DELL PowerEdge R740xd 24SFF 2x Xeon Silver 4114 384GB DDR4 No Drive Server

Rack server with 24 small-form-factor bays

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack-mount server populated with two Intel Xeon Silver 4114 processors running at 2.2 GHz. It ships with 384 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller. No drives are installed, so the 24 front-access 2.5-inch bays are ready for your SAS media.

Suits dense storage workloads, not GPU compute

This configuration targets environments that need high drive counts in a compact chassis, such as software-defined storage or backup repositories. The integrated graphics and lack of PCIe accelerator support mean it is not aimed at visualisation, AI training or render farms. Buyers who require dedicated GPU slots should evaluate alternative platforms.

24-bay 2.5-inch chassis dictates storage density

The defining specification is the 24-bay small-form-factor front plane, which sets the maximum number of drives the system can hold. With the PERC H730P controller already fitted, the server can manage large SAS arrays immediately once drives are added. The 384 GB memory ceiling and dual 1100 W power supplies support the installed CPUs but do not change the bay count that governs capacity planning.