The PowerEdge R360 pairs the 19-processor, four-UDIMM platform of Dell’s entry servers with what a branch office tends to need next: two hot-swap power supplies in 1+1, up to eight 2.5-inch or four 3.5-inch bays, and room for one NVIDIA A2. This page maps every documented option and the thermal and acoustic conditions attached to them.
Our read of Dell’s documentation: where the R360 is strong, and the limits worth knowing before you spec one.
Strengths
+Two 60 mm hot-swap supplies in 1+1 redundancy — the feature the R260 and T160 lack — at 600 W Platinum or 700 W Titanium.
+A dedicated internal x8 slot on the system board carries the RAID controller, as an adapter or a front-mounted PERC.
+A choice of four 3.5-inch bays for drives up to 16 TB each, or eight 2.5-inch bays of which two can be direct-attached NVMe.
+Unlike the R260 and T160, it accepts a GPU: one single-wide, 60 W NVIDIA A2 for work such as video analysis or VDI.
+Dell offers both sliding rails with an optional cable-management arm and static rails that also fit two-post racks.
Watch-outs
!Memory stops at four UDIMM slots and 128 GB, running at no more than 4400 MT/s.
!With the A2 loaded, Dell measured 65 dB at the bystander position and advises against acoustically sensitive spaces; power capping can trim GPU performance by up to 20 % to quieten it.
!Deeper than the R260: Dell’s spec sheet quotes 598.9 mm with the bezel (585.3 mm without) against 496.8 mm for the R260 with its bezel, and the sliding rails need 720–770 mm of rail depth.
!The 700 W Titanium supply has no low-line rating; on 100–120 V circuits only the 600 W unit is usable.
!In A3/A4 conditions the GPU, BOSS-N1 and processors above 80 W are all excluded, and both supplies must be fitted.
Processors19 SKUs
Cores / CPU2–12
DIMM slots4
Drive layouts3
Max bays8
GPUsup to 1
PSU options2 · to 700 W
02 — Processors
19 supported processors, mapped
The R360 uses exactly the same 19 processors as the R260: Xeon 6300 series from 4 to 12 cores, Xeon E-2400 from 4 to 8 cores and two Pentiums. In the R360, parts up to 80 W use Dell’s 1U standard heat sink, while the 95 W models need the 1U performance heat sink in every fan layout.
Processor landscape — cores × TDP
19 SKUs · 3 families
Xeon 6300 9Xeon E-2400 8Pentium 2Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU
Processor explorer
filter · sort · compare
Processor
Cores / threads
Base
L3 cache
TDP
W / core
Memory
Intel Xeon 6377P
12 / 24
3.1 GHz
36 MB
95 W
7.9
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon 6369P
8 / 16
3.3 GHz
24 MB
95 W
11.9
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon 6357P
8 / 16
3 GHz
24 MB
80 W
10.0
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon 6353P
8 / 16
2.7 GHz
24 MB
65 W
8.1
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon E-2488
8 / 16
3.2 GHz
24 MB
95 W
11.9
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon E-2478
8 / 16
2.8 GHz
24 MB
80 W
10.0
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon E-2468
8 / 16
2.6 GHz
24 MB
65 W
8.1
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon 6349P
6 / 12
3.6 GHz
18 MB
95 W
15.8
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon 6337P
6 / 12
3.5 GHz
18 MB
80 W
13.3
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon 6333P
6 / 12
3.1 GHz
18 MB
65 W
10.8
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon E-2486
6 / 12
3.5 GHz
18 MB
95 W
15.8
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon E-2456
6 / 12
3.3 GHz
18 MB
80 W
13.3
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon E-2436
6 / 12
2.9 GHz
18 MB
65 W
10.8
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon 6325P
4 / 8
3.5 GHz
12 MB
55 W
13.8
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon 6315P
4 / 4
2.8 GHz
12 MB
55 W
13.8
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon E-2434
4 / 8
3.4 GHz
12 MB
55 W
13.8
DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon E-2414
4 / 4
2.6 GHz
12 MB
55 W
13.8
DDR5-4800
Intel Pentium G7400
2 / 4
3.7 GHz
6 MB
46 W
23.0
DDR5-4800
Intel Pentium G7400T
2 / 4
3.1 GHz
6 MB
35 W
17.5
DDR5-4800
Five of the 19 are 95 W parts: the Xeon 6369P, 6349P and 6377P and the Xeon E-2488 and E-2486.
