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... The post Dell APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure is now available appeared first on Itzikr's Blog ..read more

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... The post Any color you like (As long as it’s generated by AI) appeared first on Itzikr's Blog ..read more

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... The post Get started building RAG pipelines in your enterprise with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA (Part 1) appeared first on Itzikr's Blog ..read more

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... The post Dell Validated Design Guides for Inferencing and for Model Customization – March ’24 Updates appeared first on Itzikr's Blog ..read more

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... The post Cloud to Ground AND Ground to Cloud with AWS EKS, OpenShift and Dell Technologies PowerFlex Software Defined storage appeared first on Itzikr's Blog ..read more

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 DevOps ready and cloud-native experience is made available to all., even to born-in-the-cloud personas. At the same token, I have always been intrigued when some ..read more

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 iSCSI client. In this blog, we will do exactly that. I have a PowerStore storage from Dell and a ubuntu 20.04 machine configured with iSCSI client. If you want to know the iSCSI configuration., scroll to the ..read more

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 PowerFlex Software Defined Client. In this blog, we will do exactly that. I have a PowerFlex 4.5 Software Defined Storage cluster and a ubuntu 20.04 machine configured with the PowerFlex 4.5 Software Defined client. The task is to ..read more

A guest post by Ambar Hassani Since the launch of APEX Block on AWS and my previous blog on the Cross-cloud Hybrid data plane based on PowerFlex Software Defined Storage., many have reached out to me to write a detailed blog on integrating EKS with APEX Block on AWS offering from Dell. Although, I won’t be going through the benefits of APEX Block on AWS., it’s worth putting out the resources that call it out specifically. APEX Block Storage for Public Cloud | Dell USA With all these benefits., it’s time to see how this powerful beast can be integrated with another beast, i.e. EKS r ..read more

A guest post by ambar hassani This article is part of the EKS Anywhere series EKS Anywhere, extending the Hybrid cloud momentum | by Ambar Hassani Cross-cloud data mobility is one of the hottest requirements in a multi/hybrid cloud landscape as the surge for Data on Kubernetes and a data-first strategy gains significant momentum. Technology outcomes such as On-demand Cloud DR, Local on-premises copies of cloud hosted workloads for compliance processes, cross-cloud migrations, repatriations, workload recalibrations, secondary copies of databases for analytical processing., all of the ..read more