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Red Hat OpenShift with Dell PowerStore Metro Volumes

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Red Hat OpenShift with Dell PowerStore Metro Volumes

This white paper describes the integration of Dell PowerStore Metro Volumes with Red Hat OpenShift through the Dell CSI driver, showcasing active-active storage for high availability for containerized and virtualized workloads.

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Dell CSM 1.17: What Kubernetes Admins Will Actually Care About

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Dell CSM 1.17: What Kubernetes Admins Will Actually Care About

If you’ve been running stateful workloads on Kubernetes for any length of time, you already know the story: Day 1 is easy. Day 2 is where things get interesting. Storage is usually where that story gets… memorable. That’s where Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM) come in—and with the release of ...

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What's New in PowerStore OS 3.5?

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What's New in PowerStore OS 3.5?

Dell PowerStoreOS 3.5 is the latest software release for the Dell PowerStore platform. In this release, there has been a large focus on data protection and security for PowerStore T as well as File networking, scalability, and more. We’ll cover all of these in this blog! The following list highlights ...

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Dell PowerStore Metro Node with Oracle

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Dell PowerStore Metro Node with Oracle

This document provides an overview and discusses use cases and recommendations for deploying Oracle standalone database and Oracle RAC Standalone Clusters with Dell PowerStore metro node.

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3-Tier Platform Design Guide

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3-Tier Platform Design Guide

This design guide describes the architecture and design of a 3-Tier converged infrastructure using Dell PowerMax, Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerScale, and Dell Unity storage arrays with Connectrix MDS SAN switches, Cisco Nexus LAN switches, and Cisco UCS compute

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Red Hat OpenShift 4.16 and MongoDB deployment on Dell PowerStore

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Red Hat OpenShift 4.16 and MongoDB deployment on Dell PowerStore

This guide covers deploying Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 on a Dell PowerStore platform using the OpenShift Assisted Installer, and the configuration and deployment of a MongoDB application with the PowerStore CSI driver for persistent storage.

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Design Guide—Data Management with Cloudera Data Platform on AMD-powered Dell Infrastructure

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Design Guide—Data Management with Cloudera Data Platform on AMD-powered Dell Infrastructure

This design guide provides architecture and design information for the Dell Technologies Validated Design for Data Management with Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) Private Cloud Base, for deployment on AMD-powered Dell PowerEdge servers, PowerSwitch networking, an

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Dell Container Storage Modules for PowerStore

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Dell Container Storage Modules for PowerStore

Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM) for PowerStore goes beyond basic storage integration to accelerate deployment and simplify storage management while leveraging the world-class data services of PowerStore.

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Design Guide—Modernize Your Oracle Database Server Platform and Accelerate Deployments

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Design Guide—Modernize Your Oracle Database Server Platform and Accelerate Deployments

This design guide describes the best practices for designing and implementing a VMWare-based virtualized Oracle Database 19c solution using Dell PowerStore 1000T storage, Dell PowerEdge servers R750, VMware vSphere 7, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS 8.

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Dell EMC SmartFabric Services with PowerEdge Servers, PowerStore Storage Appliance, and Isilon Storage

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Dell EMC SmartFabric Services with PowerEdge Servers, PowerStore Storage Appliance, and Isilon Storage

This guide describes how SmartFabric Services is used to deploy a new leaf-spine fabric. The SFS-enabled leaf-spine topology is connected to the data center's existing network using L2 or L3 uplinks. OMNI is used for post-deployment switch configuration.

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Comparing QLC and TLC Flash Drives Architectures, Benefits, and Best Fit for Your Business

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Comparing QLC and TLC Flash Drives Architectures, Benefits, and Best Fit for Your Business

Introduction As digital transformation accelerates, organizations demand storage solutions that balance performance, cost efficiency, density and scalability. Dell Technologies (EMC at the time) first began its journey by being the first storage vendor to introduce Flash Drives back in 2008 in Enterprise Storage Arrays we offered at that time. Source: ...

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CloudIQ: Cloud-based Monitoring for your Dell Technologies IT Environment

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CloudIQ: Cloud-based Monitoring for your Dell Technologies IT Environment

Introduction CloudIQ is Dell’s cloud-based AIOps application for monitoring Dell core, edge, and cloud. Born out of the Dell Unity storage product group several years ago, CloudIQ has quickly grown to cover a broad range of Dell Technologies products. With the latest addition of PowerSwitch, CloudIQ now covers Dell’s entire ...

