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Follow UsB Rudramuni, executive director, Dell R&D Center, said, “12th generation servers are critical component of Dell’s enterprise business and they are designed to help our customers to do more. Dell designed and built its 12th Generation servers with input from more than 7,700 customer conversations in 17 countries across four continents. This year, Dell will be spending more than $700 million on R&D, the vast majority of which will go toward enterprise solutions offerings including servers, storage, services and networking.”
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With its new PowerEdge servers Dell lays the foundation to extend its Fluid Data Architecture to the server. With Dell Express Flash, front accessible, swappable PCIe solid state disks connected directly to the server, Dell can provide up to 10.5 times more Microsoft SQL Server transactions per second than HDD storage.
It also features Dell CacheCade data accelerator and with this new generation of servers Dell extends its systems management capabilities with its second generation of embedded server management tools that efficiently manage the deployment, updating, monitoring and maintenance of server lifecycle. Dell’s new PowerEdge servers deliver bare-metal deployment.
Dell is also bringing a 'breath of fresh air' to all data centres with its 12th generation PowerEdge servers. With Dell fresh air IT equipment, a data centre can realize an estimated $3,000,000 in capital expenditures and even sustain at 45 degree celcius and 900 hours at a stretch, adds Rudramani.
S Sridhar, director, Enterprise Solutions Business, Global 500, India said, “The large-scale memory capacity available on the new Dell PowerEdge servers could give the flexibility to significantly increase virtual machine consolidation. These are changes that will have a positive impact on an organization’s bottom line.”
EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays
Dell also announced the next-generation EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays.
EqualLogic PS6110 Series: These arrays are configured with both optical (SFP+) and copper (10GBASE-T) 10GbE networking, supporting data centre flexibility. It features up to 72 terabytes in a single array and 1.2 petabytes in a single group.
EqualLogic PS4110 Series: Dell’s first 10GbE EqualLogic entry-point arrays can provide the same benefits and features as PS6110 Series and are designed for smaller deployments and remote office locations. The systems support up to 36 terabytes in a single array and 72 terabytes in a single group.
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vStart for Private Cloud
Dell also unveiled vStart for Dell Private Cloud, which is designed to help businesses deploy private cloud. vStart for Dell Private Cloud will enable businesses to accelerate application and IT service delivery through a converged, pre-built infrastructure which includes the new 12th Generation PowerEdge server, storage, networking and management components.
Dell Desktop Virtualisation offerings
Dell announced two desktop virtualization offerings: Desktop Virtualization Solution Simplified and Desktop Virtualization Solution Enterprise.
Dell Desktop Virtualization Solution Simplified is an integrated appliance, pre-configured with software and hypervisor components designed to remove the traditional cost and complexity of deploying smaller desktop virtualization solutions.
Desktop Virtualization Solution Enterprise is designed to scale to thousands of virtual desktop users while reducing initial acquisition costs enabling deployments to start with as few as 50 seats.
Dell Quickstart Data Warehouse Appliance
Dell unveiled the Quickstart data warehouse appliance that will help in accessing and analyzing data.
The data warehousing appliance, which is based on the new Dell PowerEdge servers and Microsoft SQL Server 2012, will leverage Dell Boomi for data integration.
Availability
Dells 12th Generation PowerEdge Servers are ready to ship from March 8 in India.
The Dell EqualLogic PS6110 and Dell EqualLogic PS4110 Series storage arrays are available now.
Dell Quickstart Data Warehouse Appliance is now in Beta validation and likely to be available in Q2 2012.
vStart for Dell Private cloud will be available from March 30, 1011.
Both Dell Desktop Virtualization Solutions and Dell Networking 10GbE solutions are available now.