DELL PowerEdge R750 12 Bay 3.5" 2U rack server 2x Xeon Silver 4316 2.3GHz 20 Core 256GB DDR4

Dual 20-Core Xeon Server

The Dell PowerEdge R750 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon Silver 4316 processors, each running at 2.3GHz with 20 cores. It ships with 256GB of DDR4 2666MHz registered ECC memory across eight DIMM slots. The chassis provides twelve 3.5-inch drive trays for SAS or SATA devices and includes a PERC HBA355i host bus adapter for pass-through connectivity. Dual 1400W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management come standard.

Upgrade From Single-Socket Or Lower Core Counts

This configuration replaces single-socket servers or dual-socket systems with fewer than 20 cores per CPU when workloads demand higher parallel throughput. The jump is worth it for database instances, virtualization hosts, and analytics jobs that scale across 40 total cores and can use the 2TB maximum memory ceiling. The HBA355i provides direct SAS12Gb/s access without RAID overhead, suiting software-defined storage stacks. Buyers who need hardware RAID or more than twelve 3.5-inch bays should look elsewhere.

Sustained Load Behaviour

Under continuous load the twin 1400W platinum units share demand and maintain redundancy while the 2U airflow path cools both CPUs and the full DIMM population. The OCP 3.0 dual-port 10GbE SFP+ adapter sustains network throughput for storage replication or cluster traffic without saturating the PCIe Gen4 lanes. iDRAC9 Enterprise monitors thermal headroom and power draw in real time, allowing administrators to throttle or rebalance before throttling occurs. The fixed twelve-bay backplane limits expansion to external enclosures for capacity growth.