Dell PowerEdge™ R860

Name: Dell PowerEdge R860
Brand: Dell
Availability: InStock

Four-socket 2U server for the workloads that refuse to shard: large in-memory databases, monolithic ERP instances, and consolidation cases where one big host beats four small ones.

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At a glance

Sockets: 4× Intel Xeon Scalable (4th/5th Gen)
Role: Scale-up compute
Form factor: 2U rack

Specifications (3)

Specification	Value
Processor	4× Intel Xeon Scalable, 4th or 5th Generation
Memory	DDR5, high slot count for in-memory workloads
Form factor	2U rack

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Lifecycle

Specification	Value
Released	2023
Status	Mature

Consider instead

Honest alternatives, including the other vendor's line where it's the better answer.

Dell PowerEdge™ R960When you also need maximum memory and expansion headroom.Dell PowerEdge™ R770When the workload actually fits two modern sockets.

Workloads this platform is typically sized for: database, virtualization. Start from the workload instead →