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From the News Desk
Thursday, 15. November 2007
Dell Unleashes Penryn PowerEdge Servers
Dell is expected to announce its PowerEdge line of servers with a range of models based on Intel's latest Penryn chip.
As part of its server refresh, Dell is changing its modeling and numbering scheme. Servers now start with an R, T or M for Rack, Tower or Modular, followed by three digits. The first indicates the performance, with 9 standing for a four-socket quad core while 1 means a single socket dual core. The second digit is for the generation in that server line and the final digit is a 0 for Intel-based and 5 for AMD-based.
At the top of the product line is Dell's new PowerEdge R900 rack server, a Xeon 7350-based, four-processor server running Windows Server 2003 or Red Hat Linux. This 4U server will replace the PowerEdge 6850 on the high end. One step down the product line are the PowerEdge 1950, 2950 and 2900 models, which are not part of the new naming scheme. These servers will run the new Intel Penryn-based Xeon 5400 processors, feature optimized energy consumption technologies and support PMBus, iSCSI boot and 10-gigabit Ethernet.
"The 5400 series will be important, they are adding standards-based power monitoring capabilities inside the box and we're adding hardware hooks back to OpenManage to get a richer view of how the server is performing from a power perspective," said Daniel Bounds, senior manager for Dell's PowerEdge servers.
In addition to the new chips inside, Dell has added standards-based power monitoring capabilities for controlling power consumption, added its Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for improved security and updated Dell OpenManage to version 5.3, providing customers with greater and more simplified control of data centers and virtual environments.
Dell also announced new PowerEdge R200 and PowerEdge T105 servers. The R200, an Intel-based system, is designed to meet cluster and network computing needs, according to Dell. The T105 is an entry-level, Advanced Micro Devices-based server targeted at small businesses looking to host e-mail, file-sharing or Web applications.
“The servers are designed to consume less power and include system management tools to better manage IT tasks,” said Sally Stevens, director of PowerEdge servers at Dell.
With the new server, Dell hopes to take away server market share from RISC-based servers. The company will begin taking orders for the servers this week, a Dell spokesman said. Pricing information was not available.
As part of its server refresh, Dell is changing its modeling and numbering scheme. Servers now start with an R, T or M for Rack, Tower or Modular, followed by three digits. The first indicates the performance, with 9 standing for a four-socket quad core while 1 means a single socket dual core. The second digit is for the generation in that server line and the final digit is a 0 for Intel-based and 5 for AMD-based.
At the top of the product line is Dell's new PowerEdge R900 rack server, a Xeon 7350-based, four-processor server running Windows Server 2003 or Red Hat Linux. This 4U server will replace the PowerEdge 6850 on the high end. One step down the product line are the PowerEdge 1950, 2950 and 2900 models, which are not part of the new naming scheme. These servers will run the new Intel Penryn-based Xeon 5400 processors, feature optimized energy consumption technologies and support PMBus, iSCSI boot and 10-gigabit Ethernet.
"The 5400 series will be important, they are adding standards-based power monitoring capabilities inside the box and we're adding hardware hooks back to OpenManage to get a richer view of how the server is performing from a power perspective," said Daniel Bounds, senior manager for Dell's PowerEdge servers.
In addition to the new chips inside, Dell has added standards-based power monitoring capabilities for controlling power consumption, added its Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for improved security and updated Dell OpenManage to version 5.3, providing customers with greater and more simplified control of data centers and virtual environments.
Dell also announced new PowerEdge R200 and PowerEdge T105 servers. The R200, an Intel-based system, is designed to meet cluster and network computing needs, according to Dell. The T105 is an entry-level, Advanced Micro Devices-based server targeted at small businesses looking to host e-mail, file-sharing or Web applications.
“The servers are designed to consume less power and include system management tools to better manage IT tasks,” said Sally Stevens, director of PowerEdge servers at Dell.
With the new server, Dell hopes to take away server market share from RISC-based servers. The company will begin taking orders for the servers this week, a Dell spokesman said. Pricing information was not available.
