DELL PowerEdge R640 4LFF 1x Xeon Gold 6244 64GB DDR4 No Drive Rack Server

PowerEdge R640 4LFF Chassis

The Dell PowerEdge R640 is a 1U rack server with a four-bay 3.5-inch chassis. It ships with a single Intel Xeon Gold 6244 processor running at 3.6 GHz and 64 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. A PERC H740P RAID controller and a 10 GbE two-port 562T adapter are installed, while drive bays are empty for user-supplied SATA drives. Dual 750 W power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management complete the platform.

Suited For And Limits

This configuration suits buyers who need a compact two-socket platform with hardware RAID and 10 GbE connectivity for virtualization or database workloads. The single installed CPU leaves one socket free for future expansion up to the supported maximum. Buyers who require more than four 3.5-inch drive bays should look at a different chassis. The integrated graphics and lack of discrete GPU support make it unsuitable for graphics-intensive tasks.

Deciding Specification

The four-bay 3.5-inch LFF chassis defines the storage density of this server. With only four drive slots, total raw capacity is limited to the number of large-form-factor SATA drives installed. If the workload demands more than four drives or requires 2.5-inch bay density, this R640 model will not meet the requirement.