13th Generation Dell EMC PowerEdge Rack Server Comparison

The 13th generation of Dell EMC PowerEdge rack servers represents a lineup of hardware designed for the widest range of web, enterprise, and hyperscale applications. Delivering levels of flexibility, efficiency, and performance, these systems allow IT organizations to: Build a scalable, adaptable infrastructure; Manage from anywhere with more automation and new access options; Increase application performance with scalable, efficient, in-server storage.

RACK OPTIMIZED POWEREDGE SERVERS	PowerEdge R930	PowerEdge R830	PowerEdge R730xd	PowerEdge R730	PowerEdge R630	PowerEdge R530	PowerEdge R430	PowerEdge R330	PowerEdge R230
Key Attributes	Compute-intensive 4U, 4-socket rack server designed for demanding enterprise applications and features industry-leading internal storage and memory scalability to optimize application performance.	High-performance, 2U, 4-socket rack server designed for dense virtualization and scalable database applications.	A performance 2U, 2-socket rack server that offers highly dense, flexible storage options – including in-box tiering and a massive internal storage capacity designed for future scale out.	A performance 2U, 2-socket rack server delivers tremendous functional flexibility with a combination of compute power, large memory and very fast storage.	A performance 1U, 2-socket rack server that delivers incredible density across a range of resources enabling highly flexible data center scaling.	Powerful 2U, 2-socket rack server designed for core medium business databases and applications, and for consolidation and virtualization.	1U, 2-socket rack server delivers performance, density and internal expandability for customized workloads.	1U, 1-socket entry rack server with enhanced high availability and serviceability, excellent for SMB and ROBO.	1U, 1-socket rack server delivers performance and efficiency to small businesses.
Rack Height	4U	4U	2U	2U	1U	2U	1U	1U	1U
Chipset	Intel® C602J Patsburg-J Peripheral Control Hub (PCH)	Intel C612	Intel C610 Series Chipset	Intel C610 Series Chipset	Intel C610 Series Chipset	Intel C610	Intel C610	Intel C236	Intel C236
FSB / HT / Interconnect		QPI @ 9.6 GT/s	QPI @ 9.6 GT/s	QPI @ 9.6 GT/s	QPI @ 9.6 GT/s	QPI @ Up to 9.6 GT/s	QPI @ Up to 9.6 GT/s	Intel DMI 3.0	Intel DMI 3.0
Processors	2x/4x Intel Xeon E7 4800v3/8800v3 series processors Haswell-EX	Intel Xeon processor E5- 4600 v4 product family; up to 22 cores per socket	1x/2x Xeon E5-2600 v3 “Haswell”	1x/2x Xeon E5-2600 v3 “Haswell”	1x/2x Xeon E5-2600 v3 “Haswell”	1x/2x Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v3 “Haswell”	1x/2x Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v3 “Haswell”	Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v5 product family	Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v5 product family Intel® Core™ i3-6100 product family Intel® Pentium® processors
Memory	Up to 6TB | 96 Slots | up to 2133MT/s	Up to 48 DIMMs Up to 2400MT/s	Up to 1536 GB | 24 Slots | up to 2133MT/s	Up to 1536 GB | 24 Slots | up to 2133MT/s	Up to 1536 GB | 24 Slots | up to 2133MT/s	Up to 384GB | 12 Slots | up to 2133MT/s	Up to 384GB | 12 Slots | up to 2133MT/s	Up to 64GB | 4 Slots | 2133MHz	Up to 64GB | 4 Slots | 2133MHz
Hard Drives	Up to 24x 2.5" Hot-plug 12Gb/6Gb SAS HDD or SAS/SATA SSD Up to 8 front-accessible Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD (PCIe 3.0)	Up to 16 x 2.5" SATA/SAS SSD, SAS HDD, nearline SAS HDD	24x 2.5" + Opt. Rear 2x 2.5" Hot plug or 24x 2.5" + 4 PCIe SSD + Opt. Rear 2x 2.5" Hot plug or 18x 1.8" + 8x 3.5" + 2x 2.5" Hot plug or 12x 3.5" + Opt. Rear 2x 2.5" Hot plug or 12 + 12 2.5" Hot plug	Up to 16x 2.5" or 8x 3.5" Hot plug or 8x 2.5"	Up to 24x 1.8" SSD Up to 10x 2.5" HDD Up to 8x 2.5" HDD	8x 3.5" Hot plug	10x/8x 2.5" Hot plug or 4x 3.5" Cabled / Hot plug	4x 3.5" Cabled or HP 8x 2.5" HP or 2x 1.8" cabled	4x 3.5" Cabled or 4x 3.5" Hot plug
