• Ability to scale up to 48 processors cores with AMD Opteron™ 6100 series processors
• Four-socket performance in a space-saving 2U form factor
• Advanced systems-management capability with Lifecycle Controller

Purpose-Built for Reliability

Server Reliability: A Long-Term Goal

Dell customers have told us they need a server manufacturer that inspires confidence through its reliability, availability and quality of products. By listening to and focusing on what our customers want, we’ve set a simple reliability goal: Deliver quality products that stand the test of time.

To help meet this goal, Dell is dedicated to improving reliability processes by:

• Employing robust validation and testing processes for durable product design
• Verifying that each supplier meets Dell’s stringent quality standards
• Utilizing robust, durable industrial materials to enable long product lifecycles
• Introducing a Unified Server Configurator (USC), which helps to minimize downtime by offering embedded and persistent diagnostics with no media required
• Improving redundancy generation over generation with features such as dual internal SD modules that provide failover at the hypervisor level
• Implementing a "one-touch" quality-control process designed to ensure that one person is responsible for the entire server build
• Ensuring that every fully configured Dell server is tested—and retested—before it leaves the factory

Intelligent, Connected Systems Management

Along with its adherence to open standards, Dell’s systems-management portfolio focuses on simplicity, efficiency, cost containment and cost reduction. Additionally, we’ve integrated our management solutions with third-party offerings to provide your organization with a holistic focus across the solutions stack.

Integrated on the server, the Lifecycle Controller helps to simplify administrator tasks by performing a comprehensive set of provisioning functions such as system deployment, system updates, hardware configuration, and diagnostics in a pre-OS environment—all from a single, intuitive interface called the Unified Server Configurator (USC). This can help eliminate the need to use and maintain multiple pieces of disparate CD/DVD media.

The PowerEdge R815 also features an interactive LCD display positioned on the front of the server for easy setup, monitoring and maintenance. Plain-language diagnosis and a programmable messaging system can help users address issues quickly, while a color-based alert screen (blue for normal operation; amber for a problem) simplifies day-to-day monitoring.

Dell’s OpenManage™ systems-management portfolio also includes the Dell Management Console, which is included with every Dell server, and provides IT managers with a consolidated view of their entire IT infrastructure.

Performance-Driven Technology

• Purpose-built to provide a reliable foundation, and balanced with next-generation AMD processors, advanced memory capacity, and energy-efficient technologies, the Dell PowerEdge R815 offers an ideal combination of value and performance.
• Featuring the latest AMD Opteron™ processor technology, the PowerEdge R815 is designed to handle demanding workloads with outstanding speed, stability, efficiency and bottom-line value. The PowerEdge R815 offers an ideal solution for virtualization, medium to large databases, e-mail, high-performance computing (HPC) environments and other highly threaded applications.
• Dell aims to bring value to your business by including the features you need for your specific IT environment. Our goal is to deliver outstanding performance and value through tailored, intelligent platforms based on industry standards and purposeful, innovative design.

Efficient Infrastructure

Along with rising energy costs, limitations on space, power and cooling capacity present enormous challenges for IT. PowerEdge servers drive energy efficiency as a design standard while delivering the performance you need to meet cost and environmental goals. Our energy-efficient system design, built with Energy Smart technologies, can help to manage power in your specific environment.