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Silver 1U rack server with ten 2.5-inch drive bays, front bezel and slide rails

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R650 1U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 6330 2.0GHz 28C 256GB DDR4 10x 1.8TB SAS H755 57412

SKU CH-1F1M-WG9FB

A 1U rack server with dual 28-core Xeon Gold 6330 CPUs, 256 GB DDR4, ten 1.8 TB SAS drives and a PERC H755 controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM256 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Processor core count28-Core Processor
  • Operating systemNo
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Dual Xeon Gold 6330 CPUs deliver 56 total cores for heavy workloads
  • 256 GB DDR4-2933 ECC memory supports large virtualisation environments
  • PERC H755 with 8 GB NV cache enables RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
  • Ten 1.8 TB 10 K SAS drives provide high-capacity fast storage
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise plus dual 1400 W platinum PSUs ensure remote management and power redundancy

Dense 1U compute for virtualization and databases

The PowerEdge R650 packs two 28-core Xeon Gold 6330 processors and 256 GB of DDR4-2933 ECC memory into a single rack unit. It targets IT teams running virtualization clusters, dense private clouds or memory-heavy databases where core count and memory bandwidth matter more than local GPU acceleration.

SAS 12 Gb/s backplane limits throughput

The ten 2.5-inch bays connect through a 12 Gb/s SAS interface to the PERC H755 controller with 8 GB NV cache. Mechanical 10 K RPM drives saturate this link, so random I/O scales with spindle count rather than flash latency. NVMe drives are physically supported by the chassis but not included in this configuration.

256 GB installed memory against a 2 TB ceiling

Eight 32 GB RDIMMs occupy a fraction of the 32 DDR4 slots, leaving headroom for future expansion to the platform maximum. Buyers who need more storage capacity or all-flash performance should look elsewhere; this unit is built around the supplied SAS drives and current memory fit.

How it compares

Measured against everything we stock in Rack & Tower Servers, at today’s prices. Recalculated every night.

Price $8,532.99
Pricier than about 86% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 256 GB
Higher than about 60% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Video RAM 8 MB
Typical for this category: the median of 8,309 items is 0.01 GB.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge R650
Model nameR650
Part number2 GHz
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor core count28-Core Processor
Processor socketLGA 4189
Processor speed32
Installed CPUsGold 6330
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM256 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity2 TB
Storage
Disk controllerDell Perc H755 Controller
Drive interfaceSAS
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Optical drive0
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Connectivity
Network controllerDell EMC 15G Broadcom 57412 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ OCP 3.0 Network Card
Ports & slots
Network ports2 x Ports
Expansion card slots0
Management interfaceRJ 45
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height1U
Software
Operating systemNo
More details
AI capabilityNone

Questions about this item

Should I pick the 10-bay 2.5-inch version or a different capacity?

This unit ships with ten 1.8TB SAS 12Gb/s 10K drives filling every 2.5-inch bay, giving 18TB raw capacity in a single 1U chassis.

What does the 2.0GHz base clock mean once the server is running workloads?

Each Gold 6330 runs at 2.0GHz base and can boost to 3.1GHz turbo across its 28 cores, so sustained multi-threaded tasks sit at 2.0GHz while bursty jobs reach 3.1GHz.

How does the OCP 3.0 10GbE SFP+ card limit real-world throughput?

The Broadcom 57412 dual-port card caps each port at 10Gb/s, so aggregate network throughput tops out at 20Gb/s with both links active.

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