SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) hard drives for fast, reliable data transmission and minimized thermal output.
TCP/IP Offload Engine, which helps reduce traffic on a host processor to enhance system performance.
Enhanced virtualization technology for improved performance, management and utilization in virtualized workloads such as VMware ESX, Microsoft Virtual Server or Xen.
PCI-Express I/O, which delivers high-performance Ethernet, RAID, InfiniBand and Fibre Channel interconnect while providing investment protection for future technologies.
Dell Platinum Plus Delivers Complete Enterprise Solutions, Enables Extended Uptime
Customers buying Dell's newest PowerEdge servers can also benefit from Platinum Plus Enterprise Support, Dell's highest level of enterprise support. Platinum Plus provides reliability and global consistency for customers with business-critical needs. It includes the industry's first Operations Performance Benchmarking feature, a patent-pending methodology that allows customers to routinely compare critical IT performance metrics to historical results and similarly configured environments.
Platinum Plus also includes the Enterprise Command Center Real-Time Tracking Window, a Web-enabled feature to provide a virtual Enterprise Command Center to follow ongoing support activities.
Platinum Plus is the culmination of more than a US$200 million investment in enterprise support over the past several years. In addition to Platinum Plus, Dell offers e Gold, Silver and Basic levels of enterprise support. For more information, visit www.dell.com/services.
