-storage solutions. Both solutions used RAID for redundancy, but only one of them used high-speed NVMe storage media. The current-generation Dell PowerEdge R750 server with a Dell PERC 11 RAID controller and NVMe storage outperformed the previous-generation HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server with an HPE Smart Array P440ar Controller. The Dell solution completed a disk-intensive TeraSort workload in 27 percent less time and achieved a 36 percent greater throughput rate. These results show that by selecting the Dell PowerEdge R750 server with a Dell PERC 11 RAID controller, companies no longer need to choose between the data protection that comes with true redundant hardware RAID solutions and the performance benefits of the fastest NVMe drives. The Dell-Broadcom solution lets companies have both.
Data proliferation and machine learning: The case for upgrading your servers ...Principled Technologies
Principled Technologies examined the performance improvements and cost savings associated with upgrading to the 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge R7625 for machine learning algorithms
Conclusion
As data proliferates and the sizes of databases grow, the potential to unlock valuable insights from them becomes increasingly dependent on fast architectures that can handle compute-intensive machine learning workloads such as k-means clustering and Bayesian inference. By upgrading to the latest servers, organizations can scale their processing power to meet the growing demands of their databases.
Larger databases and more powerful algorithms have the potential to give organizations a competitive edge. Faster servers can improve the accuracy of data-driven decisions by allowing organizations to use more complex algorithms and update ML models more frequently. To consider just two examples, improved performance could allow an e-commerce company to make better recommendations to customers and a financial services company to assess risks more accurately.
When we compared the machine learning performance of a 16G Dell PowerEdge R7625 server powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC 64-core processors with Broadcom NICs and PERC 11 storage controllers to a previous-generation PowerEdge server, we found performance enhancements in terms of throughput and speed, whether running k-means clustering or Bayesian workloads. These findings suggest that organizations that rely on machine learning algorithms might gain performance advantages by upgrading to the latest generation of these Dell servers.
DellEMC PowerEdge R740xd Rack Server - Sinteza CoSintezaCo
The document compares the performance of Dell PowerEdge R740xd servers with Intel Xeon Scalable processors using VMware vSAN storage against Dell PowerEdge R720 servers using traditional HDD storage. Testing showed the R740xd cluster processed database transactions 8 times faster, supported 12 times the input/output operations, and had 98% lower storage latency. This superior performance from the newer hardware could help businesses better support customer needs.
Handle more Oracle transactions and support more VMs with the Dell PowerEdge ...Principled Technologies
Compared to the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 with Smart Array P440ar Controller
If your organization runs Oracle Database for OLTP workloads, moving to a Dell PowerEdge R7625 with PERC 12 could be a choice that improves your overall performance and allows you to consolidate your data center hardware. In our tests, the PowerEdge R7625 with PERC 12 delivered 6.3 times the total NOPM and supported 2.5 times the number of VMs the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server did. By harnessing the power of the latest in RAID controller technology, the PowerEdge R7625 can provide an upgraded Oracle Database experience compared to the competitor we tested.
Run more data analysis more quickly using Dell PowerEdge R760 serversPrincipled Technologies
The latest-generation Dell PowerEdge R760 server, powered by 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, performed more data analysis in less time than either older server we tested
Data analytics can play a critical role in understanding your organization. With timely data analysis, decision‑makers can respond to trends or activity quickly and with the support of data-driven insight. New Dell PowerEdge R760 servers, either in addition to or in place of aging servers, can boost data warehouse workload performance to deliver insights sooner. In our testing, a latest-generation Dell PowerEdge R760 server powered by 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors completed 20 data analytics workloads in up to 41 percent less time than older Dell PowerEdge R750 and PowerEdge R740xd servers.
Boost throughput for big data workloads with Dell PowerEdge R750 servers feat...Principled Technologies
This document summarizes a report that tested the performance of Dell PowerEdge R750 servers with Dell PowerEdge RAID Controllers (PERC 11) for big data workloads compared to a legacy Dell PowerEdge R740 server solution. The new Dell solution completed a TeraSort Hadoop workload 13.9% faster and achieved 16.3% higher throughput. Faster data analysis allows organizations to make decisions based on more up-to-date big data.
Apache Cassandra performance advantages of the new Dell PowerEdge C6620 with ...Principled Technologies
The PowerEdge C6620 with PERC 12 delivered lower latency and higher throughput than an HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen9 server with an HPE Smart Array P440ar controller
Conclusion
Data proliferation today is rapid, and its growth shows no signs of stopping. For businesses that can take advantage of that data, there is tremendous potential value. One recent McKinsey study notes that “companies that are using data-driven B2B sales-growth engines report above-market growth and EBITDA increases in the range of 15 to 25 percent.” With data flooding in so quickly and in so many different forms, however, companies need high-performing big data solutions to have a chance at utilizing that data effectively.
We tested the performance of two platforms with a read-intensive Apache Cassandra database system bigdata workload to assess which might be better suited to speedily deliver the insights decision makers need. Compared to an older HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen9 server with an HPE Smart Array P440ar controller, the new Dell PowerEdge C6620 with Broadcom-based PERC 12 RAID controller delivered faster read and update latencies and more than twice the throughput. This improvement in performance can help you glean more value from your unstructured data more quickly. If you’re watching your stores of unstructured data grow but are still leaning on older servers for your critical Cassandra workloads, it may be time for an upgrade.
Dell PowerEdge C6620 server with Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC 12) ana...Principled Technologies
Dell PowerEdge C6620 server with Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC 12) analyzed Cassandra database data more quickly than an HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen9 server with an HPE Smart Array P440ar controller
Detailed, up-to-the-moment data analysis is becoming increasingly important for those who make business decisions. In our hands-on tests, a Dell PowerEdge C6620 server with a Dell PERC 12 RAID controller handled more operations per second for data analysis Cassandra workloads than an HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen9
server with an HPE Smart Array P440ar controller. By selecting the Dell solution, you could give the decisionmakers in your organization earlier access to in-depth, actionable intelligence, by finding anomalies quickly in unstructured data.
Achieve more storage performance with Dell PowerEdge R750 servers equipped wi...Principled Technologies
The document compares the performance of Dell PowerEdge R750 servers equipped with Broadcom PCIe Gen4 switches to Dell PowerEdge R740xd servers with PCIe Gen3 switches. Testing showed the R750 with Gen4 switches processed over 6.5M more random read IOPS and sustained over twice the throughput on sequential read workloads compared to the R740xd with Gen3 switches. Upgrading to the R750 with Gen4 could help organizations handle more storage requests and process data faster.
