Technical specifications
Dell PowerEdge R960 — Full Technical Specifications
The R960 is Dell's four-socket machine on the current generation: sixty-four memory positions, four sockets of Sapphire Rapids, and a drive and slot count that lets it swallow several older servers at once. It exists for large databases, in-memory analytics, and consolidations where one very large machine beats a cluster.
Sold as a new build, with refurbished units appearing occasionally as projects end.
Official datasheet
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Full Specifications
The memory row is the product here — sixty-four positions is what a four-socket machine is bought for, and the practical question is what filling them costs rather than what the ceiling says. Read the processor row alongside it, since the memory speed depends on the processor family and on a machine with this many modules that difference compounds. The drive row offers three quite different layouts including a ruler-format one, and the accelerator row allows several high-power cards, which is unusual at four sockets. Weight, depth and supply ratings in the last rows are all beyond the ordinary and belong in a site check before the order.
| Form Factor | 4U rack |
| CPU | Up to 4x 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable, up to 60 cores/socket, optional QuickAssist Technology |
| CPU Sockets | 4 |
| Chipset | Intel C741 |
| Memory | 64x DDR5 RDIMM, up to 16 TB, up to 4800 MT/s |
| Drive Bays | Up to 32x 2.5" SAS/SATA (491.52 TB) or 24x 2.5" NVMe (368.64 TB) or 16x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe + 8x 2.5" SAS/SATA |
| Storage Controller | PERC H965i, H755, H355, HBA355i; external HBA355e |
| Accelerators | Up to 4x 400W DW accelerators |
| PCIe Slots | 12x Gen5 slots (FH/FL and LP mix, some DW) |
| Network | 1x 1GbE LOM (optional) and/or 1x OCP 3.0 |
| PSU | 1100W-2800W Platinum/Titanium hot-swap redundant |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 174.3 x 482.0 x 883.2 mm |
| Max Weight | 60.20 kg (132.71 lbs) |
| Management | iDRAC9, OpenManage Enterprise; DLC optional |
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