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Silver 2U rack server chassis with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays visible on the front face

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Platinum 8160 1536GB DDR4 rack server

SKU CH-ZT1N-HZ17G

A 12-bay 3.5-inch rack server with dual Xeon Platinum 8160 processors at 2.1GHz, 1.5TB DDR4 ECC memory and PERC H730P RAID controller, sold without drives

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM1.5 TB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed2.1 GHz
  • Installed CPUs2
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • Dual Xeon Platinum 8160 CPUs deliver 48 cores for heavy workloads
  • 5TB DDR4 ECC memory supports large-scale virtualization and databases
  • 12 x 3.5" drive bays enable high-capacity SATA storage arrays
  • PERC H730P RAID controller provides hardware RAID with 2GB cache
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise licence gives full remote management and monitoring

12-Bay 3.5-Inch Rack Server

This Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server built for dense storage workloads. It ships with dual Xeon Platinum 8160 processors running at 2.1 GHz, 1.5 TB of DDR4 ECC registered memory, and a PERC H730P RAID controller. The chassis holds up to twelve 3.5-inch SATA drives; no drives are installed.

Suits storage-heavy dual-socket deployments

The system suits databases, virtualisation hosts and backup targets that benefit from high core counts and large memory capacity. Buyers who need fewer drive bays, lower memory capacity, single-processor configurations or a tower form factor should look at something else.

Twelve 3.5-inch drive bays define the storage limit

The single specification that decides fit is the twelve-bay 3.5-inch chassis. It caps internal storage at twelve SATA hard drives and determines the physical space the server occupies in a rack.

How it compares

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

Price $5,815.99
Pricier than about 80% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 1.5 TB
Higher than about 93% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Processor speed 2.1 GHz
Lower than about 70% 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 speed2.1 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM1.5 TB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity3 TB
Storage
Installed storage48,00
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

Will the 36-inch deep 12 LFF chassis fit in my standard rack?

The chassis is 36 inches deep and 10 inches high, so it needs a rack with at least 36 inches of usable depth and 10 inches of vertical space for the 12 LFF drive bays.

What is the correct order for installing the two Xeon Platinum 8160 processors and the 1.5 TB DDR4 memory?

Install both processors first, then populate the memory slots evenly across all channels on each CPU so the 24 cores per processor can access the full 1536 GB.

When should I plan to replace the two 1100 W power supplies in this server?

Dell rates the 1100 W units for several years of continuous operation; swap them proactively at the first sign of fan noise or voltage drift to keep the dual-processor 24-core configuration stable.

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