Finish Hadoop workloads faster and with higher throughput with Dell PowerEdge...Principled Technologies
Compared to an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server with HPE Smart Array P440ar Controller. In the area of big data analysis, speed is vital. We used the TeraSort benchmark to test two Apache Hadoop environments: a Dell PowerEdge R750 server with a Dell PERC 11 RAID controller, and an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server with an HPE Smart Array P440ar Controller.
In both time to complete the workload and throughput, the Dell PERC 11 solution came out on top.
Dell PowerEdge R920 running Oracle Database: Benefits of upgrading with NVMe ...Principled Technologies
Strong server performance is essential to companies running Oracle Database. The new Dell PowerEdge R920 provides strong performance in its base configuration with 24 SAS hard disks, but this performance gets an enormous boost when running the configuration containing NVMe Express Flash PCIe SSDs. In our testing, the upgraded configuration of the Dell PowerEdge R920 delivered 14.9 times the database performance of the base configuration. In addition, in testing the raw I/O throughput of the NVMe Express Flash PCIe SSDs, we saw as much as 192.8 times the IOPS as compared to the base configuration. Given that the storage subsystem is critical in servers and specifically database applications, the performance improvements offered by NVMe Express Flash PCIe SSDs can lead to great service improvements for your customers, making this upgrade a very wise investment.
Boosting performance with the Dell Acceleration Appliance for DatabasesPrincipled Technologies
If your business is expanding and you need to support more users accessing your databases, it’s time to act. Upgrading your database infrastructure with a flash storage-based solution is a smart way to improve performance without adding more servers or taking up very much rack space, which comes at a premium. The Dell Acceleration Appliance for Databases addresses this by providing strong performance when combined with your existing infrastructure or on its own.
We found that adding a highly available DAAD solution to our database application provided up to 3.01 times the Oracle Database 12c performance, which can make a big difference to your bottom line. Additionally, the DAAD delivered 3.14 times the database performance when replacing traditional storage completely, which could enable your infrastructure to keep up with your growing business’ needs.
Speeding time to insight: The Dell PowerEdge C6620 with Dell PERC 12 RAID con...Principled Technologies
The new PowerEdge C6620 delivered better performance—both higher throughput and lower latency—than a previous-generation PowerEdge C6520 with PERC 11
Conclusion
The vast amounts of unstructured data that people and organizations generate daily have the potential to bring incredible value to companies that can utilize it quickly and correctly. Buried in the data are insights about consumer preferences, product performance, environmental trends, and more—but to access those insights at the speed of business, you need high-performing NoSQL databases. Aging servers may be holding you back from the full value of your data.
We found that the new Dell PowerEdge C6620 with Broadcom-based PERC 12 RAID controller can speed read-intensive Apache Cassandra database workloads compared to an older server solution. Faster read and update latencies and higher throughput, as we saw the PowerEdge C6620 deliver, can speed the retrieval, processing, and analysis of your unstructured data, enabling you to more effectively extract its value. To more fully utilize your data to inform your everyday business operations, consider the Dell PowerEdge C6620 with Broadcom-based PERC 12 RAID controller.
By upgrading from the legacy solution we tested to the new Intel processor-based Dell and VMware solution, you could do 18 times the work in the same amount of space. Imagine what that performance could mean to your business: Consolidate workloads from across your company, lower your power and cooling bills, and limit datacenter expansion in the future, all while maintaining a consistent user experience—the list of potential benefits is huge.
Try running DPACK, which can help you identify bottlenecks in your environment and inform you about your current performance needs. Then consider how the consolidation ratio we proved could be helpful for your company. The Intel processor-powered Dell PowerEdge R730 solution with VMware vSphere and Dell Storage SC4020, also powered by Intel, could be the right destination for your upgrade journey.
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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.
Dell PowerEdge R930 with Oracle: The benefits of upgrading to PCIe storage us...Principled Technologies
Strong server performance is essential to companies running Oracle Database. The new Dell PowerEdge R930 provided strong performance with 22 SAS HDDs, but this performance improved when we replaced all of the drives with SAS solid-state drives. It improved further when we used a mix of HDDs and SDDs along with SanDisk DAS Cache. We saw the greatest performance boost when we used eight PCIe SSDs with SanDisk DAS Cache. The upgraded configuration of the Dell PowerEdge R930 with PCIe SSDs and SanDisk DAS Cache delivered 11.1 times the database performance of the all-HDD configuration. This makes the new Dell PowerEdge R930 a powerful platform with scalable storage options that can potentially translate into significant service improvements for your business and your customers, which helps in maximizing ROI.
Process 84% more MySQL database activity with the latest-gen Dell PowerEdge R...Principled Technologies
The 16th Generation server handled more database transactions than a previous-generation PowerEdge R750 server with vSphere 7
New servers and software versions can be a boon for your organization. If you’re running MySQL workloads for web applications, retail, or other use cases, your organization could see a performance boost by upgrading to latest-generation Dell PowerEdge R760 servers running VMware vSphere 8.0. In our testing, a PowerEdge R760 server handled 84.5 percent more NOPM than an older Dell PowerEdge R750 server. We also found that Live Optics infrastructure monitoring software allows you to view performance data for new PowerEdge R760 and vSphere 8.0 environments so you can manage those resources to optimize your MySQL workloads.
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This new Dell PERC 12 solution delivered stronger Apache Cassandra distributed database performance than a legacy solution.
When speedy, in-depth analysis is crucial in a NoSQL environment, relying on legacy hardware can hurt your company. We found that a Dell PowerEdge C6620 server with a Dell PERC 12 RAID controller handled more OPS for a Cassandra data analysis workload than a previous-generation Dell PowerEdge C6520 server with a
PERC 11 RAID controller. This superior performance could help business units in your organization reap in-depth actionable intelligence from unstructured data more quickly.
Get better Oracle Database performance when you upgrade to the Dell PowerEdge...Principled Technologies
Compared to the previous-gen Dell PowerEdge R7525 with PERC 11
Even if your Oracle Database servers are running well, you could improve performance by switching out previous-generation hardware for the latest technology. Our testing found that this was true for various OLTP workload types, including a CPU-targeted database workload, an IO-targeted workload, and a Balanced CPU/IO workload, with the Dell PowerEdge R7625 with PERC 12 offering as much as 2.39 times the Oracle Database performance that the previous-gen PowerEdge R7525 with PERC 11 did. In addition, the PowerEdge R7625 with PERC 12 had lower %iowait across the board, again showing that upgrading to the latest-generation server can improve database performance for various workload profiles. By moving to a new PowerEdge R7625, your
organization can support more customers and realize better system efficiency, which ultimately provides the opportunity to consolidate onto fewer systems to reduce operating costs.
