High-density, shared-infrastructure, two-socket server
Efficient and affordable, the Dell PowerEdge C6105 AMD processor-based server offers exceptional work-per-watt performance for scale-out cluster computing, Web 2.0 environments, hosters and cloud builders.
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Build a cost-effective data center
Maximize performance while helping to lower power, weight and space requirements with efficient Dell™ PowerEdge™ C6105 shared-infrastructure servers.
Power savings and increased efficiency
Featuring low-power AMD Opteron™ processors, and available with 92 percent efficient hot-plug redundant power supplies, the PowerEdge C6105 can help you improve energy efficiency and lower operating costs by effectively reducing the total power consumed. In addition, the shared infrastructure design saves space and weight, resulting in one of the most cost-effective designs available in the Dell hyperscale server portfolio.High-density, flexible and efficient computing
With the PowerEdge C6105, you get capacity, performance and flexibility in a very dense package. The server's highly efficient 2U rack chassis supports up to four servers and 12 x 3.5-inches or 24 x 2.5-inches hot-plug serial attached SCSI (SAS), serial ATA (SATA) or solid-state drive (SSD) hard drives.
Efficient, cost-effective AMD Opteron processors
Save time, money and energy with the PowerEdge C6105, featuring AMD Opteron 4000 series processors for efficient high-performance computing.Designed to handle demanding server workloads at a low energy draw, AMD Opteron 4000 series processors:
- Offer four- and six-core performance at less than 6W per core ACP and TDP
- Use up to 24 percent less power than previous AMD processor generations*
- Provide the right mix of power, price and performance with a long product life cycle ideal for scale-out data centers
Ultimate flexibility in a standard 2U chassis
The PowerEdge C6105 has the specialized features you need to run hyperscale applications:- Front-mounted 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch hot-plug hard drives
- Up to four discrete two-socket nodes
- 12 DIMM slots for up to 96 GB DDR3 memory
- x16 PCIe slot and x8 mezzanine slots
- Hot-plug redundant power supplies
- IPMI 2.0 dedicated management
Processor
- Up to four 2-socket servers, 4 or 6 cores per processor
AMD Opteron™ 4000 processor series
Operating System
- Novell® SUSE™ Linux® Enterprise Server 11 SP1
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.5
Windows Server® 2008 R2 Enterprise
Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™
Windows® HPC Server 2008 R2
Chipset
- AMD SR5670
Memory*
- 2GB/4GB/8GB DDR3 or 4GB/8GB Low Volt (LV) DDR3 (1333 MHz) 12 DIMM slots for up to 96GB of DDR3
L3 cache: 6MB
8GB LV DDR3 Samsung® Green Memory available
Embedded Hypervisor (Optional)
- Citrix® XenServer™ 5.6
VMware® ESXi v4.1
Microsoft Server® 2008 Hyper-V™
Storage
- 24 x 2.5” or 12 x 3.5” hard drive options
2.5” SAS (15K RPM): 146GB*
2.5” SAS (15K RPM): 146GB*
2.5” SAS (10K RPM): 300GB, 600GB
2.5” SATA II (7.2K RPM): 500GB*
2.5” SATA SSD (SLC): 50GB, 100GB*
3.5” SATA (7.2K): 250GB, 500GB, 1TB*
3.5” SATA (5.4K): 2TB*
3.5” SAS (15K): 300GB* , 450GB, 600GB
3.5” NL SAS (7.2K): 1TB, 2TB*
Drive Controllers
- LSI 2008 6Gb SAS mezzanine
RAID Controllers
- LSI 9260-8i add-in RAID controller
Network Controller
- 2 embedded Intel® Kawela™ 82576
1 Gb Ethernet network interface card
Power
- Dual hot-plug redundant high-efficiency 470W/750W/1100W/1400W power supply options
Video Card
- Integrated AST2050 with 64MB RAM
Chassis
- 2U rack mount
Fans
Shared redundant cooling with 4 x 80mm speed fans detectable with PWM control
Management
- Server Management
Embedded BMC with IPMI 2.0 support with 1 x 10/100 Mbps RJ45 connector
Services
Infrastructure Consulting Services
Rack Integration (U.S. only)
Server and Storage Deployment
Support Services
Keep Your Hard Drive
Enterprise Wide Contract
Specialized Onsite Services
Dell PowerEdge C Services
Dell is dedicated to simplifying IT, and Dell Services can help you manage the complexities of growing and maintaining your hyperscale, high-performance and cloud computing data center environments. Dell’s broad portfolio of planning, implementation, and support services can help accelerate your IT initiatives so you can grow your business.
