Delivering unmatched efficiency and data centre transformation with VMware® virtualisation and AMD EPYC™ processors
The powerful combination of SCC, AMD and VMware are enabling multi-cloud and hybrid cloud solutions for businesses big and small, based around the very latest and innovative technology.
With long-standing partnerships, and our respective market-leading positions, we can deliver success through AMD EPYC™ processors, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), and SCC’s managed services and support functionality. This way, you can deploy and maintain an infrastructure fit for the challenges of the new world of work.
Modern efficiency for modern business
Maximising the benefits of VMware Cloud Foundation requires updating the underlying data centre infrastructure, which in turn can generate significant performance enhancements and operational expenditure savings. With the efficiency of AMD EPYC™ processors powering new servers, and deployed with SCC’s expertise, you can save energy, space, cut back on licences and ease the burden of data centre management.
Maximise VCF with AMD EPYC™ Processors
AMD EPYC™ advanced multi-core architecture and superior performance make it the best choice to drive the VMware Cloud Foundation platform. Not only are these processors ideal to enhance performance in a flexible, cloud-first world, but they can also deliver significant reductions in long-term investment. Total cost of ownership (TCO) for AMD EPYC™ installations can also be reduced by up to 36% over five years with AMD hardware payback, possible in as little as ten months.
Enable hybrid productivity with AMD VDI solutions
Reliable, high-performance processors, backed up by strong security, means every user and organisation can maximise their productivity, wherever and whenever they work. AMD’s Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) can achieve up to 81% more VDI sessions per server with 47% lower power consumption and 44% reduced costs compared to previous models.
Accelerate Your Data Centre’s AI Transformation
Bringing together AMD and VMware technology is key for enabling critical data centre modernisation. Intelligently deployed by SCC, you can free up critical CPU resources for intensive AI workloads while seamlessly managing your overall service and security.
Solving your biggest business challenges
When you partner with SCC, you get access to an expert consultancy and deployment team that is deeply immersed in AMD and VMware technology. With our support across performance, security and scalability, we can help you develop an infrastructure fit for a modern, flexible, data-intensive world:
- Efficient infrastructure: reduce energy consumption, physical space demands and licensing costs through a combination of the latest VMware Cloud Foundation features, AMD EPYC™ processors and fewer servers to manage.
- Maximum productivity: support workforces wherever they are with a virtual desktop infrastructure that’s high-performance, high-reliability, and relatively low-cost.
- Future-proofed technology: simultaneously address the challenges of outdated infrastructure and build in more CPU capacity to securely handle major workloads like AI.
Footnotes
SP5TCO-073A As of 06/18/2024, this scenario contains many assumptions and estimates and, while based on AMD internal research and best approximations, should be considered an example for information purposes only, and not used as a basis for decision making over actual testing. The Server Refresh & Greenhouse Gas Emissions TCO (total cost of ownership) Estimator Tool compares the selected AMD EPYC™ and Intel® Xeon® CPU based server solutions required to deliver a TOTAL_PERFORMANCE of ~9020 units of VMmark3 matched pair performance based on the published scores (or estimated if indicated by an asterisk) for Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC CPU based servers. This estimation reflects a 5-year time frame.
