Principled Technologies Publishes Study on Managing Virtual Networks with a Dell and Broadcom Solution Using Advanced NPAR
In hands-on testing, Principled Technologies (PT) verified that the Advanced NPAR feature functioned on a Dell PowerEdge MX760c server with Broadcom 57504 Quad-Port 25GbE Mezzanine Adapter. - July 13, 2023
In a New Study, Principled Technologies Showed That Dell Optimizer 3.1 Can Improve App Performance, Data Transfer, and Battery Charging Performance
During tests with a Dell Latitude 9430 laptop and a Dell OptiPlex 7400 all-in-one (AIO) desktop PC, Principled Technologies (PT) found that enabling Dell Optimizer yielded higher benchmark scores, improved laptop battery charging performance, and delivered new features—all of which could enhance end-user experience - July 10, 2023
Principled Technologies Study Shows the Benefits of Choosing the HP Elite mt645 Mobile Thin Client and HP Elite t655 Thin Client
In a new study, Principled Technologies (PT) measured these devices’ Microsoft Teams and Zoom performance in VDI environments, and compared the HP Elite Thin Clients to competing devices with several performance benchmarks. - July 03, 2023
In a New Study, Principled Technologies Demonstrates Benefits of Choosing the Dell PowerEdge R660xs Server for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Principled Technologies (PT) showed that this solution supported up to 290 VDI sessions, consumed only 2.46 watts per session, and delivered a better-than-average user experience. - June 23, 2023
Principled Technologies Releases New Report and Infographic That Show Dell APEX Private Cloud Processed More New Orders Per Minute Than a Comparable Solution from AWS
Principled Technologies used the TPROC-C online transaction processing workload in the HammerDB benchmark tool to compare the MySQL database performance of two solutions that both featured 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and the same amount of virtual RAM. - June 22, 2023
New Principled Technologies Studies Demonstrate Time Savings and Efficiency When Using Dell Prodeploy Infrastructure Suite
In tests with Dell ProDeploy Factory Configuration, Dell ProDeploy for Infrastructure, and Dell ProDeploy Plus for Infrastructure, Principled Technologies (PT) found that each service offered significant time savings over having an in-house IT admin perform the same tasks. - June 15, 2023
Principled Technologies Study Reveals How Dell OpenManage Enterprise with OpenManage Enterprise Integration for VMware vCenter (OMEVV) Streamlines Server
The OpenManage Enterprise with OMEVV solution took less time and fewer steps than VMware vSphere Auto Deploy for Stateful Installation of ESXi to a bare-metal server host and the OME Deployment Wizard reduced complexity and likelihood of error. - June 14, 2023
Principled Technologies Found That a Latest-Generation Dell PowerEdge R760 Server Processed 84% More MySQL Database Activity Than a Previous-Generation Solution
In a hands-on comparison, Principled Technologies (PT) demonstrated that Dell PowerEdge R760 servers running VMware vSphere 8.0 could handle more MySQL new orders per minute (NOPM) than PowerEdge R750 servers with vSphere 7. - June 07, 2023
Principled Technologies Releases Study Comparing Server Management Tools from the Dell Portfolio to Comparable Supermicro Management Tools
In hands-on testing, PT found that tools from the Dell management portfolio made server management easier and strengthened security. - April 28, 2023
Principled Technologies Releases New Report and Infographic That Show Azure Cosmos DB Provided Lower Transaction Latency Than Amazon DynamoDB
Principled Technologies compared the transaction latency performance and cost of the two NoSQL solutions using the Yahoo! Cloud Serving Benchmark. - April 22, 2023
Principled Technologies Finds Migrating to Newer Dell Latitude 7430 and OptiPlex 7400 Business PCs Could Improve Productivity
Principled Technologies (PT) examined how performance on newer Dell Latitude 7430 laptop and OptiPlex 7400 all-in-one desktop business PCs preloaded with Windows 11 Pro and Microsoft security features compared to previous-gen Dell business PCs running Windows 10 Pro. - April 19, 2023
Principled Technologies Compares the Online Transaction Processing Performance of a Dell APEX Private Cloud Solution with That of a Comparable Amazon EKS Solution
Principled Technologies (PT) found that the Dell APEX Private Cloud solution (best-effort-4xlarge instance) processed more OLTP transactions and more new orders per minute (NOPM) than the comparable solution from Amazon EKS (m6i.4xlarge instance). - April 13, 2023
Principled Technologies Sees Management and Monitoring Benefits When Upgrading to Latest-Gen Dell PowerEdge Servers with VMware vSphere 8.0
