Supermicro SYS-6018U-TR4T+ 1U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2695 v4 18-core 32GB DDR4 4x 3.5" bays

1U Dual Xeon E5-2695 v4 Server

This 1U rackmount system arrives with two Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 processors, each running 18 cores at 2.1 GHz with 3.3 GHz turbo. Thirty-two gigabytes of DDR4 2400 MHz registered ECC memory are installed across four DIMM slots. A MegaRAID 9361-8i controller with 1 GB cache and battery backs four hot-plug 3.5-inch SATA/SAS drive bays. Quad 10GBase-T ports and a dedicated IPMI 2.0 management port handle network and remote access.

Virtualisation hosts needing dense 1U compute

The dual 18-core CPUs and 10 GbE networking suit virtualisation clusters, HPC nodes or cloud workloads that fit in a single rack unit. Four 3.5-inch bays limit local storage capacity, so environments that require many local disks should consider a different chassis. The Matrox G200 graphics with 8 MB video memory provides only basic console output and cannot accelerate GPU workloads. Buyers needing GPU compute or more than four drive bays should look elsewhere.

Four 3.5-inch hot-plug bays with MegaRAID 9361-8i

The storage subsystem centres on an LSI MegaRAID 9361-8i 12 Gb/s SAS controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Only four 3.5-inch trays are populated and no drives are included, so the buyer must supply SATA or SAS disks. This bay count and controller combination decides whether the server meets a given storage density or redundancy requirement.