Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) today made announcements across its data center server, storage and data protection portfolios.
Here’s a rundown of the new offerings:
Dell PowerEdge R470, R570, R670 and R770 servers with Intel Xeon 6 Processors with P-cores are single and double-socket servers in 1U and 2U form factors for such workloads as HPC, virtualization, analytics and AI inferencing:
• Workload Consolidation: Consolidate legacy platforms, freeing up power and up to 80 percent of space per 42U rack with the Dell PowerEdge R770. Dell said these systems save up to half of the energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions, and support up to 50 percent more cores per processors1 and 67 percent increased performance.2
• Performance: The Dell PowerEdge R570 achieves record-breaking Intel performance per watt, Dell said, helping enterprises save on energy costs while maintaining high performance workloads.3
• Design: Intended to simplify and future-proof operations with the Data Center–Modular Hardware System (DC-MHS) architecture, as part of the Open Compute Project (OCP). DC-MHS standardizes server design, supporting integration into existing infrastructure.
• Management: PowerEdge servers are intended to streamline management and improve 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 controller, customers can see up to a 33X reduction in write latency4, according to Dell.
Dell PowerStore:
Dell PowerStore software design delivers an automated, programmable platform with data reduction and independently scalable storage services suited to isaggregated architectures. PowerStore’s latest software release includes:
• AI-Powered Analytics: Designed to reduce cost and eliminate manual effort with Smart Support alerts and remediation, performance headroom analytics and carbon footprint forecasting using Dell AIOps (formerly CloudIQ) software.
• Zero-Trust Security: Control access and boost availability with DoD smart card authentication support, automated certificate renewal and Storage Direct Protection integrations that deliver up to 4X faster backup restores5 plus support for the latest Dell PowerProtect systems.
• File System Support: Designed to enhance system performance with file management capabilities, data protection with secure file snapshots, capacity insights for storage planning and streamlined migration from Dell Unity systems.
Dell introduced its next generation of Dell ObjectScale, which the company said is the highest-performing object platform6 for AI workloads. Dell said it is modernizing the enterprise-grade architecture of ObjectScale and introducing new all-flash and HDD appliance options to provide:
• Object for AI: ObjectScale XF960 delivers up to 2X greater throughput per node than the competitors7, according to Dell, and up to 8X greater density than previous-generation all-flash systems.8
• Modern Workloads: HDD-based Dell ObjectScale X560 is designed for workloads such as media ingest, backups and AI model training with 83 percent faster read throughput.9
• Efficiency: Operate and secure AI data lakes with multi-site federation, copy-to-cloud, geo-replication, global namespace and data governance capabilities, backed by a new hybrid cloud solution powered by ObjectScale, developed in collaboration with Wasabi.
Dell PowerScale’s scale-out architecture is designed to be the backbone for AI-driven operations.
• All-Flash Storage: 122TB SSDs maximize GPU utilization with up to 6 PBs10 of data access in a single 2U node configuration and deliver performance density for AI throughput requirements.
• Hybrid and Archive Nodes: PowerScale A & H series nodes (H710, H7100, A310, A3100) reduce latency and improved performance with a refreshed compute module for HDD-based platforms, Dell said.
Dell11 introduced data protection updates designed for cyber resilience:
• Data Protection: Dell PowerProtect DD6410, with a capacity of 12 TB to 256 TB, is built for commercial, small business and remote site environments. It delivers up to 91 percent faster restores and scalability for traditional and modern workloads plus efficient operations with industry-leading up to 65X deduplication12, according to Dell.
• All-Flash Performance and Efficiency: Dell PowerProtect All-Flash Ready Node, the first step in Dell’s all-flash data protection journey, 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 5X smaller footprint.13
• Enterprise Resiliency: PowerProtect Data Manager updates to identify security risks with Anomaly Detection, manage Microsoft Hyper-V and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization virtual machine backups and archive data to Dell ObjectScale for long-term retention.
“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. “From storage to servers to networking to data protection, only Dell Technologies provides an end-to-end disaggregated infrastructure portfolio that helps customers reduce complexity, increase IT agility and accelerate data center modernization.”
