Supermicro SYS-6048R-E1CR36N 4U rack server 36 bay 2x Xeon E5-2695 v4 128GB DDR4

36-Bay 4U Server with Dual 18-Core Xeons

The Supermicro SYS-6048R-E1CR36N is a 4U rackmount server built around two Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 processors, each running at 2.1 GHz with 18 cores. It ships with 128 GB of DDR4 2400 MHz registered ECC memory across eight DIMM slots. A MegaRAID 9361-8i controller provides eight internal SAS ports with 1 GB cache and battery backup. Thirty-six hot-swap 3.5-inch trays accept SATA or SAS drives. Four 10GBase-T ports and a dedicated IPMI 2.0 LAN port handle networking and remote management. Dual 1280 W redundant power supplies complete the package.

Suited for dense archival storage

This platform suits organisations that need maximum 3.5-inch drive density in a single 4U chassis. The dual 18-core CPUs and quad 10GbE ports deliver enough throughput for backup targets, object stores or software-defined storage clusters. Buyers who require more than eight native SAS ports, additional PCIe expansion slots, or GPU compute capacity should evaluate other platforms. The fixed eight-port RAID controller and lack of installed drives mean the storage layer must be sourced separately.

Eight-port MegaRAID 9361-8i controller

The installed LSI MegaRAID 9361-8i supplies exactly eight internal SAS 12 Gb/s lanes with RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 support. Because the backplane exposes 36 drive bays, only eight drives can connect directly to the hardware RAID engine without extra cabling or an additional HBA. Confirm that your drive count and redundancy plan fit within those eight ports before ordering.