{"product_id":"dell-poweredge-r450-10-bay-build-your-own","title":"Dell PowerEdge R450 10-Bay 2.5\" Drives [15th Gen]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Dell PowerEdge R450 10-Bay 2.5\" is the maximum-density SFF configuration of Dell's 15th generation value 1U rack platform: ten 2.5\" SAS\/SATA hot-plug bays, one or two 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Ice Lake-SP, socket LGA 4189), up to sixteen DDR4-3200 RDIMM slots, and PCIe Gen4 throughout. Every unit is Refurbished, tested, and built to order. This is the R450 you choose when you want the most front-bay spindles the chassis offers, in the smallest current-generation Dell rack form factor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe platform fundamentals are identical across all three R450 chassis variants; this page covers the 10-Bay SFF specifics, and the primary R450 platform write-up lives on the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r450-8-bay-build-your-own\"\u003eR450 8-Bay 2.5\"\u003c\/a\u003e page. The 10-Bay is the high-density step within the family above the standard \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r450-4-bay-lff-build-your-own\"\u003e4-Bay 3.5\" LFF\u003c\/a\u003e and 8-Bay SFF variants. These units are also available as Surplus New where stock allows, which is genuinely unused excess inventory priced below Dell-direct new and covered by the same Wholesale Servers warranty and burn-in path as our refurbished builds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo spec a build, call 1-800-778-1545 or use the quote form on this page; we respond within 24 hours. Every Wholesale Servers R450 ships after a 12+ hour burn-in across every memory channel, PCIe slot, and drive bay, backed by the standard 180-day warranty. Volume pricing applies at 5 units and above, and the high-density 10-Bay is a frequent pick for dense scale-out and tiered-storage rollouts at quantity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhen 10 SFF Bays Are the Right Choice\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 10-Bay 2.5\" is the maximum front-bay count on the R450 chassis. Ten SFF spindles in 1U is the right pick when the workload genuinely uses the density:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpindle count materially matters.\u003c\/strong\u003e High-IOPS database transaction logs spread across multiple SAS SSDs, application servers running several parallel RAID groups, and mixed-tier local storage with two or three drive classes all benefit from ten bays. When eight bays is the constraint and 2U is not acceptable, this is the chassis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKubernetes worker nodes with substantial local PV demand.\u003c\/strong\u003e K8s nodes where local persistent volumes are the storage strategy rather than external CSI, and ten SFF SSDs give better per-pod local-disk allocation than eight (local-path provisioner, OpenEBS local PV, dense node layouts).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTiered local storage on one chassis.\u003c\/strong\u003e A hot SSD tier (two or three drives, RAID 10), a warm SSD tier (three or four drives, RAID 6), and a cold or log tier (two or three NL-SAS or SATA drives) lay out cleanly across ten bays in a way eight bays cannot.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRefreshing existing R440 10-Bay infrastructure.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sites standardized on the 14th gen \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r440-10-bay-2-5-chassis\"\u003eR440 10-Bay 2.5\"\u003c\/a\u003e can keep the same chassis density on 15th gen Ice Lake without changing their rack and storage layout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf the workload does not use ten spindles, the 8-Bay 2.5\" is the more economical SFF pick and the 4-Bay 3.5\" is the LFF-capacity pick. If you need more SFF bays than ten, the 2U \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r550-16-bay-build-your-own\"\u003eR550 16-Bay 2.5\"\u003c\/a\u003e is the next step.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eStorage - 10 SFF Bays\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen 2.5\" SAS\/SATA hot-swap bays, the maximum SFF count on the R450. NVMe is not supported on the R450 front backplane; the chassis has no NVMe backplane option in Dell's catalog, and that is an architectural limit rather than a configuration choice. For NVMe at this bay count, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r650-10-bay-2-5-build-your-own\"\u003eR650 10-Bay 2.5\"\u003c\/a\u003e is the mid-range 1U platform with a native NVMe backplane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePractical capacity at ten SFF bays:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTen 2.4 TB 10K SAS HDDs: 24 TB raw. RAID 10 (five mirror pairs, 12 TB usable) for general application data; RAID 6 (19.2 TB usable, eight data drives and two parity) for capacity-balanced workloads.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTen 3.84 TB SAS SSDs: 38.4 TB raw. RAID 10 yields 19.2 TB usable; RAID 6 yields 30.72 TB usable. A strong fit for dense application storage in 1U.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTen 7.68 TB SAS SSDs: 76.8 TB raw. RAID 6 yields 61.44 TB usable, the maximum SAS SSD density at the SFF SAS ceiling here.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMixed tier: 2x SAS SSD (RAID 1 hot tier) plus 8x 10K SAS HDD (RAID 6, six data drives and two parity) for hot-and-cold tiering on one chassis, common for branch-office multi-role hosts and edge nodes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoot is handled off the front bays by a BOSS-S2 card: two M.2 SATA SSDs in hardware RAID 1 on a dedicated card, so all ten front bays stay available for data. We stock the matching \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-r450-r650xs-boss-card-with-2x-240gb-m-2\"\u003eR450 BOSS-S2 card with 2x 240 GB M.2\u003c\/a\u003e (a 2x 480 GB option is also available).