Database server comparison: Dell PowerEdge R630 vs. Lenovo ThinkServer RD550Principled Technologies
We tested the OLTP performance of a 1U Dell PowerEdge R630, powered by Intel Xeon processors E5-2660 v3, running Microsoft Hyper-V and virtual machines running SQL Server 2014, and compared it to that of the Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 running the same software. For each server, we selected the maximum SATA SSD count that was configurable for each model. The Dell PowerEdge R630 outperformed the Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 by 14.9 percent and offered more than one and a half times the storage space for data in our configuration.
By selecting a server that handles more orders per minute and offers significantly more storage capacity potential than the competition, you get a not only faster, efficient experience for your database users, but also have the scaling potential for your storage needs ahead of your business growing.
As our tests show, investing in the powerful new Dell PowerEdge R920 running Oracle VM Server 3.2.8 with Oracle Database 12c VMs achieves cost savings without compromising performance. In our testing, a single Dell PowerEdge R920 could perform five times the work of a single HP ProLiant DL385 G6 server; the costs to power and cool the Dell PowerEdge would be 43 percent less than the five servers it could replace. The three-year software licensing costs of the Dell PowerEdge R920 server would be 22 percent lower than the licensing costs for the five-server solution. These dramatic savings—which come out to $212,091 for our single test environment — could grow to millions of dollars in a larger consolidation effort.
The Dell PowerEdge R920 could replace nine older Oracle database servers and provide nine times the performance while reducing power consumption by 64% and lowering software licensing costs by 17%. Testing showed the R920 running Oracle Database 12c with pluggable databases provided significant savings over three years in power, cooling, and licensing costs compared to running the databases on nine older servers.
Run compute-intensive Apache Hadoop big data workloads faster with Dell EMC P...Principled Technologies
Moving compute-intensive, Hadoop big data workloads to current-generation Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 servers powered by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors could allow your organization to better meet the data analysis challenges of today. Faster analysis of large data sets means getting insight into your organization, products, and services sooner, which could help your organization grow and beat its competition.
A single-socket Dell EMC PowerEdge R7515 solution delivered better value on a...Principled Technologies
If your company is running important business applications in VMware vSAN clusters of servers that are several years old, chances are good that you’re considering upgrading to newer hardware. Our testing demonstrated that our clusters of single-socket Dell EMC PowerEdge R7515 servers and clusters of dual-socket HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 servers could both improve upon the database performance of a legacy cluster with five-year-old servers by more than 50 percent, with the Dell EMC cluster achieving 93.4 percent of the performance of the HPE cluster.
Run compute-intensive Apache Hadoop big data workloads faster with Dell EMC P...Principled Technologies
Efficiently running compute-heavy, Apache Hadoop big data workloads today might not translate to continued quality performance for growing data sets. Moving compute-intensive, Hadoop big data workloads to currentgeneration Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 servers powered by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors could allow your organization to better meet the data analysis challenges of today and have the resources to support growth. In our data center, a Hadoop cluster of PowerEdge R640 servers completed three big data workloads in less time by delivering greater throughput than a cluster of previous-generation Dell EMC PowerEdge R630 servers. Faster analysis of large data sets means getting insight into your organization, products, and services sooner, which could help your organization grow and beat its competition.
Moving your legacy database workloads to the Dell PowerEdge R930 can help you realize the benefits of consolidation, which can include savings in management costs, power usage, and cable management costs. More importantly, the licensing costs of the database application itself may be reduced by the consolidation effort. In addition to these benefits, greater database transactions per minute can keep your orders flowing smoothly.
We found that the Dell PowerEdge R930, powered by the Intel Xeon processor E7 v3 series, could consolidate three legacy servers running four Oracle Database 12c VMs each. The Dell PowerEdge R930 outperformed the legacy server with 4.4 times the overall database performance, delivering an average of 47.1 percent more performance per VM. By consolidating that many legacy servers, you can save up to 67 percent in rack space, 25 percent in database licenses, and even reduce other operating costs to improve your bottom line.
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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
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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.
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Data proliferation today is rapid, and its growth shows no signs of stopping. For businesses that can take advantage of that data, there is tremendous potential value. One recent McKinsey study notes that “companies that are using data-driven B2B sales-growth engines report above-market growth and EBITDA increases in the range of 15 to 25 percent.” With data flooding in so quickly and in so many different forms, however, companies need high-performing big data solutions to have a chance at utilizing that data effectively.
We tested the performance of two platforms with a read-intensive Apache Cassandra database system bigdata workload to assess which might be better suited to speedily deliver the insights decision makers need. Compared to an older HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen9 server with an HPE Smart Array P440ar controller, the new Dell PowerEdge C6620 with Broadcom-based PERC 12 RAID controller delivered faster read and update latencies and more than twice the throughput. This improvement in performance can help you glean more value from your unstructured data more quickly. If you’re watching your stores of unstructured data grow but are still leaning on older servers for your critical Cassandra workloads, it may be time for an upgrade.
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The document compares the performance of Dell PowerEdge R750 servers equipped with Broadcom PCIe Gen4 switches to Dell PowerEdge R740xd servers with PCIe Gen3 switches. Testing showed the R750 with Gen4 switches processed over 6.5M more random read IOPS and sustained over twice the throughput on sequential read workloads compared to the R740xd with Gen3 switches. Upgrading to the R750 with Gen4 could help organizations handle more storage requests and process data faster.
Finish Hadoop workloads faster and with higher throughput with Dell PowerEdge...Principled Technologies
Compared to an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server with HPE Smart Array P440ar Controller. In the area of big data analysis, speed is vital. We used the TeraSort benchmark to test two Apache Hadoop environments: a Dell PowerEdge R750 server with a Dell PERC 11 RAID controller, and an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server with an HPE Smart Array P440ar Controller.
In both time to complete the workload and throughput, the Dell PERC 11 solution came out on top.
Dell PowerEdge R920 running Oracle Database: Benefits of upgrading with NVMe ...Principled Technologies
Strong server performance is essential to companies running Oracle Database. The new Dell PowerEdge R920 provides strong performance in its base configuration with 24 SAS hard disks, but this performance gets an enormous boost when running the configuration containing NVMe Express Flash PCIe SSDs. In our testing, the upgraded configuration of the Dell PowerEdge R920 delivered 14.9 times the database performance of the base configuration. In addition, in testing the raw I/O throughput of the NVMe Express Flash PCIe SSDs, we saw as much as 192.8 times the IOPS as compared to the base configuration. Given that the storage subsystem is critical in servers and specifically database applications, the performance improvements offered by NVMe Express Flash PCIe SSDs can lead to great service improvements for your customers, making this upgrade a very wise investment.
