Performance increases of up to 79 percent for PowerEdge 8501, over 60 percent increase for PowerEdge 8302
Dubai, UAE - Dell extended its offering of Enterprise products featuring advanced Intel dual-core processor technology with the introduction of two new PowerEdge servers.
The PowerEdge 830 and PowerEdge 850 servers provide the performance and power of two processing units in a single socket to bring an affordable solution for customers facing increasing computing demands. Both systems deliver up to twice the memory of their predecessors, a choice of three different processors and advanced management features to help customers get even greater value and flexibility from their investment.
The PowerEdge 830 is a single socket tower server for workgroup, remote office and small business customers. It is designed for such diverse uses as Web serving, Internet access, or running messaging, back-office, and productivity applications and with dual-core technology, delivers up to 62 percent greater performance than the PowerEdge 8001.
The PowerEdge 850 is a single-socket 1U (1.75 inch) rack mount server designed for small business and data centre customers. It is ideal as a Web and infrastructure server and uses next generation technologies to give customers scalability and scope for future growth. With advanced dual-core technology, the PowerEdge 850 delivers up to 79 percent greater compute-intensive performance and up to 26 percent greater web-serving performance than its predecessor, the PowerEdge 7502.
"Dell is committed to integrating next generation technologies to drive investment protection and productivity improvements for growing organisations," said Samir Joglekar, Enterprise Director, EMEA. "With dual-core technology and other advanced features in systems like the PowerEdge 830 and 850, Dell is helping customers to derive greater value from their IT investments, now and in the future."
The advanced features available on these systems give customers affordable choices to meet a wide range of computing demands. The PowerEdge 830 offers optional hot-plug SCSI RAID Arrays, enhanced PCI-Express capabilities and a tool-less chassis for reduced maintenance and installation time. The PowerEdge 850 includes a new high-performance PCI-Express architecture with a choice of two risers; and dual embedded Gigabit NICs (Network Interface Cards).
Additional features of the PowerEdge 830 and 850 include:
Choice of 2.53GHz Intel Celeron, 2.8 or 3.6 GHz Intel P4 with 800MHz front side bus, or 3.0/3.2GHz Intel Pentium D dual-core processor.
Intel E7230 chipset with advanced memory throughput that scales to 1067MHz front side bus to support future processors.
Up to 8GB of DDR-2 SDRAM.
Optional SATA drives or U320 SCSI drives
Easy to Manage, Easy to Own
The enhanced flexibility and performance of the PowerEdge 830 and 850 coupled with Dell's management utilities, software and professional services help customers drive down their total cost of ownership. Both servers come with Dell's OpenManage Suite, which offers numerous ease-of-use, security and change management enhancements, simplified monitoring capabilities and streamlined deployment tools to install new servers quickly. The tools in OpenManage are easy to use with Web-based interfaces to allow anywhere access to IT assets. For more information on Dell's OpenManage Suite, visit: www.dell.com/openmanage
Dell also provides a full range of services that are designed to ease deployment and support at remote locations. Customers can purchase the servers with the operating system pre-installed and tested, or choose to have additional hardware or software custom installed, tested and configured prior to shipment. In addition, Dell offers a Server Installation Service that gets a new server up and running quickly, as well as a suite of Enterprise Services that helps customers maximise uptime and maintain the continuing operation of their system. For more information, visit www.dell.com/services.
Pricing and Availability
The Dell PowerEdge 830 and PowerEdge 850 are available today with pricing starting at $745 and $1,185, excluding VAT and delivery, respectively. Both support Windows Server 2003, Red Hat and SuSE Linux operating systems. For more information on Dell servers, services and tools, please visit: www.dell.com/servers.
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About Dell
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is a trusted and diversified information-technology supplier and partner, and sells a comprehensive portfolio of products and services directly to customers worldwide. Dell, recognised by Fortune magazine as America's most admired company and No. 3 globally, designs, builds and delivers innovative, tailored systems that provide customers with exceptional value. Company revenue for the past four quarters was $51.1 billion. For more information about Dell and its products and services, visit www.dell.com.
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