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Silver 2U rack server front with twelve 3.5 inch drive bays and bezel

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U 12 Bay 3.5" 2x Xeon Gold 6148 2.4GHz 20C 768GB DDR4 H730P 12x 8TB

SKU CH-N1VA-9T7S7

A 2U rack server with twelve 3.5-inch bays, dual 20-core Xeon Gold 6148 CPUs, 768GB DDR4 memory, PERC H730P RAID controller and twelve 8TB SATA drives

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM768 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C620
  • Processor core count20-Core Processor
  • Dual Xeon Gold 6148 CPUs provide 40 cores at 2.4 GHz base and 3.7 GHz turbo
  • 768 GB DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory fills 24 slots for high capacity
  • PERC H730P 2 GB controller supports RAID 0 1 5 6 10 50 60 and pass-through
  • Twelve 8 TB 3.5 inch 7.2 K SATA drives offer dense storage in 12 bays
  • iDRAC 9 Enterprise plus X520 I350 quad-port NIC gives remote management and 1 10 GbE connectivity

2U Server with 12 Bays

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server built for storage-dense workloads. It ships with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays populated by 8TB enterprise SATA disks. Dual Xeon Gold 6148 processors and 768GB of DDR4 ECC memory provide the compute base for virtualisation or software-defined storage clusters.

Upgrade from Single-Socket or Smaller Arrays

This system replaces single-socket servers or 2U chassis with fewer drive bays when capacity and redundancy must grow together. The jump is worth it when workloads need twelve hot-swap drives behind a hardware RAID controller and two CPUs with twenty cores each at 2.4GHz base clock.

Fits Standard Racks with Redundant Power

The 2U form factor mounts in standard racks using the included rails and bezel. Dual 750W platinum power supplies and the PERC H730P controller with battery-backed cache free up PCIe slots by handling RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 on board. Quad-port networking with two 1GbE and two 10Gb SFP+ ports connects storage and management traffic without extra cards.

How it compares

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

Price $5,758.99
Pricier than about 80% 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).
Video RAM 8 MB
Typical for this category: the median of 8,309 items is 0.01 GB.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge R740xd
Model namePowerEdge R740xd
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor core count20-Core Processor
Processor socketLGA 3647
ChipsetIntel C620
Processor speed2.4 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM768 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity3 TB
Memory slot count24
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H730P 2 GB Controller
Drive interfaceSATA
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Connectivity
Network controllerDell Intel X520/I350 Quad Port 2x 1GbE 2x 10Gb SFP+ Network Daughter Card
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slotsRiser options with up to 8 PCIe Gen 3 slots, maximum of 4 × 16 slots
Management interfaceRJ 45
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height2U
Software
Operating systemNo

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Questions about this item

What rack height and rail kit does the 2U PowerEdge R740xd require?

The server occupies 2U of rack space and ships with Ready Rails for standard square-hole or threaded-hole racks.

How are the twelve 3.5-inch drives installed, and what step is often missed?

Drives slide into the front hot-swap bays and lock with the carrier lever; the PERC H730P must then be configured in the BIOS or iDRAC before the array becomes visible to the OS.

Which components are hot-swappable and will need replacement over the server's life?

The twelve 8TB SATA drives, both 750W power supplies and the cooling fans are all hot-swappable; memory and CPUs require a full power-down to replace.

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