AMD (News - Alert) announced that Dell is offering five server platforms that use Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors. These processors were officially announced last week. With Dell’s (News - Alert) move, the number of global OEM platforms available based on the new processor has reached 13 .
AMD also announced that VMware is now using supporting Quad-Core AMD Opteron technology in its VMware ESX and ESXi hypervisor deployments. This allows customers to leverage the latest virtualization
technology on AMD server systems.
Brad Anderson, senior vice president at Dell Business Product Group, said, “Dell is delivering on its vision to simplify IT by providing customers with a seamless and simple upgrade path to Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors on PowerEdge servers.”
He added:: “The combination of AMD’s most advanced processors running on Dell PowerEdge servers provides an optimal balance of performance and energy efficiency across a variety of customer solutions, from general purpose and remote office to high-performance compute clusters and virtualized data center environments.”
Corporate vice president and general manager, Server and Workstation Division, AMD, Randy Allen said, “As Dell expands its AMD Opteron processor-based server portfolio, we continue our strong collaboration to reduce IT complexity and delivering world-class performance-per-watt. These latest Dell platforms based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, in combination with VMware’s qualification, are important milestones for business customers looking for an ideal platform for virtualization.”
Dell’s range of servers (including PowerEdge SC1435, 2970, M605 blade server
and 6950 platforms, and the new PowerEdge T605 tower server) all support Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors.
Raghu Raghuram, vice president of products and solutions at VMware, said: “The VMware ESX and ESXi hypervisor on Dell PowerEdge servers fitted with AMD Opteron processors offers customers a scalable, high-performance solution suitable for running demanding application workloads.”
Raghuram added, “Customers can now combine the Rapid Virtualization Indexing, I/O and memory bandwidth capabilities of the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor with the VMware virtualization platform to help reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green.”
AMD (Advanced Micro Devices (News - Alert)) provides innovative processing solutions in the computing, graphics and consumer electronics markets.
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