The Dell Validated Design for Analytics — Data Lakehouse provides the base platform for this example use case validation of Predictive Maintenance for IT Operations. It is built upon Robin Cloud Native Platform (Robin CNP), and includes PowerEdge servers, PowerSwitch networking, and ECS storage. PowerEdge servers include iDRAC modules, which transmit server telemetry.
In Predictive Maintenance for IT Operations, external predictive analytics agents receive and act upon the telemetry. These agents use native Splunk services such as:
- Splunk Data Stream Processor for data streaming
- Grafana for Splunk native data visualization
- HTTP Event (HEC) Collector for smart data ingestion
- Deep Learning Toolkit (DLTK) for data science
Dell Technologies ran validation tests that concentrated on:
- Software components
- Dell Technologies tested this specific use case with the software components that are listed in Table 3.
- Platform validation
- Robin CNPplatform validation was divided into two parts:
- Platform services other than Deep Learning Toolkit (DLTK) are bundled at Robin CNP deployment time.
- DLTK was deployed separately for this validation. At the time of this publication, it is still a community supported service.
- Use case validation
- Splunk services validation was divided into three separate categories:
- Live dataflow
- SmartStore integration with ECS
- Failure forecasting