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Silver 2U rack server, eight front 3.5-inch drive bays, slide rails visible

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740 8LFF 2x Xeon Gold 6246R 32GB DDR4

SKU CH-5ZWB-Q8HAW

A rack-mount server with two 16-core Xeon Gold 6246R processors at 3.4 GHz, 32 GB DDR4 ECC memory, a PERC H730P RAID controller and eight 3.5-inch drive bays ready for SATA storage

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM32 GB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed3.4 GHz
  • Installed CPUs2
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • Dual 16-core Xeon Gold 6246R CPUs at 3.4 GHz deliver high multi-threaded throughput
  • 32 GB DDR4 ECC registered memory provides error-corrected capacity for critical workloads
  • PERC H730P RAID controller enables hardware-accelerated storage arrays
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise licence gives full out-of-band remote management
  • Eight 3.5-inch drive bays support high-density SATA storage expansion

2U 8-bay rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740 occupies two rack units and provides eight 3.5-inch drive bays. Two Xeon Gold 6246R processors run at 3.4 GHz with sixteen cores each. The system ships with 32 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller.

Buyers needing dense local storage

This configuration suits workloads that benefit from up to eight hard drives and thirty-two threads. Organisations requiring GPU acceleration, more than three terabytes of RAM, or a different drive form factor should evaluate other platforms.

Eight 3.5-inch bays define storage capacity

The chassis accepts up to eight SATA hard drives, which the PERC H730P manages through hardware RAID. No drives are installed, so the buyer selects capacity and redundancy to match the application.

How it compares

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

Price $2,409.99
Pricier than about 58% 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 3.4 GHz
Higher than about 94% 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 speed3.4 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM32 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 choose between the eight 3.5-inch drive bays and the installed PERC H730P controller?

The chassis provides eight 3.5-inch bays for SATA drives. The PERC H730P controller manages those drives with hardware RAID. Select drives that match your capacity and performance needs; the controller will present them as logical volumes to the operating system.

What does the 3.4 GHz clock speed on the two Xeon Gold 6246R processors deliver in this server?

Each processor runs at 3.4 GHz with 16 cores, giving 32 cores total. That clock speed sets the base frequency for compute-intensive workloads such as virtualization, database, or rendering tasks running on the installed DDR4 memory.

How does the 10 GbE 562T adapter and SATA interface affect storage throughput?

The 10 GbE 2-port 562T adapter provides up to 10 Gbps network bandwidth for iSCSI or NFS storage traffic. The SATA drive interface and PERC H730P controller determine the maximum drive-level throughput inside the chassis.

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