DELL PowerEdge R750 12 Bay 3.5" 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Silver 4314 2.4GHz 16 Core 128GB DDR4 12x 8TB HBA355i

PowerEdge R750 2U 12-bay server

The Dell PowerEdge R750 is a 2U rack server populated with two Intel Xeon Silver 4314 processors running at 2.4 GHz with 16 cores each. It ships with 128 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory and twelve 8 TB 7.2K SATA hard drives. A PERC HBA355i controller provides SAS 12 Gb/s pass-through connectivity. Dual 1400 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management are included.

Verify rack space power and networking

Confirm that your rack can accommodate a 2U chassis and that the facility can supply sufficient power for two 1400 W units. The server uses LGA 4189 sockets and DDR4 memory slots, so any future CPU or memory upgrades must match those specifications. Network connectivity requires SFP+ transceivers or direct-attach cables for the dual-port 10 GbE OCP 3.0 adapter. Storage expansion relies on available 3.5-inch drive bays and the HBA355i pass-through controller.

Upgrades from smaller rack or tower systems

This configuration replaces single-socket tower servers or 1U rack units that lack the drive count, memory capacity or redundant power needed for virtualisation and database workloads. The jump is worthwhile when workloads demand twelve 3.5-inch drives, dual-processor compute and out-of-band management in a single 2U footprint. It is not suited for environments that require NVMe-only storage, GPU acceleration or higher core counts per socket.