Dell Announces Efficient Datacenter Solutions

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Dell Announces Efficient Datacenter Solutions

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Dec. 11, 2009 - Today, Dell introduced new storage & networking solutions and services designed to help customers simplify and standardize their datacenters.

Dell’s vision for the datacenter allows customers to create a flexible infrastructure orchestrated through synchronized infrastructure management. With 10GbE as the underlying fabric customers can increase performance while decreasing costs. Customers can cut a large part of their network management costs and consolidate cabling with an end-to-end 10GbE architecture.

Our latest 10GbE connected fabric solutions include:

• Dell EqualLogic PS6010 Arrays with 10GbE and Storage Consulting Services
Dell, the leader in iSCSI storage, has added more than 12,000 new EqualLogic customers since completing the acquisition. Dell is introducing 10GbE controllers to its EqualLogic PS6000 series storage arrays. The new EqualLogic PS6010 and PS6510 deliver up to ten times more bandwidth per port. The latest 10GbE EqualLogic arrays can provide a higher level of performance for business applications such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL database applications, streaming video and bandwidth-intensive workloads, all at a fraction of the cost of Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) solutions due to easier and lower cost of management of a single fabric infrastructure.

Keeping our customer’s investment protection needs in mind, the new 10Gbps EqualLogic arrays are designed to fully interoperate with the existing 1Gbps arrays thus offering performance and scaling to all EqualLogic customers.

• Dell is also announcing the version 4.3 of the EqualLogic firmware that together significantly increase the capacity of the EqualLogic PS series of products. As a result, all old and new Dell EqualLogic SANs can expand from a maximum of 12 arrays per group to 16 arrays per group by deploying the new firmware. The value of EqualLogic lies in the fact that we offer this capability to customers who bought EqualLogic arrays even 3+ years ago at no extra charge, as long as they are covered by a valid Dell maintenance contract, keeping our customer’s investment protection in mind.

With this introduction, groups containing the EqualLogic PS6500X with 10K SAS drives can now scale to more than 460TB of raw capacity per group (up from 115TB). These enhancements also allow customers to now scale an EqualLogic architecture to 768TB per group with the EqualLogic PS6500E. When combined with the latest 10GbE controllers, the EqualLogic family of products delivers enterprise-class performance and scalability in a cost-effective manner.

Additionally, Dell has enhanced its existing Dell ProConsult Storage Consolidation services to offer customers a practical and results-oriented approach to help solve difficult storage challenges. This service helps customers understand the potential of consolidation, select and design the right technology components, integrate technologies and achieve the appropriate level of performance and data protection.

• Dell PowerConnect 8024F Networking Switches
The new Dell PowerConnect 8024F is Dell’s first 1U 10 GbE switch. It features 24 ports with SFP+ and four combo 10GBase-T ports with full wire speed 10Gbps capabilities across all ports. Designed for data center aggregation and network consolidation, the switches are ready for converged Ethernet environments and support dense virtualization deployments, iSCSI storage such as the Dell EqualLogic family of products, and 10Gbps traffic aggregation. The PowerConnect 8024F top-of-rack switch delivers enterprise-class reliability, energy efficiency, high availability and performance at a fraction of the cost of competing offerings.

• Qlogic Converged Network Adaptor (CNA) and Mezzanine Card for Dell PowerEdge Servers and Blade Servers
Dell is introducing the first Converged Network Adapter for Dell PowerEdge servers based on technology from QLogic. The dual port CNA allows users to connect their servers to Fibre Channel SANs through a 10 Gb Enhanced Ethernet fabric because of the FCoE functionality. The Qlogic CNA helps customers to dramatically consolidate server cabling and adapters and allows the same physical infrastructure to be used for different types of network traffic while retaining connectivity with their existing storage infrastructures.

Availability:
• Dell EqualLogic PS6010/PS6510 10GbE offerings and the PS6500X will be available globally on December 14, 2009.
• Dell ProConsult Storage Consolidation services are available immediately.
• Dell PowerConnect 8024F is available immediately.
• Qlogic 10GbE CNA and CNA mezzanine card for Dell PowerEdge Blades will be available globally in the last week of December , 2009.

Additional Information:
Dell Infrastructure Management
Dell EqualLogic Storage
Dell Global Services
Dell Networking
Dell Servers

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