Dell products have a known reputation when it comes to individual PC purchases; however, the manufacturer is also capable of supplying high quality servers to meet the needs of small to large businesses. The PowerEdge line is a series of high performance hardware options with dual core Bay Area process servers processing capabilities and built in virtualization features. While many new models can be purchased directly from the manufacturer, businesses have the option of obtaining these products in refurbished or used condition from a reseller. A used Dell PowerEdge can be a suitable choice to any company desiring to save on quality hardware or in need of specific functionality. Refurbished options assist with decreasing the costs of testing environments, legacy system support, and infrastructure expansion. Secondhand devices receive the same thorough manufacturer specification testing when bought from a trustworthy reseller. A used server can be resold due to a bad purchasing decision, cosmetic blemishes, or as a trade-in for newer features. This creates an opportunistic buying for businesses desiring high quality brand names without the typical cost of a new purchase.
Used Servers: Cabinet Design is Equally Important
A business can choose between tower, blade, or rack form factors when buying used servers. Towers are a great choice for a small company just beginning to apply a client/server architecture while blades or racks meet space restricted environments where many units must be implemented. Blades utilize redundant components for energy and space saving opportunities, but cannot perform as an individual server. Racks offer the same benefits as a tower with the additional advantage of taking up less space for a data center or alternative type of infrastructure environment. A used Dell PowerEdge rack form can be installed securely into a cabinet bay due to its low-profile casing. This allows a business to store various units into one rack for consolidation of required networking resources. It eliminates complicated cabling, uses a special cooling setup, and minimizes floor space needs.
The cabinet is designed to accommodate more than one used server, along with these additional devices:
This form factor can be found within the infrastructures of numerous industries including technology, banking, medical, and general corporate environments. The cabinet itself can be purchased in varying preconfigured sizes and designs. A thorough investigation of needs is required before buying the cabinet or servers to be installed. Cabinets must fit the type of servers being implemented and meet the demands of the surrounding operating environment. Size, capacity, features, functionality, configuration, and security are equally important when choosing a product to support this form factor. Used Dell PowerEdge products offer increased power in a limited area and come in small or large sizes ranging from 1U to 6U’s. They can perform a single process or multiple functions and have the capability to hold several hard drives when needed. Racks operate stand-alone just as a tower, but do not take up the same amount of space. A company can choose this option to operate intense applications, receive increased processing speeds, gain heightened input/output, and add energy efficient qualities to an infrastructure at a reasonable cost.