DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Gold 6246R 32GB DDR4 No Drive

Dense 3.5-inch storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd chassis fits up to 12 large-form-factor SATA drives in a 2U rack frame. Dual Xeon Gold 6246R processors running at 3.4 GHz provide 32 total cores for multi-threaded workloads. The PERC H730P RAID controller manages the drive array. Thirty-two gigabytes of DDR4 ECC registered memory are installed from the factory.

Verify rack space and drive plans

Confirm the 36 by 24 by 10 inch footprint fits your cabinet and that the 40 unit weight is within the rack load rating. Two 1100 watt power supplies are fitted so check that your PDU cables match the inlet type. No drives ship with the system; order the SATA drives and any required caddies at the same time. The integrated 10 gigabit dual-port 562T adapter needs compatible switch ports.

Sustained throughput with dual CPUs

Both 16-core processors maintain the 3.4 GHz base clock under continuous load thanks to the redundant 1100 watt power supply design. The H730P controller cache is backed by a battery module to protect write data during extended rebuilds. iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management stays responsive even when the host OS is saturated. DDR4 ECC memory corrects single-bit errors without interrupting long-running jobs.