“Organizations are refocusing their IT strategies to take a disaggregated approach to infrastructure that improves resource management and simplifies management complexity,” said Simon Robinson, principal analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group, now part of Omdia. “Dell Technologies is delivering updates across its infrastructure portfolio designed to help customers easily overcome these challenges so that they’re ready to manage any workload.”
Availability
• Dell PowerEdge R470, R570, R670 and R770 servers featuring Intel Xeon 6 Processors with P-cores and E-cores are available now.
• Dell PowerStore software updates are available now.
• Dell ObjectScale is available now as a software update for current Dell ECS environments.
• HDD-based ObjectScale X560 will be available in April 2025.
• All-Flash ObjectScale appliances will be available beginning in Q3 CY2025.
• Dell PowerScale HDD-based nodes will be available in June 2025.
• Dell PowerScale with 122TB drives will be available in May 2025.
• Dell PowerProtect DD6410 and All-Flash Ready Node will be available in April 2025.
• Dell PowerProtect Data Manager updates are available now.
1. Based on Dell analysis comparing the SPECint and SPECFP scores of the Dell PowerEdge R770 with Intel 6th Gen Xeon SP 6787P (1550 and 1560) with the
same scores for an Intel Xeon 8280 in a Dell PowerEdge R740XD ( 375 and 296). The ratio of the scores shows that 5 of the R740xd servers would give a total
score similar to that for the single R770 as configured above. The Energy costs and green house gases are calculated from EIPT tool- https://dell-ui-
eipt.azurewebsites.net/#/. Actual performance will vary. Spec Results submitted on March 10, 2025, done in Dell Perf labs.
2. Based on Dell testing with Servers at Dell Performance Labs on March 10 2025 for Dell PowerEdge R770 with Intel 6th Gen Xeon SP 6787P (86 cores) with CPU
INT Rate Base of 1550 as compared to R760 with 5th gen 8592+ (64 cores) score 1070 and compared to R760 with 4th gen Intel xeon SP 8480+ (56 cores) score
of 976.
3. Based on Dell testing with Servers at Dell Performance Labs and publicly available performance results submitted on https://www.spec.org/power_ssj2008/results/
on March 10 2025 for Dell PowerEdge R570 with Intel 6th Gen Xeon SP 6787P (86 cores) which achieved average Perf/watt 21,089 as compared to all
submissions on 2U, 1 Socket with 6787P CPU.
4. Based on Dell and Broadcom testing on PowerEdge R770 with Intel Xeon 6th Gen CPU, for System Responsiveness, the Write latency has been reduced from
over 200 microseconds to just 6 microseconds, a 33x improvement that directly impacts application performance. Actual results may vary.
5. Based on internal testing of restore performance using Storage Direct Protection between PowerStore 5200T and DD6900.
6. Based on Dell internal analysis of publicly available data as of Mar. 2025. Dell performance is based on large object read throughput per node and cluster
configurations configured with ObjectScale XF960 and Ethernet networking. Actual results may vary.
7. Based on Dell internal analysis of publicly available data as of Mar. 2025. Dell performance is based on large object read throughput per node and cluster
configurations configured with ObjectScale XF960 and Ethernet networking. Actual results may vary.
8. Based on Dell analysis comparing highest planned drive capacity options on ObjectScale XF960 compared to available drive capacity options on ECS EXF900,
Mar. 2025.
9. Based on Dell analysis comparing ObjectScale X560 with 4.0 to ECS EX500 with 3.8 for small-object reads, Mar. 2025. Actual results may vary.
10. Based on effective capacity analysis considering data reduction on an appropriately configured cluster with 122TB SSDs (Releasing May 28th, 2025). PowerScale
also guarantees a 2:1 Data reduction ratio, See terms and conditions for details at: dr-guarantee-tc-powerscale.pdf (delltechnologies.com)
11. Based on revenue from the IDC 4Q24 Purpose-Built Backup Appliance (PBBA) Tracker.
12. Based on Dell internal testing comparing a PowerProtect DD6410 appliance vs. a PowerProtect DD6400 appliance.
13. Based on Dell internal testing comparing a PowerProtect Data Domain All-Flash Ready Node vs. a PowerProtect DD6410 appliance, February 2025. Actual results
may vary.
