Get data center Storage as-a-Service with Dell APEX Data Storage ServicesPrincipled Technologies
The document discusses Dell's APEX Data Storage Services solution and compares it to a similar solution from another vendor (Vendor C). It finds that the APEX solution had a simpler, faster purchasing process that required no upfront payment and took only 30 minutes to get a quote through their online console. In contrast, getting a quote from Vendor C took 72 hours and required a large upfront payment. It also took 38% less time to activate the APEX solution, with activation occurring within 13 days compared to 21 days for Vendor C. The document concludes that the APEX team provided more assistance and support throughout the purchasing and deployment process.
A year-long experience with Storage as-a-Service
Managed Service Providers (MSPs) give organizations a way to outsource infrastructure support, data security, and more.
We acquired two such solutions—Dell APEX Data Storage Services and a key competitive solution (which we refer to as Vendor C)—and detail our experience with both over the course of a year.
Dell EMC ProDeploy Plus for Enterprise services deployed
and configured new storage resources and data protection
appliances faster than an in‑house administrator
Dell APEX outperformed comparable Amazon EC2 instances on a decision-support ...Principled Technologies
A solution using Dell APEX Private Cloud and Dell APEX Data Storage Services Block generated data-driven insights earlier than Amazon EC2 c6i.16xlarge instances with Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) storage
For your company to reap the benefits of big data analysis can require a substantial investment, so it’s crucial to determine which platform can deliver the vital insights you need quickly. In our performance testing of two solutions with comparable specifications, we found that the Dell APEX solution took 13.6 percent less time to run a set of DSS queries on a 4TB database than a solution based on Amazon EC2 c6i.16xlarge instances. Throughput on the Dell APEX solution was also greater, with an advantage of 24.8 percent for read throughput and an advantage of 19.2 percent for write throughput. This increased performance could help your business by giving decision-makers access to critical information sooner.
Databases power your business, so the performance of the hardware behind your databases is crucial. In our datacenter, the Dell EMC VxRail P470F with VMware vSAN handled more orders per minute, delivered higher IOPS, responded more quickly, and utilized resources more efficiently than the HPE Hyper Converged 380 with HPE StoreVirtual VSA. Plus, scaling up and tuning performance for our specific workload was considerably easier with the Dell EMC VxRail solution than the HPE solution. These differences translate to real-world benefits. With the Dell EMC VxRail solution, you can achieve shorter wait times for customers and staff, which could increase sales and innovation at your company; reduce work for your IT staff, so they can spend more time on other critical tasks; and save space, potentially helping you delay capital expenditures. To find out more about the Dell EMC VxRail P470F, visit DellEMC.com/VxRail.
Postgres Vision 2018: How to Consume your Database Platform On-premisesEDB
The usual model for a database platform on-premises is to run it the way IT is usually operated - silo'd and capital- and labor-intensive. In the cloud, consumption means that you pay for what you use, with less heavy lifting to operate the platform. Presented at Postgres Vision 2018, this covers how HPE can deliver EDB Postgres in the data center or on the edge in a consumption model that is pay-per-use, elastic IT, operated for you, migrated, and integrated.
Get data center Storage as-a-Service with Dell APEX Data Storage ServicesPrincipled Technologies
The document discusses Dell's APEX Data Storage Services solution and compares it to a similar solution from another vendor (Vendor C). It finds that the APEX solution had a simpler, faster purchasing process that required no upfront payment and took only 30 minutes to get a quote through their online console. In contrast, getting a quote from Vendor C took 72 hours and required a large upfront payment. It also took 38% less time to activate the APEX solution, with activation occurring within 13 days compared to 21 days for Vendor C. The document concludes that the APEX team provided more assistance and support throughout the purchasing and deployment process.
A year-long experience with Storage as-a-Service
Managed Service Providers (MSPs) give organizations a way to outsource infrastructure support, data security, and more.
We acquired two such solutions—Dell APEX Data Storage Services and a key competitive solution (which we refer to as Vendor C)—and detail our experience with both over the course of a year.
Dell EMC ProDeploy Plus for Enterprise services deployed
and configured new storage resources and data protection
appliances faster than an in‑house administrator
Dell APEX outperformed comparable Amazon EC2 instances on a decision-support ...Principled Technologies
A solution using Dell APEX Private Cloud and Dell APEX Data Storage Services Block generated data-driven insights earlier than Amazon EC2 c6i.16xlarge instances with Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) storage
For your company to reap the benefits of big data analysis can require a substantial investment, so it’s crucial to determine which platform can deliver the vital insights you need quickly. In our performance testing of two solutions with comparable specifications, we found that the Dell APEX solution took 13.6 percent less time to run a set of DSS queries on a 4TB database than a solution based on Amazon EC2 c6i.16xlarge instances. Throughput on the Dell APEX solution was also greater, with an advantage of 24.8 percent for read throughput and an advantage of 19.2 percent for write throughput. This increased performance could help your business by giving decision-makers access to critical information sooner.
Databases power your business, so the performance of the hardware behind your databases is crucial. In our datacenter, the Dell EMC VxRail P470F with VMware vSAN handled more orders per minute, delivered higher IOPS, responded more quickly, and utilized resources more efficiently than the HPE Hyper Converged 380 with HPE StoreVirtual VSA. Plus, scaling up and tuning performance for our specific workload was considerably easier with the Dell EMC VxRail solution than the HPE solution. These differences translate to real-world benefits. With the Dell EMC VxRail solution, you can achieve shorter wait times for customers and staff, which could increase sales and innovation at your company; reduce work for your IT staff, so they can spend more time on other critical tasks; and save space, potentially helping you delay capital expenditures. To find out more about the Dell EMC VxRail P470F, visit DellEMC.com/VxRail.
Postgres Vision 2018: How to Consume your Database Platform On-premisesEDB
The usual model for a database platform on-premises is to run it the way IT is usually operated - silo'd and capital- and labor-intensive. In the cloud, consumption means that you pay for what you use, with less heavy lifting to operate the platform. Presented at Postgres Vision 2018, this covers how HPE can deliver EDB Postgres in the data center or on the edge in a consumption model that is pay-per-use, elastic IT, operated for you, migrated, and integrated.
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.
The document summarizes the responsibilities and accomplishments of an IT architect for a company. Some of the key responsibilities included planning a data center move, developing the company's technology roadmap, and providing cost estimates and guidance for various application and infrastructure upgrade projects. Projects involved upgrading hardware, operating systems, databases, middleware, applications, and storage for systems like the core merchandising system, data warehouse, supply chain applications, and distribution warehouse manager system. The architect helped reduce licensing costs and batch processing times for several business critical systems.
Get through the migration maze with less downtime with help from Dell Data Mi...Principled Technologies
When it’s time to migrate data from an older Linux environment to a new array, it’s important to assess the potential impact of migration on your IT staff and on end users trying to complete their daily tasks. Compared to our example manual migration, using Data Migration Services reduced infrastructure downtime by 99.5 percent and helped to ensure we planned the details of data migration, including preserving important user permissions. Dell Data Migration Services can provide you with a straightforward path out of the migration maze by employing careful planning and minimizing downtime to achieve a successful migration.
