Dell Launches 5 New PowerEdge Servers With Intel For SMBs

Here’s what you need to know about Dell Technologies’ five new PowerEdge rack and tower servers with Intel processors launched today.

5 New Dell Servers Targeting SMBs, Edge Computing

After selling well over 500,000 servers last quarter, Dell Technologies is launching five new PowerEdge servers today targeting small-and-medium businesses (SMBs) and edge computing use cases.

All of the new Dell EMC PowerEdge servers are built with Intel’s Xeon or Pentium processors along with Dell’s OpenManage solutions that deliver automation and intelligent infrastructure management.

David Schmidt, senior director of server product management at Dell Technologies, said the launch of the new servers comes as data and compute are no longer limited to the data center.

“Extending capabilities beyond the walls of a traditional data center allows organizations to capture information where it’s immediately relevant and gain insights to improve customer and employee experiences,” said Schmidt in a statement. “The new PowerEdge entry-level rack and tower servers are designed for small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as enterprises, to process information securely with less latency.”

The new Dell EMC PowerEdge servers can be consumed as-a-service through Dell Technologies’ consumption-based APEX Flex on Demand program.

CRN breaks down the specs and the ideal use cases for each of Dell’s five new PowerEdge servers with Intel processors that were launched today.

PowerEdge T550

Type of Server: 5U Tower

Arguably the biggest launch of today is Dell’s PowerEdge T550, powered by up to two 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 36 cores per processor.

Dell’s PowerEdge T550 is a flexible two-socket tower server that balances expandability and performance. The T550 supports advanced technologies such as accelerators for enterprise-class workloads, AI and inferencing, virtualization, medical imaging, data analytics, and software-defined storage.

Dell said the new server provides office-friendly acoustics, ease of management and expandability for growth and performance. The PowerEdge T550 addresses business critical workloads, cloud infrastructure, and database management.

“Small and medium-sized businesses can scale effectively, process data quickly and securely, and deliver more connected customer experiences inside or outside of a datacenter—all while optimizing costs and productivity,” said Dell’s Schmidt.

The T550, like the rest of the PowerEdge portfolio of servers, is designed with a cyber-resilient architecture that integrates security deeply into every phase of its lifecycle—from design to retirement.

PowerEdge R350

Type of Server: 1U Rack

The new Dell EMC PowerEdge R350 includes one Intel Xeon E-2300 processor with up to eight cores or one Intel Pentium processor with up to two cores.

The 1U PowerEdge R350 delivers is designed for productivity and data intensive applications. The R350 supports 3200 MT/s DDR4 speeds and 32 GB DIMMs, up to 128 GB for memory intensive workloads.

“The PowerEdge R350 has high availability features for secure database management,” said Schmidt.

To address substantial throughput improvements, the PowerEdge R350 supports PCIe Gen 4 and offers enhanced efficiency to support increasing power and thermal requirements. The PowerEdge R350 is a powerful and versatile server for SMBs to enable a variety of workloads—from business-critical to cloud infrastructure. It can also be used for point-of-sale transactions and enterprise level requirements for data analysis and virtualization.

PowerEdge T350

Type of Server: 4.5U Tower

The Dell EMC PowerEdge T350 is powered by one Intel Xeon E-2300 processor with up to 8 cores or one Intel Pentium processor with up to two cores.

Dell’s new 4.5U T350 tower server is designed for productivity and data-intensive applications. The server supports 3200 MT/s DDR4 speeds and 32 GB UDIMMs, as well as up to 128 GB for memory-intensive workloads.

With a 37 percent smaller chassis design compared to its previous generation, the PowerEdge T350 is ideal for use inside or outside the data center such as in an office, hospitality, or retail settings. The server includes PCIe Gen 4 and offers enhanced thermal efficiency to support more demanding power and thermal requirements.

The T350 focuses on business-critical workloads including database management, as well as cloud infrastructure needs and point of sale transactions. Thanks to Dell’s OpenManage software, the new server has full-stack management integration with Microsoft, VMware, ServiceNow, Ansible and many other tools.

PowerEdge R250

Type of Server: 1U Rack

The Dell EMC PowerEdge R250 delivers powerful compute for common business applications and streamlines productivity. The new 1U rack server includes one Intel Xeon E-2300 processor with up to 8 cores or one Intel Pentium processor with up to two cores.

The PowerEdge R250 supports 3200 MT/s DDR4 speeds and 32 GB DIMMs, up to 128 GB for memory intensive workloads. The server offers PCIe Gen 4, enhanced thermal efficiency and cryptographically trusted booting and silicon root of trust

Dell said the PowerEdge R250 is an ideal server for collaboration and sharing and a variety of workloads including mail and messaging, file and print, web hosting, and point of sale environments for SMBs and remote offices and branch offices.

PowerEdge T150

Type of Server: 4U Tower

The smallest entry-level tower server Dell launched today is the Dell EMC PowerEdge T150. The new server supports 3200 MT/s DDR4 UDIMMs and up to 128 GB for memory intensive workloads.

The new 4U tower server includes one Intel Xeon E-2300 processor with up to 8 cores or one Intel Pentium processor with up to two cores. Similar to the rest of the new servers, the PowerEdge T150 addresses substantial throughput improvements with support of PCIe Gen 4 and offers enhanced thermal efficiency to support increasing power and thermal requirements. With quiet, office-friendly acoustics, the PowerEdge T150 is an ideal tower server for business critical workloads and point of sale transactions for SMBs for both inside or outside the data center.

The five new servers launched by Dell today come as the $94 billion IT infrastructure and PC giant is neck-in-neck with Hewlett Packard Enterprise for global server market share supremacy.

Dell generated $3.68 billion in server sales during the second quarter of 2021, up more than 10 percent year over year, according to data from research firm IDC. Dell’s worldwide market share in the second quarter climbed to 15.6 percent share.

Additionally, Dell shipped more servers than any other company in the globe during the second quarter of 2021. Dell shipped a total of 529,804 servers in the second quarter, up 22.5 percent year over year.