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DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Silver 4210 32GB DDR4 No Drive

SKU CH-3QD4-KCMNW

A 12-bay 3.5-inch rack server with two 2.2 GHz Xeon Silver 4210 processors, 32 GB DDR4 ECC memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller, sold without drives

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM32 GB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed2.2 GHz
  • Installed CPUs2
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • Dual Xeon Silver 4210 CPUs provide 10 cores each at 2.2 GHz
  • 32 GB DDR4 ECC registered memory installed with room to grow
  • 12 front 3.5" drive bays ready for SATA storage
  • PERC H730P RAID controller supports hardware arrays
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise licence enables full remote management

12-Bay Rack Server for Dense Storage

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd fits twelve 3.5-inch drives in a 2U chassis and ships with two Xeon Silver 4210 processors running at 2.2 GHz. Thirty-two gigabytes of DDR4 ECC registered memory are installed across two 16 GB modules. The PERC H730P RAID controller manages the SATA backplane and no drives are included so you can populate the bays to match capacity and redundancy needs.

Dual 1100 W Supplies and iDRAC9 Management

Redundant 1100 watt power supplies share the load during normal operation keeping each unit well within its efficiency curve. Integrated iDRAC9 with an Enterprise licence provides out-of-band monitoring, remote console access and firmware updates without a local keyboard or display. The 10 GbE dual-port 562T adapter handles management and data traffic on the same physical links.

Sustained Workloads Across Ten-Core CPUs

Each Silver 4210 delivers ten cores with 13.75 MB of shared cache allowing the pair to maintain steady throughput on multi-threaded database or virtualisation tasks. The 12-drive layout spreads I/O across many spindles reducing queue depth during long backup or replication windows. Memory can be expanded to 3 TB when workloads grow beyond the factory 32 GB configuration.

How it compares

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Price $1,210.99
Cheaper than about 67% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 32 GB
Lower than about 80% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Processor speed 2.2 GHz
Lower than about 60% 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 speed2.2 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM32 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity3 TB
Storage
Installed storage6,00
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 do I install the Dell PERC H730P RAID controller and what step do people miss?

The PERC H730P controller is already installed in the chassis. Connect each 3.5" drive bay SATA backplane cable to the controller ports, then use the iDRAC9 Enterprise interface to create virtual disks before the OS sees any storage.

What maintenance will the 2x 1100W power supplies and system fans need later?

Both 1100W supplies are hot-swap redundant; replace a failed unit without downtime. Clean front intake filters every 6–12 months so the dual Xeon Silver 4210 processors and DDR4 memory stay within thermal limits.

Which limit appears first when the dual Xeon Silver 4210 CPUs run sustained workloads?

The 2.2 GHz base frequency across all cores becomes the throughput ceiling before memory bandwidth or the 10 GbE 562T adapter saturates.

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