Dell Technologies ushers in the next generation of
computing with its most powerful and secure Dell EMC PowerEdge server
portfolio. With the new servers, Dell Technologies is charting the path
toward autonomous infrastructure to offer greater IT efficiency, embrace
AI and address the demands of IT at the edge.
The world's best-selling server portfolio provides the
power needed to gain and act on real-time insights from data wherever it
may reside-from core data centers to public clouds and edge locations.
Reimagined with 17 new PowerEdge servers and bolstered by 1,100
Dell-owned or filed U.S. patents, the new servers deliver their highest
performance to date.
"Data is being created and used in more places than ever before, and
organizations are challenged to act on it as quickly as possible," said
Jeff Boudreau, president and general manager, Infrastructure Solutions
Group at Dell Technologies. "As we innovate for the future of IT,
advanced automation is a must, no matter where infrastructure resides.
Our new PowerEdge servers offer next-level performance to help customers
accelerate data insights and the move toward autonomous compute."
Autonomous compute helps customers fully realize self-deployed,
self-provisioned and self-managed infrastructure in the future. Today,
through Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise, PowerEdge servers and systems
management can deliver up to 85% time savings on average and eliminate
dozens of steps with automation.
Highest performance to date helps businesses reach goals faster
Optimizing the latest technologies from AMD and Intel, new PowerEdge
servers deliver the compute power needed for customers' most critical
workloads and applications. Example advancements include:
- PowerEdge R6515, featuring 3rd Generation AMD EPYC
processors, accelerates data processing capabilities by up to 60% in big
data Hadoop databases, speeding time to insights.
- PowerEdge R750, with the upcoming 3rd Generation Intel Xeon
Scalable processors, deliver up to 43% greater performance in solving
massively parallel linear equations, supporting most computational-heavy workloads.
"With the virtualized environment we've deployed on PowerEdge
servers, we have the agility to shift workloads as needed," said Joel
Weight, chief technology officer at Overstock.com. "Whether it's an
email, an increase in customer traffic or a machine learning workload
that needs to be completed quickly, we're able to adjust with the
business' needs with PowerEdge's flexibility and performance."
AI-optimized to tackle the most data-intensive workloads
PowerEdge servers now feature PCIe Gen 4.0 - doubling throughput
performance over the previous generation - and up to six accelerators
per server to support the most challenging, data-intensive workloads.
These technologies, coupled with PowerEdge's autonomous intelligence,
make this the most AI-enabled PowerEdge portfolio to date, enabling
organizations to anticipate and more quickly respond to their needs.
This latest portfolio features two all-new, accelerator-optimized servers:
- PowerEdge XE8545, a powerhouse for AI workloads, powers the
latest HPC Ready Solution for AI and Data Analytics, making it easier to
run AI, analytics and advanced computing workloads on one system. The PowerEdge XE8545 combines
up to 128 cores of 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors, four NVIDIA A100
GPUs, and optimized performance of NVIDIA's vGPU software in a dual
socket, 4U rack server.
- PowerEdge R750xa, purpose-built to boost acceleration performance, delivers GPU-dense performance for machine learning training, inferencing and AI with support for the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software suite exclusively available for VMware vSphere 7 Update 2. The dual socket, 2U server is powered by the 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and supports up to four double-wide GPUs and six single-wide GPUs
Ruggedized and short-depth servers take IT to the edge
Built to thrive in remote and harsh environments, the portfolio now
includes the new PowerEdge XR11 and XR12 ruggedized servers that bring
enterprise performance and security to a durable form factor. With a
hardened chassis, minimal footprint and support for multiple
accelerators, the Intel-based XR11 and XR12 short-depth servers are
built for the growing demands of edge-based workloads.
"Infrastructure has long been evolving beyond the data center, and
workloads at the edge are only becoming more complex," said Patrick
Moorhead, founder and president, Moor Insights & Strategy. "Dell's
servers and intelligent management solutions give organizations the
compute options and tools to run even the most complex workloads from
the data center to the edge or wherever they need to be."
Security that's built-in, not bolted on, for end-to-end protection
Organizations around the world report their top concern on the path to digital transformation is data privacy and cybersecurity. Built with cyber-resilient architecture and a well-established silicon Root of Trust,
the new portfolio's comprehensive approach ensures PowerEdge servers
are secure at throughout their lifecycle, from manufacturing, deployment
and beyond.
Security starts before deployment with Dell Technologies Secured Component Verification, a first-of-its-kind offering for servers and an extension to Dell's Secure Supply Chain assurance process. With unique features, such as PowerEdge UEFI Secure Boot Customization, boot security can be more closely managed to better thwart attacks.
Energy-efficient cooling, designed with sustainability in mind
Energy-efficient products are important to the environment and to our customers and our commitment to sustainability
is embedded into everything we do. With a uniquely designed chassis,
the new servers feature ducted fans and adaptive cooling for more
efficient power consumption that improves energy efficiency by up to 60%
over previous generation. Coupled with multi-vector
cooling, PowerEdge automatically directs airflow to the hottest part of
the server for optimized cooling. Direct Liquid Cooling, available on
select servers, features a proprietary leak-sensing technology to find
and resolve issues faster.
Flexible ways to consume compute
With Project APEX, Dell Technologies is reinventing how customers
acquire and consume IT. The Dell Technologies Cloud Console will provide
the foundation for Project APEX, delivering a single, seamless
experience for businesses to manage their cloud and as-a-Service
journey.
Through the Dell Tech Cloud Console, customers today can subscribe
and configure compute instances in private or hybrid cloud environments
to finetune infrastructure capabilities to match their workloads. In the
future, companies will be able to provision instances for virtual
machines and container-based workloads, have them delivered to data
center or at the edge, all with pay-as-you-go pricing.
Additionally, the new lineup of PowerEdge servers are available with Flex On Demand that allows customers to acquire the technology they need with payments that scale to match actual usage.**
Availability
- Dell EMC PowerEdge C6525, R7525, R6525, R7515 and R6515 servers with 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors are available globally now.
- Dell EMC PowerEdge XE8545 servers with 3rd Generation AMD EPYC
processors and NVIDIA A100 GPUs have planned global availability on
March 29.
- Dell EMC PowerEdge C6520, MX750c, R750, R750xa, R650 servers with
3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors have planned global
availability in May 2021.
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R750xs, R650xs, R550, R450, and the ruggedized
PowerEdge XR11 and XR12 have planned availability in the second quarter
of 2021.