Dell expands PowerEdge server range

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Dell has unveiled three new PowerEdge servers and a new chassis, along with updates to its manageability tools.

Forrest Norrod, general manager of Dell’s server platforms, started off by praising both Intel and AMD, saying their latest processors offered a whole new level of capability.

The first product, the PowerEdge M710HD, was introduced as a no compromise half-height blade server. Despite its size it contains two Intel Westmere EP processors, each with six cores and up to 18 DIMMS sockets with hot swap SAS drives.

A Dell spokesman said that due to thermal restrictions, competitors such as HP were only able to offer SSDs in the same size blade.

A key feature of the new launch is the redundant embedded hypervisor – in the form of ESX hypervisor – located on a redundant SSD card, which was first introduced into Dell products with the PowerEdge R910 last month.

Another unique feature is the use of male connectors on the mid-plane connector. It means in the event of a bent pin, the whole chassis would not need taking down to repair. The PowerEdge M710HD will be available in early July for

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