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White papers highlighting the features and benefits of the Dell EMC PowerFlex family

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  • big data
  • PowerFlex
  • Cloudera
  • PowerScale
Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) 7.1.6 with PowerFlex and PowerScale

This white paper highlights the design considerations of CDP 7.1.6 on Dell EMC PowerFlex and PowerScale.
  • PowerFlex
  • disaster recovery
  • Site Recovery Manager
Disaster Recovery for Dell EMC PowerFlex using VMware Site Recovery Manager

This white paper provides guidance for disaster recovery of virtualized workloads on Dell EMC PowerFlex using native asynchronous replication, PowerFlex Storage Replication Adapter, and VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
  • Red Hat
  • PowerFlex
  • OpenStack
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 with Dell EMC PowerFlex family

This white paper provides guidance on deployment of Red Hat OpenStack Platform on Dell EMC PowerFlex family for customers who plan to build a hybrid cloud platform.
  • PowerFlex
Dell EMC PowerFlex Rack Dual Network Architecture White Paper

This document describes the high-level design of the PowerFlex rack dual network architecture designed to integrate PowerFlex systems within a hardware-centric software defined networking (SDN) environment.
  • Oracle
  • Data Domain
  • Oracle RAC
  • Avamar
  • PowerFlex
  • disaster recovery
Oracle Disaster Recovery Solution for Dell EMC PowerFlex Family

This white paper covers the deployment of Oracle Data Guard technology with Oracle RAC on PowerFlex integrated rack for reliable disaster recovery and business continuity.
  • SQL Server
  • Microsoft
  • PowerFlex
  • disaster recovery
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Disaster Recovery Solution on Dell EMC PowerFlex family

This white paper highlights the design considerations of disaster recovery for Microsoft SQL Server 2016 databases with Always On feature on PowerFlex family.
  • SQL Server
  • Microsoft
  • PowerFlex
  • disaster recovery
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Disaster Recovery Solution on Dell EMC PowerFlex Family

This white paper highlights the design considerations of disaster recovery for SQL Server 2019 database with the Always On feature on PowerFlex family systems.
  • Red Hat
  • OpenShift
  • PowerFlex
Red Hat OpenShift 4.2 on Dell EMC PowerFlex Ready Nodes Installation and Configuration Overview

This white paper provides guidance on deployment and exercising basic functionality of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on Dell EMC PowerFlex Ready Nodes for customers requiring an on-premises container platform solution.
  • Oracle
  • Linux
  • containers
  • VxFlex
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
Oracle in Docker Containers Managed by Kubernetes

This white paper demonstrates the advantages of using Oracle with Docker containers managed by Kubernetes for an application development and testing environment that is hosted on a Dell EMC platform featuring PowerFlex.
  • PowerFlex
  • Elastic Stack
Deploying the Elastic Stack on Dell EMC PowerFlex family

This white paper highlights the deployment of Elastic Stack on the Dell EMC PowerFlex family and provides best practices .
  • Red Hat
  • CSI
  • OpenShift
  • PowerFlex
Cassandra on OpenShift 4.2 Container Platform using CSI Driver for Dell EMC PowerFlex Family

This white paper provides guidance on deployment of Cassandra on Red Hat OpenShift 4.2 Container platform hosted on PowerFlex family and integration of PowerFlex CSI driver for persistent volume for customers requiring on-premises container platform solution
  • Intel
  • Oracle
  • NVMe
  • Oracle RAC
  • PowerFlex
  • Optane
Unlock the Performance of Dell EMC PowerFlex with Intel Optane Solid State Drives

This white paper describes a performance study of two platform configurations of an Oracle RAC 19c database deployed on PowerFlex servers. One configuration uses NVMe SSDs and the other uses Intel Optane SSDs.
  • Red Hat
  • PowerFlex
  • OpenStack
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 on Dell EMC PowerFlex Family

This paper provides guidance on deployment of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 on Dell EMC PowerFlex family for customers who want to build a hybrid cloud platform.
  • SQL Server
  • Hyper-V
  • Microsoft
  • PowerFlex
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 on Windows Hyper-V using PowerFlex

This paper demonstrates the deployment of Microsoft SQL Server 2019 on Microsoft Hyper-V Failover clustering using PowerFlex two-layer deployment architecture.
  • hybrid cloud
  • PowerFlex
Google Cloud's Anthos on PowerFlex family at Equinix – A Great Near-Cloud Experience

This white paper highlights a hybrid cloud solution utilizing Dell EMC PowerFlex software-defined storage and Google Cloud's Anthos for deploying, managing, and optimizing applications—legacy as well as cloud-native across different environments.
  • OpenShift Container Platform
  • PowerFlex
  • MongoDB
MongoDB on OpenShift 4.2 Cluster using CSI driver for Dell EMC PowerFlex family

This white paper provides guidance on deployment of MongoDB on Red Hat® OpenShift® 4.2 Container platform that is hosted on Dell EMC PowerFlex family and integration of PowerFlex CSI driver for persistent volume for customers requiring an on-premises container
  • VMware
  • VDI
  • Horizon
  • PowerFlex
VMware Horizon VDI Reference Architecture for Dell EMC PowerFlex family