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PowerStore and RSA SecurID – Solving your Multi-Factor Authentication Requirements

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PowerStore and RSA SecurID – Solving your Multi-Factor Authentication Requirements

PowerStore authentication overview Previous versions of PowerStore supported basic or single factor authentication for both local and LDAP users. With growing security concerns in the global environment, many users are constantly looking to improve their security posture. The PowerStoreOS 3.5 release helps meet this goal by implementing multi-factor authentication support. ...

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Dell EMC SmartFabric Services with PowerEdge Servers, PowerStore Storage Appliance, and Isilon Storage

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Dell EMC SmartFabric Services with PowerEdge Servers, PowerStore Storage Appliance, and Isilon Storage

This guide describes how SmartFabric Services is used to deploy a new leaf-spine fabric. The SFS-enabled leaf-spine topology is connected to the data center's existing network using L2 or L3 uplinks. OMNI is used for post-deployment switch configuration.

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Dell PowerStore: Replication Technologies

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Dell PowerStore: Replication Technologies

This white paper explains the replication technologies for the Dell PowerStore platform. It outlines the native and non-native options available for replicating data and describes managing replication and its benefits.

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Dell PowerStore Manager Overview

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Dell PowerStore Manager Overview

This white paper introduces and describes PowerStore Manager. PowerStore Manager is a web-based solution that provides an easy-to-use interface for management actions and monitoring operations which are crucial to an organization’s needs.

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PowerStore: VMware Horizon VDI Best Practices

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PowerStore: VMware Horizon VDI Best Practices

This document provides best practices for deploying VMware Horizon virtual desktops with Dell EMC PowerStore. It also includes recommendations for performance, availability, scalability, and integration.

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Dell PowerStore: Microsoft SQL Server 2022 on Microsoft Hyper-V: Deployment and Best Practices

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Dell PowerStore: Microsoft SQL Server 2022 on Microsoft Hyper-V: Deployment and Best Practices

This white paper describes considerations and best practices for deploying Microsoft SQL Server on Hyper-V using the Dell PowerStore storage platform.

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Dell PowerStore: Persistent Data Availability

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Dell PowerStore: Persistent Data Availability

Summary At Dell Technologies, storage solutions are architected for reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) as part of their design. Dell storage products also include redundant hardware components and intelligent software architected to deliver extreme performance and availability simultaneously. This combination results in unparalleled operational durability while also leveraging components in ...

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VDI Design Guide—VMware Horizon on Dell PowerStore T Scalable All-Flash Storage

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VDI Design Guide—VMware Horizon on Dell PowerStore T Scalable All-Flash Storage

Describes the architecture and design of the Dell Validated Design for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with VMware Horizon brokering software, based on Dell Technologies infrastructure, including Dell PowerStore T scalable all-flash storage.

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Networking with a Purpose (#1) – Let’s Get Physical

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Networking with a Purpose (#1) – Let’s Get Physical

Introduction There are many questions to answer when purchasing and implementing a new storage system. Why am I buying this? How much capacity do I need? What are the performance requirements? Will the system store just block data, or host file data too? While the answers to these questions lead ...

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What’s New in PowerStoreOS 4.0?

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What’s New in PowerStoreOS 4.0?

PowerStoreOS 4.0 is the latest major release on the Dell PowerStore platform. Headlining this release, is the highly flexible PowerStore 3200Q! PowerStoreOS 4.0 is jam-packed with an abundance of new features and enhancements that cover a multitude of areas such as: Data efficiency Hardware Networking Data protection Import Performance Security ...

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Dell Storage for Kubernetes Update-Delivering More Platforms, More Performance, More Simplicity with CSM 1.16

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Dell Storage for Kubernetes Update-Delivering More Platforms, More Performance, More Simplicity with CSM 1.16

We’re excited to share the release of CSM 1.16 (Container Storage Modules) , a milestone update that focuses on simplicity, platform breadth, performance, and deeper integration across Kubernetes and virtualization environments. This release strengthens our cloud native strategy while continuing to make our storage ecosystem easier to operate and more ...

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Data Protection for PowerStore with PowerProtect DD Series Appliances

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Data Protection for PowerStore with PowerProtect DD Series Appliances

Summary Dell PowerStore is a revolutionary storage appliance that is designed for the data era. PowerStore is a data-centric, intelligent, and adaptable infrastructure solution that provides various ways to protect your data, locally and remotely. With PowerStore Manager, you can protect your data locally by creating snapshots (point-in-time copies) of ...

