The Office-Friendly Server That Runs Enterprise Workloads Without a Server Room
Not every enterprise workload belongs in a rack. Branch offices, mid-size companies, and departmental deployments need server-class compute in a footprint that fits beside a desk or in a utility closet — with acoustics that do not require ear protection. The Dell PowerEdge T560 is a 4.5U tower server powered by up to two 4th or 5th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, delivering enterprise-grade virtualization, base de datos, and AI inference capabilities with office-friendly noise levels. It is the tower server that brings rack-server performance to environments where racks do not exist.
Especificaciones técnicas (Official Dell Spec Sheet)
| Componente |
Especificación |
| Factor de forma |
4.5U tower server (converts to 5U rack-mount with optional kit) |
| Procesador |
Up to 2x 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (máximo 32 cores/CPU) or 2x 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (máximo 28 cores/CPU) |
| Memoria |
16 Ranuras DIMM DDR5, hasta 1.5 tuberculosis (registered ECC RDIMM only) |
| Memory Speed |
DDR5-4800 (4th Gen Xeon) / DDR5-5200 (5th Gen Xeon) |
| Almacenamiento (bahías delanteras) |
Up to 12x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD (180 TB máx.) | 8x 3,5 pulgadas + 8NVMe de 2,5 pulgadas (240 TB máx.) | Up to 24x 2.5-inch (360 TB máx.) |
| Controladores de almacenamiento |
fPERC H965i, H755N, H755, H355, HBA355i, HBA465i | BOSS-N1 boot (2x M.2 NVMe, HW RAID) |
| Soporte de GPU |
Up to 2x 300W double-wide or 6x 75W single-wide GPUs (inferencia de IA, VDI) |
| NIC integrada |
2x 1GbE LOM (planar) + 1x COP 3.0 x8 slot |
| Fuentes de alimentación |
600W Platinum to 2800W Titanium, redundant options, AC/DC variants |
| Enfriamiento |
Air-cooled, up to 8x standard or high-performance fans |
| Dimensiones |
464 X 200 X 678 milímetro (Alto x ancho x profundidad, with feet and bezel), 4.5U tower |
| Gestión |
iDRAC9 (Empresa), iDRAC directo, Redfish RESTful API, Sincronización rápida 2, Empresa OpenManage, Ansible/Terraform modules |
| Seguridad |
TPM 2.0 (FIPS/CC-TCG certified), Raíz de confianza de silicio, Arranque seguro, Borrado seguro, cryptographically signed firmware, Secured Component Verification, Bloqueo del sistema |
| Soporte del sistema operativo |
VMWare ESXi 8.0+, Servidor de Windows 2022/2025, RHEL 9.x, SLES 15 SP5+, ubuntu 22.04/24.04 LTS |
| Garantía |
3-año (fabricante, extendable to 5) |
Where the T560 Fits — And Where It Does Not
| Deployment |
Fit |
Why |
| Branch office (25-100 users) |
Excellent |
Office-friendly acoustics, no rack required, 2x Xeon for AD/DNS/file/VDI in one box |
| Mid-size company primary server |
Excellent |
Virtualización, base de datos, and analytics in a 4.5U tower with enterprise management (iDRAC9) |
| Edge AI inference |
Good |
2x 300W GPUs (L40S, RTX 6000 Ada) for local inference without a GPU rack server |
| Test/dev lab |
Good |
16 DIMM (1.5 tuberculosis) y 12+ drive bays give lab environments room to grow |
| Hyperscale data center |
Wrong choice |
Rack servers (R760/R770) deliver better density and airflow in data center environments |
| Large-scale virtualization (100+ máquinas virtuales) |
Marginal |
16 DIMMs caps memory at 1.5 tuberculosis; dual-socket rack servers offer 32 DIMMs and 8 tuberculosis |
T560 vs T550 — What the 5th Gen Upgrade Delivers
| Característica |
T560 (current) |
T550 (previous) |
| CPU Generation |
4th/5th Gen Xeon Scalable |
3rd Gen Xeon Scalable |
| Memoria |
DDR5-4800/5200, hasta 1.5 tuberculosis |
DDR4-3200, hasta 1 tuberculosis |
| PCIe |
PCIe Gen5 (double bandwidth) |
PCIe Gen4 |
| Soporte de GPU |
2x 300W DW / 6x 75W SW |
1x 300W DW / 4x 75W SW |
| Almacenamiento |
Hasta 360 tuberculosis (24x 2,5 pulgadas) |
Hasta 240 tuberculosis |
| Seguridad |
Raíz de confianza de silicio, Bloqueo del sistema, SCV |
TPM 2.0, Arranque seguro |
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