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Black 2U rack server with twenty-four 2.5 inch drive bays front panel

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 24SFF 2x Xeon Gold 6134 768GB DDR4 No Drive

SKU CH-QRRN-7BPQ0

A 24-bay 2.5-inch rack server with dual Xeon Gold 6134 CPUs at 3.2GHz, 768GB DDR4 memory and a PERC H730P controller, drives not included

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM768 GB
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Processor speed3.2 GHz
  • Installed CPUs2
  • Max supported CPUs2
  • Dual Xeon Gold 6134 at 3.2 GHz deliver high compute throughput
  • 768 GB DDR4 ECC registered memory supports large datasets
  • 24-bay 2.5″ chassis enables dense storage scaling
  • PERC H730P RAID controller provides hardware data protection
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise licence allows full remote management

Rack server with 24 2.5-inch bays

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack-mount server system built for dense storage workloads. It ships with two Xeon Gold 6134 processors running at 3.2GHz and 768GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. A PERC H730P RAID controller and a 10GbE 562T dual-port adapter are installed. No drives are included.

Suits storage-heavy clusters needing many bays

This configuration fits buyers who want maximum 2.5-inch drive density in a 2U form factor with dual-socket compute and high memory capacity. It is not for environments that require 3.5-inch drive support or more than two processors. Workloads needing discrete GPU acceleration or fibre-channel connectivity should look elsewhere.

24-bay 2.5-inch chassis defines capacity

The 24 small-form-factor bays set the storage ceiling for this unit. With no drives installed, total capacity depends entirely on the SATA drives you add. The PERC H730P controller manages the array, and the chassis cannot accept 3.5-inch drives or exceed the 24-bay limit.

How it compares

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Price $2,839.99
Pricier than about 63% 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 3.2 GHz
Higher than about 92% 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 speed3.2 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

How do I install the 24 SFF drives in the R740xd chassis, and which step is commonly missed?

Slide each 2.5" drive into the front bays until the latch clicks, then configure the virtual disks in the PERC H730P BIOS before the OS installer runs; skipping the RAID setup leaves the drives invisible to the installer.

Which components will need replacement first during long-term operation of this server?

The two 1100W power supplies and the system fans are the primary field-replaceable units; the PERC H730P controller battery also degrades after several years and should be swapped to preserve write-back cache.

What thermal or power limit appears first when the dual Xeon Gold 6134 CPUs run sustained workloads?

The 3.2GHz base frequency is maintained until the 1100W power budget or chassis airflow limit is reached, at which point the processors throttle to stay within the 24-bay thermal envelope.

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