Design advantages of Hadoop ETL offload with the Intel processor-powered Dell...Principled Technologies
High-level Hadoop analysis requires custom solutions to deliver the data that you need and the amount of time that even senior engineers require to create ETL jobs in a DIY hardware and software situation, can be substantial.
We found that the Dell | Cloudera | Syncsort solution was so easy to use that an entry-level employee could use it to create optimized ETL jobs after only a few days of training. And he could do it quickly—our technician, who had no previous experience using Hadoop, developed three optimized ETL jobs in 31 hours. That is less than half of the 68 hours our expert with years of Hadoop experience needed to create the same jobs using open source tools.
Using the Dell | Cloudera | Syncsort solution means that your organization can implement a Hadoop solution using employees already on your staff rather than trying to recruit expensive, difficult-to-find specialists. Not only that, but the projects can be completed in a fraction of the time. This makes the Dell | Cloudera | Syncsort solution a winning business proposition.
This document discusses the challenges that IT departments face with increasing data volumes and virtual machine sprawl, including shrinking backup windows and rising storage costs. It summarizes how the HPE StoreOnce Backup solution with Veeam software addresses these challenges by providing industry-leading backup performance, scalability to support data growth, and up to 95% reduction in backup storage footprint through deduplication. It also highlights benefits like improved reliability, flexibility in restore options, and using backup data for testing and disaster recovery.
Telephonics Corporation reduces budget cycle from 2 months to 2 weeks after m...Jade Global
Working on a Cloud-based solution enabled executives at Telephonics to access reports right on their mobile devices. The process of retrieving, refreshing, and reviewing data became faster than ever before, thus improving productivity and planning.
Continuing to run a legacy infrastructure may be possible, but it isn’t optimal—not when new technologies like the Dell and Nutanix solution are available. By upgrading to this new hyperconverged infrastructure, you could do eight times the work of a legacy solution in just 6U and scale for more work by simply adding another node. What’s more, eliminating the need for centralized SAN storage means more space to grow, less hardware to manage, and the potential for lower power and cooling bills.
Take the first step on the path to an upgraded environment. Run DPACK in your own datacenter, and discover your performance requirements and potential bottlenecks. Then consider how the increased mixed workload performance from the hyperconverged, Intel processor-powered Dell and Nutanix solution could help your business thrive.
This document discusses HPE Helion CloudSystem on HPE Hyper Converged 250. It provides an overview of HPE's hyperconverged solution and how it can be used to deploy HPE Helion CloudSystem. Some key benefits highlighted include fast time-to-value, predictable and linear scaling, lower costs and complexity of storage, and reduced footprint. Use cases discussed include small-scale virtual private clouds for production, starter clouds for fast time to value, and accelerating application testing and development with simple infrastructure as a service.
Aakash Seth has over 6 years of experience as a database administrator working with Oracle and SQL Server databases. He has worked on projects in banking, insurance, and manufacturing. His experience includes database installation, setup, administration, performance tuning, backup/restoration, patching, upgrades, and more. He is proficient with tools like Oracle, SQL Server, Linux, Windows, and TCS proprietary tools.
1. The document describes several projects the author worked on at Mimecast from 2013-2014 related to improving database and system performance, developing Tableau dashboards, and building a data warehouse.
2. Key projects included performance tuning of SQL Server and SSIS, developing a Tableau availability solution, and building an integration solution to improve data loading from their source system.
3. The author also created several data marts and dashboards in Tableau for metrics like first response times, sales lead indicators, and marketing campaign effectiveness. Complex business logic and data transformation were required.
Using Dell ProDeploy Plus for Infrastructure can improve deployment times for...Principled Technologies
Save valuable in-house admin time by using a Dell Technologies-certified engineer for installation and configuration of a Dell solution
New data center resources can be great for your critical workloads and applications, but deploying those resources can burden IT staff. Organizations adding Dell Technologies solutions to their data center can use the deployment service Dell ProDeploy Plus for Infrastructure to simplify deployment and save time.
We found that Dell ProDeploy Plus:
• Planned the deployment with minimal input from our in-house staff, which freed them up to focus on
organizational demands and other strategic initiatives during deployment
• Reduced deployment planning by 67 percent—down to just three hours and 34 minutes—saving significant pre-deployment time for our admin as well as in totality
• Deployed our Dell Technologies solution in just one business day, needing just four
hours and 17 minutes
• Reduced installation time by nearly 16 hours, or two days, compared to our admin—or in other words, deployed the solution three times as fast
With ProDeploy Plus for Infrastructure, your organization can realize a faster, more efficient deployment of Dell technology with minimal impact on your in-house IT staff.
Pelican Products is a global leader in advanced lighting systems and protective cases that is also one of the fastest growing companies in the US. To support its aggressive growth strategy and gain greater operational transparency, Pelican consolidated its worldwide operations on a single SAP ERP system. This allowed Pelican to improve interoperations between global locations, gain a consolidated view of customers and vendors, and establish a platform to integrate future acquisitions. Pelican implemented the new system in phases, establishing standard processes and providing comprehensive training to build user confidence. The consolidated system helped Pelican reduce costs, improve supply chain analysis and decision making, and increase on-time product delivery.
Hitting the Reset Button for R12 - The Upgrade vs Reimplement Decisioneprentise
There are two paths for moving to a new release of an enterprise software package. The first is to use the vendor-supplied patches to upgrade the existing instance. The second is to start from scratch and reimplement. This paper explores the factors that influence whether an upgrade or a reimplementation is the customer’s preferred choice.
View the original Blog post: http://www.eprentise.com/blog/r12/hitting-the-reset-button-for-r12-the-upgrade-vs-reimplement-decision/
Website: www.eprentise.com
Twitter: @eprentise
Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+Eprentise/posts
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Ensure your data is Complete, Consistent, and Correct by using eprentise software to transform your Oracle® E-Business Suite.
Lightweight PaaS as a vitally-needed solution for efficient applications hosting, that helps to overcome such road blockers as:
- complexity of managing infrastructure
- lock-in and overpaying
- wasting time on server configuration
- lacking compatibility with legacy applications
- GDPR compliance
This document provides tips and best practices for upgrading Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) and databases. It discusses planning the upgrade, software installation, patching approach, and applying process improvements. Key recommendations include thorough preparation and testing, using new features like Rapid Install and online patching, optimizing patching parameters, and identifying unused data/functionality to streamline the upgrade process. The goal is to perform upgrades seamlessly and efficiently with minimal downtime.
The NASA Enterprise Applications Competency Center (NEACC) faced challenges of reduced budgets and increased user demands. They implemented the Delphix database virtualization technology to address four operational issues: migration from Unix to Linux, improved database refresh capabilities, faster database recovery, and provisioning features. Delphix provided a mechanism to rapidly transfer and refresh large databases during migration to Linux with no downtime. It also allowed database rollbacks and provisioning new databases in minutes instead of days, improving availability and productivity. This helped NEACC reduce operational costs and more efficiently deliver applications and capabilities to stakeholders.
