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Dell Introduces PowerEdge 6350: Smallest, Most Powerful Standards-Based Server in Its Class
ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1998--
Innovative System Designed for Space-Conscious Corporate Data Centers
Where Storage Consolidation, Clustering and Centralized Computing Are
Critical
Dell Computer Corporation (NASDAQ:DELL) -- the No. 2 server
vendor in the United States and No. 4 worldwide(1) -- today announced
the Dell(R) PowerEdge(R) 6350, a compact, full-featured server
designed for corporate data centers where storage consolidation,
clustering and centralized computing are critical.
The enterprise-class PowerEdge 6350 server is immediately
available worldwide starting at $7,694. With the PowerEdge 6350, Dell
takes a leadership position in providing the smallest, most powerful
industry-standard computing platform in its class. The server is
certified to run mainstream corporate business applications including
Oracle8(tm) and Microsoft(R) SQL Server(tm) database applications and
enterprise resource planning software such as SAP R/3(R). The
PowerEdge 6350 also is well-suited for messaging and Internet server
applications. As the fastest growing server vendor in the world(2),
Dell continues to provide innovative servers and storage products by
developing superior system designs -- around industry standard server
components -- that meet a wide-range of customers' computing
environments.
"Dell is focused on delivering highly reliable server products
that address the space constraints and performance needs of enterprise
customers," said Michael Lambert, senior vice president, Dell
Enterprise Systems Group. "The size of the PowerEdge 6350 provides
companies tremendous flexibility to add capacity to their data centers
as their business grows."
Dell reduced the size of its high-end PowerEdge 6300 by nearly 60
percent while maintaining the same four-processor capability based on
Intel's most powerful and scalable Pentium(R) II Xeon(tm) processors.
The server's 4U height, which is less than seven inches (1U=1.75
inches), lets customers easily fit up to 10 PowerEdge 6350 servers in
a standard rack enclosure without compromising system expandability.
Four 64-bit and three 32-bit Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)
slots allow customers to divide higher and lower speed data to help
maximize system performance. The hot-pluggability of the PCI slots
enable quick connections to external devices like remote server
management controllers or storage systems.
One PowerEdge 6350 will support up to three Dell PowerVault(tm)
650F storage systems for a total external storage capacity of up to
six terabytes (6,000 gigabytes) of data. Internally, the PowerEdge
6350 supports up to 27GB of storage, up to 4GB of error checking and
correcting (ECC) memory and four megabytes (MB) of level two cache.
(Sample configurations and pricing attached.)
Like the PowerEdge 6300, the PowerEdge 6350 server is built for
high reliability. It is designed to handle an Internet Service
Provider's (ISP) or large corporate customers' mission critical
computing requirements such as on-line transaction processing, data
warehouses and corporate messaging services. Because of its smaller
size, the server will be appealing to customers who want to centralize
applications or consolidate their servers and storage in a corporate
data center and is well suited for corporate intranet, extranet and
remote access applications where reliability and processing power are
important. Branch offices at banks and telecommunication facilities
will find the PowerEdge 6350 ideal as a replicated site-server where
high performance and data redundancy are critical. In these
environments, the PowerEdge 6350 can be combined with
telecommunications equipment, storage devices and backup power
supplies to provide a centralized server solution for large
remote-site environments.
Two PowerEdge 6350 servers can be clustered with Dell's
PowerVault 650F using Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) software for
added levels of system uptime or Oracle Parallel Server for additional
uptime and scalability.
Every PowerEdge 6350 can be built-to-order and shipped directly
from the factory, offering customers the exact configuration they want
for their computing environment. Microsoft Windows NT(R) Server 4.0,
Novell(R) intraNetWare(R) 4.11 and NetWare(R) 5 operating systems can
be factory-installed on all Dell PowerEdge servers, including the new
PowerEdge 6350. Dell's build-to-order capability and
factory-installation program can reduce costs and risk for the
customer and help ensure product quality and consistency when
purchasing multiple servers.
Other operating systems or software applications can be
configured, tested and installed through DellPlus Server Integration,
a value-added service for customers who require more complex, or
specialized server solutions, that are pre-configured by Dell and
shipped to the customer ready-to-use.
The PowerEdge 6350 ships with ready-to-run manageability features
that easily tie into a company's systems and network management
applications or frameworks. These features support the Dell
OpenManage(tm) systems management strategy that helps customers gain
control over their computer systems while also helping to reduce the
cost of owning them. As part of that strategy, all Dell PowerEdge
servers come installed with HP OpenView(R) Network Node Manager
Special Edition. An optional Dell Remote Assistant Card (version 2) is
available with the PowerEdge 6350 to help system administrators
remotely manage their servers via modem or local area network. Called
DRAC 2, this adapter card allows system administrators to remotely
access, diagnose and manage their servers even if the operating system
is unresponsive or the system has lost power. |
