DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Silver 4216 128GB DDR4 rack server

Dell PowerEdge R740xd 12-Bay Server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server fitted with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays and a Dell PERC H730P RAID controller. Two Intel Xeon Silver 4216 processors run at 2.1 GHz, each providing 16 cores and 22 MB cache, while 128 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory is installed. The chassis includes dual 1100 W power supplies and an iDRAC9 Enterprise licence for remote management.

Suits storage-dense workloads.

This platform suits organisations that need high local capacity in a compact rack footprint, such as backup repositories, software-defined storage clusters or archival workloads. Buyers who require GPU acceleration, more than two sockets or a single-processor footprint should consider other platforms. The integrated graphics and lack of installed drives mean the system arrives ready for custom storage configuration.

Twelve 3.5-inch bays with PERC H730P RAID

The defining specification is the twelve-bay 3.5-inch chassis paired with the PERC H730P controller, which determines how many drives can be fitted and which RAID levels are supported. Maximum memory capacity reaches 3 TB across the available DIMM slots, and the 10 GbE 562T dual-port adapter handles network connectivity. No drives are included, so capacity and performance depend entirely on the disks selected.