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1 Product Comparison
1.1 Overview
The PowerEdge R210 II is an entry-level, yet enterprise ready, ultra-dense 1-socket 1U rack server that is well suited for a broad range of workloads, from small businesses applications to high-density, scale-out compute farms. It offers the performance and features to run your business applications that facilitate data coordination and sharing, data protection, management, and scalability to support business growth.
With a full selection of processors to meet your performance needs, the R210 II supports the Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 product family, the Intel Core™ i3-2100 product family, and Intel Pentium® processors. Also included are four DIMM slots with enough memory to handle common applications, hard drive options for two 3.5" or four 2.5‖ (available Q2 2011) cabled hard drives for flexible internal local storage, one PCIe true x16 slot to connect a variety of peripherals, as well as the full Dell OpenManage™ suite of systems management for ease of deployment, monitoring, and ongoing maintenance.
1.2 Key Benefits
Designed for powerful and balanced performance, the PowerEdge R210 II delivers:
∙Built-in Reliability, Security and Energy Efficiency: Built-in redundant hard drives, encryption, security and data protection options, lower wattage power supplies, and ease of deployment.
∙Business Value: Performance headroom and capacity expansion allow the R210 II to grow as your business grows. A choice of options enables you to tailor your R210 II configuration to your compute requirements.
∙Simplified Management: Manage the R210 II with the full suite of Dell OpenManage systems management software throughout the server lifecycle.
∙Better Performance with Less Noise: Business performance with similar sound levels as a desktop computer to meet the needs of sound-sensitive office environments.
1.3Flexible, Secure Technology
Securing your most valuable asset—your data—is important. That is why the PowerEdge R210 II has data protection options to help keep your data as safe as possible. Coupled with the latest version of Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server 2011 (SBS 2011), the PowerEdge R210 II provides an integrated solution that can further protect your data by providing automatic backup and restore functionality as well as offering email, remote access, and collaboration to help take your business to the next level. The R210 II also includes lower wattage power supplies and features a built-in user interface for ease of deployment. With the PowerEdge R210 II you can:
∙Protect data with hardware- and software-enabled encryption.
∙Secure business information with a RAID configuration to make copies of data automatically.
∙Provide email, collaboration, remote access, automatic backup, and data restore functionality with Windows SBS 2011.
∙Deploy your server faster and achieve productivity sooner with optional embedded management.
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PowerEdge R210 II Technical Guide
