Dell PowerEdge R240 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem SR250
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerEdge R240 is an enterprise 1U rack server powered by 1 Intel Xeon E-2100 and E-2200 Series, Core i3, or Pentium Processors (up to 8 cores, 95W TDP) and 4 memory slots supporting up to 64GB DDR4-2666 ECC UDIMM. The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR250 is an entry-level single-socket 1U rack server powered by Intel Xeon E-2100 and E-2200 series processors.
| Dell PowerEdge R240 | Lenovo ThinkSystem SR250 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Nov 2018 | Nov 2018 |
| Form factor | 1U rack | 1U rack |
| Cpu sockets | 1 | — |
| Cpu platform | Intel Xeon E-2100 and E-2200 Series, Core i3, or Pentium Processors (up to 8 cores, 95W TDP) | — |
| Memory slots | 4 | — |
| Memory type | DDR4-2666 ECC UDIMM | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 64 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 4x 3.5-inch cabled or hot-swap SAS/SATA drives | Up to 4x 3.5-inch or up to 10x 2.5-inch hot-swap SATA/SAS drive bays; optional M.2 boot support |
| Pcie slots | Up to 2 PCIe Gen3 slots | — |
| Gpu support | None supported | — |
| Network onboard | 2x 1GbE LOM ports; 1x 1GbE iDRAC9 port | — |
| Power supply | Single cabled 250W or 450W Bronze PSU | Dual redundant hot-swap 450W Platinum power supplies or fixed 300W Gold PSU |
| Processor | — | Single Intel Xeon E-2100 or E-2200 series processor up to 8 cores (up to 95W TDP) |
| Memory | — | 4x DDR4 DIMM slots supporting up to 128GB DDR4-2666 ECC UDIMM |
| Expansion slots | — | Up to 3x PCIe 3.0 slots (2x PCIe 3.0 x8 standard slots, 1x internal slot for software RAID) |
| Network | — | 2x integrated 1GbE RJ-45 ports via Broadcom BCM5720, plus dedicated 1GbE XClarity management port |
| Management | — | Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) Enterprise |
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