Dell chills with Emerson

Companies say bundled server and cooling products can deliver an 80 percent increase in system performance

While some vendors, such as HP and IBM have developed their own respective cooling solutions, Dell today is announcing a different approach: The company has teamed with Emerson Network to deliver Dell-Liebert Energy Smart Solutions, which combines Dell’s PowerEdge Energy Smart servers with Liebert XD and Liebert DS cooling systems.

The companies assert that the bundle can “deliver an 80 percent increase in performance and a 42 percent reduction in facility power, while maintaining high levels of business continuity and availability.”

“CIOs and facilities managers are consistently faced with the challenge of increasing computing capacity to meet growing business needs while concurrently minimizing energy costs,” said Rick Becker, vice president of solutions for Dell Product Group in a written statement. “By reducing both operational costs and the carbon footprint for our customers, Dell is simplifying the way businesses can take advantage of energy efficient programs and technologies without compromising IT performance.”

The Liebert XD system provides high-capacity overhead or rack-adjacent cooling using a high-efficiency pumped refrigerant, which Emerson says can result in inceased datacenter cooling efficiency while letting companies use their existing datacenter infrastructure.

Liebert DS supports the XD system and uses variable capacity Digital Scroll compressors to balance cooling across the room while controlling humidity and filtering out harmful dust and particles, according to Emerson.

Dell says it’s in the process of developing Energy Smart Services to complement Dell-Liebert Energy Smart Solutions. The services will help customers identify power and cooling inefficiencies, assess datacenter infrastructure and systems capacities, develop recommendations for improvements to optimize computing capacity, reclaim data center space and reduce energy usage.

The Dell-Liebert Energy Smart Solutions are available worldwide, and are being jointly marketed and sold by the two companies.