DELL PowerEdge R650xs 1U 10-Bay 2x Xeon 4316 2.3GHz 256GB DDR4 10x 1.8TB SAS H745 iDRAC9 2x 1400W

1U 10-Bay Server for Dense Compute

The Dell PowerEdge R650xs is a 1U rack server configured with two Intel Xeon Silver 4316 20-core processors running at 2.3GHz with 3.4GHz turbo. It includes 256GB of DDR4 2666MHz registered ECC memory across eight 32GB modules. The system provides ten 2.5-inch drive bays populated with 1.8TB 10K SAS hard drives managed by a PERC H745 RAID controller with 4GB NV cache. Dual 1400W platinum power supplies deliver redundant hot-swap power.

Virtualisation and Cloud Workloads

This server suits organisations running virtualised environments, cloud infrastructure or dense data analytics that benefit from 40 total cores and high memory capacity in a 1U form factor. The quad-port 1GbE OCP 3.0 network adapter supports standard connectivity needs. Buyers who need GPU acceleration for AI or machine learning tasks should look at configurations that include supported accelerator cards. Those requiring higher single-thread frequencies or larger memory footprints per socket should evaluate alternative processor options.

PERC H745 RAID Controller with 4GB Cache

The storage subsystem centres on the Dell PERC H745 front RAID controller equipped with 4GB of non-volatile cache and a battery backup unit. It supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across the ten 1.8TB SAS drives, providing flexible data protection and performance tuning. The controller uses a 12Gb/s SAS interface to the drives. Systems needing NVMe-native performance or a different RAID feature set will require a different controller model.