DELL PowerEdge R540 2U 8x 3.5" 2x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 12 Core 256GB DDR4 8x 4TB SAS H330

Dell PowerEdge R540 2U server with 256GB DDR4

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors, each running at 2.3 GHz with 12 cores. It ships with 256GB of DDR4 ECC memory and eight 4TB SAS hard drives managed by a PERC H330 RAID controller. Redundant 750W power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management are included for enterprise reliability.

Virtualisation and storage workloads on SAS

This server suits organisations running virtualisation, database hosting, or file services that can use the installed 32TB of 7.2K SAS capacity and hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, or 50. Buyers who need all-flash performance, GPU compute density, or larger memory footprints should evaluate alternative platforms. The two 1GbE ports may also limit environments that require 10GbE or 25GbE connectivity out of the box.

Eight 3.5-inch SAS bays with PERC H330 controller

The chassis provides eight hot-swap 3.5-inch bays populated with 4TB 7.2K SAS drives connected to a Dell PERC H330 12Gb/s controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50 plus pass-through mode. This storage interface and bay count determine whether the system matches your capacity and redundancy requirements.