LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - April 26, 2010) - Interop Las Vegas 2010 -- Egenera today announced the general availability of Dell™ PAN System 3.0. The Dell PAN System is a converged infrastructure platform that transforms standard Dell blade servers and standard Ethernet components into flexible server, virtualized I/O, and converged network resources that can be dynamically and automatically allocated. Dell PAN System 3.0 delivers increased enterprise-scale performance while maintaining a significant cost advantage over traditional automation approaches as well as over other unified computing alternatives. The release of Dell PAN System 3.0 is part of the existing OEM partnership between Egenera and Dell.
- Performance and functional enhancements in the Dell PAN System 3.0 include:
- The just-released version of PAN Manager® 6.0 Software by Egenera® (see separate news release)
- Increased scale-out and failover pools, to a maximum of 384 cores (using Dell m610 blades)
- 5x increase in network uplink rate
- 5x increase in internal converged fabric bandwidth
- 2x increase in Fibre Channel uplink bandwidth
- Benefits of the Dell PAN System 3.0 converged infrastructure include:
- Elimination of costly I/O and networking components such as network interface cards, host bus adapters and cables -- to create a wire-once environment.
- Software-driven infrastructure provisioning -- to simplify and accelerate server configuration.
- N+1 High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) for physical, virtual and mixed infrastructure -- alleviating the need for complex clustering alternatives.
- Dell PAN System 3.0 is jointly sold and supported by Egenera and Dell.
- A Dell PAN System 3.0 converged infrastructure system with a complement of 48 two-socket, 2.26Ghz/16GB CPU blades, and redundant controllers is over 30% less expensive than equivalent converged infrastructure alternatives.
Dell PAN System 3.0 supports scale-out physical applications and thousands of virtual machines requiring HA and DR for business-critical applications. These properties make it an ideal unified Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform.
Executive Quotes
Dan Busby, vice president of product management, Egenera:
"Dell PAN System 3.0 demonstrates the strength of the Egenera/Dell partnership and our mutual commitment to bringing the compelling benefits of an open converged infrastructure and converged management to market. Just six months after introducing Dell PAN System 2.1, we are now delivering even higher performance without sacrificing value, flexibility or simplicity."
Anthony Dina, senior manager, solutions marketing, Dell:
"The combination of Dell PowerEdge servers and PAN Manager Software by Egenera gives our customers who are looking to take advantage of a converged infrastructure a unique value proposition and innovative solution. Dell PAN System 3.0 helps break down silos of isolated IT resource and enables management of an entire data center as a single pool of servers and storage. The result is an IT infrastructure that responds intelligently and flexibly to shifting demands."
About Egenera
Converge. Unify. Simplify. That's how Egenera makes every data center a reliable dynamic data center, quickly and easily. The company's production-proven converged infrastructure data center solutions, powerful PAN Manager® Software by Egenera® and professional services are trusted globally to deliver proven value through agility, reliability and availability. Egenera solutions and services guarantee wire-once, always-on, physical and virtual management across the data center with measurable savings. Headquartered in Marlboro, Mass., Egenera has offices worldwide. For more information visit http://www.egenera.com, call 508-858-2600, or send email to info@egenera.com.
Contact Information:
Contacts:
Ken Oestreich
Vice President of Marketing
Egenera
415.706.7372
koestreich@egenera.com
Chas Kielt
Corporate Communications
Egenera
617.364.1713
ckielt@egenera.com