Dell PowerEdge R310 Information Update

Information Update:
Power Infrastructure Sizing
Properly sizing system power consumption benefits an efficient IT environment.
If the power supply power rating for a system is used to calculate the cumulative
power for an overall deployment, it provides a conservative assessment for many
hardware configurations and can be less efficient and more costly. In an effort
to gain optimal performance and to avoid costly over-provisioning, you need
to understand how to assess power consumption of the system to adequately
provision the facility.
Power consumption is specific to the system configuration and to the workload
expected of the hardware. If a system is assessed under a peak workload for a
specific deployment, the assessment may result in a significantly different power
consumption requirement than that of the power supply power rating. On-line
capacity planning tools available from Dell may help to understand peak power
consumption for a particular system configuration. Systems characterized while
using the power capping features enabled from Dell system management
software provide additional predictability for peak power consumption.
Combined use of system and workload characterization with power capping
can more accurately approximate the appropriate size of Power Distribution
Units (PDUs), Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs), and other power
infrastructure distribution equipment.
Example: If a server power supply is rated at 1000W and the characterization
results in 500W of power consumption for the configuration and workload,
the 500W power value can be used for infrastructure sizing. Using system power
capping at the 500W value also provides additional assurance that 500W can be
used for sizing the infrastructure. When deploying 20 of the same configuration
in a rack, the total load can be sized for 10KW. By contrast, if the power supply
rated value or 1000W were used, the total load would be sized as 20KW.
The power supply-rated approach requires additional power and cooling and
results in an infrastructure that is utilized less than 50 percent.
Using PDUs with circuit protection devices such as circuit breakers or fuses
ensures that regulatory and safety guidance is met for a deployment.
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Dell PowerEdge R310 Specifications

General

Tcase	72.7 °C
Bus type	DMI
Stepping	B1
FSB Parity	No
Processor code	SLBJH
Processor cache	8 MB
Processor cores	4
Processor model	X3470
System bus rate	2.5 GT/s
Processor series	Intel Xeon 3400 Series
Processor socket	LGA 1156 (Socket H)
Processor threads	8
Processor codename	Lynnfield
Motherboard chipset	Intel® 3420
Processing Die size	296 mm²
Processor frequency	2.93 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Processor lithography	45 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor package size	37.5 x 37.5 mm
Processor front side bus	- MHz
Processor boost frequency	3.6 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
ECC supported by processor	Yes
PCI Express configurations	1x16, 2x8, 4x4
Supported instruction sets	SSE4.2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 W
Number of processors installed	1
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)	22
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	16
Memory types supported by processor	DDR3-SDRAM
Number of Processing Die Transistors	774 M
Memory channels supported by processor	Dual
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	800, 1066, 1333 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	21 GB/s
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	32 GB
HDD size	3.5 \
Optical drive type	DVD-RW
Total storage capacity	500 GB
Maximum storage capacity	8 TB
Number of HDDs installed	-
Memory slots	6x DIMM
Internal memory	2 GB
Graphics card	G200eW
LAN controller	Broadcom BCM5716
Networking features	Gigabit Ethernet
PS/2 ports quantity	0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
PCI Express slots version	2.0
Power supply	350 W
Compatible operating systems	Windows Server Novell Linux Solaris10
Chassis type	Rack (1U)
Processor ARK ID	42932
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology	1.0

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	610 mm
Width	434 mm
Height	42.4 mm