These DCS24 units are a powerful and inexpensive solution for large data center use. With up to 8 CPU Cores, 64GB of RAM, and 8TB of storage per unit, these data center servers offer a tremendous flexibility. They make a perfect candidate for Web Hosting Data Centers or High Performance Computing Clusters (HPCC).
Helpful features include:
Low-cost, highly rack dense
All the essentials for large-scale rollouts
Intel motherboard specifically designed for this server
System Overview Video
Dell Data Center Server Technical Specifications
Form Factor:
1U Rackmount Server
Processors:
Up to two Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400 sequence processors
Up to two Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5300 sequence processors
Up to two Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5200 sequence processors
Up to two Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 sequence processors
Up to two Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5000 sequence processors
Chipset:
Intel 5000X
Operating Systems:
Novell® SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server 11 SP1 x64
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 5.5
CentOS 6.0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 or x64
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 x64
Memory:
256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB Fully Buffered DIMMs (FBD) in matched pairs;
667MHz or 800MHz; 8 sockets for support up to 64GB
I/O Channels:
Onboard devices only. No PCI-e expansion slots.
Drive controller:
Intel SATA controller ATA or AHCI
LSI Embedded SATA Megaraid (Software Raid capable of 0, 1, 10)
RAID controller:
LSI Embedded SATA Megaraid (Software Raid capable of 0, 1, 10)
Drive Bays:
Four hard drive chassis with 4x 3.5" SATA (7.2K) drives
Maximum Internal Storage:
Up to 8 TB: Four 2 TB hot-plug 3.5" SATA (7.2K RPM)
*In the Dell DCS CS24, “baremetal” hypervisors are not compatible with the LSI Embedded SATA Megaraid controller. “Hosted” hypervisors work fine as long as the host OS is compatible with the previously mentioned raid controller.
Hypervisor (Tested)
Compatible
Incompatible
VMWare ESXi 4.1
X
VMWare ESXi 5.0
X**
Citrix XenServer 5.6.10
X**
Microsoft Server 08 Hyper-V
X
CentOS 6 Xen
X
**These “Baremetal” hypervisors will work if RAID is turned off in the bios and the onboard Intel SATA controller is being used. This option offers no data redundancy.
Dell Hypervisor Compatibility
In the Dell DCS CS24, “baremetal” hypervisors are not compatible with the LSI Embedded SATA Megaraid controller. “Hosted” hypervisors work fine as long as the host OS is compatible with the previously mentioned raid controller.
Hypervisor (Tested)
Compatible
Incompatible
VMWare ESXi 4.1
X
VMWare ESXi 5.0
X*
Citrix XenServer 5.6.10
X*
Microsoft Server 08 Hyper-V
X
CentOS 6 Xen
X
*These “Baremetal” hypervisors will work if RAID is turned off in the bios and the onboard Intel SATA controller is being used. This option offers no data redundancy.
These DCS24 units are a powerful and inexpensive solution for large data center use. With up to 8 CPU Cores, 64GB of RAM, and 8TB of storage per unit, these data center servers offer a tremendous flexibility. They make a perfect candidate for Web Hosting Data Centers or High Performance Computing Clusters (HPCC).
