Dell PowerFlex at VMware Explore in Barcelona – Nothing Controversial
Thu, 19 Oct 2023 22:38:22 -0000
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For those who aren’t aware, there are some big changes happening at VMware. If you watched the VMware Explore Las Vegas keynote, it was a whirlwind of changes and important information. CEOs of several major companies took the stage and spoke about the direction VMware is going, attendees hanging on their every word and wondering what the changes meant as well as how it would impact their operations.
For many, the impact is still unclear. This could radically change data centers and how organizations do work, leaving many in IT and business asking questions about what’s next and where things are headed.
We can all expect to find out more at VMware Explore Barcelona coming up 6 to 9 November, which will bring more clarity in direction and illuminate what it will mean for organizations large and small.
I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the Generative AI (GenAI) workloads we’ve all been waiting for (And you thought I was talking about something else?).
At VMware Explore in Las Vegas this year, the message was clear. VMware is embracing AI workloads. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram spoke to this during the general session keynote. Jensen stated, “we’re reinventing enterprise computing after a quarter of a century in order to transition to the future.”
The entire IT industry is moving in the direction of AI. Dell PowerFlex is already there. We’ve been on this journey for quite some time. If you were lucky enough to have stopped at the Kioxia stand during the Las Vegas show, you saw how we are working with both NVIDIA and Kioxia to deliver powerful AI systems for customers to make that transition to the future.
If you couldn’t make it to Las Vegas for VMware Explore but plan to attend VMware Explore in Barcelona, you’re in luck. PowerFlex will be showcasing the amazing performance of Kioxia storage and NVIDIA GPUs again. You can see a live demo at the Kioxia stand, #225 in the Solutions Exchange.
When you visit the Kioxia stand, you will be able to experience the power of running ResNet 50 image classification and Online Transactional Processing (OLTP) workloads simultaneously, live from the show floor. And if that’s not enough, there are experts and lots of them! If you get a chance, talk with Shashi about all the things PowerFlex unlocks for your organization.
PowerFlex supports NVIDIA GPUs with MIG technology, which is part of NVIDIA AI Enterprise. NVIDIA MIG allows you to tailor GPU resources for the workloads that need them (Yes, there is nothing that says you can’t run different workloads on the same hosts). Plus, PowerFlex uses Kioxia PM7 series SSDs, so there are plenty of IOPS to go around while ensuring sub-millisecond latency for both workloads. This allows the data to be closer to the processing, even on the same host.
In our lab tests, we were able to push one million transactions per minute (TPM) with OLTP workloads while also processing 6620 images per second using a RESNET50 model built on NVIDIA NGC containers. These are important if you want to keep users happy, especially as more and more organizations want to add AI/ML capabilities to their online apps (and more and more data is generated from all those new apps).
The following shows the TPM results from the demo environment that is running our four SQL VMs. The TPMs in this test are maxing out around 320k, and the latency is always sub-millisecond.
The future is here and waiting for you to visit.
If you are unable to visit the stand and would like to get an overview of PowerFlex’s abilities when it comes to GenAI, check out this video.
As you can see, PowerFlex has true flexibility when it comes to GenAI, making it the ideal platform to reinvent your enterprise IT environment as you transition to the future.
If you find yourself at VMware Explore in Barcelona, be sure to stop by the Kioxia stand (#225) and talk with the team about how Dell PowerFlex, Kioxia drives, and NVIDIA GPUs can accelerate your transition to the future.
See, nothing controversial here!
Resources
- Dell Generative AI Solutions
- VMware and NVIDIA Unlock Generative AI for Enterprises
- VMware’s Approach to Private AI
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