Christine Horton, Contributing Editor
April 8, 2025
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Dell PowerEdge R470, R570, R670 and R770 servers.
Dell Technologies is updating its server, storage and data protection lines to help organizations with their data center modernization. This includes hardware, software and security enhancements across Dell PowerEdge, PowerStore, ObjectScale and more.
The company said it designed the new products to help customers rethink their IT infrastructure approach to better meet the needs of traditional and modern workloads.
“Modern applications require a new breed of infrastructure that will help customers keep pace with everchanging data center demands,” said Arthur Lewis, president, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies.
Dell's Arthur Lewis
Dell PowerEdge Servers
Dell PowerEdgeR470, R570, R670 and R770 servers that have Intel Xeon 6 Processors with P-cores are single and double-socket servers in 1U and 2U form factors. Dell said they can handle demanding traditional and emerging workloads like HPC, virtualization, analytics and AI inferencing.
Dell said the Dell PowerEdge R770 frees up power and up to 80% of space per 42U rack.
“These systems save up to half of the energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions, and support up to 50% more cores per processorsand 67% increased performance.This reduces data center footprints to help achieve sustainability goals and lower overall total cost of ownership without sacrificing performance,” it said.
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The Dell PowerEdge R570 achieves “record-breaking” Intel performance per watt, helping enterprises save on energy costs while maintaining high performance workloads.
Dell said customers can simplify and future-proof operations with the Datacenter – Modular Hardware System (DC-MHS) architecture, as part of the Open Compute Project (OCP). DC-MHS standardizes server design, supporting easier integration into existing infrastructure, improving customer choice.
PowerEdge servers deliver protection through Dell OpenManage enhancements and Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (IDRAC 10) updates, including real-time monitoring. When paired with PERC13 PCIe Gen 5 HW Raid controllers, customers can see up to a 33-times reduction in write latency, added the vendor.
Dell PowerStore
Beyond Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerStore’sintelligent software design offers “advanced data reduction and independently scalable storage services” suited to the needs of modern disaggregated architectures.
PowerStore’s latest software release includes Smart Support alerts and remediation, performance headroom analytics and carbon footprint forecasting using Dell AIOps (formerly CloudIQ) software that reduces cost and eliminates manual effort.
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Dell PowerStore
Customer can control access and boost availability with DoD smart card authentication support, automated certificate renewal and enhanced Storage Direct Protection integrations. These deliver up to four-times faster backup restoresplus support for the latest Dell PowerProtect systems.
They can also enhance system performance with file management capabilities, data protection with secure file snapshots, capacity insights for smarter storage planning and streamlined migration from Dell Unity systems.
Dell ObjectScale
Dell is also rolling out the next generation of its object storage platform,Dell ObjectScale. Dell is modernizing the enterprise-grade architecture of ObjectScale and introducing new all-flash and HDD appliance options.
The ObjectScale XF960 offers up to double the throughput per node than the closest competitor, said Dell,andup to eight-times greater density than previous-generation all-flash systems.
The HDD-based Dell ObjectScale X560 reportedly accelerates key workloads like media ingest, backups and AI model training with read 83% faster throughput.
Plus, Dell is releasing a newhybrid cloud solutionpowered by ObjectScale, developed in collaboration with Wasabi.The company said it offers multisite federation, copy-to-cloud, geo-replication, global namespace and data governance capabilities.
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Dell PowerScale
Dell PowerScale enhancements include improved performance-per-terabyte, data center floorspace utilization and affordability.
122TB SSDs maximize GPU utilization with up to 6 PBsof high-speed data access in a single 2U node configuration and deliver performance density to meet massive AI throughput requirements.
PowerScale A & H series nodes (H710, H7100, A310, A3100) deliver reduced latency and improved performance with a refreshed compute module for HDD-based platforms. Customers can future-proof their data centers and retain AI training data longer with a flexible, TCO-optimized portfolio mix, said Dell.
Dell PowerProtect
Elsewhere, Dell is introducing data protection updates designed to help customers strengthen their cyber resilience.
Dell PowerProtect DD6410, with a capacity of 12 TB-256 TB, is designed for commercial, small business and remote site environments. Dell said it delivers up to 91% faster restores and scalability for traditional and modern workloads, plus efficient operations with up to 65X deduplication.
Dell PowerProtect 6410
Dell PowerProtect All-Flash Ready Node now delivers more secure and efficient data protection with a 220 TB capacity system that offers over 61% faster restore speeds, uses up to 36% less power, and features a five-times smaller footprint.
Finally, PowerProtect Data Managerupdates help customers identify security risks with Anomaly Detection, manage Microsoft Hyper-V and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization virtual machine backups. They can also archive data to Dell ObjectScale for long-term retention.
