Supermicro SYS-6048R-E1CR36N 36-bay 4U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2680 v4 2.4GHz 14-core 64GB DDR4

High-Density 4U Storage Server

The Supermicro SYS-6048R-E1CR36N is a 4U rackmount system built around dual Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors, each running 14 cores at 2.4 GHz with a 3.3 GHz turbo frequency. It ships with 64 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across four 16 GB modules and an LSI MegaRAID 9361-8i controller with 1 GB cache and battery backup. The chassis provides 36 hot-swap 3.5-inch drive bays for SAS or SATA drives.

Suited For Archival And Throughput Workloads

This platform fits storage-heavy deployments such as enterprise backup, data archiving or high-throughput file serving where drive density and dual 10 GbE networking matter. The four 10GBase-T ports from the Intel X540 controller and dedicated IPMI 2.0 management port simplify integration into existing rack infrastructure. Buyers who need GPU acceleration, more than two processor sockets or memory capacity beyond the 24 DIMM slots should evaluate other platforms.

Thirty-Six Hot-Swap Drive Bays Decide Fit

The single specification that determines suitability is the 36-bay 3.5-inch hot-swap backplane supporting SAS and SATA drives with RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. If the workload demands that many spinning drives in a single 4U enclosure, this server matches the requirement; if fewer bays or 2.5-inch form factor is needed, a different chassis is appropriate.