Dell PowerEdge R910 Upgrade Guide
Maximize the performance and lifespan of your PowerEdge R910 (11G). Every upgrade option below is verified compatible.
Verified Specifications
| Processor Options | 4 sockets; eight-core Intel Xeon 7500 series or ten-core Xeon E7-4800/E7-8800 (Intel E7510 chipset, QPI) |
| Memory Configuration | 64 DIMM slots; DDR3 up to 1333MT/s; max 2TB (1/2/4/8/16/32GB DIMMs) |
| Drive Configurations | Up to sixteen 2.5" hot-plug SATA SSD, SAS, nearline SAS or SATA bays; max internal storage 16TB |
| Power Supply Options | Hot-plug redundant: 4x 750W Energy Smart PSUs or 4x 1100W High Output PSUs |
| RAID Controllers | Internal: PERC H200, PERC H700 (512MB/1GB NV cache); External: PERC H800; non-RAID 6Gbps SAS HBA |
| Networking Options | Embedded: Broadcom 5709c 4-port (4x 1GbE) or Broadcom 57711 4-port (2x 10GbE + 2x 1GbE) + 5709c, with iSCSI offload; optional Broadcom 57710/57711, Intel 10GbE, Intel ET, QLogic QLE2660/2662 FC16 |
| Specification Source | Dell official documentation (verified 2026-07-03) |
Upgrade Memory
Memory is the most impactful upgrade for virtualization and database workloads. Upgrading from 64GB to 128GB or 256GB can dramatically improve VM density and application response times.
0146H Dell 8GB RDIMM DDR3-1333 PC3-10600R ECC Memory
04WYKP Dell 8GB RDIMM DDR3-1066 PC3-8500R ECC Memory
093VH Dell 2GB RDIMM DDR3-1333 PC3-10600R ECC Memory
0C1KCN Dell 4GB RDIMM DDR3-1333 PC3-10600R ECC Memory
0MGY5T Dell 32GB RDIMM DDR3L-1333 PC3L-10600R ECC Memory
0R3M1C Dell 16GB RDIMM DDR3-1333 PC3-10600R ECC Memory
Upgrade Storage
Moving from spinning disk to SSD or NVMe storage provides the largest single performance improvement — often 10-50x faster I/O. Consider NVMe for boot drives and high-IOPS workloads.
00J77H Dell 1.8-TB 12G 10K 2.5 SAS W/G176J
00KV02 Dell G14 1.2-TB 12G 10K 2.5 SAS W/DXD9H
00RVDT Dell 300-GB 12G 15K 2.5 SAS/DXD0H
00VPTJ Dell 1.8-TB 6G 10K 2.5 SAS W/G176J
00WRRF Dell G14 1.8-TB 12G 10K 2.5 W/DXD9H
01053F Dell G14 900-GB 15K 12G 2.5 SAS Turbobw/DXD9H
Upgrade Controllers
Upgrading your RAID controller enables faster disk I/O, larger cache, and support for newer drive technologies. Essential when adding NVMe or SAS-4 drives.
012DNW Dell Pe PERC H200E SAS RAID Controller
017MXW Dell Pe PERC H710 512MB RAID Controller
0189GX Emulex 8GB/S FC Dual Port PCI-E HBA
01J8JJ Dell Pe PERC H700 1GB SAS RAID Controller
01KRWN Dell QLogic 4GB/S FC DP PCI-E HBA
01THG8 Dell Pe PERC H700 512MB SAS RAID Controller
Upgrade Processors
CPU upgrades deliver more cores and higher clock speeds. If your workload is CPU-bound (compilation, analytics, HPC), upgrading from 8-core to 16+ core processors provides significant throughput improvement.
077DY Dell Intel Xeon E5-2697A V4 2.60GHZ
1TWGH Dell Intel Xeon E5-2640 2.5GHZ
307G2 Dell Intel Xeon E5-2697 V4 2.30GHZ
317-9636 Dell Intel Xeon E5-2643 3.30GHZ
319-0250 Dell Intel Xeon E5-2630L 2.0GHZ
319-0252 Dell Intel Xeon E5-2650L 1.8GHZ
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