{"product_id":"dell-poweredge-r660xs-10-bay-build-your-own","title":"Dell PowerEdge R660xs 10-Bay 2.5\" Drives [16th Gen: New]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Dell PowerEdge R660xs 10-Bay 2.5\" is the maximum small-form-factor density configuration of Dell's 16th-generation 1U dual-socket cost-optimized platform. Ten hot-swap 2.5\" bays sit on a universal backplane, paired with 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) or 5th Gen (Emerald Rapids) processors, DDR5 memory, and direct-attach Gen5 NVMe. These are sold as New or Surplus New, in keeping with how 16th-generation hardware reaches the secondary market. Surplus New means genuinely unused, new-old-stock units from excess inventory: never deployed, priced below Dell-direct new, and covered by the Wholesale Servers warranty path described below.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe xs line is Dell's cost-optimized cut of the R660. It keeps the same Sapphire and Emerald Rapids socket and the same chassis options, but trims the parts of the full R660 that drive cost: 16 DDR5 DIMM slots instead of 32, a lower CPU TDP ceiling, no GPU support, and no direct liquid cooling. The 10-Bay is the right configuration when you want that cost-reduced platform and you also need vSAN ESA-class drive count, NVMe-dense database storage, or high local-cache capacity per node. For compute-primary work that fits in eight bays, the R660xs 8-Bay is the cheaper starting point; for 3.5\" capacity drives, the R660xs 4-Bay LFF is the right chassis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo configure a build, call 1-800-778-1545 and we respond within 24 hours with a formal quote. Every server ships after a 12+ hour burn-in and a multi-point inspection, and is backed by our 180-day warranty with one, two, and three-year Premium options available. Volume pricing applies at 5 units and above, which is where most R660xs cluster and fleet orders land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhere the R660xs 10-Bay Fits in the Family\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe R660xs ships in three chassis layouts, all on the same motherboard and platform: the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r660xs-8-bay-build-your-own\"\u003eR660xs 8-Bay 2.5\"\u003c\/a\u003e compute-primary configuration, this 10-Bay maximum-SFF-density configuration, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r660xs-4-bay-lff-build-your-own\"\u003eR660xs 4-Bay 3.5\" LFF\u003c\/a\u003e capacity configuration. The platform underneath is identical across all three; the choice is purely about how you lay out storage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 10-Bay is the densest SFF layout the xs platform offers. The two extra bays over the 8-Bay matter most for vSAN ESA nodes, NVMe-backed databases, and HCI designs where carrying more local capacity per node reduces total node count. If you need more drive density than ten 2.5\" bays, you have moved past what the xs platform provides and into the full \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r660-10-bay-build-your-own\"\u003eR660 10-Bay\u003c\/a\u003e, which adds the EDSFF E3.S option, 32 DIMM slots, GPU support, and direct liquid cooling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eStorage: 10 SFF Bays on a Universal Backplane\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen 2.5\" hot-swap bays across the front on a universal backplane that accepts any mix of SAS4, SATA, and Gen5 NVMe in the same chassis. An optional rear 2x 2.5\" drive cage is available through the rear riser kit, which consumes a PCIe slot, so plan the expansion layout before specifying it: on a 10-Bay you often also want that riser position for a Gen5 NIC or storage card.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the highest-density SFF configuration on the R660xs. For higher per-node density you step up to the full R660, which adds the 14 or 16-drive EDSFF E3.S option that no xs chassis carries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGen5 NVMe (direct-attach):\u003c\/strong\u003e up to roughly 14 GB\/s per drive, the defining capability of this chassis. Ten Gen5 NVMe drives represent meaningful aggregate bandwidth even on the leaner xs board.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSAS4 and SATA SSDs:\u003c\/strong\u003e driven by the PERC H965i for hardware RAID or the HBA355i for pass-through, both covered in Storage Controllers below.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMixed layouts:\u003c\/strong\u003e the universal backplane handles SAS, SATA, and NVMe in any combination without a backplane swap. A common 10-Bay build is two SAS or SATA SSDs for the OS and logs plus eight NVMe drives for data.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBoot:\u003c\/strong\u003e BOSS-N1 with two mirrored M.2 NVMe SSDs on a dedicated card. On the xs chassis the BOSS-N1 is cold-swap; the hot-swap rear BOSS tray is a full R660 feature. Boot stays off the front bays, leaving all ten for data.