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The dual-socket 1U servers we tested offer the following specifications, according to Dell Technologies:
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To compare VDI user density on the two servers, we set up a VMware Horizon® 8 VDI environment with Windows 10 images running Microsoft Office 2019. Then we evaluated both servers two ways:
In our tests, the Dell EMC PowerEdge R650xs, powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, supported more VDI users and consumed fewer watts per VDI session.
3 Dell Technologies, “Dell EMC PowerEdge R650xs spec sheet.”
4 Dell Technologies, “Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 spec sheet,” accessed September 14, 2021, https://i.dell. com/sites/csdocuments/Product_Docs/en/poweredge- r640-spec-sheet.pdf.
5 VMware, “VMware View Planner Documentation,” accessed September 14, 2021, https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware- View-Planner/index.html.