White Papers

PowerEdge Product Group
Direct from
Development
PowerEdge 14
th
-generation 1-socket Servers
Tech Note by:
Tad Walsh
SUMMARY
The new PowerEdge 14
th
-
generation 1-socket servers
help users simplify their IT,
improve productivity and grow
into the future.
The new servers combine new
processors and faster memory
technology with more I/O lanes
and expanded internal storage
capacity to deliver high,
balanced performance and
reliable operation.
Whether users are installing a
server for the first time or
enhancing an existing IT
infrastructure, each of these
new servers is an excellent
platform for growing businesses
and organizations.
The recent introduction of new PowerEdge 1-socket servers brings users new
levels of performance, productivity and efficiency. The four new servers, the
PowerEdge T140, T340, R240 and R340, feature several new internal
technologies as well as the latest OpenManage systems management
capabilities. Key among the new internal features are Intel’s new Xeon E-2100
processors. These latest processors provide 50% more cores than those used
in our previous-generation (13G) servers (i.e. up to 6 cores in the new 14G
servers vs. 4 cores in PowerEdge 13G servers), enabling users to get more
work done, faster.
Of course, just putting a more powerful, higher-performance processor in a
server would result in bottlenecking if other aspects of the server internals were
not also brought up to the latest levels. Thus, each of these new 14
th
-
generation servers feature new memory and I/O technologies as well as
expanded internal storage capacity:
 Memory technology supporting 2666 MT/s is implemented in the new
servers, up 11% from the 2400 MT/s used in the previous 13G servers,
enabling faster data transfer to- and from memory.
 The number of PCIe lanes has been increased 20% from 13G to 14G
(from 20 lanes to 24 lanes), providing more avenues for data transfer
which in turn helps to boost overall performance.
 There is also a 17% increase in internal storage capacity, raising the
maximum internal storage capacity from 12TB per drive in 13G to 14TB
per drive in the new 14G servers. This is made possible by higher-
capacity drives. Note here that the number of supported drives did not
increase; rather, the capacity of the drive that can be used in the servers
increased.
The new PowerEdge R240 (top) and R340 (bottom) servers. Both are 1-socket, 1u.
Moreover, the new Xeon E-2100 processors bring new features for cloud
security that seem to have been overlooked in the press: Intel SGX on the E-
2100 processor family delivers hardware-based security and manageability
features that further secure customer data and applications. In other words,
Intel is bringing to the entry-level server space, features that provide an
additional layer of hardware-enhanced security measures when used with
properly enhanced cloud applications. The combination of higher performance
and enhanced data security will enable businesses to operate smoothly by
supporting the latest applications, spanning collaboration and productivity apps,
file-sharing, storage and backup, and virtualization.
© 2018 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved. Dell, EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries