DELL PowerEdge R740 8LFF 2x Xeon 5118 512GB DDR4 rack server

Dell PowerEdge R740 8LFF dual Xeon server

This Dell PowerEdge R740 chassis supports up to eight 3.5-inch drive bays in a 2U rack-mount form factor. It ships with two Intel Xeon 5118 Gold processors running at 2.3GHz, each with twelve cores and 16.5MB cache. The system includes 512GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller. Integrated graphics and a 10GbE two-port 562T adapter handle display and network connectivity.

Suits virtualisation hosts and dense storage nodes

The eight large-form-factor bays and 3TB maximum memory ceiling make this platform a good fit for hypervisor clusters, backup repositories or database servers that need local capacity. Buyers who want more storage bays than eight, or who require GPU compute acceleration, should look at something else. The integrated graphics and single 10GbE adapter also limit use cases that demand high-speed multi-port networking or discrete video output.

512GB DDR4 ECC registered memory installed

The installed 512GB DDR4 ECC registered memory is the key specification that determines whether this server matches the workload. It uses DDR4 technology exclusively and can be expanded to 3TB across the available slots. If the application requires a different memory generation or a lower starting capacity, this configuration will not be the right part.