IrishDev reports that the Irish government has added 5 Dell servers to the Accelerated Capital Allowance (ACA) scheme. This allows the purchaser to write off 100% of the purchase price of energy efficient servers against the profits of that year. The models in question (there are limited specifications) are:
- PowerEdge R210 with Intel X3470
- PowerEdge T310 with Intel X3470
- PowerEdge R410 with Intel X5570
- PowerEdge R610 with Intel X5570
- PowerEdge R710 with Intel X5570
You might know that I prefer Dell and HP (my personal favourite) servers to everyone else purely because of the level of System Center integration that is available. If you’re a Dell house and you are considering a virtualization project (Hyper-V, Xen, VMware) then these are the models to consider to make the most of your energy, minimise your carbon footprint, and maximise consolidation.
You can search for approved products on the SEI site. It appears the only approved storage systems are from EMC and only 2 HP servers (HP DL360 G6 5570 and HP DL380 G6 5520).