Dell Upgrades Performance Of Quad-Socket Servers; Drives Enhanced Management Across PowerEdge Line

Dell Upgrades Performance Of Quad-Socket Servers; Drives Enhanced Management Across PowerEdge Line

Dell today enhanced its quad-socket servers with performance-boosting, power-saving Dual-Core Intel® XeonTM 7100 series processors and system management software to simplify data center operations. Dell PowerEdgeTM 6800 and PowerEdge 6850 servers featuring the new processors and can deliver performance gains of up to 123 percent1 and improved performance per watt of up to 129 percent1.

To reduce data center complexity, Dell OpenManageTM now delivers improved hardware deployment, monitoring and management with Dell IT Assistant 8.0. The enhanced systems management capabilities and tight partner integration are designed to give customers greater flexibility, security and control over their server environments.

“The improvements in performance and performance per watt in our PowerEdge 6800 and PowerEdge 6850 are outstanding and represent another great step in delivering our most comprehensive set of enterprise products ever,” said Neil Hand, vice president of worldwide enterprise marketing, Dell Product Group. “These servers, combined with our recently announced ninth-generation of PowerEdge products, services and the enhanced ITA 8.0, accelerate our drive to deliver technology that customers value when it comes to price-performance, reduced complexity and performance per watt.”

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