{"id":65935,"date":"2022-08-30T14:06:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T12:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=65935"},"modified":"2022-08-30T14:06:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T12:06:35","slug":"industry-leading-amd-pensando-dpus-enable-accelerated-data-centers-with-vmware-vsphere-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/65935-industry-leading-amd-pensando-dpus-enable-accelerated-data-centers-with-vmware-vsphere-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry-Leading AMD<\/span> Pensando DPUs Enable Accelerated Data Centers with VMware vSphere 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014 AMD<\/span> Pensando high-performance Distributed Services Card currently deployed at scale across hyperscalers, cloud service providers and enterprises \u2014<\/h3>\n

SANTA<\/span> CLARA<\/span>, Calif., Aug. 30, 2022 (GLOBE<\/span> NEWSWIRE<\/span>) \u2014 AMD<\/span><\/a> (NASDAQ<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) announ\u00adced that the AMD<\/span> Pen\u00adsan\u00addo Dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adted Ser\u00advices Card, powered by the industry\u2019s most advan\u00adced data pro\u00adces\u00adsing unit (DPU<\/span>)1<\/sup>, will be one of the first DPU<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adons to sup\u00adport VMware vSphe\u00adre\u00ae 8 available from lea\u00adding ser\u00adver ven\u00addors inclu\u00adding Dell Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, HPE<\/span> and Lenovo.<\/p>\n

As data cen\u00adter appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons grow in sca\u00adle and sophisti\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, the resul\u00adting workloads increase the demand on infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre ser\u00advices as well as cru\u00adcial CPU<\/span> resour\u00adces. VMware vSphe\u00adre 8 aims to reim\u00adagi\u00adne IT<\/span> infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre as a com\u00adposable archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre with a goal of off\u00adloa\u00adding infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre workloads such as net\u00adwor\u00adking, sto\u00adrage, and secu\u00adri\u00adty from the CPU<\/span> by lever\u00adaging the new vSphe\u00adre Dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adted Ser\u00advices Engi\u00adne, free\u00ading up valuable CPU<\/span> cycles to be used for busi\u00adness func\u00adtions and reve\u00adnue gene\u00adra\u00adting applications.<\/p>\n

