DELL PowerEdge M640 blade server 2x Xeon 8160 2.1GHz 24-core 128GB DDR4 2x 1.92TB SSD

Blade server with dual Xeon Platinum 8160

The Dell PowerEdge M640 is a half-height blade server built for dense data-centre deployments. It ships with two Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 processors running at 2.10 GHz with a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. Each processor delivers 24 cores, providing substantial parallel compute capacity. The system includes 128 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across 16 slots.

Suited for virtualization and HPC clusters

This configuration fits organisations consolidating virtual machines or running high-performance computing workloads that benefit from high core counts and fast memory. Buyers who need GPU acceleration or more than two processor sockets should evaluate other platforms. The blade form factor also requires a compatible PowerEdge MX or M1000e chassis, so sites without that infrastructure should look elsewhere.

Dual 1.92 TB SATA SSDs on PERC S140

Storage is provided by two 1.92 TB SATA solid-state drives connected to the integrated Dell PERC S140 controller, which supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10. The S140 is a SATA/NVMe controller without a dedicated cache, so write-heavy database workloads may need a different storage adapter. Network connectivity comes from a Broadcom 57810S-K dual-port 10 Gb daughter card.