DELL PowerEdge R640 1U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 12-core 128GB DDR4 8x 800GB SSD H730P

Dual-socket 1U platform for dense compute

The Dell PowerEdge R640 is a 1U rack server built around two Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors running at 2.3 GHz with twelve cores each. It ships with 128 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across eight 16 GB modules and eight 800 GB SATA solid-state drives managed by a PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache. Dual 750 W redundant power supplies, quad-port 1 GbE and 10 Gb SFP+ networking, iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management, rails and a front bezel complete the package.

Suited for virtualization clusters

This configuration fits organisations that need high core density and fast SATA flash in a single rack unit, such as virtualization hosts, database nodes or scale-out storage tiers. The twelve-core CPUs and large memory capacity support heavy multi-threaded applications, while the eight-drive bay layout and hardware RAID provide local redundancy. Buyers who require more than twenty-four memory slots, additional drive bays or a different storage interface should evaluate larger chassis options.

Eight 800 GB SATA SSDs on a hardware RAID controller

The installed storage consists of eight Dell Enterprise 800 GB SATA 6 Gb/s 2.5-inch drives behind a PERC H730P controller that supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. This combination determines usable capacity, IOPS and data protection for the workload. Verify that SATA SSD performance and the RAID feature set match the application requirements before deployment.