DELL PowerEdge R650xs 1U Rack Server 2x Xeon Silver 4310 2.1GHz 12 Core 64GB DDR4 8x 960GB SSD H745 2x 1400W

1U dual-Xeon rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R650xs is a 1U rackmount server built for dense compute environments. It ships with two Intel Xeon Silver 4310 processors at 2.1GHz, each providing 12 cores. The system includes 64GB of DDR4-2666 registered ECC memory across four modules. A PERC H745 RAID controller with 4GB non-volatile cache manages the eight 960GB SATA SSDs installed in the front bays. Dual 1400W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise complete the configuration.

Virtualisation hosts and scale-out workloads

This server suits teams running hypervisor clusters, container platforms or high-density database nodes where rack space is at a premium. The 12-core Xeons and 1TB maximum memory ceiling support heavy thread counts. Buyers who need GPU acceleration, front-access NVMe U.2 drives or more than two sockets should evaluate other platforms. The single 10GbE SFP+ OCP card also limits I/O expansion for storage-heavy topologies.

PERC H745 RAID controller with 4GB cache

The H745 card defines the storage capability: it supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across the eight SATA SSDs. Battery-backed cache enables write-back policies for database and log workloads. The controller does not present NVMe or SAS endpoints, so drive upgrades are limited to SATA media. Verify that your capacity and IOPS targets fit within this constraint before purchasing.