DELL PowerEdge R740 8LFF 1x Xeon Silver 6130 256GB DDR4

Dell PowerEdge R740 8LFF Server

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack-mount server system built for data-centre workloads. It ships with one Intel Xeon Silver 6130 processor running at 2.1GHz and 256GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. The chassis supports up to eight 3.5-inch SATA drive bays and includes a PERC H730P RAID controller. Remote management is provided by iDRAC9 Enterprise licence.

Suits virtualisation hosts

This configuration fits buyers who need dense 3.5-inch drive capacity and dual-processor headroom in a 2U form factor. The single 16-core CPU and 256GB RAM handle moderate virtualisation clusters and database nodes. Buyers who need GPU acceleration or more than two processors should look at a different platform because the chassis maxes out at two CPUs and uses integrated graphics only.

Eight 3.5-inch SATA drive bays with PERC H730P

The defining spec is the 8LFF chassis that accepts up to eight 3.5-inch SATA drives backed by the PERC H730P controller. This layout determines whether the server can hold the local storage volume your workload requires. No drives are installed, so you must add the exact capacity and redundancy level the project demands.