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Silver rack-mount server chassis with eight 3.5-inch drive bays front panel

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740 8LFF 2x Xeon Gold 5120 32GB DDR4

SKU CH-5BAY-26RS6

Rack server with eight 3.5-inch drive bays, dual 14-core Xeon Gold 5120 CPUs at 2.2 GHz, 32 GB DDR4 ECC memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM32 GB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed2.2 GHz
  • Installed CPUs2
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • Dual Xeon Gold 5120 processors provide 14 cores each at 2.2GHz
  • 32GB DDR4 ECC registered memory installed with capacity up to 3TB
  • PERC H730P RAID controller manages up to eight 3.5-inch drive bays
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise licence enables full remote server management
  • Dual 750W power supplies and 10GbE 562T network adapter included

2U rack server for virtualised workloads

The Dell PowerEdge R740 chassis holds eight 3.5-inch drive bays and ships with two Xeon Gold 5120 processors running at 2.2GHz. Fourteen cores per socket and 32GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory give a balanced platform for hypervisor hosts or database nodes. Remote management is handled by iDRAC9 with an Enterprise licence.

Upgrade from single-socket or smaller-bay systems

Moving from a single-processor box or a four-bay chassis adds a second Xeon and doubles the drive capacity without leaving the 2U footprint. The jump is worth it when memory headroom matters — the board supports up to 3TB of DDR4 — or when RAID sets need more spindles behind the PERC H730P controller.

Sustained load with dual 750W supplies

Redundant 750W units keep the server running through a power-supply failure while the PERC H730P manages parity rebuilds in the background. The 10GbE 562T adapter maintains throughput during backup windows and the iDRAC9 Enterprise console provides continuous sensor logging without interrupting the host OS.

How it compares

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

Price $1,147.99
Cheaper than about 69% 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 2.2 GHz
Lower than about 60% of the 9,950 comparable items (median 2.3 GHz).

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge
Model nameRack Mount
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor speed2.2 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM32 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity3 TB
Storage
Installed storage2,00
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

How much rack depth is needed for the 36-inch deep R740 chassis?

The server measures 36 inches deep, so allow at least that much clear depth in the rack plus cable clearance behind it.

Which firmware step is often missed when installing the PERC H730P controller?

Update the RAID controller firmware to match the system BIOS after seating the card, otherwise the virtual disks may not appear during OS install.

What drive type will be required when the empty 3.5-inch bays are populated later?

The backplane uses SATA, so only 3.5-inch SATA hard drives or SSDs can be added to the eight available bays.

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