Boosting performance with the Dell Acceleration Appliance for DatabasesPrincipled Technologies
If your business is expanding and you need to support more users accessing your databases, it’s time to act. Upgrading your database infrastructure with a flash storage-based solution is a smart way to improve performance without adding more servers or taking up very much rack space, which comes at a premium. The Dell Acceleration Appliance for Databases addresses this by providing strong performance when combined with your existing infrastructure or on its own.
We found that adding a highly available DAAD solution to our database application provided up to 3.01 times the Oracle Database 12c performance, which can make a big difference to your bottom line. Additionally, the DAAD delivered 3.14 times the database performance when replacing traditional storage completely, which could enable your infrastructure to keep up with your growing business’ needs.
Speeding time to insight: The Dell PowerEdge C6620 with Dell PERC 12 RAID con...Principled Technologies
The new PowerEdge C6620 delivered better performance—both higher throughput and lower latency—than a previous-generation PowerEdge C6520 with PERC 11
Conclusion
The vast amounts of unstructured data that people and organizations generate daily have the potential to bring incredible value to companies that can utilize it quickly and correctly. Buried in the data are insights about consumer preferences, product performance, environmental trends, and more—but to access those insights at the speed of business, you need high-performing NoSQL databases. Aging servers may be holding you back from the full value of your data.
We found that the new Dell PowerEdge C6620 with Broadcom-based PERC 12 RAID controller can speed read-intensive Apache Cassandra database workloads compared to an older server solution. Faster read and update latencies and higher throughput, as we saw the PowerEdge C6620 deliver, can speed the retrieval, processing, and analysis of your unstructured data, enabling you to more effectively extract its value. To more fully utilize your data to inform your everyday business operations, consider the Dell PowerEdge C6620 with Broadcom-based PERC 12 RAID controller.
By upgrading from the legacy solution we tested to the new Intel processor-based Dell and VMware solution, you could do 18 times the work in the same amount of space. Imagine what that performance could mean to your business: Consolidate workloads from across your company, lower your power and cooling bills, and limit datacenter expansion in the future, all while maintaining a consistent user experience—the list of potential benefits is huge.
Try running DPACK, which can help you identify bottlenecks in your environment and inform you about your current performance needs. Then consider how the consolidation ratio we proved could be helpful for your company. The Intel processor-powered Dell PowerEdge R730 solution with VMware vSphere and Dell Storage SC4020, also powered by Intel, could be the right destination for your upgrade journey.
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.
Dell PowerEdge R930 with Oracle: The benefits of upgrading to PCIe storage us...Principled Technologies
Strong server performance is essential to companies running Oracle Database. The new Dell PowerEdge R930 provided strong performance with 22 SAS HDDs, but this performance improved when we replaced all of the drives with SAS solid-state drives. It improved further when we used a mix of HDDs and SDDs along with SanDisk DAS Cache. We saw the greatest performance boost when we used eight PCIe SSDs with SanDisk DAS Cache. The upgraded configuration of the Dell PowerEdge R930 with PCIe SSDs and SanDisk DAS Cache delivered 11.1 times the database performance of the all-HDD configuration. This makes the new Dell PowerEdge R930 a powerful platform with scalable storage options that can potentially translate into significant service improvements for your business and your customers, which helps in maximizing ROI.
Process 84% more MySQL database activity with the latest-gen Dell PowerEdge R...Principled Technologies
The 16th Generation server handled more database transactions than a previous-generation PowerEdge R750 server with vSphere 7
New servers and software versions can be a boon for your organization. If you’re running MySQL workloads for web applications, retail, or other use cases, your organization could see a performance boost by upgrading to latest-generation Dell PowerEdge R760 servers running VMware vSphere 8.0. In our testing, a PowerEdge R760 server handled 84.5 percent more NOPM than an older Dell PowerEdge R750 server. We also found that Live Optics infrastructure monitoring software allows you to view performance data for new PowerEdge R760 and vSphere 8.0 environments so you can manage those resources to optimize your MySQL workloads.
Analyze data from Cassandra databases more quickly: Select Dell PowerEdge C66...Principled Technologies
This new Dell PERC 12 solution delivered stronger Apache Cassandra distributed database performance than a legacy solution.
When speedy, in-depth analysis is crucial in a NoSQL environment, relying on legacy hardware can hurt your company. We found that a Dell PowerEdge C6620 server with a Dell PERC 12 RAID controller handled more OPS for a Cassandra data analysis workload than a previous-generation Dell PowerEdge C6520 server with a
PERC 11 RAID controller. This superior performance could help business units in your organization reap in-depth actionable intelligence from unstructured data more quickly.
Get better Oracle Database performance when you upgrade to the Dell PowerEdge...Principled Technologies
Compared to the previous-gen Dell PowerEdge R7525 with PERC 11
Even if your Oracle Database servers are running well, you could improve performance by switching out previous-generation hardware for the latest technology. Our testing found that this was true for various OLTP workload types, including a CPU-targeted database workload, an IO-targeted workload, and a Balanced CPU/IO workload, with the Dell PowerEdge R7625 with PERC 12 offering as much as 2.39 times the Oracle Database performance that the previous-gen PowerEdge R7525 with PERC 11 did. In addition, the PowerEdge R7625 with PERC 12 had lower %iowait across the board, again showing that upgrading to the latest-generation server can improve database performance for various workload profiles. By moving to a new PowerEdge R7625, your
organization can support more customers and realize better system efficiency, which ultimately provides the opportunity to consolidate onto fewer systems to reduce operating costs.
Database server comparison: Dell PowerEdge R630 vs. Lenovo ThinkServer RD550Principled Technologies
We tested the OLTP performance of a 1U Dell PowerEdge R630, powered by Intel Xeon processors E5-2660 v3, running Microsoft Hyper-V and virtual machines running SQL Server 2014, and compared it to that of the Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 running the same software. For each server, we selected the maximum SATA SSD count that was configurable for each model. The Dell PowerEdge R630 outperformed the Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 by 14.9 percent and offered more than one and a half times the storage space for data in our configuration.
By selecting a server that handles more orders per minute and offers significantly more storage capacity potential than the competition, you get a not only faster, efficient experience for your database users, but also have the scaling potential for your storage needs ahead of your business growing.
