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Types of Server Consolidation

There are 3 primary types of Server Consolidation. Dell has the hardware, software and services to help you successfully plan, implement and maintain all.

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Dell is the Smart Choice for Server Consolidation

There are a lot of options for your server consolidation projects. Only Dell combines the right technologies and capabilities into a Server Consolidation solution designed to perform and simplify your IT environment. Dell provides:

Technology and Platform Breadth

Broad range of servers with rack, tower and blade configurations.
Performance choices from 1 socket to 4 socket; single-core, dual-core, quad-core.
Servers integrated with rack and storage solutions.

Industry-Leading Commonality

Behavioral specification for server design commonality.
Common components across mainstream servers.
Common system image across mainstream servers.

Energy Leadership

First to introduce Energy Smart – power optimized servers.
Outstanding performance per watt.
Power and Thermal engineering and test labs.

Systems Management Leadership

Server change management integrated with common tools.
Comprehensive suite for deployment, change management & monitoring.
Connections to all leading enterprise management suites.
A leading remote access solution - DRAC^*

Virtualization Focus

Key focus and strategic area for Dell - A leader in VMware sales.
Developing virtualization-optimized server.
Ideal platforms for virtualization - 2 socket / quad-core servers

Ease of Deployment

Built to order - Tested and burned in.
Maintain and manage images.
Delivered in 1-2 boxes – ready to run.

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Analyst Views

According to IDC

Average server utilization is less than 10%.

50¢ is spent to power & cool servers for every $1 in server spending today; this will increase to 70¢ by 2010.

Constructing a new data center costs approximately $1,000 per square foot. This is $40,000 per rack or $2,400 for a typical server.

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