Includes architectural scalability and automation capabilities, targeting the edge computing and HPC markets

Dell EMC is launching three new high-performance 'PowerEdge' servers equipped with AMD's EPYC processors.

Dell EMC, which ranked first globally in shipments in the x86 server market in the third quarter of last year according to market research firm IDC, has been able to provide optimal solutions with a wider range of options for various enterprise workloads, including software-defined computing, edge computing, and HPC, through the announcement of this new product that reduces TCO (Total Cost of Ownership).

Equipped with AMD's EPYC processors, these new products consist of three rack server models—the PowerEdge R6415, PowerEdge R7415, and PowerEdge R7425—designed to target the software-defined environment, edge computing, and HPC markets. They offer not only the architectural scalability characteristic of the 14th generation PowerEdge server family introduced last July, but also intelligent automation features such as iDRAC 9 for remote server access and management, and Quick Sync 2 for mobile-based management, as well as integrated security functions.

By combining AMD EPYC processors equipped with up to 32 cores (64 threads), 8 memory channels, and 128 PCIe lanes with the latest PowerEdge server technology, it lowers TCO while delivering performance capable of handling demanding workloads. It also provides up to 4TB of memory capacity to flexibly handle DBMS and analytics workloads.

The R6415 is a 1U single-socket model that provides high-density scale-out computing capabilities. It allows for flexible storage configurations with up to 10 PCIe NVMe drives. The 2U single-socket R7415 is the first AMD EPYC-based server platform certified as a 'vSAN Ready Node,' combining a server with VMware's storage virtualization solution, vSAN. It can reduce TCO by up to 20% per 4-node cluster for vSAN applications. Equipped with 128 PCIe lanes, it provides accelerated server-to-server bandwidth within the same data center for cloud computing and virtualization. Additionally, with up to 2TB of memory capacity and up to 24 NVMe drives, it enhances storage efficiency and enables rapid, cost-effective expansion.

The dual-socket R7425 demonstrates excellent performance in HPC workloads such as containers, hypervisors, virtual machines (VMs), cloud computing, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). It provides high bandwidth with up to 64 cores, high-density GPU, and high-density FPGA (field-programmable gate array) performance, making it suitable for various HPC workloads requiring servers with excellent memory bandwidth and core density.

Ashley Gorakhpurwalla, President of Dell EMC’s Server and Infrastructure Systems division, stated, “Enterprise requirements for servers, which form the foundation of modern infrastructure, are becoming increasingly demanding, such as the need for servers with high flexibility and performance even in edge environments to adopt IoT technology.” She added, “These new server products, launched in collaboration with AMD, will be the best solution to satisfy these customers by providing low TCO, scalability, and workload-optimized configurations.”