The 1U Dell PowerEdge R415 is intended for price conscious IT buyers who are also considering a step to the cloud. I tested the basic, cabled, not hot-swappable R415 chassis.
2Inside
The PowerEdge R415 is a two-socket system with 8 DIMMS for a maximum configuration of 12 cores and 128GB of RAM. (Shown here with the air flow shroud removed.)
3Shorty
My test unit was sandwiched between full-length servers making it a little hard to get to the rear panel.
4Rear
There is some room for expansion in the PowerEdge R415. However the device as tested had only only one power supply and no optional storage or 10GbE network cards.
5Memory
The PowerEdge R415 as tested came with 4GB of DDR3 RAM.
6Ambient Temp
Running moderate workloads and sandwiched between larger servers the PowerEdge R415 still ran well within normal temperatures without taking the fans to full speed.
7OS Summary
The Dell OpenManage server software made it easy to track system configuration including the installed OS, in this case Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2.
AI 3D Generators are powerful tools for many different industries. Discover the best AI 3D Generators, and learn which is best for your specific use case.
I spoke with Zeus Kerravala, industry analyst at ZK Research, about the rapid changes in enterprise networking, as tech advances and digital transformation prompt...
I spoke with Amit Agarwal, President of Datadog, about infrastructure observability, from current trends to key challenges to the future of this rapidly growing...
