High performance modular server blade
Product Message
Designed for high performance with best-in-class density for exceptional scalability
Positioning: The PowerEdge M640 is a density optimized, half-height blade server designed for performance and efficiency.
Key Fact: It is ideal for XaaS, Edge and HPC applications.
Product Positioning
Target Customers
Customers looking to maximize performance, scalability and efficiency for workloads such as:
• High Performance Computing
• Anything-as-a-Service (XaaS)
• Virtualization
• Edge / remote / ROBO applications
Opportunities
• Increasing density and flexibility for HPC customers seeking better efficiency in their datacenters
• Existing customers transitioning from PowerEdge M630 and M640 first generation Intel Xeon SP
Customer Challenges / Pain Points
• Insufficient performance and/or capacity to support growing computational complexity
• Limited flexibility in scaling up and out for HPC / XaaS / Virtualization / Edge applications
• Lack of dedicated, skilled IT staff and intuitive systems management solutions
Product Advantages
• Up to two Intel Xeon 2nd Generation Scalable Processors
• 16 DDR4 DIMM slots, supports up to 2TB* maximum memory at 2933 MT/s
• Increased flexibility with universal backplane with choice of 2 x M.2 (BOSS) or IDSDM
• High availability with system redundancy via M.2 / IDSD
• Advanced management and scripting support with integrated iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller and Redfish API