Increase Performance, Efficiency, and Security for VMware vSAN with PowerEdge R7625 Servers Powered by AMD
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Latest-generation Dell PowerEdge servers and AMD EPYC™ processors can help drive high performance in VMware vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA).
The rapid advancements and mounting pressures of today’s enterprise IT landscape necessitate dynamic and resilient solutions. Against this backdrop, VMware vSAN™ Express Storage Architecture (ESA) provides new storage options for both sprawling enterprises and agile small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). vSAN ESA ReadyNodes are validated server configurations in a tested, certified hardware form factor that are designed to meet and anticipate the dual challenges of evolving technological demands for performance amidst increasing volumes of data.
Until recently, customers wishing to make full use of vSAN ESA ReadyNodes were required to deploy configurations with at least four vSAN storage nodes (vSAN ESA-AF-4 or higher). More recently, VMware has expanded ESA options to support use cases that don’t require these levels of performance and storage by offering vSAN ESA configuration options built on as few as two nodes, with the use of a witness appliance. vSAN ESA-AF-0, for example, can still make use of the improved efficiency and capabilities of ESA, but in a smaller, more affordable deployment that might appeal to smaller businesses or edge use cases.
To unlock the full potential of vSAN ESA configurations, the underlying hardware is pivotal—particularly for demanding workloads, such as analytics. Moreover, while two-node deployments broaden the number of organizations and use cases that can benefit from vSAN ESA, four-node deployments are still more performant. Prowess Consulting ran performance tests and conducted research on VMware vSAN ESA deployments built with Dell™ PowerEdge™ R7625 servers powered by AMD EPYC™ 9534 processors. Our results highlight the performance capabilities of this combination and show how, for organizations that can, upgrading from a two-node vSAN ESA-AF-0 configuration to a four-node vSAN ESA-AF-6 configuration can provide up to 1.64x greater MySQL® database workload performance.1 In addition, we uncovered several hardware features that can help improve performance, reliability, and security.
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