DELL PowerEdge R650 1U rack server 2x Silver 4314 1TB DDR4 10x 960GB SSD H755 5720 iDRAC9 2x 1400W

Dense 1U compute node

The Dell PowerEdge R650 is a 1U rack server built for dense enterprise workloads. Two Intel Xeon Silver 4314 processors provide 32 total cores at 2.4 GHz with 3.4 GHz turbo. A full terabyte of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory fills 32 DIMM slots. Ten 960 GB SATA SSDs sit behind a PERC H755 controller with 8 GB NV cache and battery backup.

Virtualisation hosts and database clusters

This configuration suits teams running virtualisation platforms, database clusters or private-cloud stacks that need high core counts and large memory in a single rack unit. Buyers who require GPU acceleration, NVMe-tier latency or more than 10 drive bays should evaluate alternative platforms. The fixed 2.5-inch bay layout also limits future expansion to SATA or SAS media.

PERC H755 RAID flexibility

The installed PERC H755 controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 with its 8 GB non-volatile cache and battery. This single component determines which redundancy schemes and performance profiles are available for the ten 960 GB SSDs. iDRAC9 Enterprise and the quad-port 1 GbE OCP 3.0 card handle remote management and networking without additional hardware.