DELL PowerEdge R650xs 1U rack server 2x Xeon Silver 4314 2.4GHz 16-core 256GB DDR4 8x 1.8TB SAS H745

Compact 1U server for dense virtualisation workloads

The PowerEdge R650xs fits two Xeon Silver 4314 processors into a single rack unit, delivering 32 cores at 2.4 GHz with 3.4 GHz turbo. 256 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory supports large virtual machine counts. Eight 1.8 TB 10K SAS drives on a PERC H745 controller provide fast local storage with RAID flexibility. Dual 1400 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise complete a ready-to-rack package.

Suits teams consolidating VMs

Buyers who need GPU acceleration for AI training should look elsewhere because this configuration has no GPU installed. Workloads that demand more than 1 TB of memory or more than two processors will exceed the platform limits. Organisations requiring 10 GbE or 25 GbE networking out of the box must add adapters, as the included OCP 3.0 card provides four 1 GbE ports only.

Dual Xeon Silver 4314 CPUs with 32 total cores

The pair of 16-core Silver 4314 processors sets the hard ceiling for compute threads and per-socket memory capacity. All other specifications — memory slots, drive bays, PCIe lanes and power budget — scale from this processor choice. Confirm that your licensing and workload threading model align with 32 physical cores before committing.