DELL PowerEdge R640 1U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6148 2.4GHz 20 Core 512GB DDR4 2x 400GB SSD H730P

Dual-socket 1U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R640 is a 1U rackmount server system built for dense scale-out data centre computing. It ships with two Intel Xeon Gold 6148 processors, each running at 2.40 GHz with 20 cores and a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 512 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across 16 DIMM slots and a PERC H730P 2 GB storage controller with battery-backed cache.

Suits virtualization and database workloads.

This configuration suits virtualization clusters, database servers and high-density compute farms that need dual-socket performance in a single rack unit. The quad-port network daughter card provides two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ connections for flexible fabric integration. Buyers who need GPU acceleration or more than eight 2.5-inch drive bays should look at alternative platforms.

Eight 2.5-inch drive bays with PERC H730P RAID

The chassis supports eight 2.5-inch SATA or SAS drives and currently holds two 400 GB enterprise SATA SSDs. The H730P controller enables RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. Maximum memory capacity reaches 3 TB across 24 slots when fully populated. iDRAC 9 Enterprise and redundant 750 W platinum power supplies complete the package.