DELL PowerEdge R930 4U Rack Server 4x Xeon E7-8890 v4 2.2GHz 384GB DDR4 24-Bay

Enterprise rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R930 is a 4U rack-mount server system built for compute-intensive enterprise workloads. It ships with four Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4 processors, each running at 2.2 GHz with 24 cores for a total of 96 cores. The system includes 384 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 48 modules and a PERC H330 storage controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and 50. Four 1100 W platinum power supplies, iDRAC8 Enterprise remote management, quad-port networking with two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ ports, plus rails and bezel complete the package.

Memory-constrained databases and virtualization

This configuration suits organisations running large in-memory databases, heavy virtualisation clusters or analytics platforms that benefit from high core counts and 384 GB of installed memory across 96 DIMM slots. Buyers who need the full 12 TB maximum memory capacity should plan to populate the remaining 48 slots with compatible DDR4 modules. Teams requiring GPU acceleration or workloads optimised for fewer cores at higher single-thread frequencies should evaluate alternative platforms.

96 DIMM slots for DDR4 scaling

The decisive specification is the 96 memory slots supporting up to 12 TB of DDR4 registered ECC memory. With 48 slots already occupied by 8 GB modules, the remaining capacity determines whether the server can grow into memory-heavy deployments without replacing existing DIMMs.