DELL PowerEdge R930 4U rack server 4× Xeon E7-8867 v4 2.4GHz 16-core 3TB DDR4 H730P

DELL PowerEdge R930 4U quad Xeon server

The Dell PowerEdge R930 is a 4U rack server equipped with four Intel Xeon E7-8867 v4 processors running at 2.40 GHz with 16 cores each. It ships with 3 TB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 96 slots and a PERC H730P 2 GB storage controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60. Four 1100 W platinum power supplies, iDRAC8 Enterprise, and quad-port 1 GbE and 10 GbE networking are included.

Who this suits and who should look elsewhere

This server fits organisations running memory-intensive workloads such as in-memory databases, large-scale virtualisation, SAP HANA, or Oracle and SQL Server analytics that benefit from up to 12 TB maximum memory capacity. Buyers needing dense GPU acceleration, single-threaded performance optimisation, or a smaller chassis for edge locations should consider different platforms.

Deciding specification: 96 DDR4 slots scaling

The defining specification is the 96 DIMM slots supporting DDR4 registered ECC memory up to 12 TB total capacity. This density enables massive in-memory datasets and high virtual-machine counts that smaller memory footprints cannot accommodate. Verify your application licensing and memory requirements match this scale before purchase.