DELL PowerEdge T320 tower server E5-2420 1.9GHz 8GB DDR3 H310 2x 495W

Tower server for small-business workloads

The Dell PowerEdge T320 is a tower server built around a single Intel Xeon E5-2420 six-core processor running at 1.9 GHz with 8 GB of DDR3 memory. It includes a PERC H310 RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60 across up to eight 3.5-inch hot-plug drive bays. Dual 495 W redundant power supplies and a DVD-ROM drive complete the chassis. Five PCIe slots provide expansion room for additional I/O cards.

Suits offices needing redundant power

This system fits small businesses or branch offices that want tower placement, redundant power supplies and the ability to add up to eight SATA or SAS drives over time. The single-socket design and six DIMM slots capped at 8 GB installed memory limit virtualisation density, so organisations planning heavy multi-VM consolidation or large memory footprints should consider a platform with higher memory capacity and multi-socket support.

Eight 3.5-inch hot-plug bays define storage

The chassis provides eight 3.5-inch hot-plug bays wired to the H310 controller, setting the maximum raw capacity at 64 TB with compatible drives. This bay count and controller combination is the key factor when deciding whether the T320 can hold the required dataset and RAID layout.