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In its effort to compete on the quality-front, Dell recently launched the Platinum Plus service for its servers and storage systems. Basically, the service consists of various productivity and support tools to aid owners of Dell enterprise systems beyond conventional tech. support.

Among Platinum Plus’ key features are the Operations Performance Benchmarking feature, the Enterprise Command Center Real-Time Tracking Window, 7×24 hardware warranty support, software troubleshooting, and emergency dispatch for critical situations.

More interesting to Dell observers would be the integration of Google Earth Pro in Dell’s Enterprise Command Center application, which allows users to map out information geographically.

Clearly, this is one of the results (just like the recent Google enterprise search deal) of the Dell-Google partnership announced earlier this year.

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Dell just launched the PowerVault MD1000 - the first (at least among the top-five storage vendors) direct-attached storage enclosure incorporating 3.5-inch SAS drives. Compared to traditional SCSI drives, 3.5-inch SAS drives can provide up to a 30% increase in data throughput and 200% the storage capacity.

The PowerVault MD1000 will also be the first storage enclosure based on the proposed Storage Bridge Bay (SBB) specifications, and can manage up to 4.5 terabytes on one shelve (for a maximum of 13.5 terabytes through 3 shelves).

Among the HDD types supported by the MD1000 include 15,000 RPM 36GB, 73GB and 146GB drives, as well as 10,000 RPM 73GB, 146GB and 300GB drives.

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It seems I was right not to go to sleep. Just a couple of hours back, Dell published a press release announcing its new end-to-end storage solution: The Dell/EMC CX UltraScale series. Priced from around US$27,000, the Dell/EMC CX3 series provides a 4-gigabit architecture, allowing almost double the storage capacity compared to previous Dell/EMC CX series storage systems.

The new series, which includes the Dell/EMC CX3-20, CX3-40 and CX3-80, supports up to 480 drives - providing up to 239 terabytes of storage - and will come with support for Fibre Channel and iSCSI protocols, as well as EMC’s Navisphere® Manager Suite, PowerPath® software and VisualSRM software.

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