DELL PowerEdge R540 12 Bay 3.5" 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 32GB DDR4 12x 4TB SAS

Dual Xeon Gold 5118 12-core server

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors running at 2.3 GHz with a 3.2 GHz turbo frequency. Each chip provides twelve cores, giving the system twenty-four threads for parallel workloads. The platform targets businesses that need virtualisation, database or software-defined storage capacity in a compact rackmount form factor.

Fits 3.5" bays with PERC H330

Twelve front-accessible 3.5-inch bays hold the included 4 TB SAS hard drives spinning at 7.2K rpm, all managed by a Dell PERC H330 12 Gb/s controller that also supports SATA devices. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies share the load and provide redundancy without extra cabling. The integrated dual-port Gigabit adapter and iDRAC 9 Express handle network and remote management duties, freeing PCIe slots for additional controllers or accelerators.

Sustained throughput with ECC memory

Thirty-two gigabytes of DDR4-2400 ECC registered memory maintain data integrity during long-running compute or storage tasks. The dual-processor architecture balances threads across both sockets, while the platinum-efficiency power supplies keep delivery stable under continuous demand. The H330 controller sustains consistent SAS throughput across all twelve drives without the thermal throttling seen in shorter benchmarks.