Dell has introduced a new array of server, storage and network offerings for small and medium businesses (SMBs) to help them grow in the virtual era.
Dell said its new servers, the entry-level PowerEdge T110 II and mid-level PowerEdge R210 II, have the right balance of performance, flexible features and business value to meet the needs of SMBs and branch offices.
Both the servers have the performance and features to run business applications that facilitate data coordination and sharing, protection and management. They also have the scalability to support business growth with features such as choice of processors to meet performance needs with new Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 product family, the Intel Core i3-2100 product family and Intel Pentium processors, 4 DIMM slots with enough memory to handle common applications and the full Dell OpenManage suite of systems management for ease of maintenance.
For storage requirements, Dell has introduced PowerVault NX3500 / MD3600i.
The PowerVault NX3500 features the Dell Scalable File System, provides affordable scale-up Network Attached Storage (NAS) functionality for smaller scale, and high availability deployments.
In addition, the system works with PowerVault MD32x0i and MD36x0i storage arrays to help provide affordable unified storage with iSCSI, CIFS and NFS access to block and file data. The NX3500 also offers affordable data protection features, including snapshots, replication and NDMP backup support.
The second storage device, PowerVault MD3600i, is an Ethernet-based (10GbE) storage device that is designed to deliver storage capacity to SMBs without sacrificing performance or flexibility.
The device comes with a multi-generational management interface and provides medium-sized businesses with remote offices to support virtualised infrastructures leveraging 10GbE Ethernet to improve limited or slow data migration between home and remote office locations.
Further, the company has also launched new 5500 and 7000 PowerConnect switch families to enable technology infrastructure where scalability, flexibility and value are key requirements.
The PowerConnect 7000 family is designed to deliver scalable performance and enhanced functionality for midsized business deployments, distributed offices and large server farms.
The 7000 series delivers the connectivity to support the new PowerEdge R210 servers in addition to seamless, automated provisioning and iSCSI operation with Dell’s EqualLogic storage arrays.
The PowerConnect 5500 series is suitable for small-to-medium offices and remote locations, which require rapid wire-speed deployment with flexible features.
The 5500 series efficient energy operation and simplified switch configuration reduces operating costs while providing customers with the cost-effective performance they need to scale with their growing business needs.
Dell global enterprise services and solutions executive director Tony Parkinson said their teams would help customers make the best choice for their business as they consider how to best invest their technology dollars.
"The products we announced today are ideal for companies laying the foundation for the data they choose to keep onsite," Parkinson said.
