Help knowing the difference between dell server models? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Anxious-Ad5988@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Hey all, I am very new to the IT field so please forgive my ignorance in all this. I need help figuring out how dell servers (specifically poweredge) are named. As in I don't know if a 730 is better than a 810 or whatnot, or if there are general rules of thumb to judge the newness of a server based on the name standard.

I know with hp proliant they have generation numbers to help, but that's where my knowledge ends.

Thank you!

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[-] sliperyOrange@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

R740xd only comes in the 24 2.5 variant which can be sas/sata or nvme depending on the backplane. For the 3.5 variant the model becomes the R740xd2 which is 24 3.5 drives

[-] sintheticgaming@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Also the 9xx servers like the R930 you mentioned are 4U.

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