Dell Ups the Performance Bar on Powerhouse Servers for Mission Critical Workloads and Applications
06 4월 2011 - 2:00AM
Business Wire
Dell today introduced refreshed PowerEdge systems with
substantially increased performance, integrated security and
resiliency to tackle the toughest computing environments while
easing the migration from proprietary UNIX deployments.
"Dell's refresh of the higher-end of its PowerEdge portfolio is
a solid strategy considering IDC research shows customers are
looking to migrate more of their business critical applications to
x86 servers," said Jed Scaramella, research manager for IDC's
Enterprise Platforms and Datacenter Trends. "The increased capacity
and performance of these systems enable users to do more at an
economical price. The ability to tackle some of the higher-end
workloads in the data center will entice IT managers to consider
wider adoption of x86 within their environment."
In the fourth quarter last year, Dell picked up significant
market share in the four socket x86 rack server space, according to
IDC. In part, this can be attributed to Dell’s time to market with
the latest technology. By providing IT platforms that can help
accelerate virtualization, enable greater IT consolidation while
supporting mission-critical business and database applications,
Dell is driving x86 server customer adoption.
UNIX and RISC Killers — Dell’s Latest PowerEdge
Servers
Dell’s latest generation of “powerhouse” servers gives customers
the performance, reliability and memory scalability they need to
run mission critical applications. The company has invested heavily
in its four socket PowerEdge server portfolio in the past two years
bringing the total to six systems, three of which are based on
Intel’s latest “Westmere-EX” Xeon E7 series processors
including:
- PowerEdge R910: An ideal platform for
RISC/UNIX migrations, large database deployments and server
virtualization implementations, this 4U rack server comes with four
processors, up to 64 DIMM slots for memory, redundant power
supplies and a failsafe embedded hypervisor.
- PowerEdge M910: A high-performance
four-socket blade server, the PowerEdge M910 is best suited for
customers looking to maximize the advantages of server
virtualization and consolidation or for use as a medium or large
database platform. This full-height blade can support up to 32 DIMM
slots.
- PowerEdge R810: The PowerEdge R810 is
best suited for customers looking to consolidate server hardware
through virtualization and deploy email messaging and database
applications. The 2U offering is available in high-density two- or
four-socket varieties. Through an innovative approach to memory
scalability up to 32 memory DIMM slots can be accessed by just two
processors. This gives it the memory capacity of a four socket
server, but with the software licensing costs of a two socket
server to effectively run virtualized workloads.
Breakthrough Performance
In addition, these systems can offer customers substantial
performance gains including:
- Dell PowerEdge R910 configured with a
ten core Intel® Xeon® CPU E7-4780 “Westmere-EX” processor can
provide up to 38 percent improvement in Oracle application server
and database performance over previous generation eight core Intel®
Xeon® X7560 “Nehalem-EX” processor2.
- Up to 18:1 server consolidation ratio
over four socket dual core processor based systems3.
- Up to 93 percent lower operation costs
resulting in a one year return on investment4.
- Up to 34 percent improvement in SQL
database virtualization performance and 49 percent higher
performance per watt with the combination of Xeon E7 processors and
new Low Voltage memory (LV RDIMM) offerings5.
New RISC Migration Services
Dell is also providing customers with a wide range of RISC
migration services including workshops, readiness assessment,
design, transition and implementation. These services can help
customers obtain a better ROI by examining ways to reduce system
maintenance, software licensing, staffing and energy usage costs
with a migration from RISC/UNIX to Dell’s PowerEdge solutions.
“Over the past two years Dell has invested heavily in our four
socket offerings resulting in data center workhorse systems that
can provide the peace of mind that CIOs and IT directors are
looking for,” said Sally Stevens, vice president, Server Platform
Marketing, Dell. “We’ve established our credibility in the server
market by putting the needs of our customer first. These latest
offerings continue to put more computing power into the hands of
our customers without limiting choice and flexibility.”
Additional Information
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VirtualizationDell Benchmarks
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1 Source: Source: IDC Server Worldwide Server Tracker Q4 2010,
released February 2011 (unit shipments)
2 Based on comparison of published results of Dell and Oracle
(Cisco UCS B440 M1 blade server) testing performed in March 2011
running an industry-standard SPEC Java Enterprise benchmark. SPEC®
is a registered trademark of the Standard Performance Evaluation
Corporation. Actual performance will vary based on configuration,
usage and manufacturing variability.
3 Based on comparison between 4S MP Intel® Xeon® processor 7041
(dual-core with Intel® HyperThreading Technology, 4M cache,
3.00GHz, 800MHz FSB, formerly code named Paxville) and 4S Intel®
Xeon® processor E7-4870 (30M cache, 2.40GHz, 6.4GT/s Intel® QPI,
code named Westmere-EX) based servers.
4 Calculation includes analysis based on performance, power,
cooling, electricity rates, operating system annual license costs
and estimated server costs. This assumes 42U racks, $0.10 per kWh,
cooling costs are 2x the server power consumption costs, operating
system license cost of $900/year per server, per server cost of
$36,000 based on estimated list prices, and estimated server
utilization rates. All dollar figures are approximate.
5 Based on the DVD Store 2 benchmark testing performed by
Dell Labs in March 2011. Actual performance and power draw will
vary based on configuration, usage and manufacturing
variability.
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