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Silver 2U rack server, twelve 3.5 inch drive bays front, two power supplies rear

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Bronze 3106 384GB DDR4 No Drive

SKU CH-WVC4-7NYFY

Twelve 3.5-inch drive bays, dual Xeon Bronze 3106 processors at 1.7GHz, 384GB DDR4 ECC memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller in a rack-mount chassis

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM384 GB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed1.7 GHz
  • Installed CPUs2
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • Two Xeon Bronze 3106 processors at 1.7 GHz for multi-threaded compute
  • 384 GB DDR4 ECC registered memory supports large in-memory datasets
  • PERC H730P RAID controller manages up to 12 x 3.5" SATA drives
  • Dual 1100 W power supplies with iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management
  • 10 GbE 562T two-port adapter provides high-speed network connectivity

12-Bay Rack Server for Dense Storage

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF fits twelve 3.5-inch drives in a 2U chassis. Two Xeon Bronze 3106 processors run at 1.7GHz with eight cores each. 384GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory is installed. A PERC H730P RAID controller and dual 1100W supplies complete the platform.

Suits Storage-Heavy Workloads.

This server targets archives, backups and software-defined storage clusters that value capacity over single-thread speed. Buyers who need higher clock rates, more PCIe lanes or GPU acceleration should evaluate other configurations. No drives are included, so storage media must be sourced separately.

12 Large-Form-Factor Bays Define Capacity Ceiling

The twelve 3.5-inch bays set the raw storage limit and dictate drive selection. Populating them with SATA drives determines total capacity and throughput. The PERC H730P manages RAID across all bays. Verify that your dataset fits within this bay count before purchase.

How it compares

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

Price $2,080.99
Typical for this category: the median of 17,641 items is $1,910.99.
Installed RAM 384 GB
Higher than about 75% 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 RAM384 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity3 TB
Storage
Installed storage96,00
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 often will the 1100W power supplies need replacement under continuous load?

The dual 1100W units share the load; each runs below its rating so replacement is only required if a unit fails.

Which component reaches its limit first when the 2x Xeon Bronze 3106 CPUs run at 1.7GHz all day?

The two processors hit their thermal ceiling before memory or the PERC H730P controller saturate.

What noise and heat levels should I expect from the 12-bay 3.5" chassis with dual 1100W supplies running 24/7?

Fan speed ramps to keep CPU and drive temperatures stable; acoustic output is typical for a 2U rack server with redundant power.

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