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New Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Appliances

Dell Data Domain, now known as PowerProtect Data Domain Appliances, is a series of data deduplication storage systems designed for disk backup, archiving, and disaster recovery. These appliances are optimized for data protection, offering performance, efficiency, and security advantages that simplify operations, reduce risk, and lower costs1. Key features of PowerProtect Data Domain Appliances include: Built-in cyber…

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Dell APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure is now available

Multicloud environments bring some challenges Management Complexity – According to Forrester Research, the #1 obstacle is the complexity of managing data across environments. Siloes make it hard to cohesively manage data Limited Multicloud Visibility – Makes it difficult to get a holistic view of where data lives and what’s happening with that data, this could…

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Any color you like (As long as it’s generated by AI)

In the realm of music and technology, boundaries are continually being pushed, and the latest controversy swirling around a Pink Floyd clip generated by artificial intelligence is testament to this ongoing evolution. The emergence of AI-generated music has sparked a fascinating debate among enthusiasts, musicians, and purists alike. Let’s delve into the heart of the…

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Get started building RAG pipelines in your enterprise with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA (Part 1)

A Guest Post by Bertrand Sirodot & Fabricio Bronzati In our previous blog, we showcased running Llama 2 on XE9680 using NVIDIA’s LLM Playground (part of the NeMo framework). It is an innovative platform for experimenting with and deploying large language models (LLMs) for various enterprise applications. The reality is that running straight inference with foundational models in…

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Dell Validated Design Guides for Inferencing and for Model Customization – March ’24 Updates

A Guest Post by Damian Erangey & Scott Powers Continuous Innovation with Dell Validated Designs for Generative AI with NVIDIA Since Dell Technologies and NVIDIA introduced what was then known as Project Helix less than a year ago, so much has changed. The rate of growth and adoption of generative AI has been faster than probably any technology…

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Cloud to Ground AND Ground to Cloud with AWS EKS, OpenShift and Dell Technologies PowerFlex Software Defined storage

A guest post by Ambar Hassani This blog is part of the Dell Infrastructure-as-a-code saga series. Cloud-like agility for on-premises infrastructure is multifaceted and usually combines a strong consumption-based model, ability to scale around dynamic requirements and most importantly the technological integration for modern Infrastructure-as-a-code pipelines. Dell’s offerings encompass all of the above to ensure a true…

Dell Infrastructure-as-a-code: Busting the regressive myth around on-premises infrastructure., GitHub Actions pipeline for Dell platforms.

A guest post by Ambar Hassani This blog is part of the Dell Infrastructure-as-a-code saga series. Cloud-like agility for on-premises infrastructure is multifaceted and usually combines a strong consumption-based model, ability to scale around dynamic requirements and most importantly the technological integration for modern Infrastructure-as-a-code pipelines. Dell’s offerings encompass all of the above to ensure a true…

Dell Infrastructure-as-a-code: Using Terraform to create and map PowerStore iSCSI block volumes

A guest post by ambar hassani This blog is part of the Dell Infrastructure-as-a-code saga series. In my previous article, we had observed a terraform method to create volumes on Dell’s PowerStore platform. But why limit the terraforming abilities to just create volumes when you can extend the routines to even map them to the ubuntu machine configured with an…

Dell Infrastructure-as-a-code: Using Terraform to create and map PowerFlex 4.5 block volumes

A guest post by ambar hassani   This blog is part of the Dell Infrastructure-as-a-code saga series. In my previous article, we had observed a terraform method to create volumes on PowerFlex 4.5 Software Defined Storage. But why limit the terraforming abilities to just create volumes when you can extend the routines to even map them to the…

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Architecture Matters: Dell PowerScale for GenAI Workloads

A guest post by Scott Delandy GenAI is a new paradigm of artificial intelligence that leverages unstructured data to create and deploy innovative AI models and applications. Examples of unstructured data types used to build AI models can include emails, documents, web pages, social media posts, multimedia content, sensor data and rich media. Effectively managing…