No turbo frequencies are printed — only whether turbo exists — and the Pentium G7400 and G7400T have none.
Windows Server 2019 cannot be used with the Xeon 6300 series.
Anything above 80 W is off the table for ASHRAE A3 or A4 operation.
03 — Memory
4 DDR5 DIMM slots
Four UDIMM slots again, but the R360 guide lists modules at two rated speeds — 4800 and 5600 MT/s — in 16 GB single-rank and 32 GB dual-rank sizes. The rating makes no difference in service: Dell’s table caps both at 4400 MT/s with one DIMM per channel.
Capacity with every slot filled
by DIMM size
Operating speed
per Dell memory tables
Processor
1 DIMM / channel
2 DIMMs / channel
All CPUs · 16 GB 1R (4800 or 5600 rated)
4400 MT/s
4000 MT/s
All CPUs · 32 GB 2R (4800 or 5600 rated)
4400 MT/s
3600 MT/s
This guide describes the platform as 4800 MT/s DDR5 supporting UDIMMs up to 4400 MT/s, where the R260 and T160 guides quote a 6400 MT/s ceiling for the same processors.
The maximum is 128 GB from four 32 GB modules; the processor table also gives 128 GB per CPU.
For more than 128 GB, Dell’s single-socket R470 moves to 16 DIMM slots.
04 — Storage
3 drive-bay layouts, up to 8 bays
Three front configurations and no rear storage: eight 2.5-inch SAS/SATA bays, four 3.5-inch SAS/SATA bays (which also take 2.5-inch drives in a carrier adapter), or six SAS/SATA plus two direct-attached NVMe. The bay map shows all three; the 3.5-inch chassis is the capacity option, at up to 16 TB per drive.
Headline layouts
front panel view
Front panel
Eight bays for SAS, value SAS or SATA SSDs, or 10K SAS hard drives, in Dell’s RAID configuration — the most SAS/SATA bays the R360 offers.
SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe
Controllers & boot
S160 — Software RAID. Entry tier; Windows software RAID (Gen4 NVMe / SATA); RAID 0,1,5,10; up to 8 drives
HBA355i — HBA. Value tier, HBA 11 internal adapter
HBA355i Front — HBA. Value tier, HBA 11 front (fPERC form factor on dedicated internal PCIe slot)
PERC H355 — RAID. Value Performance tier, PERC 11 adapter; no cache; RAID 0,1,10; replaces H345
PERC H355 Front — RAID. Value Performance tier, PERC 11 front (Table 2 prints it as 'PERC H355f'); no cache; RAID 0,1,10
PERC H755 — RAID, 8GB cache. Value Performance tier, PERC 11 adapter; 8 GB flash NV-backed cache; RAID 0,1,5,6,10,50,60
PERC H755 Front — RAID, 8GB cache. Value Performance tier, PERC 11 front (Table 2 prints it as 'PERC H755f'); 8 GB flash NV-backed cache; RAID 0,1,5,6,10,50,60
HBA355e — HBA. External controller, HBA 11 external adapter (4x4 external ports, up to 240 drives)
BOSS-N1 (M.2) — boot
Internal USB 3.2 Gen1 — boot
PERC choices come in adapter and front form: H355 and H355 Front (RAID 0, 1, 10, no cache), H755 and H755 Front (RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 with 8 GB flash-backed cache), plus HBA355i and HBA355i Front.
Front controllers sit on the dedicated internal PCIe slot; Dell’s riser table allows an adapter or front PERC there with or without the riser.
S160, listed as Windows software RAID, offers RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 for up to eight drives.
BOSS-N1 boots the system from an M.2 module at the rear; fitting it swaps one standard fan for a Silver fan.
