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

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Gold 6246R 128GB DDR4 rack server

SKU CH-GB17-V25X5

Twelve-bay 3.5-inch rack server with dual 16-core Xeon Gold 6246R processors at 3.4 GHz, 128 GB DDR4 ECC, PERC H730P RAID controller and 10 GbE networking

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM128 GB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed3.4 GHz
  • Installed CPUs2
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • Dual Xeon Gold 6246R processors provide 16 cores each at 3.4 GHz
  • 128 GB DDR4 memory supports demanding workloads and virtualization
  • 12 LFF drive bays enable high-capacity 3.5" storage configurations
  • PERC H730P RAID controller manages data protection and performance
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise license delivers comprehensive remote server management

Dell PowerEdge R740xd 12-bay rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server fitted with two Intel Xeon Gold 6246R processors running at 3.4 GHz and 128 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. It provides twelve 3.5-inch drive bays and a PERC H730P RAID controller for high-capacity storage arrays. Remote management is handled by iDRAC9 Enterprise, and dual 1100 W power supplies are included.

Suited for dense storage workloads.

This configuration suits organisations that need large local storage in a compact rack footprint, such as backup targets, software-defined storage nodes or media archives. Buyers who require GPU acceleration, PCIe add-in cards beyond the storage controller, or a smaller tower form factor should look at a different platform.

Twelve 3.5-inch bays set the capacity ceiling

The single specification that decides fit is the twelve-bay 3.5-inch chassis, which caps raw capacity at the number of drives you populate. If your dataset demands more bays, a 24-bay chassis or external JBOD is necessary.

How it compares

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Price $2,346.99
Pricier than about 57% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 128 GB
Typical for this category: the median of 15,103 items is 128 GB.
Processor speed 3.4 GHz
Higher than about 94% 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 speed3.4 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM128 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 many 3.5-inch drive bays can I fill later, and does the PERC H730P controller support SATA drives?

The chassis accepts up to 12 3.5-inch bays and the PERC H730P RAID controller works with SATA drives, so you can add storage as needed.

With dual Xeon Gold 6246R CPUs at 3.4 GHz and 128 GB DDR4, which resource hits its ceiling first during long compute runs?

The processors are already at the two-socket maximum and run at 3.4 GHz, so sustained heavy workloads will be limited by CPU thermal headroom before memory bandwidth becomes the bottleneck.

What noise and heat should I expect from the two 1100 W power supplies running continuously?

Dual 1100 W supplies and 16-core CPUs generate significant heat; the system relies on high-speed internal fans that produce noticeable rack-level noise under full load.

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