Table 2. Rack Vs. Blade Server Rack-Level Specification Comparison - Dell PowerEdge M1000e Technical Manual

Dell
Greater density means:
•
Smaller Footprint
•
More Processing Performance
•
More RAM capacity
•
Lower Power Consumption per unit
•
Easier Manageability
Dell's blade server platform offers superior feature density over comparable rack servers, as can be
seen from 0. (Darker blue shading indicates increased memory density.)
Table 2.
R410 R510
2
Form Factor Rack Rack
Processors
Manufacturer Intel Intel
Sockets 2 2
Max Cores 504 252
per 42U Rack
Memory
Max RAM per 5 3
rack, in TB
I/O
Max 1GB 252 378
Ethernet
Ports per 42U
Rack
Max 10GbE, 84 168
DDR IB, or FC
network
ports per
rack
3
Internal Storage
Drives per 168 252
42U rack
Max 7.2k or 336 504
10k rpm
internal
storage per
rack
Max 15k rpm 101 151
internal
storage per
42U rack
Max SSD 17 25
internal
storage per
42U rack
1
This rack-level physical capacity specification summary does not factor in power and cooling.
2
42U is the most common rack size.
3
Storage measurements provided in Terabytes.
PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
Rack vs. Blade Server Rack-Level Specification Comparison
R610 R710 R810
Rack Rack Rack
Intel Intel Intel
2 2 4
504 252 672
8 4 11
504 420 588
168 84 252
252 168 126
151 252 76
37 76 18
25 17 13
R815 R905 R910 M605
Rack Rack Rack 1/2
Blade
AMD AMD Intel AMD
4 4 4 2
1,008 240 320 768
5 3 10 4
588 320 440 512
252 140 220 256
126 50 160 128
76 50 96 77
18 15 23 19
13 0 16 13
1
M610 M710 M805 M905
1/2 Full Full Full
Blade Blade Blade Blade
Intel Intel AMD AMD
2 2 2 4
768 384 384 768
12 6 4 6
640 576 512 512
256 256 256 256
128 128 64 64
77 77 38 38
19 19 9 9
13 13 6 6
M910
Full
Blade
Intel
4
1,024
16
640
256
64
38
9
6
6