Dell PowerEdge C6420 vs Supermicro BigTwin Multi-Node System
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerEdge C6420 is an enterprise 2U 4-node server powered by 2 Intel Xeon Scalable 1st Gen (Skylake) and 2nd Gen (Cascade Lake) and 16 memory slots supporting up to 1024GB DDR4-2666 / DDR4-2933 RDIMM (per node). The Supermicro BigTwin is a multi-node architecture delivering four dual-socket server nodes within a 2U shared-infrastructure chassis.
| Dell PowerEdge C6420 | Supermicro BigTwin Multi-Node System | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Supermicro |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Jul 2017 | Mar 2017 |
| Form factor | 2U 4-node | 2U 4-node |
| Cpu sockets | 2 | — |
| Cpu platform | Intel Xeon Scalable 1st Gen (Skylake) and 2nd Gen (Cascade Lake), up to 28 cores, 205W TDP | — |
| Memory slots | 16 | 64 |
| Memory type | DDR4-2666 / DDR4-2933 RDIMM (per node) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 1,024 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 6x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe or 3x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA drives per node (24x 2.5 or 12x 3.5 in 2U) | 24x 2.5-inch hot-swap NVMe/SATA/SAS |
| Pcie slots | Up to 2 PCIe Gen3 slots per node | — |
| Gpu support | None supported | — |
| Network onboard | Network Daughter Card (NDC) slot; 1x 1GbE iDRAC9 port per node | — |
| Power supply | Shared dual hot-plug 1600W, 2000W or 2400W Platinum in C6400 chassis | — |
| Form factor | — | 2U 4-node |
| Sockets | — | 8 |
| Processor family | — | Intel Xeon Scalable / AMD EPYC |
| Max memory | — | 8TB |
| Power supplies | — | 2x 2200W Redundant Titanium |
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