Dell PowerEdge R960 – 4U 4-Socket Enterprise Server for Mission-Critical Workloads

The Ultimate Dell Rack Server

The PowerEdge R960 is Dell’s flagship 4U four-socket rack server, engineered for the most demanding enterprise workloads where downtime is not an option. With 4x 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, 64 DIMM DDR5 (16 TB máx.), 12 Ranuras PCIe Gen5, and support for up to 4x 400W double-wide GPUs, the R960 combines maximum compute density with mission-critical reliability in a single platform.

Key Specifications

Ideal Workloads

• Mission-critical databases: Oracle RAC, SQL Server Always On, and SAP HANA scale-up deployments that require both massive memory and GPU acceleration in a single node.
• AI plus database convergence: Run GPU-accelerated analytics directly on the database tier – no data movement to separate GPU servers. The R960 supports 4x 400W GPUs alongside 24 NVMe drives.
• Large-scale virtualization: Consolidate enterprise application tiers onto fewer, more reliable nodes. 16 TB memory and 240 cores in 4U enables VM densities that smaller platforms cannot match.
• Financial services and HFT: Low-latency trading platforms where every microsecond of inter-node communication is a competitive disadvantage – keep the entire stack in one box.

R960 vs R860: Which 4-Socket Dell Is Right for You?

The R860 (2tu) and R960 (4tu) share the same CPU platform and memory ceiling, but serve different needs. The R860 is memory-optimized without GPU support – ideal for pure SAP HANA and in-memory databases. The R960 adds GPU acceleration, more PCIe slots (12 vs 8), and higher storage density – built for converged AI-plus-database workloads that need both terabytes of RAM and GPU compute in one enclosure.

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