[WEBINAR] Data Management: The cornerstone to succeed in the move to S/4HANAThierryJulien
Make the right-size move to S/4HANA: organisations planning to migrate to S/4 can minimise the cost and time of the migration by removing obsolete data that can be archived or deleted. Implementing a proper Data Management strategy from the early stages can decrease in the TCO of your SAP HANA landscape.
These are the slides used in the webinar called "Data Management: The cornerstone to succeed in the move to S/4HANA" hosted by the SAP User Group of UK&Ireland and TJC Group on the 17th September 2020.
If you want to know more about how to tackle these challenges, get in touch with contact@tjc-group.com
Help skilled workers succeed with Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme ...Principled Technologies
Instead of equipping consumer-grade tablets with rugged cases
Conclusion
In our hands-on testing, the Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablets showed that they are better equipped to help skilled workers than consumer-grade Apple iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 tablets in multiple ways. They provide more built-in capabilities and features than the consumer-grade tablets we tested. And, while they were more expensive than the rugged-case fortified consumer-grade options we tested, their rugged claims were more than skin deep.
In our performance and durability tests, the Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablets performed better in demanding manufacturing, logistics, and field service environments than consumer-grade tablets with rugged cases. Both Rugged Extreme Tablets, with their greater thermal range, suffered less performance degradation in extreme temperatures, never failed and were merely scuffed after 26 hard drops, survived a 10 minute drenching with no ill effects, and were easier to view in direct sunlight than Apple iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 tablets.
Bring ideas to life with the HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation - InfographicPrincipled Technologies
We compared CPU performance and noise output of an HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation in High Performance Mode to a similarly configured Dell Precision 3660 Tower Workstation in its out-of-box performance mode
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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.
The document summarizes the responsibilities and accomplishments of an IT architect for a company. Some of the key responsibilities included planning a data center move, developing the company's technology roadmap, and providing cost estimates and guidance for various application and infrastructure upgrade projects. Projects involved upgrading hardware, operating systems, databases, middleware, applications, and storage for systems like the core merchandising system, data warehouse, supply chain applications, and distribution warehouse manager system. The architect helped reduce licensing costs and batch processing times for several business critical systems.
Get through the migration maze with less downtime with help from Dell Data Mi...Principled Technologies
When it’s time to migrate data from an older Linux environment to a new array, it’s important to assess the potential impact of migration on your IT staff and on end users trying to complete their daily tasks. Compared to our example manual migration, using Data Migration Services reduced infrastructure downtime by 99.5 percent and helped to ensure we planned the details of data migration, including preserving important user permissions. Dell Data Migration Services can provide you with a straightforward path out of the migration maze by employing careful planning and minimizing downtime to achieve a successful migration.
Design advantages of Hadoop ETL offload with the Intel processor-powered Dell...Principled Technologies
High-level Hadoop analysis requires custom solutions to deliver the data that you need and the amount of time that even senior engineers require to create ETL jobs in a DIY hardware and software situation, can be substantial.
We found that the Dell | Cloudera | Syncsort solution was so easy to use that an entry-level employee could use it to create optimized ETL jobs after only a few days of training. And he could do it quickly—our technician, who had no previous experience using Hadoop, developed three optimized ETL jobs in 31 hours. That is less than half of the 68 hours our expert with years of Hadoop experience needed to create the same jobs using open source tools.
Using the Dell | Cloudera | Syncsort solution means that your organization can implement a Hadoop solution using employees already on your staff rather than trying to recruit expensive, difficult-to-find specialists. Not only that, but the projects can be completed in a fraction of the time. This makes the Dell | Cloudera | Syncsort solution a winning business proposition.
This document discusses the challenges that IT departments face with increasing data volumes and virtual machine sprawl, including shrinking backup windows and rising storage costs. It summarizes how the HPE StoreOnce Backup solution with Veeam software addresses these challenges by providing industry-leading backup performance, scalability to support data growth, and up to 95% reduction in backup storage footprint through deduplication. It also highlights benefits like improved reliability, flexibility in restore options, and using backup data for testing and disaster recovery.
Telephonics Corporation reduces budget cycle from 2 months to 2 weeks after m...Jade Global
Working on a Cloud-based solution enabled executives at Telephonics to access reports right on their mobile devices. The process of retrieving, refreshing, and reviewing data became faster than ever before, thus improving productivity and planning.
Continuing to run a legacy infrastructure may be possible, but it isn’t optimal—not when new technologies like the Dell and Nutanix solution are available. By upgrading to this new hyperconverged infrastructure, you could do eight times the work of a legacy solution in just 6U and scale for more work by simply adding another node. What’s more, eliminating the need for centralized SAN storage means more space to grow, less hardware to manage, and the potential for lower power and cooling bills.
Take the first step on the path to an upgraded environment. Run DPACK in your own datacenter, and discover your performance requirements and potential bottlenecks. Then consider how the increased mixed workload performance from the hyperconverged, Intel processor-powered Dell and Nutanix solution could help your business thrive.
This document discusses HPE Helion CloudSystem on HPE Hyper Converged 250. It provides an overview of HPE's hyperconverged solution and how it can be used to deploy HPE Helion CloudSystem. Some key benefits highlighted include fast time-to-value, predictable and linear scaling, lower costs and complexity of storage, and reduced footprint. Use cases discussed include small-scale virtual private clouds for production, starter clouds for fast time to value, and accelerating application testing and development with simple infrastructure as a service.
Aakash Seth has over 6 years of experience as a database administrator working with Oracle and SQL Server databases. He has worked on projects in banking, insurance, and manufacturing. His experience includes database installation, setup, administration, performance tuning, backup/restoration, patching, upgrades, and more. He is proficient with tools like Oracle, SQL Server, Linux, Windows, and TCS proprietary tools.
1. The document describes several projects the author worked on at Mimecast from 2013-2014 related to improving database and system performance, developing Tableau dashboards, and building a data warehouse.
2. Key projects included performance tuning of SQL Server and SSIS, developing a Tableau availability solution, and building an integration solution to improve data loading from their source system.
3. The author also created several data marts and dashboards in Tableau for metrics like first response times, sales lead indicators, and marketing campaign effectiveness. Complex business logic and data transformation were required.
Using Dell ProDeploy Plus for Infrastructure can improve deployment times for...Principled Technologies
Save valuable in-house admin time by using a Dell Technologies-certified engineer for installation and configuration of a Dell solution
New data center resources can be great for your critical workloads and applications, but deploying those resources can burden IT staff. Organizations adding Dell Technologies solutions to their data center can use the deployment service Dell ProDeploy Plus for Infrastructure to simplify deployment and save time.
We found that Dell ProDeploy Plus:
• Planned the deployment with minimal input from our in-house staff, which freed them up to focus on
organizational demands and other strategic initiatives during deployment
• Reduced deployment planning by 67 percent—down to just three hours and 34 minutes—saving significant pre-deployment time for our admin as well as in totality
• Deployed our Dell Technologies solution in just one business day, needing just four
hours and 17 minutes
• Reduced installation time by nearly 16 hours, or two days, compared to our admin—or in other words, deployed the solution three times as fast
With ProDeploy Plus for Infrastructure, your organization can realize a faster, more efficient deployment of Dell technology with minimal impact on your in-house IT staff.
