DELL PowerEdge R740 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 12-Core 768GB DDR4 2x 400GB SSD H730P

Purpose-built rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server designed for workloads that benefit from dual-socket compute density and internal storage expandability. It suits virtualisation hosts, database nodes and middleware tiers that need many cores and large memory in a standard rack footprint. Buyers who need a tower chassis, a single-socket platform or GPU-dense configurations should look elsewhere.

Dual Xeon Gold 5118 core count

Two Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors provide 24 physical cores running at 2.3 GHz with a 3.2 GHz turbo frequency. The LGA 3647 sockets are fully populated, so no further CPU upgrades are possible. This core count is the decisive figure for licensing, thread capacity and parallel throughput planning.

Redundant 750 W platinum supplies

Dual hot-swap 750 W platinum power supplies share the load and maintain operation if one unit fails. The system draws power for 24 DDR4 DIMMs, two CPUs, storage controller, network daughter card and eight drive bays. Acoustic output will reflect a 2U rack chassis with multiple high-speed fans under typical data-centre inlet temperatures.