DELL PowerEdge R650xs 1U 10×2.5" 2×Xeon Silver 4314 2.4GHz 16C 64GB DDR4 10×1.92TB H745 5720 iDRAC9 2×1400W

Space-efficient 1U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R650xs is a 1U rackmount server built for dense data centre deployments. It ships with two Intel Xeon Silver 4314 processors running at 2.4GHz with 3.4GHz turbo, providing 16 cores each for a total of 32 cores. The system includes 64GB of DDR4 2666MHz registered ECC memory across four 16GB modules. A PERC H745 RAID controller with 4GB NV cache and battery backs ten 1.92TB SATA SSDs. Dual 1400W platinum power supplies, a quad-port 1GbE OCP 3.0 card and iDRAC9 Enterprise complete the package. Rails and bezel are included.

Virtualisation hosts and dense compute clusters

This configuration suits organisations running virtualisation, cloud infrastructure or high-performance computing workloads that benefit from high core counts and fast flash storage in a single rack unit. The ten drive bays and hardware RAID support RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 for flexible data protection. Buyers who need GPU acceleration for AI training or larger memory footprints beyond the installed 64GB should evaluate other configurations. The 1U form factor also limits PCIe expansion compared with 2U or larger chassis.

Ten 1.92TB SATA SSDs with PERC H745 RAID

The storage subsystem centres on ten 1.92TB SATA solid-state drives managed by the Dell PERC H745 controller with 4GB of battery-backed NV cache. This combination delivers hardware-accelerated RAID across all bays without consuming a PCIe slot. The controller supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60, allowing the administrator to optimise for capacity, performance or redundancy as the workload demands.