DELL PowerEdge R760 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6426Y 128GB DDR5 16-Bay

Server Configuration

The Dell PowerEdge R760 is a 2U rack server equipped with dual Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y processors. Each CPU delivers 16 cores running at 2.5 GHz with a 4.1 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 128 GB of DDR5-4800 ECC registered memory across 32 slots. A PERC H965i controller with 8 GB NV cache manages up to sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays. Dual 1400 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Datacenter provide redundancy and remote management.

Target Workloads

This server suits virtualization clusters, AI inference, database engines and software-defined storage that need high core counts and fast local storage. The sixteen-bay chassis supports SAS, SATA and NVMe drives for mixed workloads. Buyers who require GPU acceleration, single-socket economics or tower-form-factor deployment should evaluate other platforms. The maximum two-socket limit also rules out four-socket scale-up scenarios.

Deciding Specification

The PERC H965i RAID controller with 8 GB NV cache is the component that determines storage performance and data protection capability. It supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 for both traditional and NVMe drives. If your workload demands a different controller feature set or external JBOD connectivity, this configuration will not match those requirements.