DELL PowerEdge R930 4U rack server 4x Xeon E7-8891 v4 2.8GHz 10-core 1.5TB DDR4 4x 1.8TB SAS H730P

Dell PowerEdge R930 4U server

The Dell PowerEdge R930 is a 4U rack server populated with four Intel Xeon E7-8891 v4 processors running at 2.8 GHz, each providing 10 cores for a total of 40 cores. It ships with 1.5 TB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 48 DIMM slots and includes a PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache supporting RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Four 1.8 TB 10K SAS drives, an Intel X520/I350 quad-port network daughter card, iDRAC8 Enterprise and four 1100 W platinum power supplies complete the configuration.

Who should consider this system

Organisations running memory-intensive databases, large-scale virtualization or analytics workloads that benefit from the 1.5 TB DDR4 capacity and four-socket compute density will find this server a direct fit. The 4U chassis holds only four 2.5-inch drive bays in this build, so buyers who need more internal storage slots or who require GPU acceleration for compute tasks should look at alternative platforms.

The specification that decides fit

The installed memory of 1.5 TB DDR4 across 48 populated slots determines whether this server meets the immediate capacity requirement, because the platform can scale to 12 TB using all 96 slots but additional modules must be sourced separately.