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eStorage Controllers\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe R450 runs Dell's PERC 11 controller family, the same options across all three chassis variants:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePERC H755\u003c\/strong\u003e - 8 GB flash-backed write cache, full RAID 0\/1\/5\/6\/10. The production default for hardware-RAID across a ten-drive array, and what we quote unless the deployment says otherwise.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePERC H745\u003c\/strong\u003e - cached RAID with 0\/1\/5\/6\/10 support, a step below the H755 for mixed workloads that still need parity RAID.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePERC H355\u003c\/strong\u003e - entry-tier hardware RAID, RAID 0\/1\/10 only. The H355 does not do RAID 5 or RAID 6; parity RAID across the ten bays needs the H745 or H755.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePERC H345\u003c\/strong\u003e - the lowest-tier hardware RAID option, RAID 0\/1\/10.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHBA355i\u003c\/strong\u003e - SAS-3 pass-through host bus adapter, no hardware RAID. The right choice for software-defined storage and for Kubernetes nodes presenting raw disks to a local-volume provisioner, which pairs naturally with the ten-bay density.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eS150\u003c\/strong\u003e - chipset software RAID. Boot or light workloads only; not a production data recommendation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eProcessors\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 10-Bay shares the R450 compute platform in full: one or two 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Ice Lake-SP, socket LGA 4189). It is dual-socket-capable and commonly run dual-socket here, since the density use cases (dense scale-out, tiered storage hosts) often pair with more thread count. The SKU stack caps at 24 cores per socket (the value-tier ceiling shared with the R550); there are no 32-core or 40-core Platinum parts, and the 1U thermal envelope keeps the practical TDP ceiling lower than the 2U platforms. Configurations we recommend:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eXeon Silver 4309Y (8C, 2.8 GHz, 105W).\u003c\/strong\u003e Single-socket entry for lighter density nodes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eXeon Silver 4314 (16C, 2.4 GHz, 135W).\u003c\/strong\u003e Standard dual-socket value build, 32 cores and 64 threads, a common pairing with a dense storage layout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eXeon Gold 6312U (24C, 2.4 GHz, 185W).\u003c\/strong\u003e The dense single-socket option (the U suffix denotes a single-socket-only SKU), 24 cores in 1U for scale-out nodes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eXeon Gold 6326 (16C, 2.9 GHz, 185W).\u003c\/strong\u003e Higher per-core frequency for licensing-bound dual-socket workloads.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIce Lake-SP brings eight memory channels per socket (up from six on the 14th gen R440), PCIe Gen4, and the Sunny Cove IPC uplift. The wider memory bandwidth helps the I\/O-heavy workloads that justify the ten-bay chassis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMemory\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen DDR4 DIMM slots: eight per processor, one DIMM per channel. A single-socket build populates eight slots; a dual-socket build uses all sixteen. The R450 is registered-ECC RDIMM only. It does not support LRDIMM or Intel Optane Persistent Memory; those belong to the mid-range R650 and R750 in the 15th gen line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSingle-socket ceiling: 512 GB\u003c\/strong\u003e (8x 64 GB dual-rank RDIMM).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDual-socket ceiling: 1 TB\u003c\/strong\u003e (16x 64 GB dual-rank RDIMM).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommon builds:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128 GB single-socket (all channels filled), 256 GB and 384 GB dual-socket. Dense storage nodes often pair ten bays with 256 GB or more so the host has memory headroom for cache and metadata.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpeed runs at DDR4-3200 with one DIMM per channel and a 3200-capable CPU; lower Silver SKUs cap the bus at 2933 per Intel's platform rules. The CPU sets the memory speed, not the DIMM. If a workload needs more than 1 TB or persistent memory in 1U, that is the R650.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eNetworking and PCIe Expansion\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eNetworking attaches through an OCP NIC 3.0 slot, which does not consume a PCIe expansion slot, so it is the production NIC home on the R450. Embedded networking is 2x 1 GbE LOM (Broadcom 5720 class) for management and low-bandwidth use. The R450 uses OCP NIC 3.0, not the rack Network Daughter Card of the 13th and 14th gen platforms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommon OCP 3.0 attaches: 2x 10 GbE SFP+ (Intel X710) for general scale-out; 2x 25 GbE SFP28 (Mellanox ConnectX-5 or Intel E810) for dense clusters and storage fabrics, which suits the ten-bay density; 4x 1 GbE Base-T for management-grade networking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePCIe expansion is Gen4 and riser-dependent: plan on roughly two usable low-profile slots (up to three on some risers), with the upper slot gated by the second processor. If the deployment needs more than a couple of add-in cards plus the OCP NIC, the 2U R550 (wider riser budget) or the mid-range R650 is the right platform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGPU Support\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe R450 is not a GPU platform. The 1U value chassis has no double-width slot, no supplemental GPU power, and a thermal and lane budget built for NICs and HBAs rather than accelerators, and the ten-bay chassis spends its internal volume on drives. For inference or training that needs a GPU, step to the 2U \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r750-16-bay-2-5-build-your-own-server\"\u003eDell PowerEdge R750\u003c\/a\u003e, the same-generation Ice Lake platform engineered for double-width accelerators. GPU work belongs there, not on this chassis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eManagement - iDRAC9 Generation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe R450 ships with iDRAC9, the management controller across Dell's 15th gen line (15th and 16th gen both run iDRAC9; iDRAC10 is a later-generation controller, not this platform). We build R450 units with iDRAC9 Enterprise unless asked otherwise: virtual console and virtual media keep a remote dense-storage node serviceable without a site visit. Enterprise enables full virtual console redirection, virtual media, and complete SNMP and Redfish API coverage; Lifecycle Controller handles firmware and driver management on-box. The 15th gen security baseline includes Silicon Root of Trust, signed firmware, Secure Boot, BIOS lockdown, and TPM 2.0, with OpenManage Enterprise and Ansible integration across the family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePower and Cooling\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe R450 takes up to two hot-plug power supplies in a 1+1 redundant pair. Available tiers (we confirm the exact wattage against the build):\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003ePSU\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eEfficiency\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eTypical fit\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e600W AC\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePlatinum\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSingle-socket Silver, baseline memory, ten SFF drives. The lighter density spec.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e800W AC\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePlatinum\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual-socket Silver, 128 to 256 GB RAM, ten SFF SSD, 10\/25 GbE OCP. The standard dense-node spec.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1100W AC\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePlatinum \/ Titanium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHigh-TDP dual-socket (Gold 6326, Gold 6312U), dense networking, or sustained high-utilization profiles.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eCooling is air only, front-to-rear, standard 19-inch rack. A fully populated ten-drive SSD array plus dual-socket compute pushes the 1U thermal envelope; high-TDP builds reduce ASHRAE margin and raise fan output. Standard configurations support ASHRAE A2 (10C to 35C); extended-ambient classes are supported with CPU TDP and configuration restrictions, which we verify against Dell's thermal tables for edge or non-conditioned deployments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePhysical Specs and Platform Notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eForm factor:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1U rack, full-depth chassis, front-to-rear airflow, ReadyRails sliding rail support, ten 2.5\" SFF front bays. Dell regulatory model E76S.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePCIe expansion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gen4, riser-dependent, roughly two low-profile slots with the upper slot tied to CPU 2, plus the dedicated OCP NIC 3.0 slot and the dedicated BOSS and PERC positions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eParts availability:\u003c\/strong\u003e Strong. The 15th gen platform is current-production at Dell, so PERC 11 controllers, OCP 3.0 NICs, Ice Lake CPUs, DDR4-3200 RDIMMs, SFF carriers, and BOSS-S2 cards are readily sourced new and refurbished.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAccessories we recommend:\u003c\/strong\u003e the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-r450-r650xs-boss-card-with-2x-240gb-m-2\"\u003eBOSS-S2 boot card (2x M.2 SATA)\u003c\/a\u003e on every production build, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-14th-15th-gen-a11-drop-in-rackmount-sliding-rails\"\u003eA11 drop-in sliding rail kit\u003c\/a\u003e that fits the R440, R450, and R650 chassis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlatform notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e SAS\/SATA front bays only (no NVMe backplane); RDIMM-only memory (no LRDIMM or Optane); 24-core-per-socket SKU ceiling; small PCIe budget. These are the value-tier design points that keep the R450 priced below the R650, not faults.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOur Assessment\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere it excels:\u003c\/strong\u003e The R450 10-Bay 2.5\" is the right call when you want maximum SFF spindle count in a 1U value chassis: dense scale-out nodes, Kubernetes workers running local persistent volumes, application hosts with several parallel RAID groups, and tiered local storage that needs hot, warm, and cold drive classes on one box. Ten bays gives RAID flexibility and parallel-IOPS headroom that eight bays cannot, without stepping up to 2U.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere to look instead:\u003c\/strong\u003e If the workload does not actually use ten spindles, the R450 8-Bay 2.5\" is the more economical SFF pick and the R450 4-Bay 3.5\" is the LFF-capacity pick. If you need front-bay NVMe at this density, the R650 10-Bay 2.5\" is the mid-range 1U platform. If you need more than ten SFF bays, the 2U R550 16-Bay 2.5\" is the next density step. If memory must exceed 1 TB or you need more than a couple of PCIe slots, step to the R650 or R750.