This Reference Architecture demonstrates the integration of VMware Horizon with Dell EMC PowerFlex single-layer (HCI) deployment for VDI solutions.
  • PowerFlex
Red Hat OpenShift 4.3 deployment on Dell EMC PowerFlex family

This white paper provides guidance on deployment and exercising basic functionality of Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform on Dell EMC PowerFlex family for customers requiring an on-premises container platform solution.
  • Kubernetes
  • PowerFlex
  • cloud-native applications
Cloud Native Databases with Kubernetes Persistent Storage on Dell EMC PowerFlex family

This paper highlights the benefits of Cloud Native Database with Kubernetes Persistent Storage on Dell EMC PowerFlex family.
  • VMware Cloud Foundation
  • PowerFlex
Dell EMC PowerFlex Systems with VMware Cloud Foundation

In this white paper PowerFlex is used as a supplemental storage source for VCF. To address additional storage demands in a VCF environment, PowerFlex Volumes can be provisioned with ease and without any compromises in performance or functionality.
  • Kubernetes
  • PowerFlex
Rancher Kubernetes Cluster using CSI Driver for Dell EMC PowerFlex family

This white paper provides guidance on the deployment of a Rancher Kubernetes Cluster on to the Dell EMC PowerFlex family and the integration of PowerFlex CSI driver for persistent volume, for customers requiring an on-premises container platform solution
  • Oracle RAC
  • PowerFlex
Oracle RAC on PowerFlex rack

This paper describes configurations and design considerations when deploying Oracle RAC on a full hyperconverged configuration of PowerFlex deployment options for production and development environments are discussed in detail
  • Splunk
  • PowerFlex
  • Isil
Splunk Enterprise on Dell EMC PowerFlex rack using Isilon

This white paper highlights the design considerations of Splunk Enterprise deployment on PowerFlex rack with Isilon.
  • SQL Server
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • PowerFlex
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 on RHEL

This reference architecture demonstrates the deployment benefits and best practices of Microsoft SQL Server 2019 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux® platform hosted on Dell EMC PowerFlex family.
  • SQL Server
  • PowerFlex
  • CloudLink
Benefits of Hosting SQL Server 2016 on Dell EMC PowerFlex family

This paper highlights the benefits of hosting SQL Server 2016 on Dell EMC PowerFlex rack.
  • SQL Server
  • Microsoft
  • Data Domain
  • data protection
  • Avamar
  • PowerFlex
Optimize Data Protection for SQL Server 2016 on PowerFlex using Dell EMC Avamar and Data Domain

This white paper highlights the design consideration for Data protection using Dell EMC Avamar and Data Domain for Microsoft SQL Server 2016 database running on PowerFlex rack.
  • SQL Server
  • PowerFlex
  • CloudLink
Benefits of Hosting SQL Server 2019 on Dell EMC PowerFlex family and CloudLink

This paper highlights the benefits of hosting SQL Server 2019 on Dell EMC PowerFlex systems and CloudLink.
  • SQL Server
  • PowerFlex
  • CloudLink
Benefits of Hosting SQL Server 2019 on Dell EMC PowerFlex family and CloudLink (1)

This paper highlights the benefits of hosting SQL Server 2019 on Dell EMC PowerFlex systems and CloudLink.
  • Kubernetes
  • PowerFlex
  • Elastic Cloud
Deploying Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes on Dell EMC PowerFlex family

This white paper highlights the deployment of Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) on the Dell EMC PowerFlex family and provides some best practices.
  • Red Hat
  • CSI
  • OpenShift
  • PowerFlex
Red Hat OpenShift 4.6 with CSI PowerFlex 1.3.0 deployment on Dell EMC PowerFlex family

This white paper provides guidance on deployment and exercising basic functionality of Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform 4.6 with CSI PowerFlex 1.3.0 on Dell EMC PowerFlex family for customers requiring an on-premises container platform solution.
  • Data Domain
  • Oracle RAC
  • Avamar
  • PowerFlex
Optimize Data Protection for Oracle RAC on PowerFlex using Dell EMC Avamar and Data Domain

This white paper highlights the design consideration for Data protection using Avamar and Data Domain for Oracle RAC database running on PowerFlex rack.
  • VMware
  • PowerFlex
Google Cloud's Anthos Solution with Bare Metal and VMware on PowerFlex Family

This white paper highlights a hybrid cloud solution utilizing Dell EMC PowerFlex software-defined storage and Google Cloud's Anthos 1.6 for deploying, managing, and optimizing applications—legacy as well as cloud-native across different environments.
  • Oracle
  • Oracle RAC
  • PowerFlex
Oracle RAC and PowerFlex Asynchronous Replication

This whitepaper describes how best to implement Oracle Real Application Clusters with Dell EMC PowerFlex asynchronous replication feature for reliable high availability and business continuity.
  • HCI
  • big data
  • GPU
  • PowerFlex
Kinetica with the Dell EMC PowerFlex Family

This white paper provides guidelines on installation and usage of Kinetica Streaming Data Warehouse on the Dell EMC PowerFlex family for customers looking to concurrently stream and analyze high-velocity and high-volume data.