Mechanical Computer Aided Design Architecture Engineering Construction Digital Content Creation Oil amp Gas Life Sci-ences amp Imaging Financial Modeling Software Development Visualization Simulation Pharma Bio-Tech Automotive Energy Government Industry Academia Life Sciences Finance Animation Mechanical Computer Aided Design Architec-ture Engineering Construction Digital Content Creation Oil amp Gas Life Sciences amp Imaging Financial Modeling Software Development Visualization Simulation Pharma Bio-Tech Automotive Energy Government Industry Academia Life Sci-ences Finance Animation Mechanical Computer Aided Design Architecture Engineering Construction Digital Content Creation Oil amp Gas Life Sciences amp Imaging Financial Modeling Software Development Visualization Simulation Pharma Bio-Tech Automotive Energy Government Industry Academia Life Sciences Finance Animation Mechanical Computer Aided Design Architecture Engineering Construction Digital Content Creation Oil amp Gas Life Sciences amp Imaging Finan-cial Modeling Software Development Visualization Simulation Pharma Bio-Tech Automotive Energy Government In-dustry Academia Life Sciences Finance Animation Mechanical Computer Aided Design Architecture Engineering Con-struction Digital Content Creation Oil amp Gas Life Sciences amp Imaging Financial Modeling Software Development Visual-ization Simulation Pharma Bio-Tech Automotive Energy Government Industry Academia Life Sciences Finance Ani-mation Mechanical Computer Aided Design Architecture Engineering Construction Digital Content Creation Oil amp Gas Life Sciences amp Imaging Financial Modeling Software Development Visualization Simulation Pharma Bio-Tech Automo-tive Energy Government Industry Academia Life Sciences Finance Animation Mechanical Computer Aided Design Ar-chitecture Engineering Construction Digital Content Creation Oil amp Gas Life Sciences amp Imaging Financial Modeling Soft-ware Development Visualization Simulation Pharma Bio-Tech Automotive Energy Government Industry Academia Life Sciences Finance Animation Mechanical Computer Aided Design Architecture Engineering Construction Digital Content Creation Oil amp Gas Life Sciences amp Imaging Financial Modeling Software Development Visualization Simulation Pharma Bio-Tech Automotive Energy Government Industry Academia Life Sciences Finance Animation Mechanical Computer Aided Design Architecture Engineering Construction Digital Content Creation Oil amp Gas Life Sciences amp Imaging Finan-cial Modeling Software Development Visualization Simulation Pharma Bio-Tech Automotive Energy Government In-dustry Academia Life Sciences Finance Animation Mechanical Computer Aided Design Architecture Engineering Con-struction Digital Content Creation Oil amp Gas Life Sciences amp Imaging Financial Modeling Software Development Visual-ization Simulation Pharma Bio-Tech Automotive Energy Government Industry Academia Life Sciences Finance Ani-mation Mechanical Computer Aided Design Architecture Engineering Construction Digital Content Creation Oil amp Gas Life Sciences amp Imaging Financial Modeling Software Development Visualization Simulation Pharma Bio-Tech Automo-tive Energy Government Industry Academia Life Sciences Finance Animation Mechanical Computer Aided Design Ar-chitecture Engineering Construction Digital Content Creation Oil amp Gas Life Sciences amp Imaging Financial Modeling Soft-ware Development Visualization Simulation Pharma Bio-Tech Automotive Energy Government Industry Academia Life Sciences Finance Animation

RESEARCHRESULTSRETURN

Discovery Solutions

ENABLINGDISCOVERY

Technology helps us with things that are too difficult too costly or too implausible to be attempted without it It helps us achieve important results It helps us discover

From the basic to the incomprehensible from routine tasks to lifersquos biggest problems discovery requires focused and flexible technology Focused to bring the right set of tools for the job flexible to adjust as things change

Finding cures for disease modeling safety into transportation systems planning the next space mission simulating world markets ndash important discoveries are taking place across all types and sizes of business academia and government Dell solutions are designed to help

IMPORTANT THINGS

The application of technology and the impacts of discovery vary from organization to organization But in all cases focused and flexible computing power can be applied to produce important results

For a manufacturer like Cornell Pump Co being able to evaluate a new design 100 times faster is very important ldquoWe now have the ability to go from 200 hours of compute time to generate a pump-curve simulation to only 2 hoursrdquo says Andrew Enterline design engineer ldquoWith much faster running speeds we will be able to do many more simulation runs in less time Wersquoll spend more time designing the product and less time and money in pattern rework re-pouring castings and physical development testingmdashhelping us create more optimized product designs from the startrdquo

For a film studio saving a year or more getting a film rendered is very important ldquoWith the reliability of the Delltrade PowerEdgetrade servers we were able to render the film in 30 months Without them it would have been 42 months or morerdquo states John Lytle technical director for Fathom Studios

And for any business serving customers better is very important ldquoBy putting the Dell blade cluster onboard the Endeavour wersquove eliminated at least two months of wait time for the customerrdquo notes by Matt Gaskamp data center operations manager for Geotrace

