Dell
Current2U rack · 17GDell PowerEdge™ R770
Two-socket 2U rack server for dense virtualization and mixed enterprise workloads. The mainstream 17G platform on Intel Xeon 6.
Pricing
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At a glance
- Sockets
- 2× Intel Xeon 6
- Memory
- 32 DIMM slots, up to 8 TB
- Drive bays
- Up to 24× SFF / 16× NVMe
- PCIe slots
- Up to 8
- Power
- Dual PSU, up to 2800 W
- Form factor
- 2U rack
Quotable configurations
Named builds we quote regularly. Every configuration is adjusted to your environment before anything is ordered.
R770 - 60 VM virtualization host
- CPU 2× Intel Xeon 6 processor, 48 cores each
- Memory 8× 64 GB DDR5 RDIMM (512 GB total)
- Storage 6× 3.84 TB NVMe read-intensive SSD
- Network Dual-port 100 GbE adapter
- Support 4-year ProSupport Plus, next business day
Typical VM count: 60 · vCPU ratio: 4:1 · Usable flash: ≈17 TB
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R770 - 30 VM virtualization host
- CPU 2× Intel Xeon 6 processor, 32 cores each
- Memory 8× 32 GB DDR5 RDIMM (256 GB total)
- Storage 4× 1.92 TB NVMe read-intensive SSD
- Network Dual-port 25 GbE adapter
- Support 4-year ProSupport Plus, next business day
Typical VM count: 30 · vCPU ratio: 4:1
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R770 - AI inference host
- CPU 2× Intel Xeon 6 processor, 32 cores each
- GPU 2× datacenter inference GPUs, sized to your model footprint
- Memory 16× 64 GB DDR5 RDIMM (1 TB total)
- Storage 4× 3.84 TB NVMe SSD for model and vector storage
- Network Dual-port 100 GbE adapter
- Support 4-year ProSupport Plus, next business day
Typical use: Private LLM inference, RAG, embedding workloads · GPU selection: Confirmed against your model sizes on the quote
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Specifications (8)
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Processor | 2× Intel Xeon 6 processors |
| Maximum cores | Up to 288 per system |
| Memory slots | 32 DDR5 DIMM |
| Maximum memory | 8 TB |
| Drive bays | Up to 24× 2.5" SFF, up to 16× NVMe |
| PCIe expansion | Up to 8 slots |
| Power supplies | 2, up to 2800 W each |
| Form factor | 2U rack |
Refer to the vendor's official specification sheet for the complete matrix; we confirm exact configuration details on every quote.
Lifecycle
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Released | 2025 |
| Status | Current |
| Predecessor | R760 |
Replaces the Dell PowerEdge™ R760.
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