The ful\u00adly pro\u00adgramma\u00adble AMD<\/span> Pen\u00adsan\u00addo DPU<\/span><\/a> is at the core of this shift toward soft\u00adware-defi\u00adned infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre. The VMware vSphe\u00adre Dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adted Ser\u00advices Engi\u00adne and AMD<\/span> Pen\u00adsan\u00addo DPUs can help cus\u00adto\u00admers redu\u00adce ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal cos\u00adts by uni\u00adfy\u00ading workload manage\u00adment, impro\u00adving per\u00adfor\u00admance by free\u00ading up CPU<\/span> resour\u00adces, and pro\u00advi\u00adding an added lay\u00ader of secu\u00adri\u00adty by iso\u00adla\u00adting infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre ser\u00advices from ser\u00adver ten\u00adant workloads. Ear\u00adly cus\u00adto\u00admers of vSphe\u00adre Dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adted Ser\u00advices Engi\u00adne, acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted by AMD<\/span> Pen\u00adsan\u00addo DPUs, include a lea\u00adding finan\u00adcial ser\u00advices pro\u00advi\u00adder, a mul\u00adti-cloud solu\u00adti\u00adons hos\u00adter and a lea\u00adding busi\u00adness appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons company.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Per\u00adfor\u00admance, effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and secu\u00adri\u00adty are inte\u00adgral com\u00adpon\u00adents of com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve offe\u00adrings within cloud com\u00adpu\u00adting and hyper\u00adcon\u00adver\u00adged infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre,\u201d said For\u00adrest Nor\u00adrod, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Data Cen\u00adter Solu\u00adti\u00adons Group, AMD<\/span>. \u201cVMware vSphe\u00adre 8, run\u00adning on AMD<\/span> Pen\u00adsan\u00addo DPUs, is a key step in brin\u00adging the indus\u00adtry clo\u00adser to com\u00adposable hard\u00adware sys\u00adtems and tru\u00adly per\u00adva\u00adsi\u00adve hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous com\u00adpu\u00adting. AMD<\/span> is uni\u00adque\u00adly posi\u00adtio\u00adned in the indus\u00adtry to deli\u00adver per\u00adfor\u00admance, effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and secu\u00adri\u00adty with a dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adted ser\u00advices plat\u00adform that is curr\u00adent\u00adly deploy\u00aded with major cus\u00adto\u00admers inclu\u00adding Gold\u00adman Sachs, Micro\u00adsoft Azu\u00adre, Net\u00adAPP, IBM<\/span> Cloud and Ora\u00adcle Cloud.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Modern appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons are dri\u00adving workload spe\u00adci\u00adfic requi\u00adre\u00adments into the infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre. This has given rise to the need to reim\u00adagi\u00adne data cen\u00adter archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre with main\u00adstream sup\u00adport for acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors such as DPUs,\u201d said Krish Pra\u00adsad, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, VMware Cloud Plat\u00adform Busi\u00adness, VMware. \u201cWith com\u00adbi\u00adned solu\u00adti\u00adons fea\u00adturing VMware vSphe\u00adre 8 with Dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adted Ser\u00advices Engi\u00adne capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties and AMD<\/span> Pen\u00adsan\u00addo DPUs and EPYC<\/span> CPUs, cus\u00adto\u00admers can impro\u00adve infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre per\u00adfor\u00admance, boost infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre secu\u00adri\u00adty and sup\u00adport the evo\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon of cloud infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre for modern applications.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Tog\u00ade\u00adther with VMware and AMD<\/span>, HPE<\/span> con\u00adti\u00adnues to defi\u00adne the enter\u00adpri\u00adse archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre of the next deca\u00adde,\u201d said Kris\u00adta Sat\u00adter\u00adthwai\u00adte, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Main\u00adstream Com\u00adpu\u00adte, HPE<\/span>. \u201cThe HPE<\/span> Pro\u00adLi\u00adant<\/a>, with vSphe\u00adre Dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adted Ser\u00advices Engi\u00adne, opti\u00admi\u00adzes resour\u00adces for data-inten\u00adsi\u00adve appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons by reli\u00ade\u00adving the CPU<\/span> of net\u00adwor\u00adking ser\u00advices, all with zero-trust secu\u00adri\u00adty and high-per\u00adfor\u00admance. The new inte\u00adgra\u00adted solu\u00adti\u00adon offers cus\u00adto\u00admers a sim\u00adpli\u00adfied ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal expe\u00adri\u00adence com\u00adbi\u00adning net\u00adwor\u00adking, secu\u00adri\u00adty, sto\u00adrage, manage\u00adment, and life\u00adcy\u00adcle ser\u00advices to boost appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon per\u00adfor\u00admance and impro\u00adve TCO<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons are incre\u00adasing\u00adly see\u00adking IT<\/span> infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre that is com\u00adposable and deli\u00advers a cloud-like expe\u00adri\u00adence whe\u00adre\u00adver their data lives,\u201d said Ashish Nad\u00adkar\u00adni, group vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre Sys\u00adtems, Plat\u00adforms and Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies and Buy\u00ader\u00adView Rese\u00adarch, IDC<\/span>. \u201cAMD<\/span> Pensando\u2019s volu\u00adme deploy\u00adments with cloud pro\u00advi\u00adders are a clear indi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon of the capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties of the plat\u00adform, we expect to see a high degree of inte\u00adrest from enter\u00adpri\u00adses inte\u00adres\u00adted in vSphe\u00adre Dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adted Ser\u00advices Engi\u00adne deployments.\u201d<\/p>\n

VMware also intro\u00addu\u00adced seve\u00adral new fea\u00adtures to their enter\u00adpri\u00adse workload plat\u00adform, VMware vSphe\u00adre 8<\/a>. The deep col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon bet\u00adween AMD<\/span> and VMware con\u00adti\u00adnues to deli\u00adver on the secu\u00adri\u00adty cus\u00adto\u00admers have come to expect from the AMD<\/span> Infi\u00adni\u00adty Guard set of fea\u00adtures, inclu\u00adding the AMD<\/span> Secu\u00adre Encrypt\u00aded Vir\u00adtua\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon (SEV<\/span>) and Secu\u00adre Encrypt\u00aded Vir\u00adtua\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon \u2013 Encrypt\u00aded Sta\u00adte (SEV-ES<\/span>) advan\u00adced tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy fea\u00adtures of AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 pro\u00adces\u00adsors. Final\u00adly, VMware announ\u00adced the latest update to their soft\u00adware defi\u00adned sto\u00adrage solu\u00adti\u00adon, vSAN 8. AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors con\u00adti\u00adnue to offer excep\u00adtio\u00adnal per\u00adfor\u00admance for tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal and next-gen workloads on VMware HCI<\/span> powered by vSAN 8.<\/p>\n

VMware vSphe\u00adre 8 solu\u00adti\u00adons from Dell Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies and HPE<\/span>, acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted by AMD<\/span> Pen\u00adsan\u00addo Dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adted Ser\u00advices Card, will be available in the coming months. AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsor sup\u00adport for VMware vSphe\u00adre 8 will be available upon launch.<\/p>\n

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