DELL PowerEdge R740 2x Silver 4210R 10C 128GB 6x 120GB SATA SSD H730P

Dual Silver 4210R 2U Server

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server built around two Intel Silver 4210R processors, each with ten cores running at 2.4 GHz. It ships with 128 GB of DDR4 memory installed across eight 16 GB modules. Six 120 GB SATA SSDs are pre-configured on an H730P RAID controller inside an eight-bay 2.5-inch chassis.

Suits dense virtualisation, not GPU work

This configuration fits teams that need moderate compute density and fast local storage for virtual machines or databases. The 1100 W redundant power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management support continuous operation. Buyers who require GPU acceleration or more than eight PCIe Gen 3 slots should evaluate other platforms.

Eight 2.5-inch bays set the storage ceiling

The chassis provides eight 2.5-inch drive bays, and six are already populated with 120 GB SATA RI SSDs. Only two bays remain for expansion, so capacity planning must account for this physical limit. The H730P controller manages RAID across the installed and any added drives.