Abstract

Distributed computing, AI, telecommunications, and countless other applications can benefit from deployment “at the edge.” As edge applications become more demanding, these servers need to deliver features and capabilities traditionally found only on datacenter servers such as hardware-based RAID for data storage. Dell XR servers provide advanced features in ruggedized, short form factor units. 

Dell Technologies commissioned Tolly to evaluate the database processing performance of current and  prior generation Dell server configurations using the new Dell PowerEdge XR7620 and the prior generation Dell 1PowerEdge XR12. Both are short form factor devices that implement hardware-based RAID. With respect to database performance, the primary difference between the two servers is that the Dell PowerEdge XR7620 uses the state-of- the-art Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) 12 card where the Dell PowerEdge XR12 uses the prior generation PERC 11 card. Additionally, the Dell PowerEdge XR7620 supports the new E3.S NVMe form factor.