• APEX – The Evolution to Hybrid Cloud Continues…

    Kris Walsh, Sr Principal Enterprise Technologist at Dell Technologies shares his thoughts on the value APEX is bringing to Dell customers today. I know I’m extremely lucky to have your attention, so before someone taps you on the shoulder & pulls you away, here’s the juice… I’ve worked with a…

  • PowerFlex FTW

    Tales from the Field – July ‘21 “The Service Provider” A few years ago, we received a call from a service provider who was stuck in a quandary. They’d been hosting a very large and intensive SQL application for one of their customers and it was time for a refresh.…

  • Expanded GPU options to CloudIQ support PowerFlex 3.6 has it all and much more

    PowerFlex allows Enterprise Customers to harness the power of software (break through traditional bottlenecks and restrictions and focused on performance, scale and fluidity), embrace change (flexible deployment architectures, broad platform support, consumption options) while achieving consistently predictable outcomes (consistent across transactional and throughput intensive workloads) for mission-critical workloads. PowerFlex offers…

  • Dell EMC VxRail Hyperconverged Infrastructure and Kubernetes Your Way

    VxRail is Built for VMware, with VMware, to enhance VMware The level of customer and field interest in understanding the Tanzu portfolio and integration with hyperconverged solutions is at an all time high. With that I felt it’s time to start a multi-part discussion on key topics which I consistently…

  • APEX – Part 1

    Some Backstory…. I have been with Dell Technologies since the very beginning of 2011. A LOT has happened in 10 years’ time! I have seen a major transformation in the Dell Technologies Datacenter Infrastructure and Cloud portfolios which have included several mergers and acquisitions. Early on in my career at…

  • PowerFlex Offers Great Platform for Kubernetes Stateful Applications

    Cloud applications help enterprises to build and run scalable applications in modern and dynamic multi-cloud environments. The PowerFlex family reduces operational complexities to deliver better performance and serve the basic needs of cloud technologies, for example, Cloud native Kubernetes stateful applications. Essential requirements of Cloud native Kubernetes Stateful Applications are…

  • Azure Arc Overview

    Azure Arc offers simplified management, faster app development, and consistent Azure services. Easily organize, govern, and secure Windows, Linux, SQL Server, and Kubernetes clusters across data centers, the edge, and multicloud environments right from Azure. In this two part video series, Janaka Rangama explains how to leverage Azure Arc to…

  • Hosting a KMS on the encrypted VxRail cluster, with Key Persistence

    In my previous post (VxRail cluster encryption with the vSphere Native Key Provider) I spoke about how to encrypt your VxRail cluster with the vSphere Native Key Provider that was introduced in vSphere 7.0 U2. It is a great feature and the post shows how easy it is to set…

  • VxRail 7.0.13x – Networking Flexibility

    One of the biggest changes we’ve added to the VxRail 7.0 code release is around the networking. In previous VxRail releases, we could only guarantee the Network Daughter Card (NDC) would be installed in the system. That lead us to only configuring the NDC for “System Traffic” (Management, vSAN, vMotion)…

  • PowerFlex FTW

    Tales from the Field – June ‘21 “The Database Solution” Last month we talked about “datacenter consolidation” playing the part of PowerFlex’s sixth superpower. A portion of that consolidation revolves around the customization of Oracle and/or MS SQL licensing for database workloads, especially in a two-layer architecture. Today we’re going…