Internal HD / RAID Controller	PERC H330, PERC H730P	PERC H330, H730, H730P	PERC S130, H330, H730, H730p	PERC S130, H330, H730, H730p	PERC S130, H330, H730, H730p	Optional S130(SW), H330, H730, H730p	Optional S130(SW), H330, H730, H730p	S130 H330 H370	S130 H330 H370
Integrated Slot	PCIe x8/ PCIe x16	PCIe x8	PCIe x8	PCIe x8	PCIe x8	PCIe x8	PCIe x8	n/a	n/a
PCI Slots (I/O) FH = Full Height; HH = Half Height FL = Full Length; HL = Half Length	8x PCIe or 6x PCIe + 4x PCIe via add’l Risers	Up to 7 x Gen3 slots (2x16+1x8+3x8)	6x PCIe: 2x PCIe x16 [FH/FL] + 1x PCIe x8 [FH/FL] + 3x PCIe x8 [HH/HL]	7x PCIe: 1x PCIe x16 [FH/FL] + 3x PCIe x8 [FH/FL] + 3x PCIe x8 [HH/HL]	3PCI: 2x PCIe x16 [HL/LP] + 1x PCIe x16(x8) [HL/LP] or 2PCI: 1x PCIe x16 [FH / 3/4L] + 1x PCIe x16 [HL/LP]	1CPU: 1x PCIe x8 (x4) [HH/HL] + 1x PCIe x16 [FH/HL] 2CPU: 1x PCIe x16 [HH/HL] + 1x PCIe x16 [FH/HL]	1CPU: 1x PCIe x8 (x4) [HH/HL] + 1x PCIe x16 [FH/HL] 2CPU: 1x PCIe x16 [HH/HL] + 1x PCIe x16 [FH/HL]	2xPCIe: x16 slot FH (1x8 Gen3) x8 Slot LP (1X4 Gen3)	only with riser x16 slot FH (1x8 Gen3) x8 Slot LP (1x4 Gen3)
External Storage	PERC H830 (PCIe) SAS 12Gbps HBA (PCIe)	PERC H830 (PCIe) SAS 12Gbps HBA (PCIe)	PERC H830 (PCIe) SAS 12Gbps (PCIe)	PERC H830 (PCIe) SAS 12Gbps (PCIe)	PERC H830 (PCIe) SAS 12Gbps (PCIe)	H830 12Gbps SAS HBA	H830 12Gbps SAS HBA	H830 12Gbps SAS HBA	H830 12Gbps SAS HBA
Internal Back-up	External only	External only	External only	RD1000 (on 2.5” chassis only)	External only	External only	External only	External only	External only
LAN on Motherboard	Configurable rNDC	Configurable rNDC	Configurable rNDC	Configurable rNDC	Configurable rNDC	4x 1GbE LOM	4x 1GbE LOM	Broadcom 5720	Broadcom 5720
DRAC	iDRAC8 Express/Enterprise, opt. vFlash	iDRAC8 Express/Enterprise, opt. vFlash	iDRAC8 Express/Enterprise, opt. vFlash	iDRAC8 Express/Enterprise, opt. vFlash	iDRAC8 Express/Enterprise, opt. vFlash	Optional iDRAC8	Optional iDRAC8	Optional iDRAC8	Optional iDRAC8
Redundant Power Supply	Yes, up to 4x PSU	Yes, Optional	Yes, Optional	Yes, Optional	Yes, Optional	Yes, Optional	Yes, Optional	No	No
PSU Options	750W/1100W AC/1100W DC (hot swap)	495W/750W/1100W AC/1100W DC (hot swap)	495W/750W/1100W AC/1100W DC (hot swap)	495W/750W/1100W AC/1100W DC (hot swap)	495W/750W/1100W AC 750W/1100W DC (hot swap)	495W, 750W, 1100W Hot-plug PSU / 450W PSU Cabled	450W, 550W PSU	350W Redundant PSU	250W (non hot swap)
System Fans	6 hot swap, redundant	6 fans, hot swap, redundant	6 fans, hot swap, redundant	6 fans, hot swap, redundant	7 fans, hot swap, single-rotor	4 to 6 fans non hot swap (based on PSU/CPU config)	4 to 6 fans non hot swap (based on PSU/CPU config)	3 fans non hot swap + 1 optional fan for PCIe card (riser)	3 fans non hot swap + 1 optional fan for PCIe card (riser)
USB Ports	2 front (2.0) + 2 rear (2.0) + 1 internal (2.0)	1 front + 2 rear + 1 internal	1 front + 2 rear + 1 internal	Up to 2 front + 2 rear + 1 internal	2 front + 2 rear + 1 internal	2 front + 2 rear + 1 internal	2 front + 2 rear + 1 internal	2 front + 2 rear + 1 internal	2 front + 2 rear + 1 internal
Operating Systems	Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2/2012/2012 R2 Red Hat & SuSe® Enterprise Linux VMware ESX / ESXi	Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2/2012/2012 R2 Red Hat & SuSe® Enterprise Linux VMware ESX / ESXi	Windows 2008/2012 RedHat; SuSe Linux VMware ESX/ESXi	Windows 2008/2012 RedHat; SuSe Linux VMware ESX/ESXi	Windows 2008/2012 RedHat; SuSe Linux VMware ESX/ESXi	Windows 2008/2012 SP2 R2 RedHat; SuSe Linux VMware ESX/ESXi	Windows 2008/2012 SP2 R2 RedHat; SuSe Linux VMware ESX/ESXi	Windows 2008/2013 RedHat; SuSe Linux VMware ESX/ESXi	Windows 2008/2011 RedHat; SuSe Linux VMware ESX/ESXi