DELL PowerEdge R650xs 1U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 5317 3.0GHz 12C 512GB DDR4 H745 8x 600GB SAS

Dense 1U compute node

The Dell PowerEdge R650xs is a 1U rack server fitted with two Intel Xeon Gold 5317 processors, each running at 3.0 GHz with 12 cores and a 3.6 GHz turbo frequency. It ships with 512 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory in a 16 x 32 GB configuration. An H745 RAID controller with 4 GB NV cache manages eight 600 GB 10 K SAS drives, while dual 1400 W platinum power supplies provide redundancy. The system includes iDRAC9 Enterprise, a Broadcom 57412 dual-port 10 GbE SFP+ OCP card, rails and a front bezel.

Virtualisation hosts needing local performance

This server suits teams that need high core counts and fast local storage in a single rack unit for virtualisation, dense database or analytics workloads. Buyers who need more than 1 TB of memory, more than two processors or GPU acceleration should evaluate other platforms. The eight 2.5-inch bays limit raw capacity, so workloads requiring many terabytes of spinning media will need external arrays.

Single-thread ceiling at 3.6 GHz

The maximum turbo frequency of 3.6 GHz on the Gold 5317 sets the hard limit for single-threaded performance; applications that scale poorly beyond a few fast threads will not run faster on this hardware.