Principled Technologies Releases Study on the VDI Capabilities of Dell EMC PowerEdge FX2s Enclosures with Dell EMC XtremIO Storage

#VDI deployments need strong hardware to deliver an optimal experience for end users. PT deployed 6,000 virtual desktops on #DellEMC #PowerEdge #FX2s enclosures with PowerEdge FC630 server modules and Dell EMC #XtremIO storage and found that the solution could get users to desktops quickly, even in boot storms, and save time for admins during desktop recomposition—all inside of a single datacenter rack. The solution also offered the flexibility to host either linked or full clones while keeping a small data footprint. According to the report, the Dell EMC XtremIO solution is “a robust VDI platform that can support a large number of virtual desktops while taking up little datacenter space, which can help keep ongoing datacenter expenses low.” To learn more about how Dell EMC PowerEdge FX2s enclosures with XtremIO storage works for large VDI deployments, read the full report at facts.pt/Wn4a83, see the summary at facts.pt/RbQR5w, see the infographic at facts.pt/Xm8Rea, and watch the video at facts.pt/6QLA9x.

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Dell PowerEdge grows revenue, shrinks data center footprint

#Dell 's new addition to its blade server market, the Dell #PowerEdge #FX2, has helped Dell's blade server market experience 34% year over year revenue growth, growing seventeen percent faster than the overall industry in 2016, the company reports. The PowerEdge modular infrastructure has been an offering since 2014, and has been used as infrastructure improvement in data centers across 70 countries worldwide. Customers are using the infrastructure in conjunction with Dell system management software, which the company says has helped improve data center efficiency without totally changing their own infrastructure. "With strong systems management capabilities, the PowerEdge FX2 can help customers meet their goals by supporting traditional applications and new workloads driven by social, mobile, analytics and cloud computing in a modular infrastructure. These attributes combined with recent customer successes is driving unprecedented growth," says Ashley Gorakhpurwalla, vice president and general manager, Dell Server Solutions. The infrastructure has been used in some of the world's most powerful data centers by using it as 'building block' for storage, storage and networking that has improved data center operations, the company says. Accelerated Technology Laboratories, A US-based research facility, used the technology to consolidate its data center footprint to improve cooling, power and rack space requirements in more than 400 of its laboratories. The company says its growing infrastructure facilitated the upgrade. "The Dell FX2 architecture supports our whole business in a 2U space, and it is critical that it is extremely reliable for our employees and our customers. With the Dell FX2 as the center of our end-to-end Dell solution, our infrastructure gives us the flexibility to expand storage and compute as our company grows," says Mark Burke, chief information officer at Accelerated Technology Laboratories.

https://datacenternews.asia/story/dell-poweredge-grows-revenue-shrinks-data-center-footprint/

New Dell Systems Management Capabilities Bolster Customer Successes for Fast-growing Dell PowerEdge FX2 Modular Infrastructure

ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dell today announced updates to the systems management portfolio for the #Dell #PowerEdge #FX2 modular infrastructure to help customers further maximize IT productivity and business continuity. The new features enhance provisioning and infrastructure visibility, plus add support for Nagios users and open source applications.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160720005179/en/Dell-Systems-Management-Capabilities-Bolster-Customer-Successes

Dell solutions boost InMobi ‘s efficencies

Discovery platform #InMobi selected #Dell converged infrastructure offering for accelerated deployment and to drive power its efficiencies.

It follows a partnership announcement in November to build innovative and potentially disruptive solutions to increase business agility and enhance outcomes for InMobi.

“Dell’s rate of deployment and provisioning of servers have helped our business teams serve to market faster and we are extremely happy,” said Sanjay Kharb, Vice President- Production Engineering, InMobi.

Currently, InMobi deployed Dell’s #FX2 servers which is part of Dell’s converged infrastructure strategy.

http://www.infotechlead.com/networking/dell-solutions-boost-inmobi-s-efficencies-36893

5 Modes of the Dell FN IO Module

#Dell’s FN I/O Modules (#FNIOM s) are integrated devices that sit in the rear of the #FX2 chassis and behave like traditional network switches.  The FN IOMs provide 8 x 10GbE internal ports to the connected server nodes while offering 4 x 10GbE external links for upstream connectivity.  What makes the FN I/O Module unique is that it supports 5 operational modes: Standalone (#SMUX), #VLT, #Stacking, Programmable #MUX (#PMUX) and Full-switch.  Below are details on each of these modes.

Standalone Mode
This is the default mode from the factory for the FN I/O Module.  This mode is full-automated requiring “zero touch” allowing VLANs to be defined on the server-facing ports while all upstream ports are configured in port channel 128.  This port configuration cannot be modified in this mode.
VLT Mode
This is a “lower touch” mode that allows for total automation except for VLAN membership.  This mode provides an active-active, multi-path for servers.  Port 9 is dedicated for VLT (virtual link trunking) in this mode.
Stacking Mode
This mode is designed to allow for multiple FN I/O Modules to be combined to make a single logical switch, managed by the designated master switch within the stack.  This mode is used when simplified management of FN IOMs is desired.  Up to 6 FN IOMs can be placed within a stack.
Programmable MUX Mode (PMUX)
This mode extends the operational flexibility of the FN IOM to allow the user to create multiple LAGs, configure VLANs on uplinks and to configure DCB parameters on the server-facing ports.  This mode also uses command line interface (CLI) for configuration, ideal for many network administrators.
Full-Switch Mode
This is the only mode that allows for Layer 2/3 switching and it enables all features of the switch to be customized via CLI.
These modes can be set up via CLI, or via the Dell Blade I/O Manager software.  For a quick video on this tool, check out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSmDagdtlws

http://bladesmadesimple.com/2015/10/5-modes-of-the-dell-fn-io-module/

Great performance for big data with the Dell PowerEdge FX2

DURHAM, NC--(Marketwired - October 14, 2015) - #PrincipledTechnologies tested the #Hadoop performance of a single #Dell #PowerEdge #FX2 with four PowerEdge #FC430 nodes and then added a second FX2 to see how performance improved. Adding the second FX2 to the cluster cut job time by more than half, showing that the PowerEdge FX2 solution can scale to meet your #bigdata needs.

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