PowerEdge C Services are tailored to complement how you manage your data center. Options include:
Dell global infrastructure consulting services utilize skilled solution architects, innovative tools, automated analysis and our own intellectual property to give you rapid insight into the root causes of unnecessary complexity. We seek better answers than traditional service models, based on our belief that solving problems should not need armies of people. Our strategy is to help customers quickly identify high-impact, short-duration projects that deliver ROI and free up resources to obtain competitive advantage. The result is practical, action-oriented plans with specific, predictable, measurable outcomes.
Available Dell consulting services for the PowerEdge C server line include:
Dell configuration and deployment services don't follow the traditional one-size-fits-all approach. They're modular so you get to choose what you need for your business. Through features like flexible deployment options, configuration services, and recycling services, we've got what you need, when you need it.
Our factory, remote, and on-site installation services make efficient use of time by speeding up activities like configuration and deployment, allowing you to focus more on improving your business.
Dell’s recycling service helps you dispose of computer equipment and materials in a manner that follows EPA guidelines, and keeps your data center environment clean.
Suggested Dell configuration and deployment services for the PowerEdge C server line include:
Dell support services are a comprehensive, configurable suite of service solutions designed to simplify and optimize your data center environment. Data center support services address everyday and unique IT challenges through options that maximize system uptime and are backed by global command centers and expert centers around the world.
Suggested Dell support services for the PowerEdge C server line include:
Dell is dedicated to simplifying IT, and Dell Services can help you manage the complexities of growing and maintaining your hyperscale, high-performance and cloud computing data center environments. Dell’s broad portfolio of planning, implementation, and support services can help accelerate your IT initiatives so you can grow your business.
PowerEdge C Services are tailored to complement how you manage your data center. Options include:
- Infrastructure Consulting Services — helping you optimize your data center.
- Custom Rack Integration Services — helping to quickly add to your compute capacity.
- Support Services — helping to ensure your data center stays running at the highest efficiency.
- Expert-Level Tech Support — providing fast and comprehensive troubleshooting and dispatch.
Whatever the situation, Dell can help you break through complexity by providing services and solutions to meet your exact data center needs.
Infrastructure Consulting Services
Dell global infrastructure consulting services utilize skilled solution architects, innovative tools, automated analysis and our own intellectual property to give you rapid insight into the root causes of unnecessary complexity. We seek better answers than traditional service models, based on our belief that solving problems should not need armies of people. Our strategy is to help customers quickly identify high-impact, short-duration projects that deliver ROI and free up resources to obtain competitive advantage. The result is practical, action-oriented plans with specific, predictable, measurable outcomes.
Available Dell consulting services for the PowerEdge C server line include:
- DC Planning and Management
- Cloud Consulting
- High Performance and Cloud Computing Strategy
- Networking
- IT Strategy and Planning
- Facilities Efficiency
- Server Virtualization and Platform Optimization
- Data Management
- Supply Chain
Dell configuration and deployment services don't follow the traditional one-size-fits-all approach. They're modular so you get to choose what you need for your business. Through features like flexible deployment options, configuration services, and recycling services, we've got what you need, when you need it.
Our factory, remote, and on-site installation services make efficient use of time by speeding up activities like configuration and deployment, allowing you to focus more on improving your business.
