Driving Advanced Graph Analytics with TigerGraph
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Summary
This joint paper, written by Dell Technologies, in collaboration with Intel®, describes the key hardware considerations when configuring a successful graph database deployment and recommends configurations based on the most recent 15th Generation PowerEdge Server portfolio offerings. TigerGraph helps make graph technology more accessible. TigerGraph 3.x is democratizing the adoption of advanced analytics with the Intel® 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors by enabling non-technical users to accomplish as much with graphs as the experts do. TigerGraph is a native parallel graph database purpose-built for analyzing massive amounts (terabytes) of data.
Key Industries and Use Cases
Manufacturing/Supply Chain -- Delays in orders or shipments that can’t reach their final destination translate to poor customer experience, increased customer attrition, financial penalties for delivery delays, and the loss of potential customer revenue.
With the mounting strains on global supply chains, companies are now investing heavily in technologies and processes that enhance adaptability and resiliency in their supply chains.
Real-time analysis of supply and demand changes requires expensive database joins across the table with the data for suppliers, orders, products, locations, and with the inventory for parts and sub-assemblies. Global supply chains have multiple manufacturing partners, requiring integration of the external data from partners with the internal data. TigerGraph, Intel®, and Dell Technologies provide a powerful graph engine to find product relations and shipping alternatives for your business needs.
Financial Services -- Fraudsters are getting more sophisticated over time, creating a network of synthetic identities combined with legitimate information such as social security or national identification number, name, phone number, and physical address. TigerGraph solutions on 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors help you isolate and identify issues to keep your business safe.
Recommendation Engines -- Every business faces the challenge of maximizing the revenue opportunity from every customer interaction. Companies that offer a wide range of products or services face the additional challenge of matching the right product or service based on immediate browsing and search activity along with the historical data for the customer. TigerGraph’s Recommendation Engine on 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors powers purchases with increased click-through results, leading to higher average order value and increased per-visit spending by your shoppers.
Dell PERC H755N NVMe RAID controller with Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) provides additional security for stored data. Whether drives are lost, stolen, or failed, unauthorized access is prevented by rendering the drive unreadable without the encryption key. It also offers additional benefits including regulatory compliance and secure decommissioning. The PERC H755N controller supports Local Key Management (LKM) and external key management systems with Secure Enterprise Key Manager (SEKM).
Available Configurations
Cost-Optimized Configuration | |
Platform | PowerEdge R650 supporting up to 8 NVMe drives in RAID config |
CPU* | 2x Intel® Xeon® Gold 5320 processor (26 cores, 2.2GHz base/2.8GHz all core turbo frequency) |
DRAM | 256 GB (16x 16 GB DDR4-3200) |
Boot device | Dell BOSS-S2 with 2x 240GB or 2x 480GB M.2 SATA SSD (RAID1) |
Storage adapter | Dell PERC H755N Front NVMe RAID Controller |
Storage | 2x (up to 8x) 1.6TB Enterprise NVMe Mixed Use AG SED Drive, U2 Gen4 |
NIC | Intel® E810-XXVDA2 for OCP3 (dual-port 25Gb) |
* The Intel® Xeon® Gold 5320 processor supports only DDR4-2933 memory speed.
Balanced Configuration | |
Platform | PowerEdge R650 supporting up to 8 NVMe drives in RAID config |
CPU | 2x Intel® Xeon® Gold 6348 processor (28 cores, 2.6GHz base/3.4GHz all core turbo frequency) |
DRAM | 512 GB (16x 32 GB DDR4-3200) |
Boot device | Dell BOSS-S2 with 2x 240GB or 2x 480GB M.2 SATA SSD (RAID1) |
Storage adapter | Dell PERC H755N Front NVMe RAID Controller |
Storage | 2x (up to 8x) 1.6TB Enterprise NVMe Mixed Use AG SED Drive, U2 Gen4 |
NIC | Intel® E810-XXVDA2 for OCP3 (dual-port 25Gb) |
High-Performance Configuration | |
Platform | PowerEdge R650 supporting up to 8 NVMe drives in RAID config |
CPU | 2x Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8360Y processor (36 cores, 2.4GHz base/3.1GHz all core turbo frequency) with Intel® Speed Select technology |
DRAM | 1 TB (32x 32 GB DDR4-3200) |
Boot device | Dell BOSS-S2 with 2x 240GB or 2x 480GB M.2 SATA SSD (RAID1) |
Storage adapter | Dell PERC H755N Front NVMe RAID Controller |
Storage | 2x (up to 8x) 1.6TB Enterprise NVMe Mixed Use AG SED Drive, U2 Gen4 |
NIC | Intel® E810-XXVDA2 for OCP3 (dual-port 25Gb), or Intel® E810-CQDA2 PCIe (dual-port 100Gb) |
Resources
For more information:
- Visit the Dell support page or contact Dell for a customized quote 1-877-289-3355. You can also visit Dell and Intel Innovating for Today and Tomorrow.
- Read:
- Introducing TigerGraph DB the First Native Parallel Graph
- Connect, Analyze and Learn from Data with TigerGraph
- New Benchmark Shows TigerGraph’s Capacity To Handle Big Datasets