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The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd are Dell's latest 2-socket, 2U rack servers that are
designed to run complex workloads using highly scalable memory, I/O capacity, and flexible
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network options. Both systems feature the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family,
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up to 24 DIMMS, PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 enabled expansion slots, and a choice of NIC technologies.
The PowerEdge R720 is a general-purpose platform with highly expandable memory (up to 768GB)
and impressive I/O capabilities to match. The R720 can readily handle very demanding workloads,
such as data warehouses, e-commerce, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), databases, and high
performance computing (HPC) as a data node.
In addition to the R720's capabilities, the R720xd offers extraordinary storage capacity, making it well
suited for data-intensive applications that require storage and I/O performance, like medical imaging
and email servers.
Keep pace with the explosion of data in the virtual age with the flexible I/O and storage capabilities
of the R720 and R720xd. The R720 supports up to sixteen internal hard drives to increase your
capacity, while optional hot-plug, front-access Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives (up to four)
enable performance-enhancing, in-box storage tiering.
The PowerEdge R720xd allows you to quickly access and process vast amounts of data with up to
twenty-six internal hot-plug hard disks. The R720xd is a great solution for any mid-size or large
business that requires scalability in storage capacity.
The R720 and R720xd allow you to tailor your network throughput to match your application needs,
enabling added I/O performance. Select Network Adapters, Dell's flexible NIC technology, let you
choose the right network fabric without using up a valuable PCI slot. You can pick speed,
technology, vendor and other options, like switch independent partitioning (SIP) that lets you share
and manage bandwidth on 10GbE connections.
Maximize your data center's application capacity by expanding your virtual environment using the
large memory footprint of the R720 and R720xd. Choose an industry-leading hypervisor and take
advantage of our system management capability to manage both physical and virtual assets.
Redundant failsafe hypervisors can also help maximize your virtual machines' uptime. Dell's Virtual
Integrated System™ (VIS) solution lets you enable complex virtualization environments in just a few
mouse clicks.
The Dell OpenManage™ systems management portfolio includes the Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller. Dell embedded server management features help IT
Administrators manage Dell servers in physical, virtual, local and remote environments, operating
in-band or out-of-band, with or without a systems management software agent. OpenManage also
integrates with and connects to third-party systems management solutions so you can maintain
your single point of control and capitalize on your existing investment. OpenManage solutions
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