DELL PowerEdge M640 Blade Server 2x Xeon 8160 24-Core 16GB DDR4 S140 2x 2.5" 57810S-K iDRAC9 Enterprise

Dense dual-socket blade for virtualised workloads

The Dell PowerEdge M640 is a half-height blade server fitted with two Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 24-core processors running at 2.10 GHz base frequency. It ships with 16 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory and a PERC S140 controller that supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 across two 2.5-inch drive bays. A Broadcom 57810S-K dual-port 10 Gb network daughter card and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management complete the package.

Suits density-focused clusters needing integrated

Organisations consolidating virtual machines or running private-cloud stacks benefit from the twin 24-core CPUs and the on-board dual 10 Gb Ethernet ports. Buyers who need more than two 2.5-inch drives, or who require a storage controller with hardware RAID acceleration beyond S140 capabilities, should look at alternative platforms.

Two 2.5-inch bays limit local storage capacity

The server provides exactly two hot-plug 2.5-inch SAS/SATA caddies, so the amount of local data you can keep on the blade is capped by that bay count. If your deployment demands additional drives per node, this chassis will not meet the requirement.