DELL PowerEdge R760 2U 16 Bay 2x Xeon Platinum 8468 2.1GHz 256GB DDR5 4x 960GB SSD

2U 16-Bay Rack Server

The Dell PowerEdge R760 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon Platinum 8468 processors. Each CPU runs at 2.1GHz with a 3.8GHz turbo frequency and provides 48 cores. The system includes 256GB of DDR5-4800 ECC registered memory across 32 slots and supports up to 8TB total capacity.

Upgrade from smaller 2U platforms

This configuration replaces single-socket servers or older dual-socket platforms that cannot address the same core count or memory bandwidth. The jump is justified when workloads require 96 total cores, DDR5 memory speeds, and sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap bays with NVMe support from the PERC H965i controller.

256GB DDR5 with 8TB headroom

The installed 256GB handles medium-scale virtualization, database caching, and AI inference tasks comfortably. Memory headroom extends to 8TB across 32 DIMM slots for larger datasets. Four 960GB SATA SSDs provide boot and scratch space; the 16-bay chassis and NVMe-capable controller allow storage expansion when I/O demand exceeds the current array.