
Balanced performance with smart scalability
- Starting Price $1700.13
- Total Savings $235.95
- Dell Price $1464.18
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Performance and scalability

Tackle your core business applications and virtualization requirements with the power and versatility of the Intel® Xeon® processors and up to 12 dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs) of memory. Designed to deliver the best combination of performance, built-in capabilities and optional features, the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 family is an efficient engine for the PowerEdge™ R520 and your growing business.
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High-capacity storage options
Configure storage options to suit your needs. The PowerEdge™ R520 enables you to tailor your system with up to eight internal drives, four PCI Express (PCIe) expansion slots and either hardware or software RAID options for data protection.
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Extensive I/O bandwidth
Get results quickly for your data-intensive applications and databases with the next-generation PCIe Gen3-enabled expansion slots and flexible I/O options.
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Operational efficiency
Leverage the R520’s scalable design and wide array of reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) features to help fuel your business growth.
Be able to grow your business and address unpredictable application demands with the R520’s scalable high capacity.
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Intelligent systems management
Simplify deploying, updating, monitoring and maintaining your PowerEdge™ servers with the Dell™ OpenManage™ portfolio.
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Outstanding server reliability
Take advantage of PowerEdge RAS features that help ensure fast, highly available service from your R520 server.
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The new generation PowerEdge experience
Make IT the engine for your business success. The newest generation of PowerEdge family is engineered with the right combination of features and performance scalability to handle tough workloads for both large and small data center environments.

Improve operational efficiency with enhanced systems management

Global Services and Support
Processor
- Intel® Xeon® E5-2403 1.80GHz, 10M Cache, 6.4GT/s QPI, No Turbo, 4C, 80W, Max Mem 1066MHz
Operating System
- No Operating System
Memory*
- 2GB RDIMM, 1333 MT/s, Low Volt, Single Rank, x8 Data Width
Hard Drive
- 500GB 7.2K RPM SATA 3Gbps 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive
Warranty
- 3Yr Basic Hardware Warranty Repair: 5x10 HW-Only, 5x10 NBD Onsite
Chassis
- PowerEdge R520
Dell Global Services include a wide, customizable range of choices to simplify the assessment, design, implementation, management and maintenance of your IT environment and to help you transition from platform to platform.
Depending on your current business requirements and the level of service you want, we can provide you with factory, on-site, remote, modular and specialized services that fit your needs and budget. We’ll help you with a little or a lot — your choice — and provide you with access to our global resources such as our Global Command Centers.
Dell IT Consulting Services
Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting Services utilize skilled solution architects, innovative tools, automated analysis and our own intellectual property to give customers rapid insight into the root causes of unnecessary complexity. We seek better answers than traditional service models, based on our belief that solving problems should not need armies of people. Our strategy is to help customers quickly identify high-impact, short-duration projects that deliver returns on investment (ROI) and free up resources to obtain competitive advantage. The results are practical, action-oriented plans with specific, predictable, measurable outcomes. From Data Center optimization to server virtualization to Systems Management, our consulting services help you build a more efficient enterprise.
Dell Managed Services
Dell Managed Services are a modular set of lifecycle services designed to help customers automate and centrally configure, deploy and manage their day-to-day data center operations. These services extend a customer’s existing on-premise IT infrastructure with off-premise cloud services designed to better address challenges with mobility, highly distributed organizations, security, compliance, business continuity and disaster preparedness.
Deploy: Our factory, remote and on-site installation services for servers make efficient use of your employees' time by helping to speed up activities, such as configuration, customization and deployment, enabling delivery of systems that are ready to work right out of the box.
Operate: Dell can help optimize your data center operations, including storage, backup and virtual environments by focusing on remote monitoring, reporting and alerts, along with full remote management for storage and backup environments, to free up IT resources.
Protect: Dell Data Center Backup Management Services are available to assist you with reporting to help refine service-level agreement (SLA) requirements, to provide monitoring to improve process efficiency or for the full management of your backup environment.
Recovery and Recycling: Dell Asset Recovery and Recycling Services help you recover and dispose of owned or leased computer equipment, in a manner that follows EPA guidelines.
Dell ProSupport
Dell ProSupport is a suite of support services that enable you to build the solution that’s right for your organization. Choose support models based on how you use technology and where you want to allocate resources. From the desktop to the data center, address everyday IT challenges, such as unplanned downtime, mission-critical needs, data and asset protection, support planning, resource allocation, software application management and more. From basic support to remote support services, optimize your IT resources by prescribing the right support model.
| The Dell OpenManage™ systems management portfolio, including Dell PowerEdge™ server embedded management feature integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller, helps IT Administrators efficiently manage Dell servers in physical, virtual, local and remote environments, operating in band or out of band, with or without a systems management software agent. Irrespective of the operating system or hypervisor you deploy, iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller automates the most essential and frequently performed server management tasks to help your IT resources become more productive and your IT environment more cost-effective and well maintained. Dell OpenManage also integrates and connects to leading third-party systems management solutions you may already own, so you can maintain your single point of control and capitalize on your existing investment. |
| OEM-Ready Version Available | |
| OEM ready for custom branding and XL program for enhanced stability and lifecycle predictability on select servers with ProSupport™ for OEM designed for OEM needs. |
Solutions and Systems Management
Storage Options |
| With Dell Compellent™, Dell EqualLogic™ and Dell PowerVault™, we have created a comprehensive and innovative portfolio of storage products, all of which are easy to deploy, manage and grow. Whether you use network attached storage (NAS), direct attached storage (DAS), internet SCSI (iSCSI) or Fibre Channel (FC), Dell has a product that can meet your business needs and reduce the cost and complexity of storage. |
![]() | ![]() | The Value of Dell Storage: Dell’s open, standards-based solutions let customers of all sizes integrate new technologies without sacrificing performance or their existing IT investments. ![]() |
![]() | Direct-Attached Storage: The Dell PowerVault™ MD storage family offers easy and economical expansion for Dell PowerEdge™ servers enabling high availability and scalability for demanding business applications. ![]() |
![]() | Disk-to-Disk Backup Due to expanding volumes of data that must be backed up and protected along with shrinking backup windows, many IT departments have moved to or added disk-based backups. ![]() |
![]() | Network-Attached Storage Network attached storage (NAS) is a specialized storage server with its own IP address that is made available to multiple clients and servers on a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). ![]() |
![]() | Object-Based Storage The Dell DX Object Storage Platform is designed to intelligently access, store, protect and distribute fixed digital content. ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | Storage Area Network A storage area network (SAN) is a network of shared storage devices, such as disk storage arrays and tape automation ![]() |
![]() | Tape Backup Considered the first and last line of defense against data loss, tape and removable disks can be used for long-term data storage and backup. ![]() |
![]() | Unified Storage Unified Storage is a term that describes the ability to manage both file- and block-level data. |