In hands-on testing, Principled Technologies (PT) found that the new and improved features of the latest vSphere release work as intended for cluster of 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers. - April 07, 2023
Principled Technologies Compares OLTP Database Performance of Dell PowerEdge R660 Servers with VMware vSphere 8.0 to Older Solutions
In hands-on testing, PT found that a vSAN cluster comprising Dell PowerEdge R660 servers running VMware vSphere 8.0 processed more orders per minute than clusters of Dell PowerEdge R650 or R640 servers. - April 06, 2023
Principled Technologies Releases Study Comparing Migration of a Legacy Cisco UCS Cluster Onto the Dell PowerEdge MX Platform vs. a Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System
In hands-on testing, PT found that moving to the Dell PowerEdge MX platform cut server migration times and reduced administrator steps compared to a new Cisco UCS X-Series platform. - March 22, 2023
Principled Technologies Studies the Potential of Dell PowerEdge R750 Servers with NVIDIA GPUs and VMware vSphere with Tanzu for Deep Learning Workloads
Combining containerization and GPU acceleration, this solution delivered strong image-classification performance at two different container counts. - March 15, 2023
Principled Technologies Compares Online Transaction Processing Performance of New 16G Dell PowerEdge MX Servers with That of Previous Generation Servers
Principled Technologies (PT) found that under a Microsoft SQL Server 2019 workload, new-generation Dell PowerEdge MX760c servers delivered more orders per minute and supported more VMs at a given latency than previous-generation PowerEdge MX750c servers. - March 08, 2023
Principled Technologies Sees Significant Time Savings Advantages When Deploying Dell PowerEdge Servers with iDRAC9
Compared to a manual process, the Dell tool saved hours and workdays in 10- and 50-server deployments, respectively. - March 08, 2023
Principled Technologies Releases Two Studies Comparing the Oracle Database Performance of Dell PowerEdge R7625 Servers with PERC 12 to Legacy Systems
In hands-on testing, PT found that the Dell PowerEdge R7625 server with PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) 12 handled more database transactions than both a previous-gen Dell PowerEdge R7525 server and an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server. - February 28, 2023
Principled Technologies Measures How Data Analytics Performance Improves When Upgrading to Dell PowerEdge R760 Servers with 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Compared to a previous-generation Dell PowerEdge R750 and a PowerEdge R740xd, the new PowerEdge R760 handled up to twice the data warehouse work while reducing time to insight by as much as 41 percent. - February 24, 2023
Principled Technologies Compares the Decision Support System Performance of a Dell APEX Solution and an Amazon EC2 Public Cloud Solution
A solution using Dell APEX Private Cloud and Dell APEX Data Storage Services Block generated data-driven insights earlier than Amazon EC2 c6i.16xlarge instances with Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) storage. - February 06, 2023
Testing by Principled Technologies Shows a Dell APEX Private Cloud Solution Offered Faster Overall Application Response Times in a VDI Environment
When PT measured it against a comparable solution from Amazon WorkSpaces, the Dell offering provided 14.9 percent overall faster application response times and a comparable Login Enterprise EUX score. - February 01, 2023
Principled Technologies Releases Studies Comparing the Apache Cassandra Performance of the Dell PowerEdge C6620 with PowerEdge RAID Controller 12 to Two Servers
In hands-on testing, PT found that the Dell PowerEdge C6620 with PowerEdge RAID Controller 12 processed more Apache Cassandra operations per second than two other servers they tested. - January 26, 2023
Principled Technologies Releases Study Comparing the Ease of Use of Tools from the Dell Management Portfolio to Those from Vendor K
In hands-on testing, PT found that tools from the Dell management portfolio streamlined administrator duties and offered more features than a leading competitor. - January 20, 2023
Principled Technologies Finds That Intel Core i3-1215U Processor-Powered Systems Can Offer Better System Responsiveness for Some Education Apps
Compared to Intel Celeron N5100 processor-based systems, Intel Core i3-1215U Chromebooks and Microsoft Windows devices completed many tasks in Intel Skills for Innovation applications faster. - January 20, 2023
