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Silver rack server, 2U height, eight front 3.5 inch drive bays

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740 8LFF 2x Xeon Gold 6226R 16GB DDR4 No Drive Rack Server

SKU CH-9A71-FYQMV

Rack server with eight 3.5-inch drive bays, dual Xeon Gold 6226R CPUs at 2.9 GHz, 16 GB DDR4, PERC H730P RAID controller and iDRAC9 remote management

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM16 GB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed2.9 GHz
  • Installed CPUs2
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • Dual Xeon Gold 6226R CPUs provide 16 cores each at 2.9 GHz for compute-intensive tasks
  • Eight 3.5-inch drive bays support high-capacity SATA storage expansion
  • PERC H730P RAID controller delivers hardware RAID with 4800 MB cache for data protection
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise licence enables full remote management and monitoring
  • 16 GB DDR4 ECC registered memory installed with capacity up to 3 TB

Ready-to-configure 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rackmount server system supplied new with two Xeon Gold 6226R processors running at 2.9 GHz and 16 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. Eight 3.5-inch drive bays are available for SATA hard drives, though none are installed in this configuration. A PERC H730P RAID controller and an integrated 10 GbE two-port 562T adapter are fitted, alongside dual 750 W power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management.

Suits virtualisation hosts needing dense 3.5-inch

This chassis fits workloads that benefit from up to eight large-form-factor SATA drives and dual-socket Xeon compute. Buyers who require smaller 2.5-inch bays, a different drive interface, or a single-processor layout should consider other platforms. The 16 GB base memory supports light consolidation; heavier memory footprints will need additional DDR4 modules to approach the 3 TB maximum.

3 TB DDR4 ceiling

The platform supports a maximum of 3 TB of DDR4 memory across its DIMM slots. Confirm that your intended workload stays within this limit before ordering, as the installed 16 GB represents only a starting point.

How it compares

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

Price $2,057.99
Typical for this category: the median of 17,641 items is $1,910.99.
Installed RAM 16 GB
Lower than about 90% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Processor speed 2.9 GHz
Higher than about 88% 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 speed2.9 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM16 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity3 TB
Storage
Installed storage48,00
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 do I install the 3.5-inch drives in the 8-bay chassis and which step is commonly missed?

Slide each drive into a bay until the carrier latch clicks, then verify the PERC H730P RAID controller detects every disk in the BIOS before loading the OS.

What maintenance will the 750-watt power supplies and iDRAC9 remote management need over time?

Clean the PSU air intakes quarterly, confirm both units share load evenly, and apply iDRAC firmware updates when Dell releases them.

Which limit appears first when the dual 6226R processors run sustained workloads at 2.9 GHz?

Thermal throttling triggers once the chassis inlet temperature exceeds the rated maximum, reducing clock speed to protect the CPUs.

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