Dell PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Silver 4214R 128GB DDR4 No Drive

Dual 12-Core Xeon Server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack-mounted server system built around two Intel Xeon Silver 4214R processors running at 2.4 GHz. Each CPU provides 12 cores and 16.5 MB of cache, delivering 24 threads for virtualisation, database or high-throughput workloads. The chassis ships with 128 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller, but no drives are installed so you can populate the twelve 3.5-inch bays with the SATA capacity you need. Dual 1100 W power supplies and an iDRAC9 Enterprise licence complete the baseline configuration.

Storage-Focused Deployments

This platform suits teams that need dense 3.5-inch storage in a 2U form factor with hardware RAID and out-of-band management already licensed. Buyers who require GPU-accelerated compute or all-flash density should choose a different platform because this chassis and controller are designed around 3.5-inch SATA media. Organisations planning to scale beyond two sockets or 3 TB of RAM will also need a larger system.

Twelve 3.5-Inch Drive Bays

The single specification that decides fit is the twelve-bay 3.5-inch chassis paired with the PERC H730P controller. If your workload demands that many large-form-factor SATA drives behind a single hardware RAID adapter, this server matches the requirement; if you need fewer bays, 2.5-inch density, or a different controller, another model is appropriate.