Supermicro SYS-8048B-TRFT 4U rack server 4x Xeon E7-4820 v4 2.0 GHz 10-core 1.5TB DDR4 24x 3.5" bays

Quad-socket Xeon server for dense storage

The Supermicro SYS-8048B-TRFT is a 4U rackmount system populated with four Intel Xeon E7-4820 v4 processors at 2.0 GHz, each providing 10 cores. It ships with 1.5 TB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 96 DIMM slots and a MegaRAID 9361-8i controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Twenty-four front-accessible 3.5-inch hot-swap bays accept SATA or SAS drives, and dual 10GBase-T ports plus a dedicated IPMI 2.0 lane handle network and remote management. Four 1620 W platinum redundant supplies power the chassis.

Suited for memory-heavy databases

This configuration targets organisations running large in-memory databases, virtualisation hosts or backup repositories that benefit from the 1.5 TB memory ceiling and 24-bay density. The quad-socket layout and 10GbE uplinks support parallel query streams and fast replication. Buyers who need GPU acceleration, additional PCIe expansion beyond the installed RAID card, or a smaller rack footprint should evaluate alternative platforms.

24 hot-swap 3.5-inch bays define capacity limits

The single specification that determines whether this server fits the project is the 24-bay 3.5-inch hot-swap backplane; it caps raw storage at the number of large-form-factor drives the rack can hold and dictates the SAS/SATA controller choice.