DELL PowerEdge R540 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Silver 4114 2.2GHz 10-Core 256GB DDR4 8x 8TB SAS H730P

Purpose-built 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack server equipped with dual Intel Xeon Silver 4114 processors, each running at 2.2 GHz with 10 cores. It includes 256 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory and eight 8 TB 7.2K SAS hard drives managed by a PERC H730P RAID controller. The system ships with iDRAC9 Enterprise, dual 1 GbE ports, redundant 750 W power supplies, rails and bezel.

Who this suits and who it does not

This server suits organisations that need high-capacity SAS storage and dual-socket compute for virtualization, databases or file services in a 2U form factor. Buyers who require all-flash SAS or SATA performance, GPU-accelerated workloads, or more than two processor sockets should evaluate other platforms. The eight 3.5-inch drive bays are filled, so expansion beyond 64 TB raw capacity needs external enclosures.

The specification that decides fit

The PERC H730P controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 with a 2 GB cache and battery backup, so the array can survive power loss without data corruption. If your workload demands hardware RAID across eight SAS drives with write-back caching protected by battery, this configuration meets that requirement. If you need a different RAID level or controller cache size, this unit will not match.