Dell R515 1 Product Comparison

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PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide

1 Product Comparison

The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R515 is a 2-socket 2U rack server well-suited for database, email, virtualization,

workload consolidation, and other applications requiring an immense amount of local storage.

The PowerEdge R515 offers outstanding price for performance with the latest AMD Opteron™ (4 or 6 core)

series processors and enterprise-class features, including advanced systems management capabilities, an

interactive LCD screen (8 hard drive model) as well as hot-swap hard drives and redundant power supplies

for additional business data protection.

The R515 also offers the choice of an 8 or 12 hard drive configuration, delivering up to 25 TB of internal

storage space, making it ideally suited to meet the demands of the small- to mid-sized business or data

center with superior stability, efficiency, and long-term business value.

You’ve told us you need a server manufacturer that inspires confidence through its reliability, availability,

and quality of products. That is why we have designed the PowerEdge R515 for optimal reliability and ease

of use, incorporating customer-inspired features that range from robust metal hard-drive carriers and

industrial-quality materials to embedded diagnostics and an optional interactive LCD screen.

Our reliability goals are simple: Deliver quality products that stand the test of time.

 A Unified Server Configurator (USC) helps minimize downtime by offering embedded and persistent

diagnostics with no media requirements.

 A one-touch quality-control process enables single-person responsibility for an entire server build.

 Every Dell server model is tested and re-tested before it leaves the factory.

 Our operating system, application and software integration testing, and validation help ensure that

everything works together right out of the box.

 A focus on product longevity provides longer, fully supported product lifecycles for better investment

protection.

The PowerEdge R515 was designed to provide you with a multitude of time- and energy-saving options, not

only inside the server, but outside as well.

Inside the server, we have Energy Smart technologies to help you better manage power. This includes low-

wattage processors, support for low-voltage DIMMs, and efficient fans that spin in accordance with server

workload demands. Internal shrouding and logical component layouts aid with airflow direction, helping to

cool the server. Energy-efficient power supplies use power effectively without compromising business

productivity.

Outside the server, we have put the external ports, power supplies, and LED lights or LCD screens in the

same location as other 11th generation PowerEdge servers for a familiar server-to-server usability and

commonality, as well as for easy installation and deployment. The hard drives across the 11G servers are

also interchangeable since they share the same drive carriers.

As an IT professional, you do not have a lot of time to spend managing and maintaining your systems. That is

why the Dell systems-management portfolio focuses on two core principles to make your life easier:

simplicity and cost-effectiveness.