DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U 12-bay 3.5" 2x Xeon Gold 6134 3.2GHz 256GB DDR4 12x 8TB H730P

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12-bay server

This 2U rack system fits environments that need dense 3.5-inch storage inside a two-socket Intel Xeon platform. Two Gold 6134 processors run at 3.2 GHz with eight cores each, backed by 256 GB of DDR4 ECC memory across 24 slots. The PERC H730P controller manages twelve SATA hard drives with RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through. Dual 750 W redundant power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise complete the baseline configuration.

Suits storage-heavy workloads, not compute-only

Software-defined storage clusters, backup targets and virtual desktop infrastructure benefit from the twelve drive bays and quad-port networking with two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links. Buyers who need solid-state media should look elsewhere because no SSDs are installed and the controller connects SATA and SAS only. The platform maxes out at two CPUs and 3 TB of memory, so workloads that demand more sockets or larger memory footprints will require a different chassis.

Twelve 8 TB 7.2 K SATA drives decide capacity

The raw storage total is set by the twelve installed 3.5-inch 7.2 K SATA hard drives. If the required capacity or drive type differs, this specific unit cannot meet the need without drive replacement. All other specifications scale around this storage foundation.