The combination of Dell storage, server and networking technologies in a blade chassis provides customers a compact, shared footprint that can reduce the need for excessive licenses, space, cable configuration and power and cooling costs as well as an integrated approach to infrastructure management.

With this Dell convergence, customers can support up to 48 percent more Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SharePoint users and up to 42 more users per watt of power compared to a competitive blade server and storage offering.⁴ Additionally, Dell’s converged solution is notably easier to deploy, with up to 55 percent fewer major configuration steps, to set-up storage alone.²

The new EqualLogic Blade Arrays are complemented by EqualLogic software that tightly integrates SANs with hosts and applications. With an all-inclusive software licensing model, EqualLogic storage systems include all supporting software applications and tools without additional fees.

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“These research findings are in lock step with what our customers have been telling us and are a fundamental reason why Dell is focused on delivering all of the benefits of enterprise class storage without users needing a doctorate degree in storage to master our solutions,” said Darren Thomas, vice president and general manager, Dell Storage. “Dell leads the industry in embedding automation and ‘ease of use’ into our portfolio to improve storage simplicity and efficiency. Combine this focus with Dell’s development of broader, end-to-end data center solutions, and we’re in a unique position to help customers become more efficient, agile and responsive to the organizations they support.”

“The most appealing aspect of the Dell EqualLogic Blade Array is its simplicity. It’s easy to deploy and scale,” said Emilio Garcia, network coordinator, Pearland ISD near Houston, Texas. “With only two network managers supporting 23 campuses, this simplicity is critical to providing our students and staff a seamless IT experience. What more could you ask for?”

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¹ Source: “Reduce Storage Complexity To Improve IT Agility,” a September, 2012 commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Dell.
² Source: Principled Technologies, Inc., “The Data Center in a Box Solution Performance Test: Comparing Dell and HP Blade Solutions,” an August 2012 report commissioned by Dell.
³ Results based on internal Dell Lab testing. Actual performance will vary based on configuration, usage and manufacturing variability.
⁴As compared to a comparable HP converged infrastructure solution in a remote office workload environment. Source: Principled Technologies, Inc., “The Data Center in a Box Solution Performance Test: Comparing Dell and HP Blade Solutions,” an August 2012 report commissioned by Dell.

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