Supermicro SYS-6048R-E1CR36N 36-bay 4U rack server 2x Xeon E5-2695 v4 2.1GHz 18-core 32GB DDR4

High-density 36-bay storage server

The Supermicro SYS-6048R-E1CR36N is a 4U rackmount system built around dual Xeon E5-2695 v4 processors, each with 18 cores at 2.1 GHz. It ships with 32 GB of DDR4 ECC memory and a MegaRAID 9361-8i controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Thirty-six hot-swap 3.5-inch trays accept SATA or SAS drives for massive capacity in a single chassis.

Suited for archive and throughput workloads

This server fits organisations that need dense, redundant storage with 10 GbE networking and IPMI 2.0 remote management. The dual 1280 W platinum power supplies provide redundancy for continuous operation. Buyers who require GPU acceleration or more than 32 GB of memory from day one should evaluate other platforms.

Deciding spec: 36 hot-swap 3.5-inch drive bays

The defining feature is the thirty-six front-and-rear 3.5-inch bays backed by a 12 Gb/s SAS RAID controller. If your dataset demands that many spinning disks in 4U, this configuration matches the requirement; if fewer bays suffice, a smaller system will cost less and use less power.