As our tests show, investing in the powerful new Dell PowerEdge R920 running Oracle VM Server 3.2.8 with Oracle Database 12c VMs achieves cost savings without compromising performance. In our testing, a single Dell PowerEdge R920 could perform five times the work of a single HP ProLiant DL385 G6 server; the costs to power and cool the Dell PowerEdge would be 43 percent less than the five servers it could replace. The three-year software licensing costs of the Dell PowerEdge R920 server would be 22 percent lower than the licensing costs for the five-server solution. These dramatic savings—which come out to $212,091 for our single test environment — could grow to millions of dollars in a larger consolidation effort.
The Dell PowerEdge R920 could replace nine older Oracle database servers and provide nine times the performance while reducing power consumption by 64% and lowering software licensing costs by 17%. Testing showed the R920 running Oracle Database 12c with pluggable databases provided significant savings over three years in power, cooling, and licensing costs compared to running the databases on nine older servers.
Run compute-intensive Apache Hadoop big data workloads faster with Dell EMC P...Principled Technologies
Moving compute-intensive, Hadoop big data workloads to current-generation Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 servers powered by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors could allow your organization to better meet the data analysis challenges of today. Faster analysis of large data sets means getting insight into your organization, products, and services sooner, which could help your organization grow and beat its competition.
A single-socket Dell EMC PowerEdge R7515 solution delivered better value on a...Principled Technologies
If your company is running important business applications in VMware vSAN clusters of servers that are several years old, chances are good that you’re considering upgrading to newer hardware. Our testing demonstrated that our clusters of single-socket Dell EMC PowerEdge R7515 servers and clusters of dual-socket HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 servers could both improve upon the database performance of a legacy cluster with five-year-old servers by more than 50 percent, with the Dell EMC cluster achieving 93.4 percent of the performance of the HPE cluster.
Run compute-intensive Apache Hadoop big data workloads faster with Dell EMC P...Principled Technologies
Efficiently running compute-heavy, Apache Hadoop big data workloads today might not translate to continued quality performance for growing data sets. Moving compute-intensive, Hadoop big data workloads to currentgeneration Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 servers powered by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors could allow your organization to better meet the data analysis challenges of today and have the resources to support growth. In our data center, a Hadoop cluster of PowerEdge R640 servers completed three big data workloads in less time by delivering greater throughput than a cluster of previous-generation Dell EMC PowerEdge R630 servers. Faster analysis of large data sets means getting insight into your organization, products, and services sooner, which could help your organization grow and beat its competition.
Moving your legacy database workloads to the Dell PowerEdge R930 can help you realize the benefits of consolidation, which can include savings in management costs, power usage, and cable management costs. More importantly, the licensing costs of the database application itself may be reduced by the consolidation effort. In addition to these benefits, greater database transactions per minute can keep your orders flowing smoothly.
We found that the Dell PowerEdge R930, powered by the Intel Xeon processor E7 v3 series, could consolidate three legacy servers running four Oracle Database 12c VMs each. The Dell PowerEdge R930 outperformed the legacy server with 4.4 times the overall database performance, delivering an average of 47.1 percent more performance per VM. By consolidating that many legacy servers, you can save up to 67 percent in rack space, 25 percent in database licenses, and even reduce other operating costs to improve your bottom line.
Similar to Upgrading to Dell PowerEdge R750 servers featuring Dell PowerEdge RAID Controllers (PERC 11): Stronger Apache Hadoop big data performance with RAID protection (20)
Bring ideas to life with the HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation - InfographicPrincipled Technologies
We compared CPU performance and noise output of an HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation in High Performance Mode to a similarly configured Dell Precision 3660 Tower Workstation in its out-of-box performance mode
Investing in GenAI: Cost‑benefit analysis of Dell on‑premises deployments vs....Principled Technologies
Conclusion
Diving into the world of GenAI has the potential to yield a great many benefits for your organization, but it first requires consideration for how best to implement those GenAI workloads. Whether your AI goals are to create a chatbot for online visitors, generate marketing materials, aid troubleshooting, or something else, implementing an AI solution requires careful planning and decision-making. A major decision is whether to host GenAI in the cloud or keep your data on premises. Traditional on-premises solutions can provide superior security and control, a substantial concern when dealing with large amounts of potentially sensitive data. But will supporting a GenAI solution on site be a drain on an organization’s IT budget?
In our research, we found that the value proposition is just the opposite: Hosting GenAI workloads on premises, either in a traditional Dell solution or using a managed Dell APEX pay-per-use solution, could significantly lower your GenAI costs over 3 years compared to hosting these workloads in the cloud. In fact, we found that a comparable AWS SageMaker solution would cost up to 3.8 times as much and an Azure ML solution would cost up to 3.6 times as much as GenAI on a Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. These results show that organizations looking to implement GenAI and reap the business benefits to come can find many advantages in an on-premises Dell solution, whether they opt to purchase and manage it themselves or choose a subscription-based Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. Choosing an on-premises Dell solution could save your organization significantly over hosting GenAI in the cloud, while giving you control over the security and privacy of your data as well as any updates and changes to the environment, and while ensuring your environment is managed consistently.
Workstations powered by Intel can play a vital role in CPU-intensive AI devel...Principled Technologies
In three AI development workflows, Intel processor-powered workstations delivered strong performance, without using their GPUs, making them a good choice for this part of the AI process
Conclusion
We executed three AI development workflows on tower workstations and mobile workstations from three vendors, with each workflow utilizing only the Intel CPU cores, and found that these platforms were suitable for carrying out various AI tasks. For two of the workflows, we learned that completing the tasks on the tower workstations took roughly half as much time as on the mobile workstations. This supports the idea that the tower workstations would be appropriate for a development environment for more complex models with a greater volume of data and that the mobile workstations would be well-suited for data scientists fine-tuning simpler models. In the third workflow, we explored tower workstation performance with different precision levels and learned that using 16-bit floating point precision allowed the workstations to execute the workflow in less time and also reduced memory usage dramatically. For all three AI workflows we executed, we consider the time the workstations needed to complete the tasks to be acceptable, and believe that these workstations can be appropriate, cost-effective choices for these kinds of activities.
Enable security features with no impact to OLTP performance with Dell PowerEd...Principled Technologies
Get comparable online transaction processing (OLTP) performance with or without enabling AMD Secure Memory Encryption and AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization - Encrypted State
Conclusion
You’ve likely already implemented many security measures for your servers, which may include physical security for the data center, hardware-level security, and software-level security. With the cost of data breaches high and still growing, however, wise IT teams will consider what additional security measures they may be able to implement.
AMD SME and SEV-ES are technologies that are already available within your AMD processor-powered 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers—and in our testing, we saw that they can offer extra layers of security without affecting performance. We compared the online transaction processing performance of a Dell PowerEdge R7625 server, powered by AMD EPYC 9274F processors, with and without these two security features enabled. We found that enabling AMD Secure Memory Encryption and Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Encrypted State did not impact performance at all.