Beyond the chassis, Dell names three external options — USB tape, NAS appliance software and MD-series JBOD enclosures at 12 Gb — plus one external controller, the HBA355e, rated for up to 240 drives.
Every documented layout
3 with drive bays
2.5-inch3.5-inchEDSFF (E1.S / E3.S)
05 — Accelerators & I/O
GPUs, PCIe and networking
Unlike the R260 and T160, which have no GPU option, the R360 takes one accelerator. The comparison table allows a single 60 W single-wide GPU, and the NVIDIA A2 is the only card the guide names — in the acoustic tests, the power-capping section and the thermal matrix. The T360 tower carries the same single-width, 60 W allowance. One single-wide card up to 60 W (NVIDIA A2), in the riser or BOSS-N1 fan layouts only, with slot 2 filled or blanked.
NVIDIA A2
single-wide
up to 1
I/O topology
1 socket
Behind the processor’s 16 Gen5 and four Gen4 lanes, the R360 exposes two Gen4 slots on a butterfly riser plus a dedicated internal x8 slot for the RAID controller, which takes either an adapter or a front-mounted PERC.
Network adapters Dell lists
7 options
Adapter
Ports
Form
Broadcom 4 x 1 GbE F1 PCIe
4 × 1GbE
PCIe
Intel 2 x 10 GbE BT PCIe
2 × 10GbE
PCIe
Intel 4 x 10 GbE BT PCIe
4 × 10GbE
PCIe
Broadcom 3 x 10 GbE BT PCIe (port count as printed)
3 × 10GbE
PCIe
Broadcom 4 x 10 GbE BT PCIe
4 × 10GbE
PCIe
Intel 4 x 1 GbE F1 PCIe
4 × 1GbE
PCIe
Broadcom BCM5720 2 x 1 GbE LOM
2 × 1GbE
LOM
Riser layouts: RC0 is PERC only with no riser, RC2 adds the Gen4 riser; both take an adapter or front PERC and neither supports rear drives.
When the A2 is installed, slot 2 must hold a card or a blank.
Dell lists six network cards, 1GbE and 10GbE with two to four ports, on top of the two 10/100/1000 LOM ports; there is no OCP slot.
Peripheral cards drawing more than 25 W, and any card not qualified by Dell, are ruled out in A3/A4 conditions.
06 — Power & cooling
2 power supplies, 600–700 W
Two hot-swap 60 mm supplies with 1+1 redundancy and auto-switching, in two ratings. The 600 W Platinum unit is the flexible one, keeping its full 600 W at low line, at high line and on 240 V DC; the 700 W Titanium unit is more efficient at 20 % and 50 % load but carries no low-line rating at all.
AC
600 W Platinum: 100–240 V AC at 7.1–3.6 A or 240 V DC at 2.9 A; 2250 BTU/hr; 90 / 94 / 91 % efficient at 20 / 50 / 100 % load.
700 W Titanium: high-line input only — 200–240 V AC (4.1 A) or 240 V DC (3.4 A) — dissipating 2625 BTU/hr; 90, 94, 96 and 91 % efficient at 10, 20, 50 and 100 % load.
Both supplies use C13/C14 cords.
Pair identical ratings. With two different wattages present at start-up, Dell enables only the bigger unit and flags the mismatch in BIOS and iDRAC; a supply hot-added later stays disabled unless it equals the first.
The supply table carries a note about 1100 W and 1400 W units de-rating at low line, but neither is offered on the R360.
A3 and A4 operation requires both supplies in redundant mode.
07 — Management, security & OS
Run it, secure it, choose the OS
Management
iDRAC9 — Basic tier offered on 100–500 series; Enterprise and Datacenter upgrades
iDRAC Direct (front micro-AB USB)
iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
iDRAC Service Module
OpenManage Enterprise with Power Manager, Service and Update Manager plugins
CloudIQ for PowerEdge
OpenManage Mobile
OpenManage integrations for VMware vCenter, Microsoft System Center and Windows Admin Center
Security
Silicon Root of Trust
Cryptographically signed firmware
Secure Boot
Secured-core server
Secured Component Verification
Data at Rest Encryption (SEDs, local or external key management)
System Lockdown (iDRAC9 Enterprise or Datacenter)
Secure Erase
TPM 2.0 FIPS, CC-TCG certified · TPM 2.0 China NationZ
Operating systems
Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS
Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
VMware ESXi
Dell NativeEdge
08 — Compare
R350 → R360
Dell’s own table sets the R360 against the R350. Chassis, bay counts and power options barely move; the gains are in processors, DDR5 memory, an NVMe layout and GPU support the R350 did not have.