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen ten bays beats eight on this platform: vSAN ESA single-cluster nodes that target six to eight capacity-tier drives plus two cache-tier drives, NVMe-backed databases whose working set spans six to ten drives, and HCI nodes carrying more local capacity to cut overall node count. For compute-primary work where eight bays cover a boot mirror plus data, the 8-Bay is cheaper and otherwise identical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eStorage Controllers\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe R660xs runs Dell's PERC 12 and PERC 11 controller families plus software RAID and pass-through HBAs. Match the controller to the workload, not the price sheet:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePERC H965i (PERC 12):\u003c\/strong\u003e the current hardware-RAID default, with onboard cache and battery backing, for write-intensive or transactional workloads where local parity RAID matters. This is the controller to quote when you need RAID 5 or 6.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePERC H755 and H755N (PERC 11):\u003c\/strong\u003e the prior-generation hardware-RAID option; H755N is the NVMe-specific variant. A solid mixed or read-heavy choice and common on units that shipped earlier in the platform's life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePERC H355 (PERC 11):\u003c\/strong\u003e entry hardware RAID with one important constraint: the H355 does RAID 0, 1, and 10 only. It does not do RAID 5 or 6. If you need parity RAID, specify the H965i or H755, not the H355.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHBA355i (pass-through):\u003c\/strong\u003e for software-defined storage stacks. vSAN ESA requires direct drive access, so ESA nodes take the HBA355i, never a PERC RAID controller.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eS160 (software RAID):\u003c\/strong\u003e chipset software RAID for dev, test, and light workloads only. Not a production recommendation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eProcessors\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo sockets, Socket E (LGA 4677), on Intel's C741 chipset. The R660xs accepts both 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids, 2023) and 5th Generation (Emerald Rapids, 2024) in the same socket, so you choose the generation by workload and budget rather than by chassis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe xs distinction is the CPU TDP ceiling. Where the full R660 takes processors up to 350W, the cost-optimized xs board is built for a lower thermal envelope, roughly a 225W-class ceiling that should be confirmed against the specific CPU SKU at quote time. In practice that covers the great majority of the Sapphire and Emerald Rapids line, including the mainstream Silver and Gold parts most surplus and refurbished buyers deploy. The very top-bin 56 and 64-core 350W parts are where you would move to the full R660.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth generations bring on-die acceleration that earlier Dell generations did not have: AMX for AI inference, QuickAssist for crypto and compression offload. For a dense-storage node the practical CPU question is core count for the storage and HCI stack rather than peak clocks, and a mid-range Silver or lower Gold part usually pairs well with a 10-Bay NVMe build.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMemory\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen DDR5 RDIMM slots, eight per CPU across eight memory channels at one DIMM per channel. This is the core xs trade against the full R660's 32 slots: the R660xs gives up half the DIMM capacity to reduce cost. Registered ECC DDR5 only, with no LRDIMM tier and no persistent-memory option on 16th-generation Dell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpeed:\u003c\/strong\u003e DDR5-4800 on 4th Gen Sapphire Rapids; up to DDR5-5600 on 5th Gen Emerald Rapids. Because the xs runs one DIMM per channel, it avoids the 2-DPC speed step-down that fully-populated full-R660 boards take.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapacity:\u003c\/strong\u003e up to 1.5 TB across the sixteen slots; confirm the exact RDIMM tier per SKU at quote time, since the ceiling depends on the largest qualified module.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e populate in balanced sets across both CPUs to keep all eight channels active per socket. An unbalanced fill silently costs memory bandwidth, a common field mistake on dual-socket builds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor most 10-Bay storage and HCI workloads the memory question is bandwidth and balanced population, not raw ceiling. If you genuinely need more than 1.5 TB per node, that is one of the few hard reasons to leave the xs platform for the full R660.