This analysis compares a 2P AMD 48 core EPYC_9474F powered server with a VMmark 3.1 score of 26.95 @ 26 tiles, https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/vmmark/2024-05-14-Supermicro-AS-2125HS-TNR.pdf ;
compared to a 2P Intel Xeon 64 core Platinum_8592+ based server with a VMmark 3.1 score of 27.52 @ 28 tiles, https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/vmmark/2024-04-16-Fujitsu-PRIMERGY-RX2540M7.pdf ;
versus legacy 2P Intel Xeon 28 core Platinum_8280 based server with a VMmark 3.1 score of 9.02 @ 9 tiles,
Environmental impact estimates made leveraging this data, using the Country / Region specific electricity factors from the ‘2020 Grid Electricity Emissions Factors v1.4 – September 2020’, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency ‘Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator’. Results generated by: AMD EPYC™ Server Refresh & Greenhouse Gas Emission TCO Estimation Tool – version 1.51 PRO. VMmark is a registered trademark of VMware in the US or other countries. For additional details, see https://www.amd.com/en/legal/claims/epyc.html#q=SP5TCO-073A
SP5-284: AMD testing as of 6/21/2024 comparison measuring the Knowledge Worker workload in Login Enterprise 5.9.9 testing in while meeting or exceeding Login Enterprise EUX baseline of 7.6 (above average). 2P EPYC 9654 (96C) system on Lenovo Thinksystem SR665 V3 with 2.25TB memory , Network 25GB, Hypervisor ESXi 8.0.1 – Horizon View 8.1 and 2x7TB Local NVMe, BIOS version KAE106V-123 & Broadcom 57414 10/25Gb 2-Port SFP28 PCIe Ethernet Adapter scores an average 647 VDI desktops.
2P 8592+ system on Lenovo Thinksystem SR650 V3 with 1TB memory , Network 25GB, Hypervisor 8.0.1 – Horizon View 8.1 and 2×3.5TB Local NVMe, BIOS version ESE124B-3.11 & Solarflare XtremeScale X2522 25G Network Adapter scores an average 356 VDI desktops.
Results may vary based on factors such as software version, hardware configurations and BIOS version and settings.
SP5-285: AMD testing as of 6/21/2024 comparison measuring the Knowledge Worker workload in Login Enterprise 5.9.9 testing in while meeting or exceeding Login Enterprise EUX baseline of 7.6 (above average). 2P 9654 system on Lenovo Thinksystem SR665 V3 with 2.25TB memory , Network 25GB, Hypervisor 8.0.1 – Horizon View 8.1 and 2x7TB Local NVMe, BIOS version KAE106V-123 & Broadcom 57414 10/25Gb 2-Port SFP28 PCIe Ethernet Adapter scores an average 647 VDI desktops; AMD 1Ku: $11,805; Average $36.49/VDI session. Price link: https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/server/epyc/4th-generation-9004-and-8004-series/amd-epyc-9654.html
2P 8592+ system on Lenovo Thinksystem SR650 V3 with 1TB memory , Network 25GB, Hypervisor 8.0.1 – Horizon View 8.1 and 2×3.5TB Local NVMe, BIOS version ESE124B-3.11 & Solarflare XtremeScale X2522 25G Network Adapter scores
Average 356 VDI; Intel Ark price:$11.600; Average $65.17 VDI session.
Price link: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/237558/intel-xeon-platinum-8562y-processor-60m-cache-2-80-ghz/specifications.html
Results may vary based on factors such as software version, hardware configurations and BIOS version and settings.
SP5-286: AMD testing as of 6/21/2024 comparison measuring the Knowledge Worker workload in Login Enterprise 5.9.9 testing in while meeting or exceeding Login Enterprise EUX baseline of 7.6 (above average). 2P 9654 system on Lenovo Thinksystem SR665 V3 with 2.25TB memory , Network 25GB, Hypervisor 8.0.1 – Horizon View 8.1 and 2x7TB Local NVMe, BIOS version KAE106V-123 & Broadcom 57414 10/25Gb 2-Port SFP28 PCIe Ethernet Adapter scores Average 647 VDI desktops; Max power: 1103W; Power/VDI session: 1.7W.
2P 8592+ system on Lenovo Thinksystem SR650 V3 with 1TB memory , Network 25GB, Hypervisor 8.0.1 – Horizon View 8.1 and 2×3.5TB Local NVMe, BIOS version ESE124B-3.11 & Solarflare XtremeScale X2522 25G Network Adapter scores
Average 356 VDI; Max power: 1162; Power/VDI session: 3.22W.
Power measured at the plug during testing.
Results may vary based on factors such as software version, hardware configurations and BIOS version and settings.