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Metrics Exporter for Dell PowerStore

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Metrics Exporter for Dell PowerStore

Overview Enterprise monitoring requires end-to-end visibility of critical workloads. High-level monitoring and alerting are necessary to alert and notify the proper staff about immediate issues or trends that require attention. Dell PowerStore collects a wealth of performance metrics to help you monitor and manage your mission-critical storage resources. You can ...

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What’s New in PowerStoreOS 5.0?

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What’s New in PowerStoreOS 5.0?

Introduction Dell’s PowerStore portfolio transitions to its third generation with the new PowerStoreOS 5.0 release. Previously announced as PowerStore Elite, it encompasses a completely new hardware platform built for the next generation of enterprise storage as well as a continued evolution in its software architecture. It’s a significant milestone in ...

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Dell AI Platform with AMD GPUs

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Dell AI Platform with AMD GPUs

This design guide describes the architecture and design of the Dell AI Platform with AMD, based on Dell PowerEdge servers with AMD Instinct accelerators, Dell PowerSwitch networking and PowerScale storage, and an open-source software stack.

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Oracle RAC High Availability on PowerStore T

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Oracle RAC High Availability on PowerStore T

This white paper describes the results from an engineering lab validation of Oracle RAC high availability using a Dell EMC PowerStore T storage array, Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, and VMware virtualization to automate a complex database architecture.

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Dell PowerStore: SQL Server High Availability on VMware

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Dell PowerStore: SQL Server High Availability on VMware

This document describes the HA features for SQL Server that are available in VMware, Microsoft SQL Server, and Dell PowerStore and how to combine these features. Together these features create availability solutions that are superior to a singular product.

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Technical Overview of NVMe/TCP

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Technical Overview of NVMe/TCP

This guide provides a deeper understanding of the core technologies that form the basis of NVMe/TCP and its deployment best practices. It attempts to deliver comprehensive information about NVMe/TCP technologies while explaining their value and benefits.

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Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes with Dell PowerStore

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Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes with Dell PowerStore

This document provides guidance on implementing Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes with Dell PowerStore. It covers the installation of the EKS Kubernetes cluster and deployment of the PowerStore CSI and applications on the worker nodes on a private cloud infrastructure.

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Proxmox with Dell PowerStore Metro Volumes

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Proxmox with Dell PowerStore Metro Volumes

This white paper describes the deployment and configuration of the Proxmox Virtual Environment using Dell PowerStore Metro Volumes, enabling efficient creation, management, and monitoring of virtual machines.

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Dell Connectrix GEN8 Fibre Channel for Dell Storage

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Dell Connectrix GEN8 Fibre Channel for Dell Storage

The storage network has never had a bigger job. All-flash arrays, NVMe workloads, and a surge of enterprise AI applications are all pulling on the same fabric and demanding more bandwidth, lower latency, and stronger security than the previous generation was designed to deliver. That's exactly why Dell introduced the ...

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Part 2 – The ‘What’ - Introducing Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM)

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Part 2 – The ‘What’ - Introducing Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM)

In the first post of the series, which you can read all about here , I discussed some of the challenges that are associated with managing the storage / Data Protection aspects of Kubernetes. Now, let’s discuss our solutions: Enter CSM, or Introduction to Container Storage Modules Remember the 2019 ...

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Modernizing Virtualization with Dell PowerStore and Nutanix Cloud Platform

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Modernizing Virtualization with Dell PowerStore and Nutanix Cloud Platform

Introduction Rising hardware costs, shifting hypervisor licensing, supply chain uncertainty, and other factors are pushing IT teams to do more with less. Customers are looking for products that enable them to avoid vendor lock-in, maximize infrastructure ROI, keep enterprise-grade performance, and maximize flexibility without added risk. Dell Technologies and Nutanix ...

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VMware Horizon 8 with Dell EMC PowerEdge R6525 Servers and Dell EMC PowerStore 9000

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VMware Horizon 8 with Dell EMC PowerEdge R6525 Servers and Dell EMC PowerStore 9000

This document describes an architecture for deploying VMware Horizon 8 virtual desktops with Dell EMC PowerEdge R6525 servers and a Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T model appliance.

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Introducing the PowerStore 3200Q!

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Introducing the PowerStore 3200Q!

Dell Technologies is proud to introduce the newest member of the PowerStore family: PowerStore 3200Q. This new hardware model leverages the latest in NAND flash technology, NVMe QLC (Quad-Level Cell) SSD drives, offering our customers a lower-cost solution that does not sacrifice performance or enterprise capabilities. Uncompromising performance – The ...

