DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Gold 5218R 512GB DDR4

PowerEdge R740xd 12-bay server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server populated with two Intel Xeon Gold 5218R processors running at 2.1 GHz. It ships with 512 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller. The chassis provides twelve 3.5-inch drive bays for SATA hard drives. Integrated graphics and a 10 GbE two-port 562T adapter handle display and network connectivity. Dual 1100 W power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management complete the platform.

Suits dense storage clusters.

This configuration targets buyers who need high capacity in a 2U form factor, such as backup targets, media archives or software-defined storage nodes. The twelve large-form-factor bays and hardware RAID controller support large SATA drive sets. Buyers who want more storage bays than twelve, or who require native U.2/U.3 slots for direct-attached flash, should look at a different chassis. Workloads that exceed the two-socket limit or the 3 TB memory ceiling also fall outside this system.

Twelve 3.5-inch drive bays define capacity

The single specification that decides fit is the twelve-bay 3.5-inch chassis. It sets the maximum raw storage to the number of drives multiplied by the largest supported SATA drive size. If the deployment needs fewer bays, a smaller server reduces cost and power. If it needs more bays or native flash slots, a different platform is required.