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Silver 2U rack server, 24 front 2.5 inch bays, no drives installed

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 24SFF 2x Xeon 5118 768GB DDR4 No Drive rack server

SKU CH-GWJC-2C2Q6

A 24-bay 2.5-inch rack server with two Xeon 5118 processors at 2.3GHz, 768GB DDR4 memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller, sold without drives

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM768 GB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed2.3 GHz
  • Installed CPUs2
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • 24 x 2.5" drive bays for dense local storage
  • Dual Xeon 5118 12-core CPUs at 2.3GHz for parallel workloads
  • 768GB DDR4 ECC memory supports large datasets
  • PERC H730P RAID controller with 2GB cache protects data
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise enables remote firmware updates and monitoring

Dense storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd fits 24 small-form-factor bays in a 2U chassis. Two Xeon 5118 processors at 2.3 GHz deliver 24 cores total, backed by 768 GB of DDR4 ECC memory. A PERC H730P RAID controller and a 10 GbE 562T dual-port adapter handle throughput. Dual 1100 W supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise complete the platform.

Buyers needing maximum local capacity

This configuration targets workloads that fill many 2.5-inch drives such as software-defined storage, backup targets or dense virtualisation clusters. Buyers who want fewer bays with larger 3.5-inch drives, or who require GPU acceleration, should look at a different chassis. Systems without dual 10 GbE or without the PERC H730P controller also fall outside this build.

24-bay 2.5-inch chassis

The defining constraint is the 24-bay 2.5-inch backplane that locks the storage form factor and limits total raw capacity to the number of drives installed. All other specifications scale around this density choice.

How it compares

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

Price $2,892.99
Pricier than about 64% 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 2.3 GHz
Typical for this category: the median of 9,950 items is 2.3 GHz.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge
Model nameRack Mount
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor speed2.3 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM768 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity3 TB
Storage
Installed storage24,00
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

Should I pick the 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis or a smaller drive count for the R740xd?

The 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis gives the highest drive density in this R740xd; choose it when you need maximum local storage slots, otherwise a lower bay count saves space and power.

What does the 2.3 GHz Xeon 5118 speed mean for real workloads on this server?

Two Xeon 5118 processors at 2.3 GHz deliver 24 cores total with 16.5 MB cache each, suited for virtualisation, databases and multi-threaded applications that scale across cores.

How does the PERC H730P controller and SATA interface limit drive performance?

The PERC H730P handles RAID across the 24 SATA bays; throughput is bounded by the SATA link speed of each installed drive.

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