Dell PowerEdge R650xs 1U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6330 2.0GHz 28-Core 64GB DDR4 8x 1.92TB SSD H745

Dense 1U compute platform

The Dell PowerEdge R650xs packs two Intel Xeon Gold 6330 processors into a single rack unit, delivering 28 cores per CPU at 2.0 GHz with 3.1 GHz turbo. Sixty-four gigabytes of DDR4 2933 MHz registered ECC memory and eight 1.92 TB SATA SSDs sit behind a PERC H745 RAID controller. A quad-port 1 GbE OCP 3.0 adapter and iDRAC9 Enterprise complete a ready-to-rack package for virtualization and dense data workloads.

Upgrade from single-socket or smaller arrays

Moving from a single-processor server or a chassis with fewer drive bays unlocks the second Gold 6330 and the full eight-bay backplane. The jump is worth it when workloads need more simultaneous threads, larger memory footprints or local redundancy across all eight SSDs without adding another rack unit. Buyers who need more storage bays or GPU acceleration will need a larger chassis.

SATA SSD and 1 GbE ceiling

The eight 2.5-inch drives use the SATA 6 Gb/s interface, so sequential throughput tops out at the drive and controller limits rather than NVMe speeds. The OCP 3.0 network card provides four 1 GbE ports, capping east-west traffic at gigabit rates unless a faster mezzanine or PCIe adapter is added. Memory scales to 1 TB across 16 DDR4 slots.