DELL PowerEdge R930 4U rack server 4x Xeon E7-8890 v4 2.2GHz 24-core 3TB DDR4 24x 960GB SSD

Compute Density

The Dell PowerEdge R930 is a 4U rack server populated with four Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4 processors. Each CPU runs at 2.2 GHz with 24 cores, reaching 3.4 GHz turbo for 96 cores total. Three terabytes of DDR4 ECC memory fill 96 slots, leaving headroom to the 12 TB maximum. Twenty-four 960 GB SATA SSDs sit behind a PERC H330 controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and 50. Dual 10 Gb SFP+ and dual 1 GbE ports plus iDRAC8 Enterprise complete the package.

Ideal Workloads

This configuration targets memory-intensive databases, large-scale virtualization and analytics platforms that benefit from high core counts and massive RAM. The 24 drive bays provide substantial flash capacity for hot data. Buyers needing more than four sockets, GPU acceleration or front-accessible NVMe U.2 slots should evaluate other platforms. The Matrox G200 graphics with 8 MB video memory serves only basic console output.

Deciding Spec

The installed 3 TB of DDR4 across 96 DIMM slots is the decisive figure; it determines whether the system can hold your working set without paging. Verify your application’s memory footprint against this capacity before committing.