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eNetworking and PCIe Expansion\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eNetworking is OCP NIC 3.0, the 16th-generation standard. The board carries a built-in dual 1 GbE LOM for management and light connectivity, and the OCP 3.0 slot takes 10, 25, or 100 GbE adapters without consuming a PCIe slot. There is no rack Network Daughter Card here; OCP 3.0 replaced the rNDC mezzanine on 15th and 16th-generation PowerEdge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOCP 3.0 slot:\u003c\/strong\u003e one slot for the primary data NIC at 10, 25, or 100 GbE, hot-pluggable on this generation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePCIe slots:\u003c\/strong\u003e the xs riser layout gives two Gen5 slots or three Gen4 slots depending on the riser chosen, plus the dedicated PERC slot and the OCP position. The optional rear drive cage takes one of these riser positions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGeneration tradeoff:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gen5 doubles per-lane bandwidth over Gen4 and matters for Gen5 NVMe and 100 GbE-class adapters; Gen4 risers give the higher slot count. Pick the riser by whether bandwidth or slot count is the constraint.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGPU Support\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe R660xs is not a GPU platform. The cost-optimized xs board does not carry the power delivery, thermal headroom, or x16 riser budget for a meaningful accelerator, and Dell does not qualify GPUs on it. This is by design: GPU support is one of the features the xs cut to reduce cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you need on-node acceleration, the full \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r660-10-bay-build-your-own\"\u003eR660 10-Bay\u003c\/a\u003e supports up to three single-width GPUs in 1U, and the 2U R760 family takes double-width cards. For dense inference or training, a 2U platform is the right answer rather than any 1U xs chassis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eManagement: iDRAC9 Generation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe R660xs runs iDRAC9 with the full 16th-generation cyber-resilient security stack. Note that 16th-generation hardware ships iDRAC9, not iDRAC10: iDRAC10 is the 17th-generation controller. The management feature set here is the same iDRAC9 platform across the R660, the R760, and the xs variants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eiDRAC9 Enterprise or Datacenter:\u003c\/strong\u003e full out-of-band management, virtual console, and lifecycle automation. Enterprise is the production baseline.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLifecycle Controller:\u003c\/strong\u003e agent-free firmware updates, bare-metal deployment, and configuration persistence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSecurity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Silicon Root of Trust, signed firmware, Secure Boot, System Lockdown, and multi-factor authentication, plus a TPM 2.0 option for NIST, CMMC, FedRAMP, HIPAA, and PCI DSS contexts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePower and Cooling\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe R660xs takes hot-plug redundant Platinum and Titanium power supplies and shares the 15th and 16th-generation PSU line, including the cost-optimized 600W option unique to the xs tier. NVMe-dense 10-Bay builds draw more than compute-primary 8-Bay builds, so size the PSU to the populated drive count, not the empty chassis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eConfiguration\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003ePSU recommendation\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eEstimated peak draw\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLight: lower Silver CPU, partial RAM, SAS or SATA SSDs\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2x 700W Titanium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e~330W\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBalanced: mid Silver or Gold CPU, full RAM, six to ten NVMe\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2x 1100W Titanium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e~620W\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeavy: top xs Gold CPU, 1.5 TB RAM, ten NVMe plus rear bays\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2x 1400W Platinum\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e~900W\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 600W PSU is supported but rarely right on a 10-Bay: a fully-populated Gen5 NVMe configuration will outdraw that envelope under peak load. Treat 1100W Titanium as the practical floor for a fully-populated 10-Bay NVMe node. Cooling is standard redundant hot-swap fans; there is no direct-liquid-cooling option on the xs platform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePhysical Specs \u0026amp; Platform Notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eForm factor:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1U rack, standard depth, regulatory model E87S. Confirm exact rack depth against the chassis spec when planning short-depth racks or cable-management clearance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePCIe expansion:\u003c\/strong\u003e two Gen5 or three Gen4 riser slots plus the dedicated PERC slot and the OCP 3.0 position; the optional rear drive cage trades one riser slot.