DELL PowerEdge R740 2U rack server 2× Xeon Gold 6130 2.1GHz 16-core 768GB DDR4 8× 300GB SAS H730P

Dual-socket 2U server for virtualisation

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server fitted with two Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors running at 2.10 GHz, each providing 16 cores. It ships with 768 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across 24 slots and an eight-bay 2.5-inch chassis populated with 300 GB 10K SAS drives on a PERC H730P RAID controller.

Suited to multi-threaded workloads needing large

This configuration targets environments that run many virtual machines, large databases or container clusters where the 32 total cores and 768 GB RAM are fully utilised. The quad-port network daughter card supplies two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links for segmentation. Buyers who need more than eight drive bays or a GPU-dense chassis should evaluate alternative platforms.

24 DIMM slots supporting up to 3 TB DDR4

The C620 chipset provides 24 memory slots, of which all are occupied by 32 GB modules in this unit. Maximum supported capacity is 3 TB, so any future expansion requires replacing existing DIMMs. Verify that your workload fits within the current 768 GB before purchasing.