DELL PowerEdge R930 4U rack server 4× Xeon E7-8890 v4 2.2GHz 24-core 3TB DDR4

Enterprise compute density

The Dell PowerEdge R930 is a 4U rack server populated with four Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4 processors, each running at 2.2 GHz with 24 cores. The system ships with 3 TB of DDR4 registered ECC memory installed across 96 DIMM slots, leaving room to reach the 12 TB maximum. A PERC H330 controller manages up to 24 hot-plug 2.5-inch SAS or SATA drives, while an Intel X520/I350 daughter card provides two 1 GbE and two 10 GbE SFP+ ports. Four 1100 W 80+ Platinum power supplies and iDRAC8 Enterprise complete the package.

Scaling limits and alternatives

This server targets organisations that need maximum core count and memory capacity in a single 4U chassis for in-memory databases, large-scale virtualisation or analytics workloads. Buyers who need more than four processor sockets or more than 12 TB of RAM must look at larger scale-up architectures. Environments that rely on GPU acceleration will find only the basic Matrox G200 graphics controller with 8 MB video memory. Teams requiring front-access NVMe bays should verify chassis configuration, as the supplied unit includes 24 SAS/SATA trays only.

Memory ceiling

The decisive specification is the 12 TB maximum DDR4 capacity across 96 slots, which determines whether the platform can hold the intended dataset without resorting to cluster-scale designs.