H355, H355f, H755, H755f, HBA355i, HBA355i front · S160
Front bays
4 × 3.5" or 8 × 2.5" SAS/SATA
4 × 3.5" · 8 × 2.5" · 6 × 2.5" + 2 × NVMe
GPU
None
1 × 60 W single-wide
Power
600 W Platinum or 700 W Titanium, hot-swap redundant
600 W Platinum or 700 W Titanium, hot-swap redundant
Fans
Up to 3 standard + 1 HPR
Up to 3 standard + 1 HPR
Depth (as printed)
534.59 mm
563.3 mm
TPM
TPM 1.2/2.0 · TCM 2.0 optional
TPM 2.0 · TPM 2.0 China NationZ · Secured-core server
PCIe
Up to 2 × Gen4
Up to 2 × Gen4
Source: Dell PowerEdge R360 Technical Guide (March 2025, Rev. A03), Table 2 — features comparison of the PowerEdge R360 and PowerEdge R350.
The R360 family side by side
The R360 shares the R260’s 19-processor list and four UDIMM slots but adds redundant power and more bays, while the single-socket R470 is the next 1U step, with 16 DIMM slots. The T360 is the 4.5U tower counterpart, with the same 19 processors and up to eight 3.5-inch drives, and the T160 is the smaller 3U tower. The matrix compares their documented limits.
This modelSiblings and successorEach value from that model’s own verified spec file · bars scale per column
Four branch-office builds that keep the R360’s two power supplies and stay inside Dell’s documented thermal restrictions. Each uses only configurator-approved parts and opens ready to adjust.
Branch file server
Four-drive RAID 6 file store
Four 8 TB 3.5-inch drives on the H755 form one RAID 6 volume of 16 TB, and the two supplies run 1+1 so a failed unit can be swapped while the server keeps running. The 80 W, eight-core Xeon 6357P stays on Dell’s standard heat sink, and BOSS-N1 holds Windows Server away from the data array.
1 × Xeon 6357P — 8 cores @ 3 GHz, 80 W
2 × 32 GB DDR5-5600 ECC UDIMM — 64 GB
4 × 8 TB 3.5-inch SATA HDD — RAID 6, 16 TB usable
PERC H755, 8 GB flash-backed cache
BOSS-N1 M.2 boot module
Intel 2 × 10GbE (BT) PCIe adapter
2 × 600 W Platinum hot-swap PSUs (1+1)
Windows Server 2025
The 3.5-inch chassis is the deeper R360 build — 563.3 mm from the front mounting ears to the PSU handles, against 512.53 mm for 2.5-inch — and its sliding rails need 770 mm of rail depth without a cable-management arm (895 mm with one).
Dell names near-edge video and audio analysis and surveillance among the R360’s workloads, and the NVIDIA A2 is the only GPU its guide names. This build pairs the card with a 95 W eight-core Xeon 6369P, 128 GB of memory and six SATA SSDs in RAID 5 on the H755, with 10GbE for camera and client traffic.
1 × Xeon 6369P — 8 cores @ 3.3 GHz, 95 W
1 × NVIDIA A2, single-wide, 60 W
4 × 32 GB DDR5-5600 ECC UDIMM — 128 GB
6 × 3.84 TB SATA SSD — RAID 5, 19.2 TB usable
PERC H755, 8 GB flash-backed cache
Intel 2 × 10GbE (BT) PCIe adapter
2 × 700 W Titanium hot-swap PSUs (1+1, 200–240 V)
Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS
With the A2, Dell requires the riser or BOSS-N1 fan layout, a card or blank in slot 2, and ASHRAE A2 conditions (not A3/A4). Dell’s GPU test build measured 65 dB operating — keep it away from acoustically sensitive rooms, or use power capping, which brought it from 8.0 to 6.3 bels.
