Dell PowerEdge R540 2U 2x Xeon Silver 4114 2.2GHz 10 Core 256GB DDR4 H740P 8x 3.5" Trays iDRAC9 2x 750W

Dual Xeon 10-core server for virtualisation

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon Silver 4114 processors running at 2.2 GHz with a 3.0 GHz turbo frequency. Each CPU provides ten cores, giving twenty threads in total. The system ships with 256 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across sixteen slots and supports a maximum of 384 GB. It includes a PERC H740P controller with 8 GB cache, iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management, and dual redundant 750 W platinum power supplies.

Suits virtualisation and database hosts.

This server fits organisations running virtual machines, databases, or file and application services that benefit from dual-socket compute and large memory capacity. The eight 3.5-inch SAS/SATA trays provide internal storage expansion using traditional hard drives or SSDs. Buyers needing more than eight drive bays or a different drive form factor will need a different platform. Workloads that require GPU acceleration or single-thread frequencies beyond 3.0 GHz are also outside the design scope.

Eight 3.5-inch SAS/SATA trays define storage limits

The chassis provides eight hot-swap 3.5-inch trays connected to the PERC H740P controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and pass-through modes. No drives are installed, so capacity and performance depend entirely on the disks chosen. The twelve-gigabit SAS/SATA interface and 8 GB controller cache set the throughput ceiling for the internal array.