DELL PowerEdge R640 1U rack server 2x Xeon Silver 4116 2.1GHz 12-core 768GB DDR4 8x 1.2TB SAS H730P

Dual-socket 1U server with 768GB DDR4

The Dell PowerEdge R640 is a 1U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon Silver 4116 processors, each running at 2.1GHz with 12 cores. It provides 768GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 24 slots and includes a PERC H730P storage controller with 2GB cache. Eight 1.2TB 10K SAS drives and a quad-port network daughter card with two 1GbE and two 10Gb SFP+ ports complete the configuration.

Suited for dense scale-out workloads

This platform suits buyers who need high core counts and large memory capacity in a single rack unit for virtualisation, database or high-performance computing clusters. Redundant 750W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise management support continuous operation. Buyers who require GPU acceleration or all-flash arrays should look at other configurations. Builders needing more than two processors or memory beyond 3TB will need a different chassis.

Storage decided by eight 1.2TB SAS drives

The installed storage consists of eight 1.2TB 10K SAS hard drives connected to the H730P controller, which supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through. This drive count and interface determine usable capacity, I/O performance and redundancy options. No solid-state drives are included, so buyers who need flash latency must add them separately.