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Silver 2U rack server front with eight 2.5 inch drive bays

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740 rack server 2x Silver 4210R 10C 256GB 8x 480GB SSD H730P

SKU CH-RMX6-4DCTA

A 2U rack server with dual 10-core Intel Silver 4210R CPUs at 2.4GHz, 256GB DDR4 across 16 modules, eight 480GB SATA SSDs and an H730P RAID controller

  • ProcessorIntel
  • Installed RAM256 GB
  • Rack height2U
  • Installed storage8x 480 GB SATA SSD
  • Disk controllerH730P
  • Maximum storage8x 2.5 in Drive Bays
  • Dual 10-core Silver 4210R CPUs at 2.4GHz for parallel workloads
  • 256GB DDR4 across 16 DIMMs supports large virtualisation density
  • Eight 480GB SATA SSDs on H730P RAID deliver protected fast storage
  • Up to eight PCIe Gen 3 slots enable GPU or NIC expansion
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise plus Intel X550 10GbE and 1GbE for remote management

2U Rack Server with Dual Silver 4210R

This Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rackmount server equipped with two Intel Silver 4210R processors, each running at 2.4GHz with 10 cores. It comes populated with 256GB of DDR4 memory across 16 modules and eight 480GB SATA SSDs managed by an H730P RAID controller. The system includes an Intel X550 network daughter card providing two 10Gb and two 1Gb RJ45 ports.

Suited for Virtualisation Hosts Not GPU Workloads

The dual 10-core CPUs and large memory capacity make this server a fit for virtualisation clusters, database nodes or application hosting where core count and RAM matter. The eight 2.5-inch drive bays are fully occupied by the installed SSDs, so there is no internal room for additional spindle drives or larger capacity sets without external storage. The PCIe Gen 3 slots support add-in cards but the platform does not accommodate double-width GPU accelerators.

H730P RAID Controller Decides Storage Layout

The included H730P controller manages the eight 480GB SATA SSDs and determines which RAID levels are available for the boot and data volumes. It connects to the 2.5-inch backplane inside the 2U chassis and provides battery-backed write cache for data protection. Buyers should verify that the controller firmware and drive firmware meet their compliance requirements before deployment.

How it compares

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Price $5,199.99
Pricier than about 77% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 256 GB
Higher than about 60% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Model nameR740
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel
Memory
Installed RAM256 GB
Storage
Installed storage8x 480 GB SATA SSD
Disk controllerH730P
Maximum storage8x 2.5 in Drive Bays
Size & build
Rack height2U
More details
Management controlleriDRAC9 Enterprise

Questions about this item

What PCIe generation do the eight expansion slots on this R740 support?

The R740 provides up to eight PCIe Gen 3 slots for add-in cards such as GPUs, NICs or additional RAID controllers.

What physical drive bays and rails are included with the 2U chassis?

The 2U chassis has eight 2.5-inch drive bays, all populated with 480 GB SATA SSDs, and sliding rails are supplied in the box.

What BIOS or iDRAC step is often missed when configuring the H730P RAID controller?

After creating a virtual disk in the H730P BIOS utility, the virtual disk must be initialised before the OS installer will recognise it.

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