Presenting By Saad Khalid

Dell Power Edge R720 is a 12th generation, Intel based server that is specially designed to fulfill the needs of middle and large businesses. It is a 2S/2U Rack Server.

A mainstream 2S/2U rack server emphasizing performance and scalability

Designed for mid-size to large data centers Ideal for use as a virtualization or database server

Dell come up with PE R720 because of the launch of New Generation of Intel Processors i.e. E5-2600 family. E5-2600 family not only gives faster performance but consumes less power as well.

Intel 11G vs 12G Processors

Better Power and Cooling Better Performance Better Management Choice Scalability and Growth

As part of the Dell Fresh Air initiative, Dell PowerEdge servers have been designed for sustained operation at temperatures ranging from -23F (5C) to 113F (45C) with humidity levels ranging from five percent to 90 percent. This robust level of design has been validated by recent tests indicating that the components can tolerate up to 900 hours of 104F (40C) operation per year and up to 90 hours per year at 113F (45C).8

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Industry benchmarks demonstrate that Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers allow you to consolidate workloads more effectivelywithout any significant impact to performance. Every major subsystem in the new servers has been upgraded to give you better disk performance, better memory/processor performance, better I/O performance and reduced electrical costs.

Dell Open Manage software is the most robust, efficient and elegantly integrated server management tool in the industry. The software helps one customer save up to 43 days per year in administration time. What's more, Dell is recognized for a number of industry firsts in systems management, including: embedded server management with Lifecycle Controller (2009), integrated Dell server lifecycle management with BMC, Microsoft and VMware (2010/2011) and comprehensive agent-free management (2012)

 Many RAID options to fit specific needs Internal storage capacity up to 16 x 2.5 HDD or 8 x 3.5 HDD

Optional PCI Express Flash SSD Drives (Maximum 4)

 Range of memory sizes up to 24 DIMMs Choice of network technology, vendor and speed Redundant power supply units (PSU) Hot plug and swappable PSU, HDDs and fans

Processor/socket Intel Xeon E5 / 2600 Family Chassis/compute 2U / 2 x CPU (24 max cores) Memory 24 x DIMMs (768GbE) I/O 7 x PCI e Gen 3 enabled Storage Up to 16 x 2.5, 8 x 3.5 Hot plug HD Up to 2 Internal RAID Controllers Local management Interactive LCD Lifecycle Controller with v Flash, iDRAC 7 Express Remote and OOB management Lifecycle Controller 2.0 iDRAC 7 Enterprise at 1GbE RAS Hot plug PSU, HDDs and Fans, Fail safe hypervisor

In competition with Dell PE 720, HP comes with DL 380P to give neck to neck competition to Dell.

The numbers speak for themselves.

Dell

HP

Performance

11% faster than HP

Yes

No

Energy Efficiency

27% more efficient

Yes

No

Management

Saves system admins 43 3 days a year

Yes

No

The Dell PowerEdge R720 Server has a total of 8 or 16 drive Bays Hot swap 3.5 inch drive bays: 8 Hot swap 2.5 inch drive bays: 16

The HP Proliant DL380P Server has a total of 16 or 8 Drive bays 16 x 3.5 HDD 8 x 2.5 HDD

In competition with Dell R720, IBM comes with X 3650 M4. IBM 3650M4 has capacity for 16 x 2.5 HDD IBM 3650M4 has capacity for 6 x 3.5 HDD

Pros
Fastest storage option available in a mainstream 2U server Highly customizable chassis and BIOS to configure exactly for your environment Excellent monitoring and management features

Cons
Express Flash configuration trades 8 SATA/SAS SFF bays for 4 PCIe bays

Bottom Line
The Dell PowerEdge R720 12th Generation server is not only welldesigned with loads of great management features, it's also the best performing server on the market in this class. Sure, it's great as a garden variety standard compute server, but with Express Flash technology the R720 really shines, easily lapping all others. Dell has put the definitive stake in the ground by adopting new technology, giving their users a best of breed solution.

The Dell PowerEdge R720 12th Generation marks more than just a progressive step in mainstream 2U server technology. Dell has been the first to embrace frontmounted, hot-swappable PCIe storage technology in the new R720. While we certainly appreciate the storage aspects of the R720, there are a ton of other reasons to be excited about the platform as well including management, hardware design and thermal controls

As we compare the Dell PowerEdge R720 to other 2U servers on the market that we have reviewed previously from HP and Lenovo, one point is very clear; the R720 currently offers the fastest storage platform on the market in a 2U form factor. While you could try to match it by scaling out with multiple Application Accelerators in other server platforms, you'd lose potentially valuable PCIe real-estate. Dell's thoughtful design is evident throughout, and the Express Flash components are even upgradable as newer iterations of that technology come out, like NVM Express.

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