Servers: Database consolidation on Dell PowerEdge R810 servers4payback period of less than 12 months and a 3-year return oninvestment (ROI) of 224 percent.New Dell technology makes major savings easyThe new Dell PowerEdge R810 features the latest Intel XeonProcessor 7500 series. It allows organizations to consolidateunprecedented numbers of SQL server databases on to a singleserver, resulting in significant savings.Features of the new Dell PowerEdge R810The Dell PowerEdge R810 offers many new features for maximizingperformance on database and other applications and for minimizingoperational expenses, including the following:Power. The Dell PowerEdge R810 includes enhancements that letit use less energy than many older servers. When you consolidatemany legacy servers onto a single Dell PowerEdge R810, thepotential power savings are dramatic.Processors. The Dell PowerEdge R810 uses the Intel XeonProcessor 7500 series. These processors automatically adjust theirspeed and energy usage to meet the requirements of yourapplications, improving performance and saving power. Combinedwith support for ever-increasing amounts of memory, this makesthe Dell PowerEdge R810 an excellent database consolidationplatform.Management. The Dell PowerEdge R810, like all late-model Dellservers, comes with the Dell Lifecycle Controller. This toolsimplifies management by providing a single interface formanagement functions and by storing critical system information inthe system itself. There are no CDs or USB keys to keep track offor drivers or firmware.Features of the new Intel Xeon Processor 7500 seriesThe new Intel Xeon Processor 7500 series offer businesses anumber of advantages:Larger cache. The new Intel Xeon Processor 7500 series contains24 MB of shared L3 cache, increasing the previous-generationsprocessors’ cache amounts by a significant margin. More L3 cachemeans faster processing, and better database performance.Greater scaling power. The newest generation of Intelprocessors brings 8 processing cores to each chip, along withhyper-threading, totaling 16 logical processors per physicalprocessor. The larger number of logical processors, coupled withthe expansion from two-socket (2S) to 4S platforms, elevates the