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBottom line:\u003c\/strong\u003e Buy the R450 10-Bay 2.5\" when ten SFF spindles in 1U are genuinely the requirement, whether for tiered local storage, dense local-PV Kubernetes nodes, or refreshing an existing R440 10-Bay footprint on current-generation Ice Lake. The typical buyer wants the most drive density the 1U value chassis offers and is sizing the array, not just the compute. For that buyer this is the right R450.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHonest Limitations\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo front-bay NVMe at any drive count. SAS\/SATA only; NVMe at ten bays needs the R650.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRDIMM only, 1 TB ceiling. No LRDIMM, no Optane.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 cores per socket maximum, the value-tier SKU cap.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall PCIe budget, roughly two low-profile Gen4 slots, which is tight when a dense storage build also wants add-in HBAs or FC.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTight 1U thermals. A fully populated SSD array plus high-TDP dual-socket reduces extended-ambient margin and raises acoustics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo GPU support. This is not an accelerator platform.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWorkload Fit\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eR450 10-Bay 2.5\" is right for\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eConsider alternatives for\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWorkloads using ten SFF spindles in 1U (database tiering, dense apps)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEight spindles is enough (R450 8-Bay 2.5\", lower cost)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKubernetes nodes with substantial local-PV demand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFront-bay NVMe required (R650 10-Bay 2.5\", R750)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDense application hosts with tiered local storage\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLFF bulk capacity profile (R450 4-Bay 3.5\")\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRefresh of existing R440 10-Bay infrastructure\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMore than ten SFF bays (R550 16-Bay 2.5\", 2U)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDense scale-out nodes where 1U and spindle count are both needed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMemory above 1 TB dual-socket (R650, R750)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStorage-led 1U hosts pairing drives with dual-socket compute\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGPU compute (R750)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhere to Look Instead\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEight SFF bays is enough (the standard SFF R450):\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r450-8-bay-build-your-own\"\u003eDell PowerEdge R450 8-Bay 2.5\"\u003c\/a\u003e, the primary R450 page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLFF bulk capacity:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r450-4-bay-lff-build-your-own\"\u003eDell PowerEdge R450 4-Bay 3.5\"\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNVMe at ten bays (mid-range 1U):\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r650-10-bay-2-5-build-your-own\"\u003eDell PowerEdge R650 10-Bay 2.5\"\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMore than ten SFF bays (2U):\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r550-16-bay-build-your-own\"\u003eDell PowerEdge R550 16-Bay 2.5\"\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrior-generation 10-Bay (budget refresh source):\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r440-10-bay-2-5-chassis\"\u003eDell PowerEdge R440 10-Bay 2.5\"\u003c\/a\u003e, 14th gen Cascade Lake.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cross-vendor counterpart is the HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen11 (1U value dual-socket); we can advise on that comparison even when quoting the Dell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReady to Configure?\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTell us the workload, single- or dual-socket, your memory and storage targets, your drive layout (single array, or hot, warm, and cold tiers across the ten bays), your storage mode (hardware RAID on the PERC H755, or pass-through on the HBA355i for software-defined storage), your network attach (10 or 25 GbE), and quantity. We respond within 24 hours. Volume pricing applies at 5 units and above, and dense scale-out rollouts are commonly bought in quantity, so tell us the target size and we will work the breaks into the quote. Every Wholesale Servers Dell PowerEdge R450 ships after a 12+ hour burn-in covering every memory channel, PCIe slot, and drive bay, with the standard 180-day warranty included and 1-Year, 2-Year, and 3-Year Premium options available. Call 1-800-778-1545 or use the quote form on this page. If eight bays would serve the workload, or if the storage requirement points to NVMe or to a 2U chassis, we will quote the R450 8-Bay, the R650, or the R550 16-Bay alongside for direct comparison.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45951590072519,"sku":"BP-017608","price":2718.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0748\/4493\/0247\/files\/dell-poweredge-r450-8-bay-25-build-your-own-server-913770.jpg?v=1765539690","url":"https:\/\/wholesaleservers.com\/products\/dell-poweredge-r450-10-bay-build-your-own","provider":"Wholesale Servers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}