Dell’s recycling service helps you dispose of computer equipment and materials in a manner that follows EPA guidelines, and keeps your data center environment clean.
Suggested Dell configuration and deployment services for the PowerEdge C server line include:
- Hardware Configuration Services
- Custom BIOS Setting
- Rack Design Validation
- Rack Integration and Deployment
- On-site Installation
- Asset Recovery
Dell support services are a comprehensive, configurable suite of service solutions designed to simplify and optimize your data center environment. Data center support services address everyday and unique IT challenges through options that maximize system uptime and are backed by global command centers and expert centers around the world.
Suggested Dell support services for the PowerEdge C server line include:
- Basic Support (Next Business Day)
- ProSupport™ for IT (Next Business Day or Same Day)
- IT Advisory Services
- Multivendor Hardware Support
- On-site Parts
- Dell Online Self Dispatch
- Keep Your Hard Drive
- Specialized On-site Services
- Remote Advisory Services for Virtualization
Optimized for performance and efficiency
Dell™ PowerEdge C servers are available with certified software from Dell partners to create optimized, fully-supported solutions that include hardware, software, service and support. These offerings include powerful solutions for new big data and cloud computing instances.
Dell Apache Hadoop Solution
Leverage Hadoop to process massive application datasets. The Dell | Cloudera® solution combines Dell servers, Crowbar software framework and networking components with Cloudera’s Distribution, including Apache Hadoop (CDH) as well as management tools, training, technology support and professional services. This Dell Apache Hadoop Solution gives you a one-stop shop for deploying, managing and scaling a Hadoop cluster.
The Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution
Stand up an OpenStack cloud in hours instead of days. This massively scalable open source Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud solution leverages OpenStack™ cloud software on Dell PowerEdge C servers and switches, Crowbar software framework, Dell OpenStack expertise, service and support. It’s open, compatible with other systems and gives you the freedom to build the cloud of your dreams.
The Dell Cloud Solution for Web Applications
Take the guesswork out of building and running efficient public and private clouds with a turnkey cloud solution. The Dell Cloud Solution for Web Applications brings together optimized Dell hardware, Joyent software and joint services, so you can easily and quickly deploy and manage an elastic, on-demand cloud infrastructure with confidence, with as little or as much outside support as you want along the way.
Dell Solution Services
Whether you need help with strategy and deployment, require IT or business consulting, or want to explore managed services that take the load off your IT staff, turn to Dell services for expert advice and world-class support for your data center environment.
Dell™ PowerEdge C servers are available with certified software from Dell partners to create optimized, fully-supported solutions that include hardware, software, service and support. These offerings include powerful solutions for new big data and cloud computing instances.
Dell Apache Hadoop Solution
Leverage Hadoop to process massive application datasets. The Dell | Cloudera® solution combines Dell servers, Crowbar software framework and networking components with Cloudera’s Distribution, including Apache Hadoop (CDH) as well as management tools, training, technology support and professional services. This Dell Apache Hadoop Solution gives you a one-stop shop for deploying, managing and scaling a Hadoop cluster.
The Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution
Stand up an OpenStack cloud in hours instead of days. This massively scalable open source Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud solution leverages OpenStack™ cloud software on Dell PowerEdge C servers and switches, Crowbar software framework, Dell OpenStack expertise, service and support. It’s open, compatible with other systems and gives you the freedom to build the cloud of your dreams.
The Dell Cloud Solution for Web Applications
Take the guesswork out of building and running efficient public and private clouds with a turnkey cloud solution. The Dell Cloud Solution for Web Applications brings together optimized Dell hardware, Joyent software and joint services, so you can easily and quickly deploy and manage an elastic, on-demand cloud infrastructure with confidence, with as little or as much outside support as you want along the way.
Dell Solution Services
Whether you need help with strategy and deployment, require IT or business consulting, or want to explore managed services that take the load off your IT staff, turn to Dell services for expert advice and world-class support for your data center environment.