A two-supply host for a small number of VMs: the 12-core Xeon 6377P, all four slots at 32 GB, six SAS SSDs on the H755 for the main datastore and two direct-attached NVMe drives for a faster tier. BOSS-N1 boots ESXi, and a four-port 10GbE card separates management, VM and storage traffic.
1 × Xeon 6377P — 12 cores @ 3.1 GHz, 95 W
4 × 32 GB DDR5-5600 ECC UDIMM — 128 GB
6 × 1.92 TB SAS SSD (RAID 10 on the PERC) + 2 × 3.84 TB NVMe Gen4, direct-attached
PERC H755, 8 GB flash-backed cache
BOSS-N1 M.2 boot module
Broadcom 4 × 10GbE (BT) PCIe adapter
2 × 700 W Titanium hot-swap PSUs (1+1)
VMware ESXi 8.0
The 95 W processor needs the 1U performance heat sink and cannot run in A3/A4 conditions. Check current VMware licensing for a single 12-core host before settling on the hypervisor.
For a branch database or accounts package, protected storage and uptime usually matter more than core count. Four mixed-use SAS SSDs in RAID 10 on the H755, an eight-core E-2488 at 3.2 GHz and 1+1 power make a compact branch server, and the 600 W supplies also run from 100–120 V circuits.
1 × Xeon E-2488 — 8 cores @ 3.2 GHz, 95 W
4 × 16 GB DDR5-5600 ECC UDIMM — 64 GB
4 × 960 GB SAS SSD, mixed use — RAID 10, 1.92 TB usable
For branch roles where DDR5 and current processors are not essential, earlier refurbished 1U PowerEdge models are an alternative. None is single-socket: each brings two sockets and more DIMM slots than the R360’s four.
14G · re-certified
PowerEdge R440
1U rack · 2 × Xeon Scalable
16 DIMM slots · up to 1 TB DDR4
10 × 2.5" or 4 × 3.5" bays
iDRAC9
A like-for-like branch role with more memory headroom — up to 1 TB across 16 slots — on an older DDR4 platform.
42.8 × 482 mm · depth from the front mounting ears: 512.53 mm to the PSU handles, 483.82 mm to the rear wall (2.5-inch) · 563.3 / 534.59 mm (3.5-inch) · front adds 22.0 mm, or 35.6 mm with bezel · spec sheet: 585.3 mm overall without bezel, 598.9 mm with
Weight
11.64 kg (2.5-inch) / 13.23 kg (3.5-inch) fully populated · 8.36 / 9.01 kg without drives and PSUs
Cooling
Air · 3 or 4 fans by configuration (Silver fan with BOSS-N1) · optional high-performance fan · N+1 fan redundancy
Bezel
Security bezel or optional filter bezel
Rails
A12 ReadyRails II sliding (4-post, optional CMA) · A8 static (4-post and 2-post, no CMA)
Riser or BOSS-N1 fan layout only · slot 2 filled or blanked · not in ASHRAE A3/A4
Power
Supplies
Up to 2 hot-swap, 60 mm, 1+1 redundant
600 W Platinum
100–240 V AC or 240 V DC · 2250 BTU/hr
700 W Titanium
200–240 V AC or 240 V DC · 2625 BTU/hr
Ports & video
Front
USB 2.0 · iDRAC Direct (micro-AB USB)
Rear
USB 3.2 Gen1 · USB 2.0 · VGA · serial · dedicated iDRAC Ethernet · 2 × 1GbE
Internal
USB 3.2 Gen1
Video
Up to 1920 × 1200 at 60 Hz (reduced blanking)
Environment & acoustics
ASHRAE A2
10–35 °C up to 900 m; 1 °C lower per 300 m above
ASHRAE A3 / A4
5–40 °C / 5–45 °C — no CPU over 80 W, BOSS-N1, A2 GPU or cards over 25 W; two PSUs required
Acoustics
35 dB idle in the quietest build (25 °C) · 65 dB operating with the A2
12 — FAQ
R360 questions, answered from the documentation
How much memory can the Dell PowerEdge R360 take?