Pelican Products is a global leader in advanced lighting systems and protective cases that is also one of the fastest growing companies in the US. To support its aggressive growth strategy and gain greater operational transparency, Pelican consolidated its worldwide operations on a single SAP ERP system. This allowed Pelican to improve interoperations between global locations, gain a consolidated view of customers and vendors, and establish a platform to integrate future acquisitions. Pelican implemented the new system in phases, establishing standard processes and providing comprehensive training to build user confidence. The consolidated system helped Pelican reduce costs, improve supply chain analysis and decision making, and increase on-time product delivery.
Hitting the Reset Button for R12 - The Upgrade vs Reimplement Decisioneprentise
There are two paths for moving to a new release of an enterprise software package. The first is to use the vendor-supplied patches to upgrade the existing instance. The second is to start from scratch and reimplement. This paper explores the factors that influence whether an upgrade or a reimplementation is the customer’s preferred choice.
View the original Blog post: http://www.eprentise.com/blog/r12/hitting-the-reset-button-for-r12-the-upgrade-vs-reimplement-decision/
Website: www.eprentise.com
Twitter: @eprentise
Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+Eprentise/posts
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eprentise
Ensure your data is Complete, Consistent, and Correct by using eprentise software to transform your Oracle® E-Business Suite.
Lightweight PaaS as a vitally-needed solution for efficient applications hosting, that helps to overcome such road blockers as:
- complexity of managing infrastructure
- lock-in and overpaying
- wasting time on server configuration
- lacking compatibility with legacy applications
- GDPR compliance
This document provides tips and best practices for upgrading Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) and databases. It discusses planning the upgrade, software installation, patching approach, and applying process improvements. Key recommendations include thorough preparation and testing, using new features like Rapid Install and online patching, optimizing patching parameters, and identifying unused data/functionality to streamline the upgrade process. The goal is to perform upgrades seamlessly and efficiently with minimal downtime.
The NASA Enterprise Applications Competency Center (NEACC) faced challenges of reduced budgets and increased user demands. They implemented the Delphix database virtualization technology to address four operational issues: migration from Unix to Linux, improved database refresh capabilities, faster database recovery, and provisioning features. Delphix provided a mechanism to rapidly transfer and refresh large databases during migration to Linux with no downtime. It also allowed database rollbacks and provisioning new databases in minutes instead of days, improving availability and productivity. This helped NEACC reduce operational costs and more efficiently deliver applications and capabilities to stakeholders.
[WEBINAR] Data Management: The cornerstone to succeed in the move to S/4HANAThierryJulien
Make the right-size move to S/4HANA: organisations planning to migrate to S/4 can minimise the cost and time of the migration by removing obsolete data that can be archived or deleted. Implementing a proper Data Management strategy from the early stages can decrease in the TCO of your SAP HANA landscape.
These are the slides used in the webinar called "Data Management: The cornerstone to succeed in the move to S/4HANA" hosted by the SAP User Group of UK&Ireland and TJC Group on the 17th September 2020.
If you want to know more about how to tackle these challenges, get in touch with contact@tjc-group.com
Help skilled workers succeed with Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme ...Principled Technologies
Instead of equipping consumer-grade tablets with rugged cases
Conclusion
In our hands-on testing, the Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablets showed that they are better equipped to help skilled workers than consumer-grade Apple iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 tablets in multiple ways. They provide more built-in capabilities and features than the consumer-grade tablets we tested. And, while they were more expensive than the rugged-case fortified consumer-grade options we tested, their rugged claims were more than skin deep.
In our performance and durability tests, the Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablets performed better in demanding manufacturing, logistics, and field service environments than consumer-grade tablets with rugged cases. Both Rugged Extreme Tablets, with their greater thermal range, suffered less performance degradation in extreme temperatures, never failed and were merely scuffed after 26 hard drops, survived a 10 minute drenching with no ill effects, and were easier to view in direct sunlight than Apple iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 tablets.
Bring ideas to life with the HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation - InfographicPrincipled Technologies
We compared CPU performance and noise output of an HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation in High Performance Mode to a similarly configured Dell Precision 3660 Tower Workstation in its out-of-box performance mode
Investing in GenAI: Cost‑benefit analysis of Dell on‑premises deployments vs....Principled Technologies
Conclusion
Diving into the world of GenAI has the potential to yield a great many benefits for your organization, but it first requires consideration for how best to implement those GenAI workloads. Whether your AI goals are to create a chatbot for online visitors, generate marketing materials, aid troubleshooting, or something else, implementing an AI solution requires careful planning and decision-making. A major decision is whether to host GenAI in the cloud or keep your data on premises. Traditional on-premises solutions can provide superior security and control, a substantial concern when dealing with large amounts of potentially sensitive data. But will supporting a GenAI solution on site be a drain on an organization’s IT budget?
In our research, we found that the value proposition is just the opposite: Hosting GenAI workloads on premises, either in a traditional Dell solution or using a managed Dell APEX pay-per-use solution, could significantly lower your GenAI costs over 3 years compared to hosting these workloads in the cloud. In fact, we found that a comparable AWS SageMaker solution would cost up to 3.8 times as much and an Azure ML solution would cost up to 3.6 times as much as GenAI on a Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. These results show that organizations looking to implement GenAI and reap the business benefits to come can find many advantages in an on-premises Dell solution, whether they opt to purchase and manage it themselves or choose a subscription-based Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. Choosing an on-premises Dell solution could save your organization significantly over hosting GenAI in the cloud, while giving you control over the security and privacy of your data as well as any updates and changes to the environment, and while ensuring your environment is managed consistently.
Workstations powered by Intel can play a vital role in CPU-intensive AI devel...Principled Technologies
In three AI development workflows, Intel processor-powered workstations delivered strong performance, without using their GPUs, making them a good choice for this part of the AI process
Conclusion
We executed three AI development workflows on tower workstations and mobile workstations from three vendors, with each workflow utilizing only the Intel CPU cores, and found that these platforms were suitable for carrying out various AI tasks. For two of the workflows, we learned that completing the tasks on the tower workstations took roughly half as much time as on the mobile workstations. This supports the idea that the tower workstations would be appropriate for a development environment for more complex models with a greater volume of data and that the mobile workstations would be well-suited for data scientists fine-tuning simpler models. In the third workflow, we explored tower workstation performance with different precision levels and learned that using 16-bit floating point precision allowed the workstations to execute the workflow in less time and also reduced memory usage dramatically. For all three AI workflows we executed, we consider the time the workstations needed to complete the tasks to be acceptable, and believe that these workstations can be appropriate, cost-effective choices for these kinds of activities.
Enable security features with no impact to OLTP performance with Dell PowerEd...Principled Technologies
Get comparable online transaction processing (OLTP) performance with or without enabling AMD Secure Memory Encryption and AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization - Encrypted State
Conclusion
You’ve likely already implemented many security measures for your servers, which may include physical security for the data center, hardware-level security, and software-level security. With the cost of data breaches high and still growing, however, wise IT teams will consider what additional security measures they may be able to implement.
