DELL PowerEdge R740 2U 2× Xeon Gold 6142 2.6GHz 16C 128GB DDR4 H730P 2×400GB SSD

PowerEdge R740 2U dual Xeon server

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon Gold 6142 processors running at 2.6 GHz with 16 cores each. It ships with 128 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across eight modules and a PERC H730P storage controller with 2 GB cache. Two 400 GB SATA SSDs are installed in the eight 2.5-inch drive bays. Redundant 750 W platinum power supplies, iDRAC 9 Enterprise, quad-port networking and rails are included.

Suits virtualization hosts and database nodes

This configuration suits teams that need two-socket compute density with hardware RAID and 10 GbE SFP+ connectivity in a 2U form factor. The 16-core CPUs and 128 GB DDR4 support moderate virtualization clusters or SQL workloads. Buyers who need more than 24 DIMM slots, more than eight 2.5-inch bays, or a single-socket platform should look at other platforms.

PERC H730P 2 GB RAID controller

The installed PERC H730P 2 GB controller provides 12 Gb/s SAS and SATA connectivity with RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. Battery-backed cache protects write data during power loss. This controller decides which drive types and RAID levels are supported, so confirm it matches your storage design before purchase.