Servers are becoming commonplace for businesses as more of them navigate their journey to the cloud. From on-premises servers to the cloud, data storage, remote workloads, and automation have slowly become necessary for businesses to function. Dell has long been a hardware partner and provider for businesses and service providers. The PowerEdge portfolio has become integral to some of the largest, most resilient cloud service providers and on-premises servers for businesses.

Delivering Optimized, Sustainable Power with AI-enabled technology & Optimised Design

Dell is upping the ante when it comes to hardware and compatibility with purpose-built servers in their new PowerEdge portfolio. The new servers come in multiple form factors including 1U and 2U slices. They also come fully equipped with the latest server processors from AMD and Intel. These specifications and the myriad of form factors allow Dell to cater to any workload. The new Dell PowerEdge portfolio also comes with models that are able to accommodate multi-GPU servers for AI and ML workloads.

The new PowerEdge portfolio isn’t just about power, it’s also about sustainability. Dell Technologies has made their new offerings more power efficient with better cooling and AI. The new servers have been optimised from the chassis to their internals to provide better cooling and airflow. Paired with Dell’s AI-enabled CouldIQ, the new PowerEdge lineup is poised to provide customers with lower overheads and greener operations.

With Dell’s Smart Flow design, servers are able to cool more efficiently with up to a 52% reduction in fan power. They are also empowering customers to be more sustainable with the OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager 3.0 software which allows customers to better manage their operations efficiency. It also them to actively monitor carbon emissions and set power caps up to 82% faster. All these features come in addition to the insights it gives on server use, virtual machines and facility energy consumption and leak detection for liquid-cooled systems. It goes without saying that there are even more features built in. Dell’s new lineup also comes with EPEAT ecolabel.

A Server for Every Need

Optimised Cloud Service Provider Solutions

Dell’s new portfolio isn’t just for businesses. They’re also looking as cloud service providers with the Dell PowerEdge HS5610 and HS5620. These servers deliver services that are optimised and tailored to cloud service providers. Coming in 1U and 2U form factors, these two-socket servers are looking to provide cloud service providers with a new edge. They are even cold aisle serviceable. Dell has also equipped these systems with Dell Open Server Manager which simplifies multi-vendor fleet management.

Powerful Simplicity

Dell’s PowerEdge servers are looking to take conventional servers and turn them into efficient powerhouses. With offerings like the Dell PowerEdge R760, the company is able to deliver up to 2.9x greater AI inferencing with Intel’s 4th Generation Xeon processors. Intel’s Deep Learning Boost and Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions are key in delivering the performance boost. The R760 is able to accommodate up to 20% more VDI users than previous generations and over 50% more SAP Sales & Distribution users in a single server. It can be further enhanced with NVIDIA’ Bluefield-2 data processing units to provide additional power for private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

AI & High-Performance Compute

Dell’s PowerEdge XE9680, XE9640 and XE8640 are all built and optimised for AI and HPC workloads. Designed in close collaboration with Intel and NVIDIA, the servers are built to enable AI for model training, HPC modelling and simulation, core-to-edge inferencing and data visualisation. Coming with power specifications like the NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core or NVIDIA GPUs the systems are able to train and deploy machine learning models for automation and analysis. The new designs also allow for higher rack density with PowerEdge.

EPYC Performance

It isn’t just a one-sided thing with Dell. PowerEdge also embraces AMD’s EPYC technology. The increasingly power-efficient performance of AMD’s EPYC processors has allowed Dell to design PowerEdge systems that create the backbone of data centres. With 1U and 2U form factors, these PowerEdge servers are designed to enable data storage and performance computing with better power efficiency.

Easy Deployment for Scalability and Zero Trust

The PowerEdge servers are also built with security in mind. They empower Zero Trust deployments in any given organisation. Everything from hardware to software is fortified for better data security. Dell’s Secure Component Verification (SCV) works in tandem with silicon-based hardware root of trust to verify supply chain security from design to delivery.

In addition, Dell’s PowerEdge offerings are being deployed not only as hardware purchases which fall under CapEx. Instead, Dell is also deploying them in an “as-a-service” offering which allows companies to better optimise CapEx spending with OpEx flexibility.

Dell PowerEdge offerings will be available starting on 13 April 2023. Detailed availability is as follows:

• Dell PowerEdge R760 is available starting 13 April 2023.
• Dell PowerEdge HS5620, HS5610 are available globally in April 2023.
• Dell PowerEdge XE9680, XE8640 and XE9640 availabilities are planned in the first half of 2023
• Dell PowerEdge R7625, R7615, R6625 and R6615 are available starting 13 April 2023.
• Additional next-generation Dell PowerEdge servers will be global availability throughout the first half of 2023.
• ProDeploy Factory Configuration is globally available starting 13 April 2023.