AMD SME and SEV-ES are technologies that are already available within your AMD processor-powered 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers—and in our testing, we saw that they can offer extra layers of security without affecting performance. We compared the online transaction processing performance of a Dell PowerEdge R7625 server, powered by AMD EPYC 9274F processors, with and without these two security features enabled. We found that enabling AMD Secure Memory Encryption and Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Encrypted State did not impact performance at all.
If your team is assessing areas where you might be able to enhance security—without paying a large performance cost—consider enabling AME SME and AMD SEV-ES in your Dell PowerEdge servers.
Improving energy efficiency in the data center: Endure higher temperatures wi...Principled Technologies
In high-temperature test scenarios, a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server continued running an intensive workload without component warnings or failures, while a Supermicro SYS‑621C-TN12R server failed
Conclusion: Remain resilient in high temperatures with the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 to help increase efficiency
Increasing your data center’s temperature can help your organization make strides in energy efficiency and cooling cost savings. With servers that can hold up to these higher everyday temperatures—as well as high temperatures due to unforeseen circumstances—your business can continue to deliver the performance your apps and clients require.
When we ran an intensive floating-point workload on a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 and a Supermicro SYS-621CTN12R in three scenario types simulating typical operations at 25°C, a fan failure, and an HVAC malfunction, the Dell server experienced no component warnings or failures. In contrast, the Supermicro server experienced warnings in all three scenario types and experienced component failures in the latter two tests, rendering the system unusable. When we inspected and analyzed each system, we found that the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server’s motherboard layout, fans, and chassis offered cooling design advantages.
For businesses aiming to meet sustainability goals by running hotter data centers, as well as those concerned with server cooling design, the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 is a strong contender to take on higher temperatures during day-to-day operations and unexpected malfunctions.
Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift: An easily deployable and powe...Principled Technologies
The 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor‑powered solution deployed in less than two hours and ran a Kubernetes container-based generative AI workload effectively
Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift: An easily deployable and powe...Principled Technologies
The 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor‑powered solution deployed in less than two hours and ran a generative AI workload effectively
Conclusion
The appeal of incorporating GenAI into your organization’s operations is likely great. Getting started with an efficient solution for your next LLM workload or application can seem daunting because of the changing hardware and software landscape, but Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift powered by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors could provide the solution you need. We started with a Dell Validated Design as a reference, and then went on to modify the deployment as necessary for our Llama 2 workload. The Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift solution worked well for our LLM, and by using this deployment guide in conjunction with numerous Dell documents and some flexibility, you could be well on your way to innovating your next GenAI breakthrough.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
For organizations running clusters of moderately configured, older Dell PowerEdge servers with a previous version of VCF, upgrading to better-configured modern servers can provide a significant performance boost and more.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5
If your company is struggling with underperforming infrastructure, upgrading to 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers running VCF 5.1 could be just what you need to handle more database throughput and reduce vSAN latencies. As an additional benefit to IT admins, we also found that the embedded VMware Aria Operation adapter provided useful infrastructure insights.
Realize 2.1X the performance with 20% less power with AMD EPYC processor-back...Principled Technologies
Three AMD EPYC processor-based two-processor solutions outshined comparable Intel Xeon Scalable processor-based solutions by handling more Redis workload transactions and requests while consuming less power
Conclusion
Performance and energy efficiency are significant factors in processor selection for servers running data-intensive workloads, such as Redis. We compared the Redis performance and energy consumption of a server cluster in three AMD EPYC two-processor configurations against that of a server cluster in two Intel Xeon Scalable two-processor configurations. In each of our three test scenarios, the server cluster backed by AMD EPYC processors outperformed the server cluster backed by Intel Xeon Scalable processors. In addition, one of the AMD EPYC processor-based clusters consumed 20 percent less power than its Intel Xeon Scalable processor-based counterpart. Combining these measurements gave us power efficiency metrics that demonstrate how valuable AMD EPYC processor-based servers could be—you could see better performance per watt with these AMD EPYC processor-based server clusters and potentially get more from your Redis or other data intensive applications and workloads while reducing data center power costs.
Improve performance and gain room to grow by easily migrating to a modern Ope...Principled Technologies
We deployed this modern environment, then migrated database VMs from legacy servers and saw performance improvements that support consolidation
Conclusion
If your organization’s transactional databases are running on gear that is several years old, you have much to gain by upgrading to modern servers with new processors and networking components and an OpenShift environment. In our testing, a modern OpenShift environment with a cluster of three Dell PowerEdge R7615 servers with 4th Generation AMD EPYC processors and high-speed 100Gb Broadcom NICs outperformed a legacy environment with MySQL VMs running on a cluster of three Dell PowerEdge R7515 servers with 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors and 25Gb Broadcom NICs. We also easily migrated a VM from the legacy environment to the modern environment, with only a few steps required to set up and less than ten minutes of hands-on time. The performance advantage of the modern servers would allow a company to reduce the number of servers necessary to perform a given amount of database work, thus lowering operational expenditures such as power and cooling and IT staff time for maintenance. The high-speed 100Gb Broadcom NICs in this solution also give companies better network performance and networking capacity to grow as they embrace emerging technologies such as AI that put great demands on networks.
Boost PC performance: How more available memory can improve productivityPrincipled Technologies
With more memory available, system performance of three Dell devices increased, which can translate to a better user experience
Conclusion
When your system has plenty of RAM to meet your needs, you can efficiently access the applications and data you need to finish projects and to-do lists without sacrificing time and focus. Our test results show that with more memory available, three Dell PCs delivered better performance and took less time to complete the Procyon Office Productivity benchmark. These advantages translate to users being able to complete workflows more quickly and multitask more easily. Whether you need the mobility of the Latitude 5440, the creative capabilities of the Precision 3470, or the high performance of the OptiPlex Tower Plus 7010, configuring your system with more RAM can help keep processes running smoothly, enabling you to do more without compromising performance.
Deploy with confidence: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdg...Principled Technologies
A Principled Technologies deployment guide
Conclusion
Deploying VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdge servers brings together critical virtualization capabilities and high-performing hardware infrastructure. Relying on our hands-on experience, this deployment guide offers a comprehensive roadmap that can guide your organization through the seamless integration of advanced VMware cloud solutions with the performance and reliability of Dell PowerEdge servers. In addition to the deployment efficiency, the Cloud Foundation 5.1 and PowerEdge solution delivered strong performance while running a MySQL database workload. By leveraging VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 and PowerEdge servers, you could help your organization embrace cloud computing with confidence, potentially unlocking a new level of agility, scalability, and efficiency in your data center operations.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5
Conclusion
If your company is struggling with underperforming infrastructure, upgrading to 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers running VCF 5.1 could be just what you need to handle more database throughput and reduce vSAN latencies. We found that a Dell PowerEdge R760 server cluster running VCF 5.1 processed over 78 percent more TPM and 79 percent more NOPM than a Dell PowerEdge R750 server cluster running VCF 4.5. It’s also worth noting that the PowerEdge R750 cluster bottlenecked on vSAN storage, with max write latency at 8.9ms. For reference, the PowerEdge R760 cluster clocked in at 3.8ms max write latency. This higher latency is due in part to the single disk group per host on the moderately configured PowerEdge R750 cluster, while the better-configured PowerEdge R760 cluster supported four disk groups per host. As an additional benefit to IT admins, we also found that the embedded VMware Aria Operation adapter provided useful infrastructure insights.