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ENABLINGDISCOVERY

Technology helps us with things that are too difficult too costly or too implausible to be attempted without it It helps us achieve important results It helps us discover

From the basic to the incomprehensible from routine tasks to lifersquos biggest problems discovery requires focused and flexible technology Focused to bring the right set of tools for the job flexible to adjust as things change

Finding cures for disease modeling safety into transportation systems planning the next space mission simulating world markets ndash important discoveries are taking place across all types and sizes of business academia and government Dell solutions are designed to help

IMPORTANT THINGS

The application of technology and the impacts of discovery vary from organization to organization But in all cases focused and flexible computing power can be applied to produce important results

For a manufacturer like Cornell Pump Co being able to evaluate a new design 100 times faster is very important ldquoWe now have the ability to go from 200 hours of compute time to generate a pump-curve simulation to only 2 hoursrdquo says Andrew Enterline design engineer ldquoWith much faster running speeds we will be able to do many more simulation runs in less time Wersquoll spend more time designing the product and less time and money in pattern rework re-pouring castings and physical development testingmdashhelping us create more optimized product designs from the startrdquo

For a film studio saving a year or more getting a film rendered is very important ldquoWith the reliability of the Delltrade PowerEdgetrade servers we were able to render the film in 30 months Without them it would have been 42 months or morerdquo states John Lytle technical director for Fathom Studios

And for any business serving customers better is very important ldquoBy putting the Dell blade cluster onboard the Endeavour wersquove eliminated at least two months of wait time for the customerrdquo notes by Matt Gaskamp data center operations manager for Geotrace

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GET THE JOB DONESPEED SCALE AND SIMPLICITY

For compute-intensive environments speed matters The speed of the systems enables the real speed- related goals ndash speed to research speed to discovery speed to results speed to market and speed to return

Dell delivers speed in two key ways First the latest technologies are integrated to deliver outstanding performance Advanced processors graphics systems interconnects disk technologies networking and related hardware are combined with leading operating systems middleware and applications This provides high performance solutions for compute- intensive environments

The second key element is speed to use which leads to speed to results Dell is a leader in enabling speed to use Dell does the engineering and integration work in its labs and factories working closely with partners and software providers so customers receive systems that are tested and validated and can be implemented quickly

Dellrsquos account and services teams help enable speed by collaborating with customers from the beginning ndash to understand their goals and to properly scope type and size the systems needed to meet those goals Systems are custom built to order in Dellrsquos factories and can be fully integrated and delivered ldquoready-to-runrdquo

Speed shows up in a variety of ways across Dellrsquos user base For example at Purdue University they ldquounboxed and built a supercomputer by lunchtimerdquo At the NCSA their 516-node cluster went from purchase order to production in less than four weeks

SPEED FAST SySTEMS FASTER RESULTS

Focused computing power helps get the job done ndash faster better and less expensively ndash so results can be delivered more quickly and more often The technol-ogy and applications are tools ndash a means to an end The less worry there is about the computing systems the more focus there can be on the project and the results Systems should ldquojust workrdquo Systems should be easy to deploy manage and maintain and grow as needs change

Dell is committed to providing the best computing solutions available to help researchers scientists engineers analysts designers and more get their jobs done Dell delivers what the compute-intensive community needs ndash Speed Scale and Simplicity To meet these needs Dell focuses on four core elements creating a complete solutions ecosystem Platforms Partners Integration and Use

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DISCOVERY

FOCUS

DELIVERS

SOLUTIONS APPROACH

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Scale means the ability to grow as needed and scale means balance ndash the ability to right-size and not over-buy for todayrsquos needs in anticipation of tomorrowrsquos Dell provides scale on both fronts

Dellrsquos solutions are scalable for growth and malleable for scope From personal workstations to cloud computing from in-system and peripheral components to operating systems and applications from highly expandable storage arrays to very scalable server clusters Dell provides complete solutions for scalable infrastructures

These solutions are also scaled for balance Because Dellrsquos systems are designed with industry standards-based technologies customers can buy the right systems for todayrsquos needs and the foreseeable future and scale when needed as requirements change and budgets allow

The ability to scale can deliver impressive results Stanford University added on to their existing Dell High Performance Computing Center cluster bringing it to 1696 nodes ndash nearly doubling performance ndash in just 11 days In Australia Monash University can now support 400 more research projects than they could previously

SCALE FOR GROWTH AND BALANCEDID yOU KNOW

Dell works with 35 software bullpartners and certifies 95 different applications for its Precision workstations

Dell is focused on environmental bullfactors with initiatives around Green IT and power and cooling which develop and deliver more eco-efficient technology solutions

Dellrsquos Scalable Computing Solu-bulltions combine design flexibility engineering supply chain and global scale

Dell provides HPC and bullWorkstation Advisor tools to help determine the right configuration for specific application and computing needs

Dell builds and ships high bullperformance solutions every day

Dellrsquos high performance bullcomputing (HPC) solution is a modular infrastructure stack ndash built from industry-standard hardware components and best-of-breed partner products The resulting solution delivers the performance and scalability required by the most demanding applications at a fraction of the cost of proprietary systems

