DELL PowerEdge R740 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6130 2.1GHz 16-Core 128GB DDR4 H730P 2x 300GB SAS

Dual-Socket Xeon Server for Dense Compute

The PowerEdge R740 fits two Xeon Gold 6130 processors, each with 16 cores at 2.1 GHz and a 3.7 GHz turbo, into a 2U rack chassis. With 128 GB of registered ECC DDR4 across 8 modules and 24 total slots, it serves virtualization clusters, database nodes, or HPC workloads that need high core counts in a compact footprint.

Sustained Load Behaviour with Redundant Power

Dual 750 W platinum power supplies share the load and keep the system running if one unit fails. The C620 chipset and PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache maintain consistent throughput for RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 or 60 arrays, while the two 300 GB 10K SAS drives and quad-port 1/10 GbE card handle steady network and storage traffic without thermal throttling.

Rack Installation and Common Pitfalls

Ready Rails and the front bezel are included, so the 2U unit slides into standard square-hole or threaded racks without extra kits. Buyers who need more than two 2.5-inch drives must add caddies and backplane cables, and the 3 TB memory ceiling requires high-density RDIMMs or LRDIMMs not supplied. The iDRAC9 Enterprise licence is pre-activated, but remote KVM access needs a dedicated management network port.