3U Rackmount Servers

The Broadberry range of 3U Rack Servers are available with up to 16x 3.5" drive bays and a huge 4TB of RAM.

The Broadberry range of 3U servers features more expansion capabilities than a 1U or 2U rack servers. A 3U rack server is the smallest rackmount system that can incorporate full height and full length PCI or PCIe expansion cards in a vertical position without the need for a riser card.

Application

Storage Compute / HPC GPU / Rendering / AI Standard Server

Drive Interface

SATA 12Gb/s SAS NVMe M.2

Drive Bay Qty

8 18

Drive Bay Size

2.5" Drives 3.5" Drives

Processor Type

Xeon Scalable Processor - Gen 3 Intel Xeon Scalable Processor Gen 5

Memory DIMMS

8x 3200MHz 16x 4800MHz

Features

VMware Compatible Extra Expansion Slots Full Height/Length Expansion Redundant Power Supply - Standard Front I/O Ports

Expansion

4x PCI-E 4.0 x16 6x PCI-E 5.0 x16 (LP), 1x OCP 3.0 x16

Quickspecs. | 647mm

CyberServe Xeon SP2-316S G3

Redundant Power, Dedicated Remote Management Port with Fully Featured IPMI & Remote KVM Management

Form Factor:: 3U
Drive Bays:: Hot-Swap Drives
HDD Size:: 3.5" Drives
Qty Drives:: 18
Drive Interface:: SATA , 12Gb/s SAS, NVMe, M.2
Server Processor:: Xeon Scalable Processor - Gen 3
Memory DIMMS:: 8x 3200MHz
Features:: VMware Compatible, Full Height/Length Expansion, Redundant Power Supply - Standard
Max RAM Capacity:: 1TB

Configure From: £3,843

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Quickspecs.

CyberServe Xeon SP2-308G NVMe G5 GPU

Supports 4x SXM5 GPU Modules, dual 10Gb/s BASE-T LAN ports, redundant power supply, 8x 2.5" NVMe/SATA hot-swappable bays. Built for AI & HPC

Form Factor:: 3U
Drive Bays:: Hot-Swap Drives
HDD Size:: 2.5" Drives
Qty Drives:: 8
Drive Interface:: SATA , NVMe
Server Processor:: Intel Xeon Scalable Processor Gen 5
Memory DIMMS:: 16x 4800MHz
GPU Slots:: 4x SXM GPU
GPU Support:: NVIDIA GPU Optimised
Features:: VMware Compatible, Extra Expansion Slots, Redundant Power Supply - Standard, Front I/O Ports
Max RAM Capacity:: 2TB

Configure From: £250,601

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3U Rackmount Server

Benefits of 3U Rack Servers :

3U Servers usually have more room for expansion that smaller 1U and 2U servers. with upto 16 x 3.5" Hard drive bays, and upto 8 PCI-E or PCI Slots available

We are regularly asked about providing short depth 3U servers, or DC powered 3U servers to be fitted into vehicles such as vans, yachts and buses .

Disadvantages of 3U Rack Servers :

As 3U servers are larger than 1U and 2U servers, they take up alot more room in a rackmount cabinets. Therefore you can only install 14 x 3U servers in a 42U Cabinet

As the fans are much larger on a 3U server, to keep the Servers cool they can spin slower to create the right amount of airflow. For this reason some 3U servers can be quieter than smaller 1U or 2U servers.
For our customers where low noise is an issue, we do have some very quiet rackmount servers.

Industry departments that tend to favour 3U servers are typically:

Data storage companies

Backup servers for data centres

Servers that are hosted locally where space is not expensive

Large corporations with many servers