Dell products are designed for bullscalability using standards-based components to keep barriers to change low The Dell HPC solution model is designed to provide open deployment models and management frameworks that allow for future expansion

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Scale means the ability to grow as needed and scale means balance ndash the ability to right-size and not over-buy for todayrsquos needs in anticipation of tomorrowrsquos Dell provides scale on both fronts

Dellrsquos solutions are scalable for growth and malleable for scope From personal workstations to cloud computing from in-system and peripheral components to operating systems and applications from highly expandable storage arrays to very scalable server clusters Dell provides complete solutions for scalable infrastructures

These solutions are also scaled for balance Because Dellrsquos systems are designed with industry standards-based technologies customers can buy the right systems for todayrsquos needs and the foreseeable future and scale when needed as requirements change and budgets allow

The ability to scale can deliver impressive results Stanford University added on to their existing Dell High Performance Computing Center cluster bringing it to 1696 nodes ndash nearly doubling performance ndash in just 11 days In Australia Monash University can now support 400 more research projects than they could previously

SCALE FOR GROWTH AND BALANCEDID yOU KNOW

Dell works with 35 software bullpartners and certifies 95 different applications for its Precision workstations

Dell is focused on environmental bullfactors with initiatives around Green IT and power and cooling which develop and deliver more eco-efficient technology solutions

Dellrsquos Scalable Computing Solu-bulltions combine design flexibility engineering supply chain and global scale

Dell provides HPC and bullWorkstation Advisor tools to help determine the right configuration for specific application and computing needs

Dell builds and ships high bullperformance solutions every day

Dellrsquos high performance bullcomputing (HPC) solution is a modular infrastructure stack ndash built from industry-standard hardware components and best-of-breed partner products The resulting solution delivers the performance and scalability required by the most demanding applications at a fraction of the cost of proprietary systems

Dell products are designed for bullscalability using standards-based components to keep barriers to change low The Dell HPC solution model is designed to provide open deployment models and management frameworks that allow for future expansion

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SIMPLICITy ISNrsquoT EASyTaking powerful disparate technologies and making them work well together and be relatively simple to use is not easy But simplifying what it takes to deploy and utilize compute-intensive systems is where Dell excels

It starts with customer needs Customers define whatrsquos important to them the ability to easily deploy use manage and maintain their technology solutions and to have confidence the systems will perform as planned Dellrsquos engineering teams then design and develop systems that perform at the highest levels and are well integrated For example Dellrsquos Precision workstation portfolio provides optimized processing power and graphics capabilities along with software certification to provide solution confidence Similarly Dell is a leader in simplifying cluster and cloud architectures for HPC ndash closely integrating systems interconnects operating systems and middleware Dell then tests and validates these solutions to help ensure interoperability and simplify ordering deployment use and serviceability Delivery of compute-intensive and large-scale solutions

Focused and flexible computing power drives the application of discovery faster and with better value Focused computing power comes from applying resources to hardware and software stacks to produce tested validated and integrated solutions providing confidence and capability to help solve complex problems Flexible computing power comes from an approach that doesnrsquot lock users in to a particular technology or tool set to pursue their goals

DISCOVER DELL SOLUTIONS

is further simplified via Dellrsquos world-class supply chain and build to order expertise Each solution can be built and tested in Dellrsquos factory Many applications can be pre-installed to provide a complete solution configured racked cabled tested and boxed-up as complete systems This not only saves time when installing and deploying these systems but also provides confidence that these systems will operate as planned through Dellrsquos workstation certification and HPC tested and validated programs

Dellrsquos approach to simplification doesnrsquot end with deployment but is also an important design element for the day-to-day use management and maintenance of these solutions Easy-to-use integrated systems management tools proactive support training and technology support experts help users focus on their work not IT

Bringing simplicity to compute-intensive environments can deliver amazing results Discovery is occurring on all levels In fact there may be no better testament to the power of technology than this

statement from Jean-Louis Gregis IT manager for ESI Group ldquoDell tested it before it arrived on site and the cluster was running in our data-center on the day it was delivered hellipDell helps us develop life-saving applications Therersquos no more valuable application of technology in the worldrdquo

This provides choice and scalability for compute-intensive challenges with a value-to-results ratio superior to proprietary solutions and attainable for almost all organizations

Dellrsquos focus on platforms partners integration and use delivers speed scale and simplicity This provides power and flexibility for organizations to discover ndash to improve research results and return Easy to deploy high performance

computing can be applied providing results much more quickly than otherwise possible Systems based on standards with the latest technologies can be utilized matching resources with todayrsquos needs and budget and providing for future growth and expansion And computing power can be provided to areas and departments that have not had access or dedicated resources before Dellrsquos solutions enable discovery

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ARE yOU READy TO DISCOVER

copy Copyright 2009 Dell Inc All rights reserved Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of Dell Inc is strictly forbidden For more information contact Dell Dell the Dell logo PowerEdge and Precision are trademarks of Dell Inc Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others