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Generating Performance Data for your PowerStore Arrays with Python

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Generating Performance Data for your PowerStore Arrays with Python

If you run Dell PowerStore in production, having a quick way to script IOPS, bandwidth, and latency checks is priceless—whether you’re validating a change, troubleshooting a hotspot, or feeding a dashboard. Quick and reliable access to metrics whether through a Grafana dashboard or your own tools can reduce time to ...

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VxRail 8.0.320 - Learn about the latest VxRail software release

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VxRail 8.0.320 - Learn about the latest VxRail software release

Happy New Year, VxRail customers! I hope you had a joyous and restful holiday break. VxRail 8.0.320 is now available, and what better way to ease back into work than to have a quick read about what the latest major VxRail software release has to offer. VxRail 8.0.320 provides support ...

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Guide for Configuring PowerStore with an SSL Certificate

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Guide for Configuring PowerStore with an SSL Certificate

SSL certificates are commonly used when browsing the internet. Even corporate intranet pages are usually protected with an encrypted SSL connection. The two major security improvements when using SSL certificates are: Authenticity to prove a trusted server Encryption to protect (sensitive) data Let’s start with some quick basics. I guess ...

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REST API and Dell Technologies Storage - PowerStore

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REST API and Dell Technologies Storage - PowerStore

Today we live in a world powered by REST APIs. And when it comes to REST APIs, Dell PowerStore is one of the best. Why? An important thing to understand is that PowerStore is a REST API-first system, which means all functionality that is exposed externally has been made available ...

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Protect Red Hat OpenShift applications with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager on Dell PowerStore

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Protect Red Hat OpenShift applications with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager on Dell PowerStore

This paper describes the integration of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager with Dell PowerStore and Red Hat OpenShift applications to deliver containerized application-consistent protection.

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Design Guide—Data Management with Cloudera Data Platform on Intel-powered Dell EMC Infrastructure

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Design Guide—Data Management with Cloudera Data Platform on Intel-powered Dell EMC Infrastructure

Architecture and design information for the Dell Technologies Validated Design for Data Management with Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) Private Cloud Base, for deployment on Intel-powered Dell PowerEdge servers, PowerSwitch networking, and PowerScale storage.

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An In-Depth Overview of NVMe and NVMe-oF

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An In-Depth Overview of NVMe and NVMe-oF

This guide provides a deeper understanding of the core technologies that form the basis of NVMe and NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF), delivering comprehensive information about these technologies while explaining their value and benefits.

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White Paper—Data Management with Cloudera Data Platform on Dell Infrastructure

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White Paper—Data Management with Cloudera Data Platform on Dell Infrastructure

This white paper provides overview information for the Dell Technologies Validated Design for Data Management with Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) Private Cloud Base, for deployment on Dell PowerEdge servers, PowerSwitch networking, and PowerScale storage.

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MySQL InnoDB Cluster on Dell EMC PowerStore T

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MySQL InnoDB Cluster on Dell EMC PowerStore T

This white paper demonstrates that the PowerStore 1000T is a suitable storage platform for Oracle MySQL use cases, including decentralized deployments and small-to-medium production and non-production dev/test environments.

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Dell VxRail and Dell PowerStore: Better Together

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Dell VxRail and Dell PowerStore: Better Together

This document describes the benefits of using Dell VxRail and Dell PowerStore together, and how they interoperate. It covers a range of use cases for how Dell VxRail and Dell PowerStore can be combined for maximum business flexibility, continuity, and scaling.

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PowerEdge MX and NVMe/TCP Storage

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PowerEdge MX and NVMe/TCP Storage

Introduction Dell PowerEdge MX was introduced in 2018, and since then Dell Technologies has continued to add new features and functionality to the platform. One such area is the support of NVMe over TCP (NVMe/TCP). As new applications such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) and the continuing consolidation ...

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VDI Design Guide—Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Dell PowerStore T Scalable All-Flash Storage

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VDI Design Guide—Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Dell PowerStore T Scalable All-Flash Storage

This design guide describes the architecture and design of the Dell Validated Design for Citrix DaaS and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD), based on Dell Technologies infrastructure, including Dell PowerStore T scalable all-flash storage.

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Spot Trouble Before It Hurts Your Apps: Performance Anomaly Detection in PowerStoreOS 4.2

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Spot Trouble Before It Hurts Your Apps: Performance Anomaly Detection in PowerStoreOS 4.2

PowerStore scores again with another great software feature. In this blog, I’d like to cover a feature back from PowerStoreOS 4.2 version, called Performance Anomaly Detection, and as always, we start with what problem we are trying to solve. Storage Administrators juggle multiple applications on the same shared storage array. ...

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