DELL PowerEdge R640 8B SFF 48-Core Rack Server 2x Xeon 8160 2.1GHz 128GB DDR4 H730P 8x 1.2TB SAS

Dense 1U virtualisation server

The Dell PowerEdge R640 packs two Xeon Platinum 8160 processors and 128GB of DDR4 memory into a 1U rackmount chassis. Forty-eight cores running at 2.10GHz deliver the throughput needed for dense virtualisation, database and application hosting workloads. Eight 2.5-inch drive bays come populated with 1.2TB 10K SAS disks managed by an H730P controller.

Suits high-density compute, not GPU or massive RAM

This configuration targets buyers who need maximum core count in a single rack unit for virtualisation clusters or multi-tenant services. The integrated graphics and 128GB ceiling on installed memory rule out GPU-accelerated workloads or applications that demand terabytes of RAM per node. Organisations planning all-flash arrays or multi-GPU inference should evaluate different platforms.

Dual Platinum 8160 CPUs define the performance

Two 14-core Xeon Platinum 8160 processors provide the 48 total cores that drive every virtual machine and container on this box. The LGA3647 socket and 2.10GHz base frequency are fixed by this CPU choice, so the server scales by adding nodes rather than upgrading silicon. Verify that your licensing and workload profiling match this core count before committing.