Dell PowerEdge M1000e - Table 2. Rack Vs. Blade Server Rack-Level Specification Comparison

Dell
PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide 6
Greater density means:
• Smaller Footprint
• More Processing Performance
• More RAM capacity
• Lower Power Consumption per unit
• Easier Manageability
Dell’s blade server platform offers superior feature density over comparable rack servers, as can be
seen from 0. (Darker blue shading indicates increased memory density.)
Table 2. Rack vs. Blade Server Rack-Level Specification Comparison
1
R410
R510
R610
R710
R810
R815
R905
R910
M605
M610
M710
M805
M905
M910
Form Factor
Rack
2
Rack
Rack
Rack
Rack
Rack
Rack
Rack
1/2
Blade
1/2
Blade
Full
Blade
Full
Blade
Full
Blade
Full
Blade
Processors
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Intel
Intel
Intel
AMD
AMD
Intel
AMD
Intel
Intel
AMD
AMD
Intel
Sockets
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
4
4
Max Cores
per 42U Rack
504
252
504
252
672
1,008
240
320
768
768
384
384
768
1,024
Memory
Max RAM per
rack, in TB
5
3
8
4
11
5
3
10
4
12
6
4
6
16
I/O
Max 1GB
Ethernet
Ports per 42U
Rack
252
378
504
420
588
588
320
440
512
640
576
512
512
640
Max 10GbE,
DDR IB, or FC
network
ports per
rack
84
168
168
84
252
252
140
220
256
256
256
256
256
256
Internal Storage
3
Drives per
42U rack
168
252
252
168
126
126
50
160
128
128
128
64
64
64
Max 7.2k or
10k rpm
internal
storage per
rack
336
504
151
252
76
76
50
96
77
77
77
38
38
38
Max 15k rpm
internal
storage per
42U rack
101
151
37
76
18
18
15
23
19
19
19
9
9
9
Max SSD
internal
storage per
42U rack
17
25
25
17
13
13
0
16
13
13
13
6
6
6
1
This rack-level physical capacity specification summary does not factor in power and cooling.
2
42U is the most common rack size.
3
Storage measurements provided in Terabytes.