DELL PowerEdge R760 2U 16 Bay 2.5" 2x Xeon Silver 4410Y 512GB DDR5 H965i 4x 960GB SSD 5720 iDRAC9 2x 1400W

Purpose-built 2U server

The Dell PowerEdge R760 is a 2U rack server equipped with sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap bays and dual Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y processors. It ships with 512GB of DDR5-4800 ECC registered memory across sixteen modules and a PERC H965i controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Four 960GB SATA SSDs, a quad-port 1GbE OCP 3.0 card and iDRAC9 Datacenter complete the configuration.

Fit and alternatives

This system suits organisations running virtualisation clusters, databases or software-defined storage that need dense 2.5-inch storage in a 2U form factor. Buyers who require more than two sockets or need GPU-accelerated AI training should evaluate other platforms. The 1400W redundant power supplies support high-density deployments, but sites without rack infrastructure cannot use this chassis.

Deciding specification

The PERC H965i front RAID controller with 8GB NV cache enables NVMe RAID across the sixteen bays while also managing the installed SATA SSDs. If the workload demands hardware-accelerated NVMe RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 or 60 on a 2U server, this controller is the determining factor.