DELL PowerEdge R540 12LFF 2x Xeon Silver 4210 256GB DDR4 No Drive rack server

12-bay 2U rack server with dual Silver 4210 CPUs

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack-mount server fitted with two Intel Xeon Silver 4210 processors running at 2.2 GHz. Each CPU provides 10 cores and 13.75 MB of cache, giving 20 threads for multi-threaded workloads. The system ships with 256 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H740P RAID controller. Drive bays accept up to twelve 3.5-inch SATA drives, which are not included.

Suits storage-heavy workloads; not for GPU compute

This configuration targets buyers who need dense 3.5-inch drive capacity behind a hardware RAID controller, such as file serving, backup repositories or archive workloads. The integrated graphics and SATA-only drive interface make it unsuitable for workloads that demand GPU acceleration or ultra-low-latency flash performance. Organisations requiring more than two sockets or memory beyond 1 TB should evaluate larger platforms.

Twelve 3.5-inch SATA bays define storage scale

The chassis provides exactly twelve hot-plug 3.5-inch bays connected to the PERC H740P controller over SATA. That bay count is the single constraint that determines whether the R540 can hold the required data set; if the project needs more spindles or a different drive form factor, a different chassis is required.