DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Gold 6140 32GB DDR4 No Drive

Dense 12-bay storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd chassis holds twelve 3.5-inch drive bays in a 2U rack form factor. Two Intel Xeon Gold 6140 processors at 2.3 GHz provide 36 total cores and 24.75 MB cache per CPU. Thirty-two gigabytes of DDR4 ECC registered memory are installed across two 16 GB modules. A PERC H730P RAID controller manages SATA storage while an integrated 10 GbE two-port 562T adapter handles networking. Dual 1100 W power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management complete the platform.

Suited for capacity-focused workloads

This configuration fits archives, backup targets and media repositories that prioritise raw drive count over all-flash speed. The twelve-bay layout and hardware RAID controller support large SATA arrays with redundancy. Buyers who need more than two processor sockets, memory beyond 3 TB or a backplane designed for PCIe-attached drives should evaluate other platforms. Workloads demanding GPU acceleration or single-thread frequency above 2.3 GHz will also look elsewhere.

Twelve 3.5-inch drive bays define capacity

The chassis accepts up to twelve 3.5-inch SATA drives, making bay count the primary constraint on total storage. No drives are included, so the buyer selects capacity and redundancy to match the workload. The installed PERC H730P controller and dual 1100 W power supplies support the resulting array without further hardware changes.