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eParts availability:\u003c\/strong\u003e excellent. This is a current-generation platform in full Dell ProSupport, so drives, PSUs, risers, fans, and BOSS-N1 cards are readily sourced new and on the secondary market.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAccessories we recommend:\u003c\/strong\u003e the ReadyRails sliding rail kit with the optional cable-management arm, the BOSS-N1 boot card so the OS stays off the front bays, and a front bezel for dust and physical security. We quote these as part of the build rather than guessing at part numbers here, since the exact P\/Ns depend on the chassis and rail-depth choice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlatform notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e universal backplane (SAS4, SATA, and NVMe in any mix), cold-swap BOSS-N1 on the xs chassis, no GPU and no DLC on the xs board, and a CPU TDP ceiling below the full R660. None of these are 10-Bay-specific; they are motherboard-level traits of every R660xs.\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 R660xs 10-Bay is the right call when you want the xs platform's cost advantages, the 600W PSU option, no GPU or Smart Flow upcharge, and a dedicated PERC slot, but you also need vSAN ESA-class drive count or NVMe-dense database storage per node. vSAN ESA single-cluster nodes, NVMe-backed databases with a six to ten-drive footprint, dense HCI nodes, and CDN edge or inference cache tiers are its sweet spot. It is dense SFF storage at express-tier economics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere to look instead:\u003c\/strong\u003e workloads that need any xs constraint relaxed, such as memory above 1.5 TB, CPUs above the xs TDP ceiling, GPU support, hot-swap boot, or EDSFF E3.S density, belong on the full \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r660-10-bay-build-your-own\"\u003eR660 10-Bay\u003c\/a\u003e. Compute-primary work where storage is modest belongs on the cheaper \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r660xs-8-bay-build-your-own\"\u003eR660xs 8-Bay\u003c\/a\u003e. If 3.5\" capacity drives are the point, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r660xs-4-bay-lff-build-your-own\"\u003eR660xs 4-Bay LFF\u003c\/a\u003e is the chassis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBottom line:\u003c\/strong\u003e this is the dense-SFF node of the 16th-generation 1U cost-optimized line. HBA355i for vSAN ESA, H965i for hardware parity RAID, BOSS-N1 for boot, and 1100W Titanium or larger once the NVMe bays fill. It carries the same iDRAC9 and Silicon Root of Trust baseline as the full R660 at a lower platform cost. The typical buyer is building HCI or storage-dense cluster nodes at fleet quantity and does not need the full R660's memory, GPU, or DLC headroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhere the R660xs 10-Bay Fits in 2026\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe R660xs is current-generation hardware as of 2026, in full Dell support, so there is no end-of-life caveat to manage here. The positioning question runs up and down the generations rather than being a support-status warning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the prior generation, the 15th-gen \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r650xs-10-bay-2-5-build-your-own-server\"\u003eR650xs 10-Bay\u003c\/a\u003e is the value step-down: Ice Lake, DDR4, PCIe Gen4, and SATA-based BOSS-S1 boot, typically well below the R660xs on the secondary market. Choose the R650xs when you do not need Gen5 NVMe bandwidth, DDR5, or NVMe boot. The R660xs 10-Bay earns the premium on Gen5 NVMe, DDR5, the 16th-generation security baseline, and BOSS-N1 NVMe boot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbove it, the 17th-generation R670 and R770 (Granite Rapids) bring refined PCIe Gen5, faster DDR5, iDRAC10, and on-die AI acceleration. There is no announced cost-optimized 17th-gen xs variant at this time, so for a current-generation dense-SFF node at xs economics the R660xs 10-Bay remains the answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHonest Limitations\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe xs platform ceilings apply.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sixteen DIMM slots and a 1.5 TB memory ceiling, a CPU TDP ceiling below the full R660, no GPU, no DLC, and cold-swap rather than hot-swap boot. These are motherboard-level constraints on every R660xs, not anything the 10-Bay chassis adds or removes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTen bays is the ceiling on this platform.