Get Compact Performance in All Dimensions

The Cisco UCS C260 M2 Rack Server is one of the industry's highest-density, 2-socket rack server platforms. This important new building block in the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) portfolio offers compact performance for enterprise-critical applications within this architecture.

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The C260 M2 server has CPU enhancements for greater performance, expandability, and security, as well as reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features. This server also offers:

Large memory capacity and 16 drives make it an ideal platform for memory-bound or disk-intensive applications
Exceptional memory, with up to 64 DIMM slots and up to 1 TB, based on double data rate 3 (DDR3) technology
A 2-socket, 2RU, rack form factor

Features That Provide Optimum Value

Intel^® Xeon^® processor E7-2800 product family
16 internal small form-factor (SFF), SAS, SATA-II, and SSD drives; up to 9.6 TB total
RAID 0 and 1 support for up to 16 SAS, SATA-II drives
RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 50, and 60 support for up to 16 SAS or SATA drives with optional LSIMegaRAID adapter
Support for up to six PCIe cards in multiple low-profile slots

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