Based on our research using publicly available materials, it appears that Dell supports nine of the ten PC security features we investigated, HP supports six of them, and Lenovo supports three features.
Increase security, sustainability, and efficiency with robust Dell server man...Principled Technologies
Compared to the Supermicro management portfolio
Conclusion
Choosing a vendor for server purchases is about more than just the hardware platform. Decision-makers must also consider more long-term concerns, including system/data security, energy efficiency, and ease of management. These concerns make the systems management tools a vendor offers as important as the hardware.
We investigated the features and capabilities of server management tools from Dell and Supermicro, comparing Dell iDRAC9 against Supermicro IPMI for embedded server management and Dell OpenManage Enterprise and CloudIQ against Supermicro Server Manager for one-to-many device and console management and monitoring. We found that the Dell management tools provided more comprehensive security, sustainability, and management/monitoring features and capabilities than Supermicro servers did. In addition, Dell tools automated more tasks to ease server management, resulting in significant time savings for administrators versus having to do the same tasks manually with Supermicro tools.
When making a server purchase, a vendor’s associated management products are critical to protect data, support a more sustainable environment, and to ease the maintenance of systems. Our tests and research showed that the Dell management portfolio for PowerEdge servers offered more features to help organizations meet these goals than the comparable Supermicro management products.
Increase security, sustainability, and efficiency with robust Dell server man...Principled Technologies
Compared to the Supermicro management portfolio
Conclusion
Choosing a vendor for server purchases is about more than just the hardware platform. Decision-makers must also consider more long-term concerns, including system/data security, energy efficiency, and ease of management. These concerns make the systems management tools a vendor offers as important as the hardware.
We investigated the features and capabilities of server management tools from Dell and Supermicro, comparing Dell iDRAC9 against Supermicro IPMI for embedded server management and Dell OpenManage Enterprise and CloudIQ against Supermicro Server Manager for one-to-many device and console management and monitoring. We found that the Dell management tools provided more comprehensive security, sustainability, and management/monitoring features and capabilities than Supermicro servers did. In addition, Dell tools automated more tasks to ease server management, resulting in significant time savings for administrators versus having to do the same tasks manually with Supermicro tools.
When making a server purchase, a vendor’s associated management products are critical to protect data, support a more sustainable environment, and to ease the maintenance of systems. Our tests and research showed that the Dell management portfolio for PowerEdge servers offered more features to help organizations meet these goals than the comparable Supermicro management products.
Scale up your storage with higher-performing Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS ...Principled Technologies
In our tests, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS outperformed similarly configured solutions from Vendor A, achieving more IOPS, better throughput, and more consistent performance on both NVMe-supported configurations and configurations backed by Elastic Block Store (EBS) alone.
Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS supports a full NVMe backed configuration, but Vendor A doesn’t—its solution uses EBS for storage capacity and NVMe as an extended read cache—which means APEX Block Storage for AWS can deliver faster storage performance.
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.
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Programming Foundation Models with DSPy - Meetup SlidesZilliz
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Spark is the widely used ETL tool for processing, indexing and ingesting data to serving stack for search. Milvus is the production-ready open-source vector database. In this talk we will show how to use Spark to process unstructured data to extract vector representations, and push the vectors to Milvus vector database for search serving.
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
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- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
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CAKE: Sharing Slices of Confidential Data on BlockchainClaudio Di Ciccio
Presented at the CAiSE 2024 Forum, Intelligent Information Systems, June 6th, Limassol, Cyprus.
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Paper: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61000-4_16
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
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Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Have you ever been confused by the myriad of choices offered by AWS for hosting a website or an API?
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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
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What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
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Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
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Get up and running faster with Dell APEX Data Storage Services
1. Get up and running faster with Dell APEX Data Storage Services December 2022 (Revised)
Get up and running faster with
Dell APEX Data Storage Services
APEX Data Storage Services provided a smoother
STaaS procurement and deployment process
compared to an HPE GreenLake storage solution
By investing in a Storage as-a-Service (STaaS) solution, organizations can
gain the convenience of pay-as-you-go cloud consumption models while
maximizing flexibility and control by keeping the solution on-premises or in a
co-location facility. STaaS solutions that offer easy pricing and procurement,
quick time-to-value, and proficient support can help organizations make
their IT and business goals a reality without delay.
In the Principled Technologies data center, we compared the procurement
processes (through regular customer channels) of two STaaS solutions:
Dell APEX Data Storage Services and an HPE GreenLake storage solution.
The process of acquiring the APEX Data Storage Services solution was
quick and easy, while the HPE GreenLake storage solution acquisition had
several delays and issues. We received pricing immediately through the
APEX Console, while it took 11 days to receive a price quote for the HPE
GreenLake storage solution. In just 13 days from purchase, our APEX Data
Storage Services solution was up and running, while the HPE GreenLake
storage solution wasn’t ready for operation until 95 days after purchase.
With supportive customer service; quicker pricing, delivery, and activation;
and strong management support, we found that APEX Data Storage Services
provided a better overall purchasing and deployment experience for moving
to STaaS compared to the HPE GreenLake storage solution.
30 minutes to
complete
purchase
vs. 11 days to receive
a price quote for HPE
GreenLake
No flaws in
installation
vs. 3 weeks of
troubleshooting
connection issues
with HPE GreenLake
Activation in
under 2 weeks
vs.
over 3 months for
HPE GreenLake
A Principled Technologies report: Hands-on testing. Real-world results.
2. At-a-glance comparison
To compare the procurement processes of two STaaS solutions, Principled Technologies technicians ordered
solutions from Dell Technologies and HPE, documenting our experiences from first contact through installation.
Table 1 details some key differences in the Dell APEX and HPE GreenLake procurement processes. More details
are available in the sections that follow.
Table 1: At-a-glance comparison of the procurement processes for the two solutions.
APEX Data Storage Services HPE GreenLake storage solution
Ordering process, from quote to purchase, all online Order through sales contact via emails and calls
Immediate pricing available Lengthy process to get a price quote—11 days
Arrived cabled together in a fully assembled cabinet
Arrived in multiple boxes. Field engineers arrived and
performed installation.
Active management, using always-on connections,
monitoring hubs, and virtual jump boxes to address
issues as they occur
Relies on phone home/streaming for monitoring,
and requires a customer provided virtual
machine for metering.
All sales and support through Dell*
Sales through a third-party reseller,
support through HPE
*In our study (paper originally published September 2021), we conducted all sales and support through Dell. As of October 2021, US
partners can act as resellers. To learn more visit https://www.dell.com/en-us/blog/delivering-customer-choice-and-flexibility-with-apex/.
About APEX Data Storage Services
Part of the APEX portfolio that offers a variety of infrastructure as-a-Service options, APEX Data
Storage Services is “an as-a-Service portfolio of scalable and elastic storage resources built on
industry-leading technologies.”1
Through the APEX Console, administrators get self-service
access that allows them to quickly respond to changing business needs. An actively managed
solution, Dell Technologies monitors status around the clock to ensure high availability and that
all service levels are met. Dell Technologies offers a 90-day money-back guarantee for APEX Data
Storage Services.
