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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 données, 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.

Spécifications techniques (Official Dell Spec Sheet)

Composant	spécification
Facteur de forme	4.5U tower server (converts to 5U rack-mount with optional kit)
Processeur	Up to 2x 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (maximum 32 cores/CPU) or 2x 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (maximum 28 cores/CPU)
Mémoire	16 Emplacements DIMM DDR5, jusqu'à 1.5 TB (registered ECC RDIMM only)
Memory Speed	DDR5-4800 (4th Gen Xeon) / DDR5-5200 (5th Gen Xeon)
Stockage (Baies avant)	Up to 12x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD (180 TB Max) \| 8x 3,5 pouces + 8x 2.5-inch NVMe (240 TB Max) \| Up to 24x 2.5-inch (360 TB Max)
Contrôleurs de stockage	fPERC H965i, H755N, H755, H355, HBA355I, HBA465i \| BOSS-N1 boot (2x M.2 NVMe, RAID matériel)
Prise en charge des GPU	Up to 2x 300W double-wide or 6x 75W single-wide GPUs (Inférence AI, VDI)
Carte réseau intégrée	2x 1GbE LOM (planar) + 1xOCP 3.0 x8 slot
Alimentations	600W Platinum to 2800W Titanium, redundant options, AC/DC variants
Refroidissement	Air-cooled, up to 8x standard or high-performance fans
Dimensions	464 X 200 X 678 millimètre (H x L x P, with feet and bezel), 4.5U tower
Gestion	Idrac9 (Enterprise), IDRAC Direct, Redfish RESTful API, Synchronisation rapide 2, Openmanage Enterprise, Ansible/Terraform modules
Sécurité	MTP 2.0 (FIPS/CC-TCG certified), Racine de confiance en silicium, Secure Boot, Effacer sécurisé, cryptographically signed firmware, Secured Component Verification, Verrouillage du système
Prise en charge du système d'exploitation	VMware ESXi 8.0+, Windows Server 2022/2025, RHEL 9.x, SLES 15 SP5+, Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 LTS
garantie	3-année (fabricant, 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	Virtualisation, base de données, and analytics in a 4.5U tower with enterprise management (Idrac9)
Edge AI inference	Bien	2x 300W GPUs (L40S, RTX 6000 Ada) for local inference without a GPU rack server
Test/dev lab	Bien	16 DIMM (1.5 TB) et 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+ VMs)	Marginal	16 DIMMs caps memory at 1.5 TB; dual-socket rack servers offer 32 DIMMs and 8 TB

T560 vs T550 — What the 5th Gen Upgrade Delivers

Fonctionnalité	T560 (current)	T550 (previous)
CPU Generation	4th/5th Gen Xeon Scalable	3rd Gen Xeon Scalable
Mémoire	DDR5-4800/5200, jusqu'à 1.5 TB	DDR4-3200, jusqu'à 1 TB
PCIe	PCIe Gen5 (double bandwidth)	PCIe Gen4
Prise en charge des GPU	2x 300W DW / 6x 75W SW	1x 300W DW / 4x 75W SW
Stockage	Jusqu'à 360 TB (24x 2,5 pouces)	Jusqu'à 240 TB
Sécurité	Racine de confiance en silicium, Verrouillage du système, SCV	MTP 2.0, Secure Boot

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