Dell Technology

1. Blade Servers

2. Rack Servers

3. Tower Servers
• Server Blades – Single Application
• Blades – processors, memory, integrated network controllers,
input/output(IO) ports
• Advantage :
• More processing power, simplifying cabling, reducing power
consumption, load balancing, failover capabilities

• Dedicated to single tasks such as:

• File sharing
• Web page serving and caching
• SSL encrypting of Web communication
• The transcoding of Web page content for smaller displays
• Streaming audio and video content
• Expensive
• Component Failure
• Business Case
• Heating and Cooling
• Vendor Lock
• PowerEdge M910
• PowerEdge M610
• PowerEdge M710
• PowerEdge M805
• PowerEdge M905
• PowerEdge M1000e

Price Range – Around 6000-7000$

• Installation in a central framework
• Rack-Mounted Server – fit into slot in the rack
• May take up less space than the tower
• Advantage:
• Many servers can be fitted in rack or bays (emergency) – More
Scalability
• Centralized Management Systems
• Used for Data Managements
• Special Cooling system to prevent
excessive heat build-up

• Limited RAID Configuration

• PowerEdge R210
• PowerEdge R310
• PowerEdge R415
• PowerEdge R410
• PowerEdge R510
• PowerEdge R515
• PowerEdge R710
• PowerEdge R610
• PowerEdge R910

Price Range – 726$ - 5549$

• Processor : Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 and 6500 series
Six-core /Eight-core
• Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® Essential Business
Server 2008
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 SP2, x86/x64 (x64 includes
Hyper-V™)
Microsoft® Windows® HPC Server 2008
Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux

Optional Embedded Hypervisor :

VMware® vSphere™ 4.1 (including VMware ESX® 4.1 or
VMware ESXi™ 4.1)
• Memory :Up to 1TB (64 DIMM Slots):
1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB DDR3 Up to 1066MHz

• Storage: Hard Drive Options:

2.5" (10K) SATA SSD: 50GB 
2.5" SAS (10K) 146GB, 300GB, 600GB

• Drive Bays : Hot-Swap options available:

Up to sixteen 2.5” SAS or SSD drives

• Slots: Up to 10 PCIe G2 slots + 1 storage slot

• Computer intended server – upright cabinet that stands alone
• For Tower-Style Personal Computer
• Others are meant to be rack-mounted
• Advantages:
• Easier Cooling – Density is low
• Scalability – unlimited servers can be added onto existing network
• Bulkier or heavier than Blade and Rack Servers
• Cabling for large set of Tower Servers
• Noisy
• PowerEdge T110
• PowerEdge T310
• PowerEdge T410
• PowerEdge T610
• PowerEdge T710

Price Range – 299$ - 1029$

• Processor : Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series
Six-core/Quad Core
• Operating System :
Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server 2008
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 SP2, x86/x64 (x64 includes
Hyper-V™)
Microsoft® Windows® HPC Server 2008
Novell® SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
• Optional Embedded Hypervisors:
Citrix® Xenserver™
VMware® vSphere™ 4.1 
• Memory :
Up to 192GB (18 DIMM slots): 1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB
DDR3
• Storage :
Up to 16TB SATA or SAS