DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Bronze 3106 1TB DDR4 rack server

Dell PowerEdge R740xd 12-bay rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server built around two Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 processors running at 1.7GHz with eight cores each. It arrives with 1TB of DDR4 ECC registered memory installed and a PERC H730P RAID controller. The 12-bay 3.5-inch chassis supports SATA hard drives, though no drives are included in this configuration.

Suited for high-capacity storage workloads

This server suits organisations that need dense, local storage capacity in a standard rack footprint for backup, archiving or software-defined storage clusters. Buyers who need all-flash performance or a different drive protocol should look elsewhere, as the backplane is SATA-only and no solid-state drives are included. Remote management is handled by iDRAC9 Enterprise, and dual 1100W power supplies provide redundancy.

12 x 3.5-inch SATA drive bays

The defining specification is the twelve 3.5-inch drive bays connected to the PERC H730P controller over a SATA interface. This bay count and interface determine how much raw capacity you can install and what drive types are compatible. Maximum memory capacity reaches 3TB across the available DIMM slots when expansion is required.