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Silver rack-mount server chassis, 2U height, eight 3.5-inch drive bays front, two power supplies rear

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740 8LFF 2x Xeon 5118 32GB DDR4 No Drive

SKU CH-B1Y8-Q00DS

A 2U rack server holding eight 3.5-inch drives, dual 12-core Xeon 5118 CPUs at 2.3GHz, 32GB DDR4 ECC and a PERC H730P RAID controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM32 GB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed2.3 GHz
  • Installed CPUs2
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • Dual Xeon 5118 CPUs deliver 24 cores at 2.3GHz
  • 32GB DDR4 ECC memory supports 3TB maximum capacity
  • Eight 3.5-inch drive bays accept SATA storage
  • PERC H730P RAID controller manages array performance
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise enables remote server management

Dell PowerEdge R740 8LFF Server

This Dell PowerEdge R740 rack server ships with two Intel Xeon 5118 Gold processors running at 2.3GHz and 32GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. The chassis provides eight 3.5-inch drive bays and a PERC H730P RAID controller for SATA storage arrays. Remote management is handled by iDRAC9 with an Enterprise licence. The unit is sold without hard drives installed.

Suited for virtualisation hosts

The dual 12-core CPUs and 3TB maximum memory capacity support dense virtual machine deployments or database applications that need large RAM pools. Buyers who need GPU acceleration or more than two processor sockets should look elsewhere because the platform maxes out at two CPUs and offers only integrated graphics. The 8LFF form factor also limits density compared with 2.5-inch bay alternatives.

Eight 3.5-inch SATA bays with PERC H730P RAID

The storage controller manages redundancy and performance across the installed drives using the SATA interface. No drives are included so you must supply compatible 3.5-inch SATA disks to populate the bays. Maximum raw capacity depends entirely on the drive sizes you choose.

How it compares

Measured against everything we stock in Rack & Tower Servers, at today’s prices. Recalculated every night.

Price $1,357.99
Cheaper than about 63% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 32 GB
Lower than about 80% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Processor speed 2.3 GHz
Typical for this category: the median of 9,950 items is 2.3 GHz.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge
Model nameRack Mount
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor speed2.3 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM32 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity3 TB
Storage
Installed storage4,00
Disk controllerDell PERC H730P Controller
Drive interfaceSATA
Graphics
Graphics chipIntegrated Graphics
Size & build
Product dimensions36 × 24 × 10 in
More details
Management controlleriDRAC9 - Enterprise License

Questions about this item

Should I choose the 8-bay 3.5-inch chassis or a smaller bay count?

The 8-bay 3.5-inch chassis supports up to eight large-form-factor drives, giving maximum raw capacity for archive or backup workloads.

What does the 2.3 GHz Xeon 5118 figure mean once the server is running workloads?

Two Xeon 5118 processors at 2.3 GHz deliver 24 cores total, providing strong multi-thread throughput for virtualization and database tasks.

How does the PERC H730P controller and SATA interface cap real-world drive performance?

The PERC H730P RAID controller manages SATA drives at 12 Gb/s per port, so sustained throughput is limited by the SATA link rather than the controller.

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