DELL PowerEdge R540 2U rack server 12-bay 3.5" 2x Xeon Silver 4114 2.2GHz 32GB 12x 4TB HBA330 2x 750W

Dell PowerEdge R540 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack server built for growing business and data centre environments. It ships with two Intel Xeon Silver 4114 processors, each offering 10 cores at 2.2GHz with a 3.0GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 32GB of DDR4-2400 ECC registered memory across four modules. A Dell PERC HBA330 controller manages twelve 3.5-inch 4TB enterprise hard drives.

Suited for storage-heavy workloads

This configuration suits organisations that need high-capacity 3.5-inch drive bays for software-defined storage, database hosting or virtualisation clusters. The dual 750W platinum power supplies provide redundancy for continuous operation. Buyers who require solid-state drive performance, GPU compute acceleration or a smaller 1U form factor should evaluate other platforms.

Twelve 3.5-inch drive bays define capacity

The chassis provides twelve front-accessible 3.5-inch bays, all populated with 7.2K RPM SATA enterprise drives. The HBA330 controller delivers 12Gb/s SAS and SATA connectivity to each bay. This bay count and drive type set the total raw storage ceiling and determine whether the server fits a capacity-first deployment.