DELL PowerEdge R650xs 1U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6330 2.0GHz 28-Core 128GB DDR4 H745 8x 1.8TB SAS

Server identity

This is a new Dell PowerEdge R650xs 1U rack server populated with two Intel Xeon Gold 6330 processors, 128GB of DDR4 memory, a PERC H745 RAID controller and eight 1.8TB SAS hard drives. It ships with dual 1400W platinum power supplies, iDRAC9 Enterprise, a dual-port 10GbE SFP+ OCP card, rails and a front bezel.

Who it suits and who should look elsewhere

The 28-core dual-socket layout and 128GB DDR4 suit virtualisation hosts, dense cloud nodes and analytics clusters that need strong multi-thread throughput in a single rack unit. Buyers who need GPU acceleration, NVMe-only storage or a larger memory footprint should evaluate other platforms.

Deciding specification

The installed PERC H745 controller with 4GB NV cache and battery-backed write-back support determines whether the eight 1.8TB SAS drives can run the required RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 or 60 configuration.