DELL PowerEdge R740xd 24SFF 2x Xeon Platinum 8260L 128GB DDR4 rack server

High-density 24-bay storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd chassis fits up to 24 two-and-a-half-inch drives in a 2U rack form factor. Dual Xeon Platinum 8260L processors and 128 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory provide the compute base for storage-heavy workloads. A PERC H730P RAID controller and a 10 GbE 562T dual-port adapter handle data movement and network throughput. The system ships without drives so you can populate bays to match capacity and performance targets.

Dual 1100 W supplies and iDRAC9 remote management

Two 1100 watt power supplies deliver redundancy for the fully populated chassis. Integrated iDRAC9 with Enterprise licence gives out-of-band monitoring, firmware updates and power control from any browser. In typical operation the fans run at moderated speeds while the redundant supply shares load evenly across both units. The server arrives with BIOS and firmware already updated to the latest stable release.

Sustained throughput for dense drive arrays

Under continuous RAID rebuilds or streaming workloads the 24-bay backplane and H730P controller maintain consistent I/O without thermal throttling. The 2.4 GHz 24-core Xeons keep cache-heavy tasks fed while DDR4 bandwidth supports multiple parallel streams. Drive bays remain accessible for hot-swap replacement during extended operations. This configuration suits buyers who need maximum bay count in a 2U envelope rather than GPU acceleration or single-thread speed.