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

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Silver 4110 384GB DDR4 rack server

SKU CH-FP3A-ZXDN9

A 12-bay 3.5-inch rack server with dual 2.1GHz Xeon Silver 4110 CPUs, 384GB DDR4 ECC memory and PERC H730P RAID controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM384 GB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed2.1 GHz
  • Installed CPUs2
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • 12 × 3.5" drive bays support dense local storage
  • Two Xeon Silver 4110 CPUs run at 2.1 GHz
  • 384 GB DDR4 ECC registered memory installed
  • PERC H730P RAID controller manages SATA arrays
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise enables full remote management

Dell PowerEdge R740xd 12-bay rack server

This Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack-mount server system built for dense storage workloads. It ships with two Intel Xeon Silver 4110 processors running at 2.1GHz and 384GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. The chassis provides twelve 3.5-inch drive bays and includes a PERC H730P RAID controller. Integrated graphics and an iDRAC9 Enterprise licence handle remote management.

Suits storage-heavy workloads, not GPU compute

The twelve large-form-factor bays and hardware RAID make this platform a fit for backup repositories, archival storage or software-defined storage clusters. Buyers who need GPU acceleration for AI training or rendering should look elsewhere because the server only provides integrated graphics. Organisations that require a smaller footprint or fewer drive slots will find the 12-bay chassis excessive for their rack space.

Twelve 3.5-inch bays define the storage ceiling

The single specification that decides fit is the twelve 3.5-inch drive bays combined with the PERC H730P controller. This sets the maximum raw capacity and RAID flexibility for the platform. If your dataset demands more spindles or a different form factor, this chassis cannot accommodate it.

How it compares

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

Price $2,223.99
Pricier than about 55% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 384 GB
Higher than about 75% 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 RAM384 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity3 TB
Storage
Installed storage144,00
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

What comes in the box and what must I buy separately?

The chassis includes 2x Xeon Silver 4110 processors, 384GB DDR4 ECC registered memory, PERC H730P RAID controller, 10GbE 2-port 562T adapter, 2x 1100W power supplies and rails on request. No 3.5" drives are installed; add up to 12 SATA drives separately.

Which drive-capacity version should I choose?

The server ships with zero drives installed. You select the capacity by purchasing 3.5" SATA drives — up to 12 bays are available — so choose the number and size of drives that match your storage target.

What does the 384GB DDR4 figure mean once the server is running?

384GB of registered ECC DDR4 is already populated across the memory slots, giving immediate capacity for large virtualization hosts, in-memory databases or heavy multi-threaded workloads without further memory purchases.

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