DELL PowerEdge R740 8LFF 2x Xeon Gold 6134 32GB DDR4 No Drive

Server configuration and target use

This Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server populated with two Xeon Gold 6134 processors running at 3.2GHz and 32GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. The chassis provides eight 3.5-inch drive bays wired to a PERC H730P RAID controller, while remote management is handled by an iDRAC9 Enterprise licence. Dual 750W power supplies and a 10GbE two-port 562T adapter complete the baseline hardware.

Who this suits and who should look elsewhere

The system suits buyers who need a dense 3.5-inch storage platform with dual-socket compute and hardware RAID, and who will supply their own drives. It is not for buyers who require GPU acceleration, because only integrated graphics are present, nor for those who need drive interfaces other than SATA, nor for workloads that demand more than the two installed processors or a different memory generation.

Deciding specification

The eight 3.5-inch SATA bays backed by the PERC H730P controller are the single specification that determines fit; if your deployment needs that exact bay count and RAID capability, this chassis matches, otherwise a different form factor or controller will be required.