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Silver rack-mount server chassis with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays front panel

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Silver 4208 768GB DDR4 No Drive

SKU CH-DBCG-WXJPW

A 12-bay 3.5-inch rack server with dual 2.1GHz Xeon Silver 4208 CPUs, 768GB DDR4 ECC memory, PERC H730P RAID controller and 10GbE networking, supplied without drives

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM768 GB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed2.1 GHz
  • Installed CPUs2
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • 12 x 3.5" drive bays for high-density storage
  • Dual Xeon Silver 4208 processors at 2.1 GHz for multi-threaded workloads
  • 768 GB DDR4 ECC memory supports large virtualisation clusters
  • PERC H730P RAID controller with 2 GB cache protects data integrity
  • Dual 1100 W power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise enable resilient remote management

12-Bay 3.5" Rack Server with Dual Xeon Silver 4208

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack-mount server built for storage-heavy workloads. It ships with two Intel Xeon Silver 4208 processors running at 2.1GHz and 768GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. The chassis provides twelve 3.5-inch drive bays and a PERC H730P RAID controller for large-capacity arrays.

Upgrade from smaller bays or single-socket density

Moving from an 8-bay chassis or a single-processor platform adds both drive slots and compute threads in the same rack height. The jump is worth it when datasets exceed the spindle count or memory ceiling of a smaller node and you need room to grow without adding another server.

768GB DDR4 with headroom to 3TB

The installed 768GB handles sizeable in-memory databases, virtualisation clusters and analytics jobs. Twelve 3.5-inch bays support high-capacity SATA drives for multi-petabyte raw storage. Memory slots remain open for expansion up to 3TB when workloads outgrow the current configuration.

How it compares

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Price $3,717.99
Pricier than about 71% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 768 GB
Higher than about 90% 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 RAM768 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity3 TB
Storage
Installed storage60,00
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 much rack depth is required for the 36 x 24 x 10 inch chassis?

The chassis measures 36 inches deep, so a standard 42U rack with at least 36 inches of usable depth will accommodate it.

What is the correct order for seating the two Xeon Silver 4208 processors and the 768GB DDR4 memory during installation?

Install both processors first, then populate the memory slots following the DDR4 ECC registered population guide in the service manual to avoid a POST failure.

When should the PERC H730P controller battery be checked or replaced?

The controller uses a lithium-ion battery backup; plan to verify its health after 3 to 5 years of continuous operation and replace it if the iDRAC9 reports a degraded state.

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