DELL PowerEdge R540 12-bay 2U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 6130 2.1GHz 16GB 12x 8TB H730P

PowerEdge R540 12-bay 2U server

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack server configured with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays. Two Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors run at 2.1 GHz with a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency and provide sixteen cores each. Sixteen gigabytes of DDR4-2666 ECC registered memory is installed. The PERC H730P controller manages twelve 8 TB 7.2K SATA drives with RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 support. Dual gigabit Ethernet ports and iDRAC9 Express remote management are integrated. Two 750 W platinum power supplies deliver redundancy. Front bezel and ready rails are not included.

Suits virtualization and storage-heavy workloads

This server suits organisations that need high-capacity internal storage in a compact 2U form factor. The twelve-bay chassis supports large SAS or SATA arrays for databases, software-defined storage or backup repositories. Dual Xeon Scalable processors provide strong multi-threaded performance for virtualisation hosts. Buyers who require more than sixteen gigabytes of memory for dense virtual-machine consolidation should look elsewhere. Buyers who need GPU acceleration or additional PCIe expansion beyond the standard configuration should look elsewhere.

PERC H730P RAID controller with 2 GB cache

The PERC H730P storage controller is the component that determines whether this system matches a specific storage requirement. It provides a 2 GB battery-backed cache and supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. This enables the twelve 8 TB drives to be configured for capacity, redundancy or performance as the workload demands. Verify that the controller's SAS and SATA 12 Gb/s interface matches the drive protocol required for the deployment.