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Silver 1U rack server with twelve 2.5 inch drive bays

GIGABYTE

GIGABYTE R163-Z32-AAC1 barebone server 12-bay 2.5" Gen4 NVMe/SATA/SAS AMD EPYC 9004 1U

SKU CH-9M11-EBMJ7 MPN R163-Z32-AAC1

1U barebone server holds twelve 2.5" Gen4 NVMe/SATA/SAS hot-swap bays and supports a single AMD EPYC 9004 processor with twelve-channel DDR5 memory

  • Single AMD EPYC 9004 processor powers demanding workloads
  • 12 hot-swap 2.5" bays support Gen4 NVMe SATA SAS drives
  • 12-channel DDR5 RDIMM with 12 DIMM slots maximises memory bandwidth
  • Dual FHHL PCIe Gen5 x16 plus two OCP NIC 3.0 slots enable high-speed expansion
  • Dual ROM architecture adds firmware resilience for uptime

GIGABYTE 1U 12-bay barebone

This barebone server fits a single AMD EPYC 9004 processor in a 1U chassis. It provides twelve 2.5-inch hot-swap bays that accept NVMe, SATA or SAS drives. The platform targets builders who need dense Gen4 storage with a single-socket CPU.

Gen4 NVMe lane limits

Twelve front bays share the CPU Gen4 lanes, so populating every bay with NVMe drives consumes the available bandwidth. The single M.2 slot uses a PCIe Gen3 x4 link and does not add Gen4 throughput. Builders who want more storage than twelve bays provide must look elsewhere.

Single-socket EPYC 9004 platform

The board supports one EPYC 9004 series processor with twelve DDR5 RDIMM channels across twelve DIMM slots. Two full-height PCIe Gen5 x16 slots and two OCP NIC 3.0 Gen5 x16 slots handle add-in cards. A dual-socket configuration is not possible on this chassis.

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Price $3,582.99
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Specifications

Size & build
Shipping weight30.00 kg
Package size710 × 430 × 43 mm

Questions about this item

How do I decide between the 12 NVMe bays and the single M.2 slot for my boot drive?

Use the 12 front 2.5" bays for hot-swap NVMe, SATA or SAS storage; the M.2 slot with PCIe Gen3 x4 is intended for a compact boot device.

What does the 12-channel DDR5 design mean once the server is populated?

Each of the 12 DIMM slots connects to a dedicated memory channel on the EPYC 9004 processor, so filling all slots delivers maximum memory bandwidth.

How do the two OCP NIC 3.0 slots and two FHHL slots share PCIe Gen5 x16 bandwidth?

Both OCP NIC 3.0 slots and both FHHL slots are wired as PCIe Gen5 x16, giving each slot a full x16 link to the CPU for networking or accelerator cards.

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