DELL PowerEdge MX760C rack server 2x Gold 6434 3.7GHz 8C 64GB 4x 480GB SATA SSD H755

Half-width blade server for dense compute

The DELL PowerEdge MX760C is a half-width blade server that fits into a modular chassis. It delivers two Intel Gold 6434 processors running at 3.7GHz with eight cores each and 22.5M cache. The system includes 64GB of DDR4 memory in four 16GB modules at 4800 speed. Four 480GB SATA SSDs and an H755 MX RAID controller provide the baseline storage and redundancy.

Upgrade from single-socket or smaller blades

Moving to dual Gold 6434 CPUs doubles the core count and cache compared to a single-socket configuration. The jump is worth it when workloads need more parallel threads or larger in-memory data sets. The 64GB DDR4 capacity and four drive bays filled with 480GB SSDs suit applications that have outgrown entry-level blade resources but do not yet require the maximum six 2.5-inch bays.

Limits of the SATA SSD and mezzanine fabric

The four installed SATA SSDs cap sequential throughput at the SATA interface ceiling, so heavy write workloads will saturate the drives before the H755 MX controller becomes the bottleneck. The MX Marvell FastLinQ 41262 mezzanine card supplies two 25Gb CNA ports, which sets the network fabric ceiling for east-west traffic inside the chassis. Builders needing more than six 2.5-inch bays or additional fabric modules must plan for a larger chassis configuration.