\u003c\/strong\u003e The xs chassis does not expand past ten 2.5\" bays. Higher local NVMe density per node means the full R660 EDSFF E3.S chassis, which is a different platform.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRear bays cost a PCIe slot.\u003c\/strong\u003e The optional rear 2x 2.5\" cage takes a riser position. On a 10-Bay you may also want that slot for a Gen5 NIC or storage card, so plan the PCIe layout before adding rear bays.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNVMe power draw is real.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ten Gen5 NVMe drives can draw roughly 70 to 100W on their own, before CPU and memory. Do not undersize the PSU; the 600W option that suits the 8-Bay is generally too small here.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003evSAN ESA requires the HBA355i.\u003c\/strong\u003e Do not specify a PERC RAID controller for ESA; the architecture requires direct drive access. This catches buyers who default to a PERC out of habit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWorkload Fit\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eRight for\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eConsider alternatives for\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003evSAN ESA nodes at cost-reduced cluster economics\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMemory above 1.5 TB needed, full R660 10-Bay\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNVMe-backed databases with a six to ten-drive footprint\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCPUs above the xs TDP ceiling, full R660\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHCI nodes with dense local storage per node\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14+ EDSFF E3.S density, full R660 EDSFF chassis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCDN edge and inference cache tiers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCompute-primary, eight bays sufficient, R660xs 8-Bay\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCompliance-sensitive dense-storage nodes (Silicon Root of Trust)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3.5\" capacity drives needed, R660xs 4-Bay LFF\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNew and Surplus New pricing with a warranty path\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBudget-primary, 15th gen acceptable, R650xs 10-Bay\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\u003eCompute-primary, eight bays cover it:\u003c\/strong\u003e the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r660xs-8-bay-build-your-own\"\u003eR660xs 8-Bay\u003c\/a\u003e, same platform, cheaper, fewer bays.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e3.5\" capacity tier:\u003c\/strong\u003e the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r660xs-4-bay-lff-build-your-own\"\u003eR660xs 4-Bay LFF\u003c\/a\u003e for backups, archives, and file servers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNeed more memory, GPU, DLC, or EDSFF density:\u003c\/strong\u003e the full \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r660-10-bay-build-your-own\"\u003eR660 10-Bay\u003c\/a\u003e at the same generation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e2U cost-optimized:\u003c\/strong\u003e the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r760xs-8-bay-build-your-own\"\u003eR760xs 8-Bay\u003c\/a\u003e when a 2U chassis and more expansion suit the rack better.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrevious generation at lower cost:\u003c\/strong\u003e the 15th-gen \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dell-poweredge-r650xs-10-bay-2-5-build-your-own-server\"\u003eR650xs 10-Bay\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCross-vendor:\u003c\/strong\u003e the HPE counterpart at this tier is the ProLiant DL360 Gen11. We do not currently stock it; ask and we will advise on the closest in-stock equivalent.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReady to Configure?\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTell us your CPU generation (4th versus 5th Gen), memory capacity, drive count and type (the SAS, SATA, and NVMe mix), whether you need the rear bays and can spend the PCIe slot, boot configuration, networking speed, and quantity. If you are sizing for vSAN ESA, include cluster size, the cache-tier versus capacity-tier drive split, and node-count plans, since ESA sizing is part of the quote conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCall 1-800-778-1545 or request a quote and we respond within 24 hours. Every R660xs ships after a 12+ hour burn-in and multi-point inspection and carries our 180-day warranty, with Premium one, two, and three-year terms available. 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