DELL PowerEdge R740 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6130 2.1GHz 16-Core 512GB DDR4

Dual Xeon Gold 6130 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack-mount server system built for compute-intensive workloads. Two Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors deliver 16 cores each at 2.1 GHz with 3.7 GHz turbo. The platform includes 512 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 16 slots and a PERC H730P storage controller with 2 GB cache. Redundant 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise remote management complete the package.

Virtualisation hosts and database clusters

Organisations running virtualised workloads, large databases or high-performance computing tasks will find the dual 16-core configuration and 512 GB memory well matched. The 24 DIMM slots allow expansion to 3 TB for growing datasets. Buyers who need more than two processors or who require installed solid-state storage should evaluate other platforms. The eight 2.5-inch SAS bays currently hold two 300 GB 10 K drives.

24 DDR4 slots supporting 3 TB maximum

The single specification that decides fit is the memory ceiling: 24 registered ECC DDR4 slots with a 3 TB maximum capacity. If the target workload fits within 512 GB today but may scale beyond that, the headroom is available. If the application demands more than 3 TB of system memory, this chassis cannot meet the requirement.