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Silver 2U rack server with twelve 3.5 inch drive bays front panel

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Bronze 3104 256GB DDR4 No Drive rack server

SKU CH-3D0X-E21M9

A 12-bay 3.5-inch rack server with dual 1.7 GHz Xeon Bronze 3104 CPUs, 256 GB DDR4 ECC memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller, sold without drives

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM256 GB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed1.7 GHz
  • Installed CPUs2
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • Dual Xeon Bronze 3104 CPUs deliver 12 cores at 1.7GHz
  • 256GB DDR4 ECC memory supports demanding virtualization workloads
  • 12 x 3.5-inch drive bays enable high-capacity SATA storage arrays
  • PERC H730P RAID controller provides hardware-accelerated data protection
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise licence allows full remote server management

12-bay R740xd with dual Xeon Bronze 3104

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server populated with two Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 processors running at 1.7GHz and 256GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. It ships without hard drives and includes a PERC H730P RAID controller, dual 1100W power supplies and a 10GbE 562T network adapter.

Suited for storage-heavy workloads

This configuration targets buyers who need twelve 3.5-inch drive bays for large-capacity SATA arrays and the remote-management features of iDRAC9 Enterprise. It is not for deployments that require GPU acceleration, more than two sockets, or memory beyond the 3TB platform limit.

Dual Bronze 3104 CPUs at 1.7GHz

The installed processors provide twelve total cores with 8.25MB cache each, setting the baseline compute capacity for the chassis. Firmware is updated to the latest stable release before dispatch.

How it compares

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

Price $1,618.99
Cheaper than about 56% 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).
Processor speed 1.7 GHz
Lower than about 98% 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 speed1.7 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM256 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity3 TB
Storage
Installed storage60,00
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

Should I choose the 12-bay 3.5-inch chassis or a smaller drive-count version for maximum local storage?

The 12-bay 3.5-inch chassis provides the highest drive density in this R740xd line, letting you install up to twelve large-capacity SATA drives for bulk data workloads.

What does the 1.7 GHz clock on the dual Xeon Bronze 3104 CPUs deliver in actual use?

Two six-core Bronze 3104 processors at 1.7 GHz give twelve threads total, suited for multi-threaded server tasks such as virtualization hosts, file services, or database nodes that favour core count over single-thread speed.

How does the PERC H730P controller and SATA interface limit drive performance?

The H730P RAID controller manages the twelve SATA bays; SATA’s 6 Gbit/s ceiling caps each drive’s throughput, so sequential read/write speeds top out at the drive’s own SATA rating rather than a faster bus.

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