…a few of them stand out: 2-node cluster support officially announced and I think it is about time. VMware has always touted VSAN as an option for ROBO, but I’ve…
SQL Server OLTP Benchmark
…PowerEdge R730 VMware ESXi vSphere Virtual Client Hosts (2) Four Intel E5-2690 v3 CPUs for 124GHz in cluster (Two per node, 2.6GHz, 12-cores, 30MB Cache) 512GB RAM (256GB per node,…
Dell VxRail VD-4000 Rugged HCI Platform Released
…RAID1 boot volume. Dell VxRail VD-4520c Node In terms of connectivity, the nodes both offer support for four SPF+ or SFP28. Each node also has an iDRAC port, diagnostic ports,…
DPU Lifecycle Management Requires Creative Server Solutions
…Management with iDRAC Final Thoughts It’s a bit premature to say every VMware vSphere or vSAN node should be configured with DPUs to take advantage of the vSphere Distributed Services…
In the Lab: VMware HCIbench Hands On
VMware‘s VSAN group recently announced a free storage performance testing tool for Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), the HCI benchmark or HCIbench. While stressing traditional arrays with I/O or bandwidth tests is…
Sysbench OLTP Benchmark
…Database Threads: 32 RAM Buffer: 24GB Dell PowerEdge R730 Virtualized Sysbench 4-node Cluster Eight Intel E5-2690 v3 CPUs for 249GHz in cluster (Two per node, 2.6GHz, 12-cores, 30MB Cache) 1TB…
VMware Updates EVO:RAIL With More Configuration Options
…node 128GB to 512GB of memory per node VMware Virtual SAN configuration option 1: 1 x 400 GB SSD with 3 x 1.2 TB HDD per node 1.6 TB SSD…
VMware Launches Virtual SAN 6 And vSphere Virtual Volumes
Today VMware Inc launched the latest version of their software-defined storage solution, Virtual SAN 6 (VSAN). VMware Virtual SAN 6 has significant scalability and performance enhancements including new all-flash configuration support….
Dell EMC Adds AMD EPYC CPU-Based PowerEdge Servers To Its Portfolio
…platform certified as a VMware vSAN Ready Node and offers up to 20% better TCO per four-node cluster for vSAN deployments at the edge. With 128 PCIe lanes, it offers…
Dell PowerEdge R630 Review
…R630 makes for an excellent node in software-defined deployments ranging from vSAN to ScaleIO. While diminutive in rack footprint, don’t let the R630 fool you; it’s a full-fledged dual-socket PowerEdge…
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