If your team is assessing areas where you might be able to enhance security—without paying a large performance cost—consider enabling AME SME and AMD SEV-ES in your Dell PowerEdge servers.
Improving energy efficiency in the data center: Endure higher temperatures wi...Principled Technologies
In high-temperature test scenarios, a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server continued running an intensive workload without component warnings or failures, while a Supermicro SYS‑621C-TN12R server failed
Conclusion: Remain resilient in high temperatures with the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 to help increase efficiency
Increasing your data center’s temperature can help your organization make strides in energy efficiency and cooling cost savings. With servers that can hold up to these higher everyday temperatures—as well as high temperatures due to unforeseen circumstances—your business can continue to deliver the performance your apps and clients require.
When we ran an intensive floating-point workload on a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 and a Supermicro SYS-621CTN12R in three scenario types simulating typical operations at 25°C, a fan failure, and an HVAC malfunction, the Dell server experienced no component warnings or failures. In contrast, the Supermicro server experienced warnings in all three scenario types and experienced component failures in the latter two tests, rendering the system unusable. When we inspected and analyzed each system, we found that the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server’s motherboard layout, fans, and chassis offered cooling design advantages.
For businesses aiming to meet sustainability goals by running hotter data centers, as well as those concerned with server cooling design, the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 is a strong contender to take on higher temperatures during day-to-day operations and unexpected malfunctions.
Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift: An easily deployable and powe...Principled Technologies
The 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor‑powered solution deployed in less than two hours and ran a Kubernetes container-based generative AI workload effectively
Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift: An easily deployable and powe...Principled Technologies
The 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor‑powered solution deployed in less than two hours and ran a generative AI workload effectively
Conclusion
The appeal of incorporating GenAI into your organization’s operations is likely great. Getting started with an efficient solution for your next LLM workload or application can seem daunting because of the changing hardware and software landscape, but Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift powered by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors could provide the solution you need. We started with a Dell Validated Design as a reference, and then went on to modify the deployment as necessary for our Llama 2 workload. The Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift solution worked well for our LLM, and by using this deployment guide in conjunction with numerous Dell documents and some flexibility, you could be well on your way to innovating your next GenAI breakthrough.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
For organizations running clusters of moderately configured, older Dell PowerEdge servers with a previous version of VCF, upgrading to better-configured modern servers can provide a significant performance boost and more.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5
If your company is struggling with underperforming infrastructure, upgrading to 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers running VCF 5.1 could be just what you need to handle more database throughput and reduce vSAN latencies. As an additional benefit to IT admins, we also found that the embedded VMware Aria Operation adapter provided useful infrastructure insights.
Realize 2.1X the performance with 20% less power with AMD EPYC processor-back...Principled Technologies
Three AMD EPYC processor-based two-processor solutions outshined comparable Intel Xeon Scalable processor-based solutions by handling more Redis workload transactions and requests while consuming less power
Conclusion
Performance and energy efficiency are significant factors in processor selection for servers running data-intensive workloads, such as Redis. We compared the Redis performance and energy consumption of a server cluster in three AMD EPYC two-processor configurations against that of a server cluster in two Intel Xeon Scalable two-processor configurations. In each of our three test scenarios, the server cluster backed by AMD EPYC processors outperformed the server cluster backed by Intel Xeon Scalable processors. In addition, one of the AMD EPYC processor-based clusters consumed 20 percent less power than its Intel Xeon Scalable processor-based counterpart. Combining these measurements gave us power efficiency metrics that demonstrate how valuable AMD EPYC processor-based servers could be—you could see better performance per watt with these AMD EPYC processor-based server clusters and potentially get more from your Redis or other data intensive applications and workloads while reducing data center power costs.
Improve performance and gain room to grow by easily migrating to a modern Ope...Principled Technologies
We deployed this modern environment, then migrated database VMs from legacy servers and saw performance improvements that support consolidation
Conclusion
If your organization’s transactional databases are running on gear that is several years old, you have much to gain by upgrading to modern servers with new processors and networking components and an OpenShift environment. In our testing, a modern OpenShift environment with a cluster of three Dell PowerEdge R7615 servers with 4th Generation AMD EPYC processors and high-speed 100Gb Broadcom NICs outperformed a legacy environment with MySQL VMs running on a cluster of three Dell PowerEdge R7515 servers with 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors and 25Gb Broadcom NICs. We also easily migrated a VM from the legacy environment to the modern environment, with only a few steps required to set up and less than ten minutes of hands-on time. The performance advantage of the modern servers would allow a company to reduce the number of servers necessary to perform a given amount of database work, thus lowering operational expenditures such as power and cooling and IT staff time for maintenance. The high-speed 100Gb Broadcom NICs in this solution also give companies better network performance and networking capacity to grow as they embrace emerging technologies such as AI that put great demands on networks.
Boost PC performance: How more available memory can improve productivityPrincipled Technologies
With more memory available, system performance of three Dell devices increased, which can translate to a better user experience
Conclusion
When your system has plenty of RAM to meet your needs, you can efficiently access the applications and data you need to finish projects and to-do lists without sacrificing time and focus. Our test results show that with more memory available, three Dell PCs delivered better performance and took less time to complete the Procyon Office Productivity benchmark. These advantages translate to users being able to complete workflows more quickly and multitask more easily. Whether you need the mobility of the Latitude 5440, the creative capabilities of the Precision 3470, or the high performance of the OptiPlex Tower Plus 7010, configuring your system with more RAM can help keep processes running smoothly, enabling you to do more without compromising performance.
Deploy with confidence: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdg...Principled Technologies
A Principled Technologies deployment guide
Conclusion
Deploying VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdge servers brings together critical virtualization capabilities and high-performing hardware infrastructure. Relying on our hands-on experience, this deployment guide offers a comprehensive roadmap that can guide your organization through the seamless integration of advanced VMware cloud solutions with the performance and reliability of Dell PowerEdge servers. In addition to the deployment efficiency, the Cloud Foundation 5.1 and PowerEdge solution delivered strong performance while running a MySQL database workload. By leveraging VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 and PowerEdge servers, you could help your organization embrace cloud computing with confidence, potentially unlocking a new level of agility, scalability, and efficiency in your data center operations.