To learn more about APEX Data Storage Services, visit
https://www.delltechnologies.com/APEX-Storage.
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3. Spend less time getting price quotes through the APEX Console
If your organization is looking to adopt a STaaS solution to increase business and IT agility, setbacks in the
procurement process can prove frustrating. After landing on your desired solution, the next step is to receive
price quotes and make a purchase. In our efforts to obtain pricing for APEX Data Storage Services and the HPE
GreenLake storage solution, we found that the Dell APEX team made ordering simple. Obtaining pricing for the
HPE GreenLake storage solution involved ordering through a reseller and had considerable delays. Once we
filled out our initial request form on the HPE website, HPE called to ask which reseller we wanted to work with to
begin the sales discussion.
After we obtained access to the web-based APEX Console by creating a user account, we were able to quickly
and easily get a price quote, simply by logging in and answering a few questions about our requirements; the
process was entirely online. Conversely, we had to order the HPE GreenLake storage solution through a third-
party reseller, and had little to no contact through online sources during the beginning purchasing stages. In all,
it took 11 days to receive the quote for our desired HPE GreenLake storage solution (see Figure 1).
We selected standard, non-custom configurations for both the APEX Data Storage Services and HPE GreenLake
storage solution. With pricing available on demand through the APEX Console, it was easy to order the APEX
Data Storage Services solution we desired. The significant delays in getting pricing for the HPE GreenLake
storage solution meant that by the time we received our price quote, the APEX Data Storage Services solution
was just a few days from being activated in our data center.
Figure 1: Time to receive pricing for the two Storage as-a-Service solutions. Source: Principled Technologies.
Time to receive a price quote
Dell APEX Data Storage Services
30 minutes
11 days
HPE GreenLake storage solution
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4. Quicker time-to-value with APEX Data Storage Services
In the pre-deployment stage, the APEX team sent us forms to fill out for planning and offered a STaaS kickoff
with our assigned Customer Success Manager, Managed-Services Project Manager, and other team members to
prepare for the next steps.
At every stage of the process, the APEX team was communicative and gave us the assistance we needed. They
gave us frequent updates throughout the delivery process. For the APEX Data Storage Services solution, the
time from purchase to activation in our data center was only 13 days.
The delivery process for the HPE GreenLake storage solution took 7.3 times longer—the time from purchase to
activation in our data center took over three months, or 95 days. (See Figure 2.)
The timeline for the HPE GreenLake storage solution procurement was as follows:
• Date order was placed - 6/14/21 (Expected shipping date: 7/12/21)
• Date order shipped - 8/17/21
• Date order arrived - 8/19/21
• Date of installation - 8/26/21
• Date of activation complete – 9/17/21 (*defined as storage is installed and configured and monitoring
is operational)
HPE changed our shipping date four times, because HPE held the shipment for “quality assurance validation.”
The initial planned shipping date was 07/12/21. The HPE Service Advisor did not keep us updated as
the shipping dates continued to shift—we had to reach out to them six separate times for updates on
our order status.
Figure 2: Time from purchase to activation for the two Storage as-a-Service solutions. Source: Principled Technologies.
Time from purchase to activation
Dell APEX Data Storage Services
13 days
95 days
HPE GreenLake storage solution
7.3x
longer
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5. Getting the arrays up and running in the data center and integrating
them into the respective services
Integrating the APEX storage solution was streamlined and quick,
delivering excellent time to value
The APEX Data Storage Services solution arrived in a pre-built cabinet and was
internally pre-cabled. In meetings with the APEX services team and from pre-
deployment documentation, we learned we would need to power the system
on and have all drop-cables in place prior to installation. The APEX team made
sure we had access to all systems and walked us through the APEX Console upon
delivery. After delivery, the APEX team had our service up and running within a day
and we were able to use the array within 14 days of ordering the solution. The team
scheduled follow-up learning meetings so we could ask questions as we continued
to use the solution.
Integrating the HPE GreenLake solution was fragmented and
lengthy, delaying time to value
While we experienced no issues activating the APEX solution, the problems with
our HPE GreenLake storage solution deployment didn’t end with a slow delivery
process. From the time the HPE GreenLake storage solution arrived in our data
center, it took an additional 22 days before our solution was up and running. We
also experienced more delays during the integration process while trying to gain
full access to the HPE GreenLake Central console.
The HPE storage array arrived in our data center in several boxes on a pallet. The
HPE field service technicians unboxed and installed the array and powered it on.
After a brief initial configuration, they gave us login credentials, verified that we
could log into the array, and left. This process took approximately three hours. After
the technicians completed the installation and initial configuration, HPE began the
process of activating the array so that they could begin importing it into the three
consoles that comprise the GreenLake solution:
• InfoSight, a platform that HPE describes as using “the power of cloud-based machine learning to drive Global
Intelligence and insights for infrastructure across servers, storage, and virtualized resources”2
• The Data Services Cloud Console (DSCC), which HPE states “provides a suite of cloud services across your
edge, core, and cloud to accelerate data, agility, and innovation”3
• GreenLake Central, which includes billing information, among other things
You can launch all of these, and more, from the GreenLake one-stop landing page, which also lets you onboard
devices and manage users and subscriptions.4
The process of importing the HPE storage array into these consoles was complex and lengthy, taking several weeks
on top of the 22 days between installation and activation. We used multiple interfaces and worked with individuals
from disparate teams, including the GreenLake team, the GreenLake Central team, the Nimble team, and the North
America Services Enablement team. In addition, we worked with a delivery manager (DM). The DM did not appear to
have direct insight into the status or progress of issues we were encountering, and had to request information on our
behalf from the various teams. We are unaware of any dashboard or ticketing system we could have used to check
on the progress, so we had to reach out for updates. In total, we exchanged 46 email messages (23 from HPE to us
and 23 from us to HPE) related to the metering VM and GreenLake Central console onboarding. Note: In the science
behind the report, we provide greater detail on the process of importing the HPE storage array into these consoles.
Dell APEX Data Storage
Services solution
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6. Billing and subscription information
An overview of the GreenLake Portal
The GreenLake Portal provides centralized Single Sign-On (SSO) capabilities to the consoles to which it
links, including the GreenLake Central console, the Aruba Central console, and the Compute Cloud
Console—both found within the App Catalog portion of the GreenLake portal. (The HPE GreenLake storage
solution deployed at PT did not include the Aruba or Compute Cloud consoles.) Additionally, the GreenLake
Portal also offers controls such as hardware onboarding, user creation and role assignments, and organizational
(tenant) management.
Within InfoSight, we could launch the local array manager, though we had to access it using either the local
network or a VPN connection. Additionally, logging in to the array manager requires an additional separate
authentication.
Within the DSCC, we could access additional consoles. We navigated to InfoSight and Data Ops Manager
within the DSCC, though we found that InfoSight required an additional login rather than relying on SSO from
GreenLake. Additionally, the DSCC offered a preview of the Block Storage console, which is a tool for users to
provision storage on a cloud connected array, and a Backup and Recovery console, which we could not access
due to limits to our subscription.
