DELL PowerEdge R750 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6330 2.0GHz 28-Core 768GB DDR4 12x 8TB HDD HBA355i

Dell PowerEdge R750 2U Server

This Dell PowerEdge R750 is a 2U rack server built for enterprise workloads that need high core counts and large memory capacity. It ships with two Intel Xeon Gold 6330 processors, each running at 2.0GHz with 28 cores, and 768GB of DDR4 2933MHz registered ECC memory. The chassis includes twelve 3.5-inch drive bays populated with 8TB 7.2K SATA hard drives. A PERC HBA355i host bus adapter provides SAS 12Gb/s pass-through connectivity without RAID functionality.

Suited For And Not Suited For

This configuration suits buyers who need a dense, 2U platform with dual 28-core CPUs and nearly a terabyte of ECC memory for virtualisation or database tasks. It also fits teams that want twelve high-capacity SATA drives behind a non-RAID HBA for software-defined storage. It is not suited for buyers who require hardware RAID, NVMe acceleration, or GPU compute density in the same 2U footprint. Organisations needing more than two sockets or memory beyond 768GB in this chassis should look at larger platforms.

Deciding Specification

The single specification that decides fit is the PERC HBA355i operating in pass-through mode without RAID. If the deployment relies on a hardware RAID controller for data protection, this server will not meet that requirement. If the plan uses software RAID or a filesystem that manages redundancy directly, the HBA355i delivers the raw SAS 12Gb/s paths needed for the twelve 8TB drives.