Principled Technologies Releases Studies Comparing the Hadoop Performance of Dell PowerEdge R750 Servers with Broadcom PERC 11 RAID Controllers to Legacy & HPE Solutions
In hands-on testing, PT found that Dell PowerEdge R750 servers with Broadcom PERC 11 RAID controllers finished Hadoop workloads faster than a legacy Dell solution and an HPE solution. - January 06, 2023
Principled Technologies Releases Study Comparing the Accessibility Features That Windows 11 Pro Education, Windows 11 SE, and ChromeOS Devices Offer for Education
In hands-on testing, PT found that devices running Windows 11 Pro Education or Window 11 SE delivered more accessibility features than ChromeOS devices. - December 21, 2022
New Reports from Principled Technologies Highlight the Benefits of Upgrading to the Latest-Generation HP Elite Dragonfly G3 and Elitebook 840 G9 Laptops
The laptops showed performance advantages when PT compared them to similarly configured previous-generation devices. - December 14, 2022
Principled Technologies Proves Microsoft Azure Edsv5-Series VMs with 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Outperformed Previous-Generation Counterparts on AI Workload
On an artificial intelligence (AI) workload, the Azure Edsv5-series VMs handled 1.34 times the relative performance of Azure Edsv4-series VMs with 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. - December 07, 2022
Principled Technologies Releases Study Comparing the Ease of Use of Tools from the Dell Management Portfolio to Those from HPE
In hands-on testing, PT found that tools from the Dell management portfolio provided more granular control for administrators while reducing time to complete routine tasks. - December 05, 2022
New Study Shows How VMware Tanzu Service Mesh Automation and Workflows Make Service Mesh Operations in Distributed Microservices Environments Easier and More Efficient
Using VMware TSM to deploy a microservices service mesh environment was a quick and simple process. Additionally, using two optimizations improved performance in a TSM environment by reducing network latency. - December 02, 2022
Principled Technologies Finds That Enabling SEKM on Dell PowerEdge Servers Has a Negligible Impact on NVMe Disk Performance Metrics
To determine how disk performance changed after enabling the Secure Enterprise Key Manager (SEKM) feature on Dell PowerEdge servers, Principled Technologies (PT), set up a cluster of three Dell PowerEdge R7525 servers, then captured and compared HCIBench performance metrics with and without SEKM. - December 02, 2022
Principled Technologies Releases Two Studies Comparing Time and Effort for Server Management Tasks with Dell OpenManage Enterprise vs. a Manual Approach
In hands-on testing, PT found that using Dell OpenManage Enterprise for power monitoring, power capping, and firmware updates took less time and effort than doing the tasks manually. - November 29, 2022
New Principled Technologies Study Shows How Dell Latitude 5000 Laptops with 12th Gen Intel Core U-, P-, and H-Series Processors Enable Productivity at Three Price Points
Hands-on testing shows how new Latitude systems perform on workloads reflecting those that different types of workers carry out daily. - November 23, 2022
Principled Technologies Releases Studies Comparing the Networking Performance of a Dell PowerEdge R750 Using a Single 100Gb Broadcom NIC vs. Four 25Gb NICs
In hands-on testing with iPerf and Frametest, PT found that the Dell PowerEdge R750 server with a single Broadcom 57508 Dual Port 100Gb NIC provided better and more consistent performance than the same server with four 25Gb NICs. - November 21, 2022
Principled Technologies Releases Study on the HP EliteBook 645 G9 Notebook PC’sSystem Responsiveness, Battery Life, and Surface Temperatures
In their study, Principled Technologies (PT) found that the HP EliteBook 645 G9 Notebook PC could deliver better or comparable benchmark scores, better system efficiency, and same or cooler keyboard deck surface temperatures compared to two Dell Latitude devices. - November 18, 2022
Principled Technologies Reports Benchmark Scores, Battery Life, Thermals, and Acoustics of the HP EliteBook 845 G9 Notebook PC
Compared to a current-generation Dell Latitude laptop and a previous-generation Dell Latitude laptop, the HP EliteBook 845 G9 Notebook PC scored higher on productivity benchmark tests while plugged in and unplugged, delivered longer battery life, maintained same or cooler surface temperatures, and output comparable acoustic levels. - November 18, 2022
New Report Finds Dell Latitude 5000 and 7000 Series Laptops Offered Different Advantages for Different Types of Users
In hands-on laptop testing from Principled Technologies, the devices with 12th Gen Intel Core U- and P-series processors showed strong performance. - November 16, 2022