The GreenLake Central console provides the service-level view, including the GreenLake Billing element, which
provides the monthly charges summary; a Capacity Planning Summary, which provides a consumption view
element; and a launching point for the HPE Consumption Analytics Portal.
A look at the Dell APEX Console
Among other useful management features and views, the APEX Console provides a view of Active Subscriptions,
which users can drill down into to see subscription details such as timing, pricing, locations, and any orders in
progress. For users looking to purchase additional services, they can access documentation under the Catalog to
learn more about Dell APEX services. The Console also offers information to begin the purchasing process and a
process for getting immediate quotes for additional storage.
For questions and concerns, the Support menu provides access to the Tech Support ticket site and 866 number.
We also found that the Metrics section gave an overall system health view—both with a numerical score and a
colored green/yellow/red visual indicator.
We were able to launch the storage array Element Manager and CloudIQ from the APEX Console. Element
Manager enables users to manage block or file storage. We found that accessing its management page required
local network access or a VPN connection. Additionally, logging into Element Manager requires an additional
separate authentication. CloudIQ, which provides a way to monitor storage, performance, and a system’s overall
health, utilized SSO capabilities, not requiring us to enter additional credentials.
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7. Figure 3: Home screen of the Dell APEX Console. Source: Principled Technologies.
Figure 4: The Billing screen within the APEX console. Source: Principled Technologies.
Besides what we outline above, there are additional management features available in the APEX Console
(see Figure 3).
The APEX Console also shows detailed usage, cost, and billing information. We were able to see our most
recent invoices and their paid status (see Figure 4).
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8. Conclusion
Compared to the HPE GreenLake storage solution, we found that APEX Data Storage Services offered a better
overall purchasing experience and a faster time-to-value. Based on our experiences, organizations looking
to Dell APEX Data Storage Services can expect a knowledgeable team that walks them through the process
of delivering an active management STaaS solution without delays during the purchasing and deployment
processes. In contrast, our experience with HPE GreenLake was lengthier and more fragmented.
1 Dell Technologies, “APEX Data Storage Services,” accessed September 2, 2021,
https://www.delltechnologies.com/APEX-Storage.
2 “HPE InfoSight – Artificial Intelligence for autonomous infrastructure brochure,” accessed January 28, 2022,
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/collaterals/collateral.a00043401enw.HPE-InfoSight-E2-80-93-Artificial-Intelligence-for-autono-
mous-infrastructure-brochure.html?rpv=cpf&parentPage=/us/en/solutions/infosight.
3 “Data Services Cloud Console,” accessed February 2, 2022,
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/storage/data-services-cloud-console.html.
4 GreenLake one-stop landing page, accessed February 2, 2022, common.cloud.hpe.com.
To learn more about Dell APEX Data Storage Services,
visit DellTechnologies.com/APEX-Storage
Note: A previous version of this report contained a less-detailed description of the “Getting the arrays up and
running in the data center and integrating them into the respective services” section and did not include the
“Billing and subscription information” section.
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9. Science behind the report
We concluded our hands-on testing on December 10, 2021. The results in this report reflect configurations that
we finalized on June 14, 2021 or earlier. Unavoidably, these configurations may not represent the latest versions
available when this report appears.
System configuration information
Table 2: Detailed information on the systems we tested.
System configuration information Dell APEX Data Storage Services solution HPE GreenLake storage solution
Data services Block Business Critical
Base capacity 100 TB 92 TB
Subscription term 1 year 3 years
Details of our experience importing the HPE storage array into
GreenLake consoles
Importing the HPE storage array into InfoSight and the GreenLake one-stop landing page
• We began the process of importing the HPE storage array into the GreenLake consoles by working with
one services enablement engineer from the North America Services Enablement team. This individual
could not provide an explanation for the issues we were seeing, was ultimately unable to perform the
import, and had to transition off the project.
• Roughly 2 days after we received the last email from the first engineer, we had an onboarding meeting with
the second enablement engineer. They asked us where we were in the enablement process, because the
only information they had received was that the enablement was unsuccessful. We walked this engineer
through our progress and issues.
• The second services enablement engineer succeeded in getting the HPE storage array working in
InfoSight, but not the GreenLake one-stop landing page or the GreenLake Central console. They opened
a ticket with the Nimble support team on our behalf.
• After 2 days, the Nimble team onboarded the HPE storage array into a newly created “organization.” (This
is basically a customer organization on the main GreenLake portal, repository for information relevant
to all of the users you’ll invite in under that organization, with the roles and privileges affecting only that
organization and no higher.) We received instructions on how to merge the GreenLake organization we had
created with the first services enablement engineer into the new GreenLake organization so that we could
continue. Once we had merged the organizations, we discovered that only an older asset was visible; the
new one was not immediately available, but showed up later that evening in InfoSight.
• We then experienced issues with InfoSight authentication using HPE Passport. Our services enablement
engineer provided us with a link to utilize the InfoSight legacy website, which gave us access to the portal.
• Next, the appliance showed as disconnected in GreenLake Data Ops Manager, which one accesses
through the DSCC portal/console. Addressing this required opening a support ticket with the GreenLake
team. After six days of escalation through support, the team had connected the HPE storage array to our
unified GreenLake organization, but we lacked access to the GreenLake Central console.
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Importing the HPE storage array into the GreenLake Central console
• After we had correctly configured all of the other consoles, we asked the DM about access to the
GreenLake Central console. They said we needed to configure a “metering VM.” Our DM sent us the first
of a series of emails containing partial instructions and requests for information.
• We configured the metering VM with an HPE engineer for connection to the GreenLake Central console.
• We sent an email to the HPE engineer who helped us set up the billing, asking about access to the
GreenLake Central console. We received a response from the DM that creating access occurs after the
onboarding, and they’d be following up with an email regarding the portal.
• We sent an email directly to the HPE engineer who performed the metering setup (copying the DM),
requesting a status update. The engineer responded that they were in the process of sending the details
to the GreenLake Central team shortly, after which we’d be able to find the details. We never did.
• We sent a follow-up email to the HPE engineer, requesting another status update. We
received no response.
• We sent an email indicating that we still hadn’t heard anything from the GreenLake team, and had created
an account on our own to see if we could gain some traction. The DM indicated that the GreenLake
Central team had not created the GreenLake Central tenant ID, and the fact that our account was not a
member of a created tenant was the reason that our account had no access. We also indicated that we had
no way of accessing the billing statements that should have started the previous month.
• We received an email from our DM, who wanted to confirm that we had received an email with access for
the GreenLake Central console. We replied that we had not received this email.
• Having heard nothing else from HPE regarding instructions or confirmation, we attempted to log into the
account we previously created. After about a minute of what seemed to be circular redirects, we landed at
the GreenLake Central console and were able to navigate.
In total, we exchanged 46 email messages (23 from HPE to us and 23 from us to HPE) related to the metering
VM and GreenLake Central console onboarding. We also received multiple automatically generated emails
each day from our SMTP server—which GreenLake required us to use for the metering server—alerting us about
records being uploaded.
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