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.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
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.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
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
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Upgrading to Dell PowerEdge R750 servers featuring Dell PowerEdge RAID Controllers (PERC 11): Stronger Apache Hadoop big data performance with RAID protection
1. Upgrading to Dell PowerEdge R750 servers
featuring Dell PowerEdge RAID Controllers
(PERC 11): Stronger Apache Hadoop big data
performance with RAID protection
The PowerEdge R750 solution boosted performance compared to a
previous-generation PowerEdge R740 with PERC 10
Overview
Businesses of all sizes, and in all industries, rely on big data applications for everyday operations ranging
from inventory management to risk mitigation to product recommendations. And the volume of important
data continues to grow. With so much data to handle and critical business operations at risk, the server and
storage solutions backing these applications must deliver both high performance and data protection.
Given the importance of big data, should organizations continue to rely
on their older systems, or consider investing in new technologies? With
careful tuning and configuration changes, organizations could possibly
coax more performance from their legacy servers. But as multiple years
pass and those servers grow older, IT teams inevitably run up against the
limits of their aging hardware. New servers offer increased capabilities
that can help deliver better performance and improved data protection for
critical workloads.
The new Dell™
PowerEdge™
R750 server with the Broadcom®
-based Dell
PowerEdge RAID Controller 11 (PERC 11) offers both the high performance
of non-volatile memory express (NVMe®
) storage and the data redundancy
of RAID. To quantify the performance advantages of this newer solution
against a previous-generation PowerEdge R740 server with Dell PERC 10,
we used a disk-intensive TeraSort workload to measure the performance
of an Apache™
Hadoop®
big data workload on both servers. Both solutions
provided some data protection and redundancy via RAID, but only the newer
Dell PowerEdge R750 server did so with NVMe drives. The newer server also
delivered significant performance advantages, finishing the Apache Hadoop
workload in less time and with greater throughput than the legacy system.
13.9%
less time to complete
a TeraSort disk-
intensive workload
16.3%
higher throughput
on a TeraSort disk-
intensive workload
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A Principled Technologies report: Hands-on testing. Real-world results.
2. How the explosion of data has driven the development of
distributed databases
Traditional relational databases have been around for nearly half a century and have improved in countless
ways. However, the underlying paradigm of how relational systems model data has remained largely
consistent, with machines often needing to “scale-up,” or become faster via hardware upgrades, to
improve performance. In the last few decades, with the tidal waves of data brought on by internet, mobile,
IoT, and other technologies, new clustered and distributed “scale-out” database systems have emerged
with the goal of processing expansive amounts of data, both structured (as in relational systems) and
unstructured (such as documents, pictures, text, etc.).
Hadoop is one such distributed system, comprising the MapReduce engine, the Hadoop Distributed File
System (HDFS), Name Nodes, and Data Nodes. Clusters can be quite large in production, but the key to
HDFS is its ability to break apart a very large data problem for processing.
According to the Apache wiki, organizations using Apache Hadoop include eBay, Facebook, Hulu, Spotify,
Twitter, and dozens of smaller companies and educational institutions. Applications range from reporting/
analytics and machine learning to search optimization to matching dating profiles to content generation
and data aggregation.1
Quantifying the performance improvements of the Dell
PowerEdge R750 with PERC 11
To assess the performance benefits of running Apache Hadoop on new Dell PowerEdge R750 servers,
we deployed two small, virtualized Hadoop environments, one on the PowerEdge R750 and one on
the PowerEdge R740. The PowerEdge R750 server had a Dell PERC 11 RAID controller, while the older
PowerEdge R740 had a prior-generation Dell PERC 10 RAID controller. Both servers ran VMware®
ESXi™
and used Linux®
CentOS VMs and SSDs. The servers each contained six of the fastest drives that their
controllers could support while providing RAID protection: NVMe SSDs for the Dell PERC 11 RAID
controller, but only SAS SSDs for the Dell PERC 10 RAID controller.
Table 1: System configurations we used in performance testing. Source: Principled Technologies.
Server configuration information Dell PowerEdge R750 Dell PowerEdge R740
Hardware
Processors
2x Intel Xeon Gold 6348
28 cores each, 2.6 GHz
2x Intel Xeon Gold 6238R
28 cores each, 2.2 GHz
Storage controller PERC H755N Front, 8GB cache PERC H740P, 8GB cache
Disks 6x 1.6TB Dell Ent NVMe v2 6x WDC WUSTR6416BSS200
Total memory in system (GB) 256 256
Operation system name and version/build number VMware ESXi, 7.0.3, 20036589 VMware ESXi, 7.0.3, 20036589
Software
VM operating system CentOS
Benchmarking tools
Hadoop big data performance TeraSort benchmark, part of the HiBench suite of benchmarks
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3. We set up and configured the two servers remotely in a Dell lab. In configuring the servers for testing,
we attached six SSD drives to the RAID controller on each server and created a RAID 5 logical drive on
each system. We deployed a Hadoop cluster with one manager node and four workers on each server,
and we configured the RAID 5 logical drive as storage for HDFS.
To test the two servers, we performed the following steps:
1. Rack and cable servers, verify BIOS and firmware levels on each server, and
install vCenter Server.
2. Configure a 2-disk RAID 1 volume and a 6-disk RAID 5 volume on the servers.
3. Install VMware vSphere, and format datastores on each server.
4. Create VMs running CentOS on each server.
5. Install Apache Hadoop and Spark on the CentOS VMs, and create manager
and worker nodes.
6. Load and configure HiBench suite with TeraSort dataset, and run tests.
For a detailed step-by-step methodology, see the science behind the report.
Comparing the two solutions’ Apache Hadoop performance
To measure big data performance, we employed the TeraSort workload from the HiBench suite. In this
workload, the TeraGen function generates input data, the TeraSort function uses MapReduce for sorting,
and the TeraValidate function validates the output of the sorted data.2
We selected this tool because it
provides insight into the performance of Hadoop clusters and stresses the storage subsystem. The goal
of testing was to generate performance data showing both run time and throughput on each platform.
We ran the TeraSort workload three times and report the median of three runs. During testing, our experts
relied on other performance data to confirm that the two platforms were functioning as we expected them
to and that the configurations were comparable.
Figure 1 compares how long the two solutions took to complete the TeraSort workload. The Dell PowerEdge
R750 server with Dell PERC 11 RAID controller required 4 minutes and 13 seconds—13.9 percent less time
than the older Dell solution, which took 4 minutes and 54 seconds. This increased speed can translate to
significant business benefits, especially at scale. Hundreds of thousands of data points are not useful on
their own—they only become valuable after you’ve processed them and seen the patterns, trends, and
revelations they contain. By completing these workloads faster with the PowerEdge R750, you gain more
up-to-date insights to inform your next business decision.
Figure 1: Time required for both solutions to complete a TeraSort workload on Apache Hadoop. Lower is better.
