DELL PowerEdge R740 2x Silver 4210R 10C 64GB 2x 7.68TB SAS SSD H730P rack server

Dell PowerEdge R740 2U server

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Silver 4210R processors, each providing 10 cores at 2.4 GHz. It ships with 64 GB of DDR4 memory arranged as four 16 GB modules running at 2666 MT/s. The system includes a PERC H730P RAID controller and two 7.68 TB SAS SSDs installed in an eight-bay 2.5-inch chassis. Dual 1100 W redundant power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management complete the platform.

Suited for virtualisation and database hosts

This server suits organisations that need a dense 2U platform with dual-socket compute, hardware RAID and high-capacity flash storage for virtualisation clusters or database workloads. The eight PCIe Gen 3 slots allow GPU, FPGA or additional NIC expansion. Buyers who require more than eight 2.5-inch drive bays or who need an optical drive should look at alternative configurations.

Storage capacity is the deciding factor

The two factory-installed 7.68 TB SAS SSDs provide the primary storage pool; the H730P controller manages them in the chosen RAID level. Eight 2.5-inch bays in total mean six bays remain open for future capacity growth. If the workload demands more raw capacity than the two installed drives supply, the buyer must plan additional drives before deployment.