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Dell Intros Blade
Workstations
July 23, 2008
 Dell
is taking on blade workstations with the Dell Precision R5400 rack
workstation. The company detailed the Dell FX100 remote access solution
with hardware based encryption and compression that doesn’t compromise
system performance. The Dell Precision R5400 starts at $1,869 and the
FX100 solution is $800.
The Dell Precision R5400 rack workstation helps customers protect their
data by placing applications and data in a secure central location or
data center. Customers can also remove system-generated heat and noise
from spaces like financial trading floors. The offering can allow
customers greater flexibility in system configuration versus blade
workstations. Features include:
Dual- and quad-core Intel Xeon processors.
Support for up to two
PCI-e x16 OpenGL graphics cards with dual 150 Watt slots on the
motherboard
Additional support for
PCI and PCIx
Simple installation and
management that allows customers to “power and go” without the
complexities of blade infrastructures enclosures and redundant power
supplies, while supporting standard systems management tools
 The
Dell FX100 is designed to enable hardware-based encryption, compression,
decompression and decryption, also known as PC-over-IP. The combination
host card and remote portal device connect the Dell Precision R5400
workstation to a remote user and their peripherals – displays, keyboard,
mouse, audio and USB devices such as printers. The solution can allow
users to access applications and data in a secure manner, across the
network with outstanding performance.
“The combination of the Dell Precision R5400 rack workstation and the
FX100 is a leading edge solution from the world’s leading workstation
vendor, “said Antonio Julio, director, Dell Product Group. “By not
putting the solution on a blade, we were able to add more functionality
and high performance OpenGL l graphics cards, to achieve the caliber of
performance workstation customers want.”
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