ASUS RS720-E11-RS12U Rack Server

The ASUS RS720-E11-RS12U is a 2U rack server engineered around the Intel Xeon Scalable 4th Generation (Sapphire Rapids) processor platform, supporting dual-socket configurations to deliver substantial compute density for demanding enterprise and datacenter environments. Built on the Intel C741 chipset, the platform accommodates up to 8TB of DDR5 RDIMM/LRDIMM memory across 32 DIMM slots, providing the memory bandwidth and capacity required by data-intensive analytics, virtualization stacks, and AI inference pipelines. The 2U chassis integrates up to 12 x 3.5-inch hot-swap NVMe/SAS/SATA drive bays at the front, complemented by additional rear drive options, enabling flexible storage configurations for both capacity-oriented and mixed-workload deployments.

The RS720-E11-RS12U is designed with high-bandwidth I/O expansion as a core requirement, featuring multiple PCIe 5.0 expansion slots that accommodate modern GPU accelerators, high-speed networking adapters, and NVMe expansion cards without bottlenecking. The server includes ASUS ASMB11-iKVM out-of-band management, providing IPMI 2.0-compliant remote management, KVM-over-IP, and integration with ASUS Control Center for centralized fleet monitoring and lifecycle management. Redundant 1+1 hot-swap power supplies with 80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium efficiency ratings support continuous operations, and tool-less component access reduces planned maintenance windows in high-density rack deployments.

Targeted at enterprise IT teams, cloud service operators, and AI/ML infrastructure architects across UAE, GCC, EMEA, and APAC regions, the RS720-E11-RS12U occupies a versatile position in the ASUS Enterprise Server portfolio. Its balanced combination of compute scalability, DDR5 memory headroom, PCIe 5.0 throughput, and IPMI-based management makes it well-suited for software-defined storage nodes, large-scale virtualization hosts, HPC cluster nodes, and GPU-accelerated AI training and inference workloads where 2U rack density is a critical operational constraint.

Ideal for

• Large-scale enterprise virtualization hosting multiple concurrent VMs with high memory and vCPU density requirements
• AI and machine learning inference serving leveraging PCIe 5.0 GPU accelerator cards within a space-efficient 2U footprint
• Software-defined storage nodes requiring high drive bay count, NVMe support, and redundant connectivity
• High-performance computing cluster nodes for scientific simulation, financial modelling, and data analytics workloads
• Enterprise database servers running Oracle, SAP HANA, or Microsoft SQL Server workloads benefiting from dual Xeon Scalable processors and DDR5 bandwidth
• Cloud-native and containerized workload infrastructure serving Kubernetes or OpenShift clusters in colocation datacenter environments

Technical specifications

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