Dell PowerEdge Servers with 4th Gen AMD EPYC Processors and Smart Cooling Technology

Dell Technologies, Inc. announces the next-gen of PowerEdge servers with 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors.

With their highest application performance to date, these new systems are designed to help customers more effectively power demanding, compute-centric workloads such as data analytics. Designed for efficiency and security, these PowerEdge servers are equipped with the firm’s Smart Cooling technology to help reduce CO² emissions and a built-in cyber resilient architecture to help reinforce customers’ security efforts.

“Customers demand uncompromised compute performance delivered in the most sustainable manner possible. Our latest PowerEdge servers are purpose built-to meet the needs of today’s demanding workloads with efficiency and resiliency,” said Rajesh Pohani, VP, portfolio and product management, PowerEdge, HPC and core compute. “With up to double the performance of the previous generation, combined with the latest in power and cooling innovations, these servers are designed to meet the growing demands of our customers.”

More performance and storage options for data center of future
The next-gen of PowerEdge servers with 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors provides performance and storage advancements while integrating into existing customer environments. The servers are for organizations with advanced workloads such as data analytics, AI, HPC and virtualization. Available in 1 and 2-socket configurations, with support for as much as 50% more processor cores compared to the previous Gen, the latest systems offer the highest performance to date for AMD-powered PowerEdge servers. ⁽¹⁾ Customers can expect up to a 121% performance improvement, up to 33% more front drive count for 2U servers and up to 60% higher front drive count for 1U servers. ⁽²⁾

• PowerEdge R7625 offers increased application performance and data storage. With the performance of dual 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors, this server is designed to be the backbone of a data center. This 2-socket, 2U platform has proven to accelerate in-memory databases by over 72% surpassing all other 2- and 4-socket SAP Sales and Distributions submissions, achieving a new world record. ⁽³⁾
• PowerEdge R7615 is a 1-socket, 2U server with a faster memory bandwidth than previous Gen. Improved drive density is designed to complete multiple jobs faster with a smaller data center footprint. This platform accelerates AI workloads with maximum accelerated expansion capabilities, achieving an AI benchmark world record. ⁽⁴⁾
• PowerEdge R6625 is a 2-socket, 1U server delivering the optimal balance in performance, flexibility and density. The system is for HPC workloads or running multiple virtual desktop infrastructure instances.
• PowerEdge R6615 is a 1-socket, 1U server that offers more VMs density than previous Gen. The thin design offers increased compute power in a dense form factor, limiting data center footprint expansion without losing performance.

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“AMD and Dell Technologies are committed to delivering leadership products that help organizations improve the performance and efficiency of their data centers while also working toward a more sustainable future,” said Ram Peddibhotla, corporate VP, EPYC product management, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.). “With the launch of Dell PowerEdge servers, powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors, we continue to break performance records while delivering on the most stringent environmental goals and business outcomes our joint customers demand.” 

For sustainable data centers, less is more.
Built with sustainability in mind, the servers offer advancements in the company’s Smart Cooling technology that allow for more airflow through the systems than previous Gen, keeping them cool while performing at the highest levels for long periods of time.

With greater core density, organizations can replace older, less efficient servers with next-Gen PowerEdge servers designed to reduce heat generated, energy consumed and the burden on other resources required to power the systems. In particular, the PowerEdge R7625 delivers up to 55% greater processor performance efficiency compared to previous models. ⁽⁵⁾

These servers reinforce the company’s commitment to source recycled or renewable materials in more than half of firm’s product content by 2030. In addition, when shipping multiple servers at once with vendor’s multipack option, they are delivered more sustainably, reducing the number of boxes and materials it takes to ship the systems.

“Like many, we follow the CPU market carefully and look forward to seeing the next generation PowerEdge servers accelerate our potential,” said Dr. Matthew Storey, head, storage and virtualization, Lancaster University. “The new servers help address our ever-growing needs for more innovative and powerful solutions and put us on the leading edge of our industry while delivering a state-of-the-art research environment to our users.”

Building modern, scalable and more secure IT
As cybersecurity threats evolve, so have the built-in security features in PowerEdge servers. Anchored with the company’s cyber resilient architecture, the servers include features like system lockdown, drift detection and multifactor authentication. The next-gen systems enable a more secure operation with end-to-end boot resilience, helping to establish a data center with safety at its core.

With a dedicated integrated on-die security processor, the 4th Gen EPYC processors help enable innovative technologies like confidential computing. In addition, AMD’s ‘Security by Design’ approach includes an embedded security subsystem to help protect data and expand on the AMD Infinity Guard security feature set, continuing to add layers for both physical and virtual security.

Coupled with Dell iDRAC, these servers record details of the server hardware and firmware build at the time of manufacturing. Using the company’s Secured Component Verification (SCV) supply chain assurance, organizations can verify the PowerEdge server arrived as ordered and built from the factory.

“Continued innovation in server performance is critical to ensuring companies have the tools they need to address an increasingly data-centric and real-time world,” said Kuba Stolarski, VP, enterprise infrastructure practice, IDC. “With advanced security features designed directly into the platform, Dell’s new PowerEdge servers can help organizations keep pace with data proliferation in a growing threat environment. The improvements in performance can enable customers to implement AI, HPC and other modern workloads to extract the most value from their data and IT investment.”

Availability:

• The PowerEdge R7625 server is available globally in limited configurations in November 2022. 

• The next-gen servers have planned full global availability in February 2023. 

Resource:
Blog : Dell PowerEdge Servers – Accelerating Performance with AMD for What’s Next

⁽¹⁾ Based on Dell analysis of submitted SPECFPRate score of 1410 achieved on a PowerEdge R7625 with AMD EPYC 9654s compared to the previous high score of 636 on a PowerEdge R7525 with AMD EPYC 7763 processors as of 11/3/2022. Actual performance will vary.
⁽²⁾ Based on Dell analysis of submitted SPECFPRate score of 1410 achieved on a PowerEdge R7625 with AMD EPYC 9654s compared to the previous high score of 636 on a PowerEdge R7525 with AMD EPYC 7763 processors as of 11/3/2022. Actual performance will vary. Storage capacity on Dell internal analysis of available front drive slots going from a maximum of 24 drives in prior Gen configurations to 32 E3.S drives config option in the latest gen 2U platforms and 10 to 16 drives for 1U platforms. Available storage will depend on configuration and drives chosen.
⁽³⁾ Based on Dell analysis of the submitted world record score of 148000 benchmark users on the PowerEdge R7625 compared to the previous world record score of 86000 Benchmark for PowerEdge R7525 users recorded on the SAP-SD page as of 11/3/2022. Actual results will vary
⁽⁴⁾ Based on Dell analysis of submitted TPCx-AI scores for scale factors 3 and 10 as of 11/10/2022. Actual performance might vary.
⁽⁵⁾ Based on Dell internal calculations using SPECFPRate score of 1410 achieved on a PowerEdge R7625 and a processor cTDP of 400W with AMD EPYC 9654 (96 core) processors compared to a score of 636 and cTDP of 280W on a PowerEdge R7525 with AMD EPYC 7763 (64 core) processors. Actual performance will vary