DELL PowerEdge R650 1U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 5317 3.0GHz 12-core 1TB DDR4 10x 960GB SSD H755 5720

Dense compute in 1U

The Dell PowerEdge R650 fits two Xeon Gold 5317 processors and 1 TB of DDR4 ECC memory into a single rack unit, targeting virtualization hosts, database nodes and private-cloud clusters that need high core density without spreading across multiple chassis. Each CPU delivers twelve cores at 3.0 GHz with a 3.6 GHz turbo ceiling, giving strong single-thread response alongside parallel throughput.

Ten hot-swap bays with H755 RAID

Ten 960 GB SATA SSDs sit behind a PERC H755 controller equipped with 8 GB of NV cache and a battery backup, supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 for flexible capacity or redundancy choices. The all-flash array saturates the SATA 6 Gb/s interface on sustained reads, while random write latency stays low until the cache fills under heavy, sustained ingest.

Quad-port OCP networking

A Broadcom 5720 OCP 3.0 card provides four 1 GbE links for management and workload traffic, leaving PCIe slots free for additional accelerators or faster NICs. Dual 1400 W platinum power supplies and tool-less sliding rails simplify rack integration, while iDRAC9 Enterprise gives full out-of-band control from day one. Builders needing NVMe U.2 density or more than two sockets should look elsewhere.