ASRock Rack 1U12E-GENOA/2L2T — 1U EPYC Barebone, 12× Gen5 NVMe, 24 DIMM
Enterprise-grade platform, assembled and tested in the EU.
ASRock Rack 1U12E-GENOA/2L2T
Twelve Gen5 NVMe bays and every memory channel, in 1U
The dense storage and compute node — the one ASRock Rack system here that populates all twelve channels.
A single-socket SP5 node in 1U with twelve hot-swap PCIe 5.0 NVMe bays and twenty-four DIMM slots — the full twelve-channel memory width that most compact EPYC systems give up. Dual 10GbE and dual 1GbE on board plus an OCP 3.0 slot, so a standard build needs no add-in networking at all.
Specification
| Component | Detail |
|---|---|
| Form factor | 1U rackmount |
| Processor | Single Socket SP5 (LGA 6096). AMD EPYC 9005 (BIOS update required), 9004 incl. 3D V-Cache, and 97x4. Up to 300 W TDP |
| Memory | 24 DIMM slots, 2DPC. DDR5 RDIMM / RDIMM-3DS, 4800 MHz at 1DPC. 128 GB per RDIMM |
| Storage | 12 × hot-swap 2.5" NVMe PCIe 5.0 x4 / SATA bays. 2 × M.2 PCIe 5.0 x4 internal |
| Expansion | 2 × FHHL PCIe 5.0 x16 (half length), 1 × OCP NIC 3.0 (PCIe 5.0 x16) |
| Networking | 2 × 10GbE Broadcom BCM57416, 2 × 1GbE Intel i210, dedicated IPMI LAN |
| Power | 1+1 redundant 1000 W slim, 80 PLUS Platinum |
| Management | ASPEED AST2600 BMC, IPMI |
What it is for, and what it is not
Twelve Gen5 NVMe bays behind a 300 W-class EPYC with full memory width is a very good shape for a storage node, a database node, a Ceph or vSAN member, a virtualisation host, or the CPU tier underneath a GPU cluster.
It is not a GPU server, and we would rather say so here than after you order. The two x16 slots are half length. A full-length accelerator — RTX PRO 6000, L40S — does not fit, and no riser changes that. A low-profile card such as the NVIDIA L4 fits comfortably, and for light inference alongside storage that is a sensible pairing. If you want four full-size GPU, the 2U4G-GENOA/M3 above is the chassis you actually want.
Rack and cooling
Front-to-back airflow, 24/7 rated. 1U fan walls are loud by physics, not by fault — this belongs in a datacentre rack, not in an office. A fully populated node with a 300 W CPU and twelve NVMe drives sits comfortably inside the 1000 W redundant budget.
What is included
What is in the box: chassis, backplane, motherboard, the full fan wall and the power supplies listed above, pre-fitted and cabled. It is a complete, working platform less the parts you choose.
What is not: CPU, memory, drives, GPU and any add-in NIC. Those are specified with you and priced separately — that is the point of buying a barebone rather than a finished server.
What Kentino adds
Every barebone we ship is unpacked, assembled, powered up and tested before it leaves Prague: fan wall and PSU redundancy checked, BMC firmware brought up to the current release, IPMI configured and the network details handed over in writing. You get a machine that has already been switched on once by somebody who knows what it should sound like.
Tell us the workload instead of the part numbers and we will specify the CPU, memory and storage for you, build it, burn it in and ship it as a finished server. The same chassis, the same price for the chassis — we simply add the parts and the work.
Price shown is EUR 4,070 excluding VAT for the barebone as described, EXW Prague (Incoterms 2020). Freight, insurance and any destination duties are for the buyer’s account. Typical lead time 10–28 days. Image: ASRock Rack.
The questions buyers ask us most often before ordering a server.
How long does it take?
Machines built from components we hold ship quickly; anything requiring a specific GPU generation depends on supply. We give you a date before you pay, and if it moves we tell you rather than letting you find out.
Can the configuration be changed before you build it?
Almost always. GPUs, memory, storage and cooling are chosen per order, and the listed configuration is a starting point rather than a fixed package. If you need more VRAM, faster storage or a different cooling approach, say so before you order and we will quote the change.
Can I collect the server in person?
You can. Our warehouse is in Prague, and collection in person is welcome — most people who come use the visit to go through the machine with our engineer and ask the questions that are awkward over email. For orders within the Czech Republic we also try to deliver personally and walk you through the setup on site.
Can I talk to someone who actually understands the workload?
Yes. We have an engineer who works on AI systems specifically, not a general sales desk. If your question is about batch sizes, quantisation, interconnect or where your bottleneck will be, ask it — that conversation usually changes the configuration for the better.
Which model can I run on this configuration?
Yes. Every machine is assembled, burn-in tested and benchmarked on real AI workloads before it ships, and it leaves us with an LLM already installed and running. You plug it in, connect it to your network and start work — the only decision left is which project it runs first.
How do you test a server before shipping?
We run it against actual AI workloads rather than synthetic scores: inference throughput, sustained load behaviour and thermals under continuous operation. You get the benchmark results with the machine, so the performance you were promised is the performance you can verify on day one.
Is the server ready to run when it arrives?
Yes. Every machine is assembled, burn-in tested and benchmarked on real AI workloads before it ships, and it leaves us with an LLM already installed and running. You plug it in, connect it to your network and start work — the only decision left is which project it runs first.
Ships from our EU warehouse. Heavy items may require freight arrangement — contact us for a shipping quote and lead time. 2-year limited warranty with advanced RMA support; extended warranty available.
Not exactly what you need?
Tell us your workload and we'll spec this platform around it — GPUs, memory, storage and cooling matched to what you actually run.