Dell unveils new lineup of virtualization solutions

By siliconindia   |   Friday, 23 May 2008, 01:27 IST
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Bangalore: Dell has announced its new lineup of virtualization solutions, which include more than a dozen servers, tools, and services that simplify the deployment and management of virtualization in enterprises of any size. "Virtualization is quickly moving beyond hypervisors and hardware consolidation," said Pallab Talukdar, Director, Enterprise Solutions Group, Dell India. "Enterprises are looking for a broad array of servers, storage and services designed specifically for virtualized environments. Having led the first wave of virtualization, today we are signaling our intent to lead the second." The new Dell PowerEdge R805 and R905 deliver servers optimized for virtualization with the PowerEdge R805 offering 2X the memory and I/O capacity of typical 2 socket servers. With a choice of VMware ESXi 3.5 or Citrix XenServer Express integrated hypervisors, the PowerEdge R805 and R905 servers can deliver the optimal platform for virtualized environments. The Dell PowerEdge R805 and R905 servers are now available worldwide with a starting price of 2 lakhs and 3.5 lakhs respectively. The Dell PowerEdge R900 and R905 can deliver the ultimate in 4 socket virtualization performance as some of the first servers to support 60 virtual machines in VMmark testing1, with 23 percent higher performance than the HP ProLiant DL580 G5, 8 percent higher than the IBM System x3850, and 17 percent higher than the Sun Fire X44501 . The PowerEdge R905 delivered price per virtualization performance at 33 percent less cost than the IBM x3850, 56 percent less cost than the Sun X4450, and 18 percent less cost than the HP Proliant DL5801. This is in addition to Dell?s leadership with number 1 performance benchmarks in blade and 2 socket servers with the PowerEdge M-Series blades and the PowerEdge 2950III2. Dell EqualLogic storage arrays offer new advanced SAN-aware integration with VMware Site Recovery Manager for data protection and disaster recovery for virtualized environments at no additional cost in management tools. Combined with Dell EqualLogic patented storage virtualization technology that eliminates complexity of SAN deployment and management, customers can more easily provision and manage their virtual storage environments.