New Google Cloud N2 Instances with 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Completed More MongoDB Work Faster Than N2 Instances with Older Intel Processors
Principled Technologies (PT) testing found that the MongoDB distributed database workload performance of N2 instances featuring 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors was as much as 1.35 times that of instances with previous-generation processors. - November 09, 2022
New Report from Principled Technologies Shows Dell Latitude with New 12th Gen Intel Core i5 Processor Outperformed a Latitude with a Previous-Gen Processor
In hands-on testing, a Latitude 9330 2-in-1 with an Intel Core i5-1240U processor achieved higher benchmark scores than a Latitude 9420 with a previous-gen Intel Core i5-1145G7 processor. - November 03, 2022
Principled Technologies Tests Show Multiple Creative Use Cases Where a Dell Precision 5470 Outperformed a 14-Inch Apple MacBook Pro
To help both creatives and IT decision-makers make informed buying choices, Principled Technologies conducted a series of hands-on performance tests on two popular (and portable) 14-inch content creation systems: a Dell Precision 5470 workstation and a 14-inch Apple MacBook Pro. - October 25, 2022
Principled Technologies Find Cost and Performance Per Dollar Benefits for Servers with AMD EPYC 7763 Processors
Principled Technologies (PT) ran an online transaction processing (OLTP) workload using a MySQL database on two four-server VMware vSAN clusters—one with 64-core 3rd Gen AMD EPYC 7763 processors and one with 40-core 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 processors. - October 18, 2022
Principled Technologies Releases Report Comparing Current and Last-Gen HP EliteBook 840 Notebook PC Performance
Principled Technologies (PT) found that a variety of users and use cases could benefit from upgrading to current-gen HP EliteBook 840 G9 Notebook PCs powered by either U Series or P Series 12th Gen Intel Core i7 processors and Wi-Fi 6E capabilities compared to last-gen tech. - October 14, 2022
Principled Technologies Releases Two Studies Comparing Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Laptops to Apple MacBook Pro Laptops
Principled Technologies (PT) found that Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano Gen 2 and ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 laptops powered by 12th Gen Intel Core processors were lighter, delivered better overall performance, and achieved faster internet connection speeds than their Apple MacBook Pro M1 chip-based competitors. - October 05, 2022
Principled Technologies Releases Research Study Comparing Publicly Available Information About the Dell PowerMax 8500 Array and the Pure Storage FlashArray//XL170
From research of publicly available information, PT reports that the Dell PowerMax 8500 offers several advantages compared to a Pure Storage FlashArray//XL170. - October 05, 2022
Principled Technologies Releases Study Comparing the Year-Long Customer Experience with Two Storage as-a-Service (STaaS) Solutions
To gauge the customer experience using two leading STaaS data storage solutions, Principled Technologies did a head-to-head comparison of Dell APEX Data Storage Services and HPE GreenLake. PT found that the APEX Data Storage Services solution provided a better overall experience than the HPE... - October 04, 2022
Principled Technologies Releases Study Comparing a Year-Long Experience with Dell Technologies APEX Data Storage Services to a Similar Competitor Solution
In hands-on testing, PT found that Dell Technologies APEX Data Storage Services provided a fully realized Storage as-a-Service (STaaS) solution. - September 29, 2022
Principled Technologies Study Determines That Intel NUC 12 Enthusiast Systems Powered by Intel Core i7-12700H Processors Can Successfully Run 17 Demanding Apps
The workstation handled apps used by professionals in media content creation and architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) workflows. - September 26, 2022
Principled Technologies Releases Research Report Comparing Dell APEX Backup Services to Commvault Metallic SaaS Backup and Recovery
The research report shows several advantages of the Dell APEX solution. - September 20, 2022
Principled Technologies Study Compares MySQL Workloads on Older Dell PowerEdge Compute Sled vs. Newer PowerEdge Hardware with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Containerization
Principled Technologies found online transaction processing performance on a MySQL workload on a new Dell PowerEdge MX750c compute sled with containers to be greater than on an older PowerEdge compute sled with virtual machines. - September 16, 2022