Whether you’re seismic processing, video rendering or running scientific simulations, server performance, bandwidth and efficiency can impact time and cost to results.

The ability to run high-frequency processors can increase performance. Servers that can run at higher ambient temperatures can help reduce cooling costs. Simplified serviceability can save time while helping increase uptime, and the flexibility to run multiple configurations in the same chassis means the ability to do more with less.

We incorporated that customer feedback into the next‑generation Dell PowerEdge C6220 server. This scale‑out building block is a workhorse with up to four 2‑socket Intel Xeon E5-2600 processor-based servers in a streamlined 2U shared infrastructure chassis.

The high volume of computations requires performance, from the processor to the memory to the interconnect. Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family features Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 to deliver more than 80% more performance than the Intel Xeon 5600 processors.

In addition to this generational leap in processor performance, the PowerEdge C6220 server supports up to 135 watt processors, adding ~20% in performance over the 95 watt processor.

When it comes to memory, 16 DIMM DDR3 (32GB Max) slots provide up to 512GB of memory per server node — up to four nodes with 1U (Total RAM 2TB) and two nodes with a 2U (Total RAM 1TB) — and 1600MT/s memory speed to help improve bandwidth per processor.

The Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family has 2.3x the memory bandwidth of the previous generation, with four memory channels, and the integrated I/O helps reduce latency up to 30%.