2010 Issue 2

Designing for hyperscale computing

Date : 6/18/2010
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For many organizations building hyperscale IT infrastructures, their data centers are their factories. To help maximize efficiency and reduce the cost of these environments, organizations often require something different than traditional general-purpose servers. They need streamlined systems without the extensive management tools, enterprise storage options or same-day support contracts typically included with standard servers. At the same time, they need high-performance hardware with a dense, energy-efficient design that can help them save on power, cooling and space.

Dell™ PowerEdge™ C-Series servers are purpose-built to address these requirements. The two-socket PowerEdge C1100 offers outstanding performance in a 1U form factor and is especially useful for applications that cache massive amounts of data in memory. The PowerEdge C2100 builds on the PowerEdge C1100 with a 2U design that can provide enhanced storage capacity. And for maximum density, the PowerEdge C6100 offers a shared infrastructure design with four independent server nodes in a 2U form factor.

Organizations can also capitalize on Dell services for PowerEdge C-Series servers to help simplify deployment and ongoing maintenance — including the Dell Configuration and Deployment Rack Integration Services program, a wide range of Dell Support Services options, Enterprise-Wide Contract and Online Self Dispatch support services and a comprehensive set of Dell IT Consulting services.

In addition, the upcoming Dell Cloud Solution for Web Applications is expected to be the first turnkey cloud offering that combines software with an optimized architecture powered by Dell PowerEdge servers and a broad range of support services. By combining Joyent cloud software with Dell hardware and services plus an optimal blueprint for creating a private cloud, this solution helps organizations get started rapidly and operate the infrastructure efficiently with highly responsive, on-demand scaling.

Also included: How high-performance computing (HPC) resource provider, R Systems and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider NAB Solutions, took advantage of Dell servers to create highly efficient cloud computing environments?