128 GB. It has four DDR5 ECC UDIMM slots, and Dell lists 16 GB and 32 GB modules at 4800 or 5600 MT/s rated speed. In operation they run at up to 4400 MT/s, falling to 4000 or 3600 MT/s at two DIMMs per channel.
Which processors does the R360 support?
One processor from a list of 19: Xeon 6300 series (4–12 cores), Xeon E-2400 (4–8 cores) or Pentium G7400 / G7400T (2 cores). TDPs run from 35 W to 95 W, and the five 95 W parts need the 1U performance heat sink.
How many drive bays does the R360 have?
Up to eight 2.5-inch bays — all SAS/SATA, or six SAS/SATA plus two direct-attached NVMe — or four 3.5-inch bays. There is no rear storage; BOSS-N1 provides separate M.2 boot.
Does the R360 have redundant power?
Yes. It takes two hot-swap 60 mm supplies in 1+1 redundancy: 600 W Platinum, which also runs at 100–120 V, or 700 W Titanium, which has no 100–120 V rating. Both supplies are required for ASHRAE A3/A4 operation.
Can the R360 run a GPU?
One. Dell rates it for a single-wide GPU up to 60 W and names the NVIDIA A2. The card needs the riser or BOSS-N1 fan layout and slot 2 populated or blanked, is not supported in A3/A4 conditions, and raised operating noise to 65 dB in Dell’s test build.
How big and heavy is the R360?
Height is 42.8 mm and width 482 mm in both chassis. Measured from the front mounting ears to the PSU handles, the 2.5-inch version is 512.53 mm deep and weighs up to 11.64 kg fully populated; the 3.5-inch chassis is 563.3 mm and up to 13.23 kg. The front panel adds 22.0 mm (35.6 mm with the bezel), which gives the 585.3 mm and 598.9 mm overall depths in Dell’s spec sheet.
What rails does the R360 use?
Two kits: A12 ReadyRails II sliding rails for four-post racks, which extend the server for service and take an optional cable-management arm, and A8 static rails, which also fit two-post racks but not a CMA. Minimum rail depth is 720 mm (2.5-inch) or 770 mm (3.5-inch) for the sliding kit and 622 mm for the static kit.
R360 or R260 — which should I choose?
Pick the R360 if you need redundant power, more than six drives, four 3.5-inch bays or a GPU. The R260 is shallower and lighter and runs from a single supply, with at most six 2.5-inch or two 3.5-inch drives. Both share the same 19 processors and the 128 GB memory ceiling.
What is new compared with the R350?
From Dell’s comparison: Xeon 6300 or E-2400 processors instead of Xeon E-2300 (up to 12 cores against 8), DDR5 at up to 4400 MT/s instead of DDR4 at 3200, a six-plus-two NVMe layout and a 60 W single-wide GPU option the R350 lacked. Bay counts, power supplies and fan counts are unchanged.
When does the R360 reach end of life?
Dell’s R360 technical guide, revision A03 of March 2025, does not state an end-of-sale or end-of-service date. Among its services it lists Post Standard Support, extending hardware coverage for as many as five additional years after seven years of ProSupport. Servnet’s end-of-life checker adds Dell’s dates once they appear.
Sources & verification
Where these figures come from
Dell PowerEdge R360 Technical Guide (March 2025, Rev. A03) — Tables 1–2 (overview, R360 vs R350), 6 (processors), 7–8 (memory), 9–14 (storage), 15–16 (networking, risers), 18–19 and 32–33 (power), 20–22 (acoustics, power capping), 23–24 (rails), 27–28 (dimensions, weight), 34–36 and 44–46 (environment, thermal); Figures 4, 25 and 26 (images).
Specifications are extracted from Dell’s published documents and independently re-checked line by line. Configurations are quote-based; availability and exact options are confirmed at quotation. Last reviewed 2026-09-11.
