Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) R610 and R710 Servers Meet EPA Energy Star(R) Specifications
Dell Assists EPA in Development of Energy Star Specifications for Servers 1.0 Dell Launches First Platform-Level Certifications for New Standard: PowerEdge R610 and R710 Select Configurations of Dell Desktops, Workstations and Laptops Meet EPA Energy Efficiency Guidelines
ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dell today affirmed its support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR specifications for servers. As a leading provider of energy-efficient blades and servers, Dell released details of its first PowerEdge servers that meet the new Energy Star specifications.
The News:
-- The U.S. EPA recently released the final version of its Energy Star
specification for servers 1.0.
-- Dell worked with the EPA to develop the new energy-efficiency
specification for servers, particularly as power consumption has become
a central issue in the data center.
-- Dell is the first major vendor to certify entire platforms and provide
the flexibility to customers to configure these servers to meet their
exact performance per watt requirements.
-- Dell PowerEdge R610 and R710 server platforms qualify for the new Energy
Star specification; to learn more about their capabilities, go to
www.dell.com/energy/poweredge.
-- To earn the Energy Star label, these Dell PowerEdge servers help prevent
greenhouse gas emissions by meeting the energy efficiency guidelines set
by the EPA.
Dell PowerEdge 11th Generation Servers with Energy Smart Technologies:
-- Dell builds it PowerEdge servers with a comprehensive, system-wide
approach to balancing performance with energy efficiency by focusing on
design, measurement, control and reporting for energy-efficient
infrastructures that can help reduce total cost of ownership.
-- The Dell Energy Smart architecture offered in 11th generation Dell
PowerEdge servers supports real-time monitoring and control and uses
extensive platform characterization and advanced features such as Dell's
Active Power Controller to help optimize platform-level tradeoffs
between performance and power consumption.
-- In 2007, Dell introduced Energy Smart options as a complementary program
to Energy Star to help customers maximize performance per watt for their
particular workload and meet operating expense goals. Dell PowerEdge
servers with Energy Smart technology include:
o Dell Energy Smart Power Supplies are engineered to achieve exceptional
efficiency by taking unneeded overhead out of the server power
envelope with options for right-sized or dynamically provisioned power
supplies.
o Dell Energy Smart System Design to help lower the overall system power
draw with high-efficiency voltage regulators, greater venting and
airflow, "low-flow" fan technology, advanced resource management and
an extensive collection of thermal sensors.
o Dell Active Power Controller (DAPC) can help save money by lowering
the system-level power draw at times of low utilization.
o Dell Energy Smart Management includes power capping, advanced power
policies, power scheduling, and device disablement.
o High-Efficiency Processors and Memorytarget exceptional performance
per watt for standards-based servers.
Dell and Energy Star:
-- Dell has actively participated in the Energy Star program since 1993 and
offers a variety of desktop, workstation, laptop, display, TV and
printer configurations that meet applicable EPA requirements for Energy
Star qualification.
-- Many of the desktop, workstation and portable products designed by Dell
today consume less than five watts in a low-power mode and exceed the
current levels set by the EPA for energy efficiency.
-- Dell has chosen to default the power management settings to meet the EPA
requirements for Energy Star compliance for OptiPlex(TM) platforms that
were offered to the public starting in May 2003. For many computer
systems, Dell has also taken the extra step to reduce the amount of time
required by the EPA for Energy Star compliance of 30 minutes of
inactivity for the computer to enter the low-power mode to 15 minutes of
computer inactivity to save even more energy. This decision allows our
customers the ability to not only save money but reduce their
contribution to air pollution and global warming with the Energy Star
program.
Quotes:
"Dell is committed to helping companies increase data center performance while reducing operational expenses by supporting the Energy Star for Servers effort. We support the EPA in ushering in a new era of awareness and innovative thinking around solving the industry's energy challenge." -- Sally Stevens, vice president of Platform Marketing, Dell
Additional Information:
PowerEdge Energy Smart Servers
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Released June 26, 2009