Supermicro SYS-6048R-E1CR36N 36-bay 4U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2667 v4 512GB DDR4 9361-8i

36-bay 4U rack server for dense storage

The SYS-6048R-E1CR36N delivers thirty-six hot-swap 3.5-inch bays in a four-unit rack footprint, driven by dual Xeon E5-2667 v4 processors at 3.2 GHz with eight cores each. 512 GB of DDR4 2400 MHz registered ECC memory is installed across sixteen modules. An LSI MegaRAID 9361-8i controller provides eight internal SAS ports with 1 GB cache and battery backup, supporting RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60.

Sustained throughput with redundant power

Dual 1280 W 80 Plus Platinum supplies share the load and allow hot replacement without downtime. The MegaRAID 3108 core maintains consistent parity calculation across large arrays during prolonged rebuilds or sequential workloads. Four 10GBase-T ports from the Intel X540 controller sustain line-rate traffic for replication or backup streams, while IPMI 2.0 on a dedicated RJ45 gives out-of-band access for remote power cycling and KVM-over-LAN.

Tool-less trays and front-to-rear airflow

Thirty-six Supermicro drive trays accept SAS or SATA disks without screws, enabling rapid swap in dense deployments. The chassis omits front bezel and rack rails, so cabinet depth and rail kit must be planned separately. Matrox G200 graphics with 8 MB video memory provides basic console output for BIOS and OS installation. The LGA 2011-3 platform limits future CPU upgrades to the E5-2600 v3/v4 family, so buyers needing newer instruction sets or higher core counts should evaluate alternative platforms.