Source: Principled Technologies.
Time to complete TeraSort workload
Min:sec | Lower is better
Dell PowerEdge R750 with Dell PERC 11 Dell PowerEdge R740 with PERC 10
4:13
4:54
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4. Figure 2 shows the throughput rate each solution delivered while completing the TeraSort workload. This is the
amount of data each solution processed in a given amount of time (in this case, the number of gigabytes in a
second). The PowerEdge R750 server with PERC 11 RAID controller delivered 16.3 percent more gigabytes per
second (GB/s) than the older solution. With higher throughput, the PowerEdge R750 could help organizations
process more data in the same amount of time. Consider what this means for a business upgrading from the
PowerEdge R740: In the span of a single day, that business could get more value from the same amount of
data or gain the ability to use more data points in their everyday decision-making. As companies continue to
collect more and more data, being able to put that data to work more quickly is a compelling proposition.
About the Broadcom RAID-on-chip
(ROC), SAS3916 chipset
The PERC processor in the Dell PERC 11
is a Broadcom ROC SAS3916 chipset.
Broadcom based this chip on its
Fusion-MPT architecture and says the
chip “delivers enhanced performance
and power reductions over previous
generations. The ROC features Tri-Mode
SerDes technology that enables a seamless
operation of SAS, SATA or NVMe storage
devices from any system design.
“The 16-port Tri-Mode ROC device provides
SAS data transfer rates of 12, 6 and 3Gb/s
per lane and SATA data transfer rates of 6
and 3 Gb/s per lane. The high-port count
ROC helps eliminate storage bottlenecks
with eight PCI Express®
lanes and complies
with the PCIe 4.0 specification, offering up
to 3 million IOPS (JBOD mode) and up to
2.4 million IOPS in RAID (random reads).”3
About the Dell PowerEdge
R750 server
The Dell PowerEdge R750 is a full-featured,
general-purpose 2U rack server featuring
3rd
Gen Intel®
Xeon®
Scalable processors.
According to Dell, the PowerEdge R750
is purpose-built to optimize application
performance and acceleration with PCIe
Gen 4 compatibility, eight channels of
memory per CPU, and up to 24 NVMe
drives.4
It also includes “I/O bandwidth and
storage to address data requirements –
ideal for: traditional corporate IT, database
and analytics, virtual desktop infrastructure,
AI/ML, and HPC.”5
To learn more about the Dell PowerEdge
R750, check out the spec sheet at
https://i.dell.com/sites/csdocuments/
Product_Docs/en/poweredge-R750-
spec-sheet.pdf.
Figure 2: Throughput for both solutions during a TeraSort workload. Higher is better. Source: Principled Technologies.
Throughput on a TeraSort workload
GB/s | Higher is better
Dell PowerEdge R750 with Dell PERC 11 Dell PowerEdge R740 with PERC 10
0.71
0.61
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5. How the Dell PowerEdge R750 with Dell PERC 11, using Broadcom
technologies, lets you choose both performance and redundancy
Every year brings new technological innovations. In the two decades that we’ve been testing technology
solutions here at Principled Technologies, we’ve seen dramatic improvements in processing, storage,
and networking technologies, among others. Dell PowerEdge servers are no exception. In our work
with PowerEdge servers from the ninth generation up to the latest, we’ve proven stronger performance
generation over generation with a range of workloads.
In this testing, the Dell PowerEdge R750 with Broadcom technology-based Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller
11 offered clear performance advantages compared to its predecessor with PERC 10. As with any system
upgrade, these advantages are likely due to multiple factors. We can attribute the strong advantage of the
PowerEdge R750 solution in this test scenario to its use of newer processors, NVMe storage, and the updated
storage controller with greater amounts of cache.
The Dell PERC 11, using the Broadcom RAID-on-chip (ROC) SAS3916 chipset, is especially powerful
because it is compatible with a range of storage technologies: serial-attached SCSI (SAS), serial advanced
technology attachment (SATA), and NVMe. The emergence of NVMe storage has brought significant
storage performance gain, but until more recently, hardware-based RAID controllers have been compatible
only with older, slower storage protocols such as SAS and SATA. Early in the NVMe transition, those who
wanted to use RAID NVMe disks on servers had limited options to ensure that their data would be reliably
available; the main options were software RAID or software-defined storage solutions. Thus, customers
have had to sometimes prioritize either performance or redundancy.
Companies seeking the best of both worlds can now take advantage of new RAID controllers, such as the
Dell PowerEdge RAID controllers (PERC 11), that are compatible with the NVMe protocol. According to
Dell, Broadcom technology-based PERC 11 RAID controllers offer support for PCIe Gen 4, support for
hot-swapping devices, non-volatile cache, secure enterprise key manager security, and more.6
The Dell-
Broadcom partnership on the RAID controller brings flexibility and performance together in the storage
subsystem, allowing for system and application architects to use RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60. This
gives database architects the power to make new decisions on file placement and redundancy without
sacrificing performance.
Conclusion
Companies increasingly turn to big data applications to solve business problems such as understanding
customer habits and behavior, maintaining electronic health records, and detecting fraud. In a 2022
survey of executives, 97.0 percent had invested in big data initiatives, and 73.7 percent said their
organizations had appointed a Chief Data Officer (CDO), up from 12 percent in 2012.7
With so much data at play, storage becomes an essential consideration for companies as they
select hardware platforms to run their vital workloads. Two primary requirements for storage are fast
performance and redundancy. Companies seek storage that can quickly put actionable insights into the
hands of decision makers. At the same time, it is a fact of life that storage media occasionally fails, and
no company wants to risk the potentially very large expense of losing vital business data.
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6. In our testing with a disk-intensive TeraSort big data workload, we found that a current-generation
Dell PowerEdge R750 server with a Broadcom-based Dell PERC 11 RAID controller with NVMe SSDs
outperformed a previous-generation PowerEdge R740 server with a Dell PERC 10 RAID controller.
The newer PowerEdge R750 solution completed the workload in 13.9 percent less time and with 16.3
percent better throughput, indicating that it could speed the delivery of insights to decision makers.
With its PERC 11 RAID controller, it also offers RAID support for today’s speedy NVMe SSDs. Data-driven
organizations must weigh the cost savings of putting off purchases of newer servers against the benefits
of investing in those same newer, more powerful servers with RAID support for NVMe drives. Our testing
shows that with the Dell PowerEdge R750 server with a Broadcom technology-based Dell PERC 11 RAID
controller, buyers need not choose between redundancy and high performance.
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7. This project was commissioned by Dell Technologies.
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