Dell Unveils PowerEdge R9825 and R9815 Servers Powered by 6th-Gen AMD EPYC Processors

Dell Technologies plans to unveil two new server models equipped with 6th-generation AMD EPYC processors. The products are the PowerEdge R9825 and PowerEdge R9815.

Both products feature a standard air-cooled design. According to the company, this will support high-performance computing deployments in enterprises' and public institutions' existing air-cooled data center environments.

The two products also support workload-specific Direct Liquid Cooling. The company said both products support use in existing air-cooled data centers and high-performance computing deployments, while also offering the flexibility to apply liquid cooling depending on the workload.

The PowerEdge R9825 is a dual-socket, 3U platform designed for scale-up performance in environments that run multiple types of high-performance workloads at the same time. The PowerEdge R9815 is a single-socket, 2U platform that maximizes per-socket performance and provides an efficient foundation for server consolidation.

Enterprises and public institutions need to respond to a wide range of computing workloads, including AI inference, and by using the R9825 and R9815, they can gradually modernize their computing infrastructure while maintaining their existing rack and data center environments.

The R9825 and R9815 are equipped with AMD EPYC 9006 SP7 processors and use a standard air-cooled form factor. They also support up to 256 cores per socket and a TDP configuration of up to 600W.

The R9825 uses a 3U chassis designed to maximize airflow efficiency. This allows higher computing density in existing rack space, and in a 42U rack environment with about 33kW of power, a dual-socket 3U platform such as the R9825 consumes the same rack power as a comparable 2U server. Under these conditions, a dual-socket 3U platform can provide up to 1,024 additional cores compared with a comparable 2U server.

The new server lineup was designed with distinct roles for each model. The R9815 was designed to handle workloads that previously required dual-socket systems, helping accelerate physical server consolidation in data centers. It also focuses on reducing the total number of sockets and servers used for licensing calculations and maximizing TCO.

The R9825 delivers performance capable of providing up to 512 cores per server. This makes it possible to handle multiple types of high-performance workloads at the same time and provides general-purpose computing density for agent-based orchestration.

Organizations pursuing AI and HPC expansion were also offered an option to connect the R9815 with Exascale Storage. This can provide the investment capacity and resources needed for future workload expansion.

The new products also incorporate a range of security elements into their baseline design requirements. These include encryption-based identity authentication, verified components and firmware, an automated Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), and STIG compliance features.

For the purpose of long-term supply chain stability, the products secure two or more sources rather than depending on a single manufacturer, thereby providing long-term product availability. They also support PQC, allowing organizations to prepare for a shift to quantum-secure IT in existing hardware environments.

Yusang Mo, president of Dell Technologies Korea, said that as AI workloads increase, improving the performance and efficiency of aging servers and minimizing the operational burden of existing data centers have become key challenges for enterprises. He added that the R9825 and R9815 support high-performance computing environments while preserving existing data center facilities, and also help reduce server consolidation and operating costs as well as software licensing costs.

Source: TECHWORLD · Lee Gwang-jae
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=409721

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