DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12 Bay 3.5" 2U rack server 2x Xeon Silver 4116 2.1GHz 12 Core 256GB DDR4 H730P

Storage-dense 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rackmount server system built for storage-heavy workloads. It ships with two Intel Xeon Silver 4116 processors running at 2.10 GHz, each providing 12 cores. The system includes 256 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across eight 32 GB modules. Twelve 3.5-inch drive trays support SATA and SAS drives for high-capacity arrays.

Suited for dense storage and virtualization

This configuration fits software-defined storage, service-provider hosting and virtual desktop infrastructure where drive count matters. The PERC H730P controller enables RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 with a 2 GB cache. Quad-port networking adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links. Buyers who need more than two sockets or more than 24 DIMM slots should evaluate larger platforms.

Twelve 3.5-inch trays decide capacity

The chassis provides exactly 12 front-accessible 3.5-inch bays with no drives installed, so total raw capacity depends entirely on the SAS or SATA drives you populate. The H730P controller manages those drives through a 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA interface. If your deployment requires a different bay count or 2.5-inch form factor, this 2U model will not match the requirement.