New Dell Servers with Dual Core Technology Deliver Dramatic Performance Increases.ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Performance Increase of up to 79 Percent for PowerEdge 850(a), Over 60 Percent Increase for PowerEdge 830(b); MySQL, JBoss Offerings Extend Linux Support Dell (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :DELL) continues to extend the capability of its enterprise product line with today's introduction of two new PowerEdge(TM) servers featuring advanced Intel(R) dual-core processor technology. The PowerEdge 830 and PowerEdge 850 servers provide the performance and power of two processing units in a single socket to bring an affordable solution to customers facing increasing computing demands. Both systems can deliver up to twice the memory of their predecessors, a choice of three different processors, and advanced management features to help customers get even greater value and flexibility from their investment. The PowerEdge 830 is a single socket tower server for workgroup, remote office and small business customers. It is designed for such diverse uses as Web serving, Internet access See how to access the Internet. , or running messaging, back-office, and productivity applications and with dual-core technology, delivers up to 62 percent greater performance than the PowerEdge 800(b). The PowerEdge 850 is a single-socket 1U (1.75 inch) rack mount server designed for small business and cost-sensitive data center customers. It is ideal as a Web and infrastructure server and uses next generation technologies to give customers scalability and headroom for future growth. With advanced dual-core technology, the PowerEdge 850 delivers up to 79 percent greater compute-intensive performance and up to 26 percent greater web-serving performance than its predecessor, the PowerEdge 750(a). "Dell is committed to integrating next generation technologies to drive investment protection and productivity improvements for growing organizations," said Neil Hand, vice president worldwide enterprise systems marketing and product management, Dell Product Group. "With dual-core technology and other advanced features in systems like the PowerEdge 830 and 850, Dell is helping customers to derive greater value from their IT investments, now and in the future." The advanced features available on these systems give customers affordable choices to meet a wide range of computing demands. The PowerEdge 830 offers optional hot-plug SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. RAID Arrays, enhanced PCI-Express capabilities and a tool-less chassis designed for reduced maintenance and installation time. The PowerEdge 850 includes a new high-performance PCI-Express architecture and dual embedded Gigabit NICs. Additional features of the PowerEdge 830 and 850 include: --Choice of 2.53GHz Intel Celeron, 2.8 or 3.6GHz Intel P4 with 800MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. front side bus, or 3.0/3.2GHz Intel Pentium D One of Intel's first dual-core 64-bit Pentium CPUs. Introduced in 2005 along with the Pentium Processor Extreme Edition 840, they both share the Intel 64 64-bit technology, but the Pentium D does not include Hyper-Threading. dual-core processor; --Intel E7230 chipset with advanced memory throughput that scales to 1067MHz front side bus to support future processors --Up to 8GB of DDR-2 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. ; --Optional SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. drives or U320 SCSI drives. My SQL/JBoss Complete LAMP Stack See LAMP. Also available to Dell customers are new support offerings for key elements of the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP/Perl) stack. The LAMP stack provides customers with a bundled Linux software package designed to run a Website or a business. MySQL Network subscriptions and JBoss Network support subscriptions are now available direct from Dell. Customers can now turn to Dell for an end-to-end LAMP solution stack In computing, a solution stack is a set of software subsystems or components needed to deliver a fully functional solution, e.g. a product or service. For example, to develop a web application, the designer needs to use an operating system, web server, database and comprised of PowerEdge servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux (often abbreviated to RHEL) is a Linux distribution produced by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market, including mainframes. Red Hat commits to supporting each version of RHEL for 7 years after its release. or Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is a Linux distribution supplied by Novell, targeted at the business market. It is targeted for servers, but can be installed on Desktop computers for testing as well. New versions are released at an interval of 18-24 months. operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , MySQL database application, MySQL Network, JBoss application server For the JBoss company itself, see . JBoss Application Server (or JBoss AS) is a free software / open source Java EE-based application server. Because it is Java-based, JBoss AS is cross-platform, usable on any operating system that Java supports. software and JBoss Network. More information on maximizing data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. with MySQL applications on Dell PowerEdge This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. servers is available at www.dell.com/mysql. Additional support and pricing information on the JBoss Network is available at www.dell.com/jboss. Easy to Manage, Easy to Own The enhanced flexibility and performance of the PowerEdge 830 and 850 coupled with Dell's management utilities, software and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. help customers drive down their total cost of ownership. Both servers come with Dell's OpenManage Suite which offers numerous ease-of-use, security and change management enhancements, simplified monitoring capabilities and streamlined deployment tools to install new servers quickly. The tools in OpenManage are easy to use with Web-based interfaces to allow anywhere access to IT assets. For more information on Dell's OpenManage Suite, visit: www.dell.com/openmanage. Dell also provides a full range of services that are designed to ease deployment and support at remote locations. Customers can purchase the servers with the operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. pre-installed and tested, or choose to have additional hardware or software custom installed, tested and configured prior to shipment. Dell also offers a Server Installation Service that helps get a new server up and running quickly, as well as a suite of Enterprise Services that helps customers maximize uptime and maintain the continuing operation of their system. For more information, visit www.dell.com/services. Pricing and Availability The Dell PowerEdge 830 and PowerEdge 850 will be available this month with pricing starting at $699 and $749, respectively. Both support Windows Server 2003, Red Hat and SuSE Linux operating systems. For more information on Dell servers, services and tools, please visit: www.dell.com/servers. 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(a) Based on the Specint_rate2000 benchmark and WebBench 6.0 tests performed by Dell Labs in June 2005 comparing the PowerEdge 850 with a Pentium D 3.0GHz processor with the PowerEdge 750 with a 3.0GHz Pentium 4 processor. All other relevant configs of the two systems were identical. Actual performance will vary based on configuration, usage and manufacturing variability. (b) Based on the Specint_rate2000 benchmark and WebBench 6.0 tests performed by Dell Labs in June 2005 comparing the PowerEdge 830 with a Pentium D 3.0GHz processor with the PowerEdge 800 with a 3.0GHz Pentium 4 processor. All other relevant configs of the two systems were identical. Actual performance will vary based on configuration, usage and manufacturing variability. Dell is a trademark of Dell Inc. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. |
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