Dell India has launched its PowerEdge servers, PowerVault storage, and PowerConnect networking solutions to help SMBs retire their aging IT infrastructure and invest in scalable and easy to migrate and integrate platform. It also announced the global availability of OEM Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 that helps customers consolidate servers, proactively monitor systems, and manage hardware, software and services through a unified console.
Satyen Vyas, Director, Advanced Systems Group, SMB, Dell India, said, “The economy still continues to be challenging, but businesses are finding they can no longer postpone technology updates. As they look to make investments, customers are telling us they are concerned about business continuity and data protection, with return on investment being a more important consideration than price. The products we have launched are specifically designed to address those needs.”
Under PowerEdge Dell is expanding its AMD portfolio by offering two new servers aimed at bringing enterprise-class features at SMB afforable pricing. PowerEdge R415 is a 2-socket, 1U server feeaturing Opteron 4100 processor, while PowerEdge R515 is a 2-socket, 2U server for customers looking to consolidate their infrastructure, improve server efficiency and availability, and promote consolidation through virtualization.
The new servers include enterprise-class features such as Dell Server Deployment Pack, Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager, and Lifecycle Controller.
The R415 and R515 also offer full redundancy in power supplies, and hot-swap hard drives that provide important availability options for better business data protection. Additional advanced features include the interactive LCD screen for easy system monitoring and Energy Smart technologies.
With the PowerVault NX200 NAs sports an Intel processor and enable client PC backups and retrieval of large files. NX200 features 2GB of RAM where comparable systems offer only 512MB, providing an additional performance boost for data access, storage and retrieval. It comes with an automated installation wizardthat allows installation in under 15 minutes, according to Dell.
Designed for up to 50 physical and virtual server operating system instances and 500 client devices, Microsoft System Center Essentials (SCE) 2010 provides management for virtualized and non-virtualized servers in Microsoft Hyper-V environments. The SCE solution assesses the physical environment and determines whether non-virtualized servers should be virtualized. If a server does encounter a hardware alert, the Dell Server PRO Management Pack with PRO Tips recommends a remedial action such as live migration of VMs to enable optimal management of virtual resources. Dell OEM Microsoft System Center Essentials Console Management Suite licenses are available with the purchase of most models of Dell PowerEdge servers.
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