DellPowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 71 Overview1.1 Product DescriptionThe PowerEdge™ R510 is a 2-socket, 2U high-capacity, multi-purpose rack server offering an excellentbalance of internal storage, redundancy, and value in a compact 24-inch deep chassis.The PowerEdge R510 was developed with a purposeful design, energy-optimized options, the performance ofthe Intel® Xeon® 5500 series processors, DDR3 memory, and enterprise-class manageability. The PowerEdgeR510 is ideal for customers needing large amounts of internal storage capacity and/or seeking a multi-purposecore application server such as remote sites, larger corporation departments, and small and mediumbusinesses.The PowerEdge R510 was designed to meet the needs of many IT environments. Available with advancedsystems management capabilities, a short and dense 24-inch chassis, high availability and redundancyfeatures, cost-effective RAID options, and large amounts of internal storage capacity, the R510 can serve theneeds of small and medium businesses or corporate environments by providing an excellent platform for corebusiness applications such as Microsoft ® SQL Server ® and Microsoft ® Exchange.Dell delivers value by including the features you need for your specific IT environment and providing tailoredsolutions based on industry standards, as well as purposeful, innovative design.The PowerEdge R510, part of the 11th Generation PowerEdge portfolio, is built with system designcommonality and reliability. All 11th Generation servers are designed to make the user experience easier.External ports, power supplies, LCD displays, and LED lights are in the same location as current PowerEdgeservers for familiar user experience as well as easy installation and deployment.Robust, metal hard drive carriers and organized cabling improve component access and airflow across theserver. The PowerEdge R510’s purposeful design provides quiet acoustics and an interactive LCD screendisplay or LED light display positioned on the front of the server for ease of monitoring.In addition, the R510 is also available with different chassis options. Customers can choose from a 4 hard drivechassis or 8 hard drive chassis. These different configurations allow customers to choose the design andfeature set that is most appropriate for their IT environment.