The powerful 2-socket, 1U Dell PowerEdge R420 rack server delivers double-down density for web serving, collaboration and high performance computing:

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Introduction

The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R420 is a 2 -socket, 1U rack-mount server offering powerful performance and scalability in a dense 1U rack form factor. It is an excellent fit for compute-intense applications and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. The R420's low profile also makes it highly attractive for departmental email, workgroup collaboration, and file and print in space-constrained environments at departmental or remote sites of large businesses and public organizations.

Performance and reliability combined for confidence

The R420 features the extensive performance of two Intel ® Xeon ® E5-2400 processors. Powerful processors alone, however, are not enough to deliver balanced performance. Compute power must be combined with sufficient memory and I/O bandwidth to prevent performance bottlenecking. The R420 complements its processors with 12 DIMM slots and two PCI Express ® (PCIe)