14 DAY TRIAL // Round Rock, Texas-based Dell has announced a complete refresh to its PowerEdge server lineup with the introduction of five new blade, rack and tower servers. Designed to boast the performance of Intel's Nehalem-based Xeon 5500 Series processors, the new PowerEdge systems are part of Dell's 11th generation of servers. In addition to the five new Intel-based servers, Dell also announced the industry's first and only Embedded Systems Management designed to simplify several IT processes.
“CEOs don’t wake up in the middle of the night worrying about what the servers in their data centers are doing, and they shouldn’t have to,” said Brad Anderson, senior vice president, Enterprise Product Group, Dell. “Dell is creating technology that greatly simplifies IT throughout its entire lifecycle to make our customers more efficient. The new Dell 11th generation PowerEdge servers were designed to lead the industry in price/performance, virtualization and power/thermal efficiency to reduce complexity and cost and let our customers focus on creating business value.”
Dell's new PowerEdge server lineup includes the M610 and M710 blade servers, the R710 and R610 rack servers and the T610 tower server. Following these systems, Dell said that it would additionally roll out three new ones for its two-socket product lineup, with the T710, the R410 and the T410 slated for release in the upcoming months.
Dell's new PowerEdge systems have been designed to provide users with a complete line of features, including power and thermal efficiency, virtualization and overall system performance at a lower total cost of ownership. Designed with Energy Smart technologies, Dell's new servers are claimed to be capable of offering a 48Watt power save over previous-generation products. According to the company, its PowerEdge M710 and the Dell EqualLogic storage delivered a 47.5 percent performance-per-watt advantage over a similar product from the competition.