NVIDIA and Dell Release vSphere 8, Secure Data Center Solution

During the VMware Explore, NVIDIA announced a partnership with Dell which resulted in the launch of a new solution for those who need servers with high performance and high security on a daily basis.

nominated vSphere 8, the company estimates that the first hires will take place from November 2022, but interested parties can now take a free trial of the solution that promises a secure data center starting today (30). Check all the information right now.

More security for professionals from different areas

Working within servers Dell PowerEdge and with the support of the DPUs (acronym for Delivered At Place Unloaded” or in Portuguese: “Delivered to the Landed Location") NVIDIA BlueField, as well as solution AI enterprise and powerful graphics cards from NVIDIA. The company highlighted at its press conference that this novelty is aimed at private corporate companies and the Dell is a key NVIDIA partner to deliver security and AI.

In addition to delivering high performance for professionals who work with demands of different types, both companies emphasize that the launch delivers zero-level confidence (also called Zero-Trust Security), in addition to a fast exchange of data between the local computer and the server, which is allocated in the cloud. Benefits include:

• 22% efficiency gain;
• 6x gain in 3 years when using BlueField DPU instead of a standard NIC;
• Savings of $1.8 million in three-year efficiency savings per 1000 traditional physical server installations.

Dell PowerEdge servers built on the latest VMware vSphere 8 innovations and accelerated by NVIDIA BlueField DPUs deliver next-generation performance and efficiency for mission-critical enterprise cloud applications, while better protecting businesses from lateral threats in multi-cloud.

Krish Prasad, Senior Vice President and General Manager, VMware Cloud Platform Business, VMware.

vSphere 8 Operation

A NVIDIA promises that as soon as you send the projects to the Bluefield DPU, you will be able to “speed up network and security services and save CPU cycles that are very demanding on the local computer.” The company also points out that its new solution is able to meet the needs of modern distributed workload throughput and latencies.

In practice, this combination delivers high performance and efficiency, as well as simplifies operations and increases security and of course, allows Dell e NVIDIA have better infrastructure for data center, edge, cloud and even more hybrid form factors.

Now, through a solution that brings NVIDIA's powerful BlueField DPUs with NVIDIA GPUs to our PowerEdge server platform, our ongoing collaboration will provide customers with performance and security capabilities to help organizations solve some of the world's biggest challenges.

Travis Vigil, Senior Vice President of Portfolio and Product Management, Infrastructure Solutions Group at Dell Technologies.

Both companies know that one of the great challenges for professionals who work with these tools is to have applications as modern as the workloads and they hope that the vSphere 8 can change the day to day in a drastic way.

A new generation of firewalls was also announced VMware Explore and according to NVIDIA, it will be possible to improve the detection of intrusions on a server, as well as solve the problem quickly and with the least possible damage. More information about this release should be announced in the coming months, but today we learn that it exists and is ready to make a difference in the lives of professionals.

Solution can be tested for free

To allow interested parties to already have access to the benefits of the vSphere 8, NVIDIA made available a online form which must be completed and then, if it is within the established standards, access to the new secure data center solution can be accessed through the NVIDIA LaunchPad. The maximum power will be enjoyed without any payment required.

The data center sector continues to grow and with that the demand for novelties also increases. This solution will bring many security benefits, in addition to having a successful partner like Dell.

Marcio Aguiar, Director of NVIDIA's Enterprise Division for Latin America

No values ​​and possible plans for the launch were informed, but the two companies confirm that the contracts can be made until the end of November 2022. Would you like to test the novelty that promises more performance and security on a daily basis? tell us Comment!

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