DELL PowerEdge R740 8LFF 1x Xeon Gold 5120 256GB DDR4 No Drive

Dell PowerEdge R740 8LFF Server

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server built for dense storage workloads. It ships with one Intel Xeon Gold 5120 processor running at 2.2GHz with 14 cores and 256GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. The chassis supports up to eight 3.5-inch drive bays and includes a PERC H730P RAID controller. Remote management is handled by iDRAC9 with an Enterprise license.

Suits storage-heavy workloads; not for GPU compute

This configuration suits databases, virtualisation hosts and backup targets that need many large drives and strong single-thread performance. The single CPU leaves one socket open for future expansion to two processors. Buyers who need dedicated GPU acceleration or more than eight drive bays should look at a different chassis. The integrated graphics only covers basic display output.

Eight 3.5-inch SATA bays with PERC H730P

The defining spec is the eight-bay 3.5-inch backplane wired for SATA drives and managed by the PERC H730P controller. This combination sets the maximum raw capacity and RAID options available without adding external enclosures. The server also includes a 10GbE two-port 562T adapter and dual 750W power supplies. Memory can scale to 3TB across 24 slots when the second CPU is added.