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Silver 2U rack server with 24 front drive bays, bezel and sliding rails

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 24-Bay 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6142 2.6GHz 16-Core 64GB DDR4

SKU CH-7C7B-W3E09

2U rack server with 24 drive bays, dual 16-core Xeon Gold 6142 CPUs at 2.6 GHz, 64 GB DDR4 ECC, PERC H730P RAID controller, dual 10 GbE SFP+ ports and redundant 1100 W power supplies

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM64 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C620
  • Processor core count16-Core Processor

Installed Memory Size 64GB

HDD 2 x 300GB 10K SAS

  • Dual Xeon Gold 6142 CPUs provide 16 cores each at 2.6 GHz base
  • 64 GB DDR4 2666 MHz ECC memory supports up to 3 TB capacity
  • PERC H730P controller enables RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 with 2 GB cache
  • Quad-port network card adds 2×1 GbE and 2×10 Gb SFP+ connectivity
  • Dual 1100 W platinum PSUs with iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management

Storage-dense 2U server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server built for workloads that need internal capacity alongside compute power. It fits twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays in a two-socket chassis, making it suitable for software-defined storage, virtual desktop infrastructure or service-provider environments.

Hot-swap chassis with redundant power

The enclosure supports hot-swap drives and includes two 1100 watt platinum-efficiency power supplies for redundancy. A PERC H730P 2GB controller manages SAS and SATA drives with RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through, while an Intel X520/I350 daughter card adds two 1GbE and two 10Gb SFP+ ports. iDRAC9 Enterprise provides out-of-band remote management. Ready rails and a front bezel are included for rack installation.

Dual 16-core Xeon platform limits

Two Intel Xeon Gold 6142 processors run at 2.6 GHz with a 3.7 GHz turbo, delivering thirty-two cores total across LGA 3647 sockets on the Intel C620 chipset. The system ships with 64 GB of DDR4-2666 registered ECC memory in four slots and can scale to 3 TB across twenty-four slots. Maximum processor count is two, so CPU expansion stops at the factory configuration.

How it compares

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

Price $896.99
Cheaper than about 77% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 64 GB
Lower than about 70% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Video RAM 8 MB
Typical for this category: the median of 8,309 items is 0.01 GB.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge R740xd
Model nameR740xd
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor core count16-Core Processor
Processor socketLGA 3647
ChipsetIntel C620
Processor speed2.6 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM64 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity3 TB
Memory slot count24
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H730P 2 GB Controller
Drive interfaceSAS
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Connectivity
Network controllerDell Intel X520/I350 Quad Port 2x 1GbE 2x 10Gb SFP+ Network Daughter Card
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slotsRiser options with up to 8 PCIe Gen 3 slots, maximum of 4 × 16 slots
Management interfaceRJ 45
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height2U
Software
Operating systemNo

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Questions about this item

Does the PERC H730P controller limit the SAS drives to 12Gb/s?

The PERC H730P is a 12Gb/s SAS/SATA controller; the installed 300GB drives run at 12Gb/s, so the interface caps at that speed.

What physical space and rails are required to mount this 2U server?

The server is a 2U rack unit and ships with Ready Rails for tool-less mounting in a standard four-post rack.

How are the two Xeon Gold 6142 processors installed, and what step is often missed?

Both CPUs come pre-installed in the dual LGA 3647 sockets; the step people miss is populating memory slots in the correct per-processor channel order for 2666MHz operation.

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