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

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U 12x3.5" 2x Xeon Gold 6134 128GB DDR4 12x8TB H730P

SKU CH-SCM7-EBHZV

A 2U rack server with dual 3.2 GHz 8-core Xeon Gold processors, 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory, twelve 8 TB SATA drives on an H730P RAID controller.

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM128 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C620
  • Processor core count8-Core Processor
  • Dual Xeon Gold 6134 CPUs provide 16 cores at 3.2 GHz base clock
  • 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory across 8 modules supports virtualization workloads
  • PERC H730P controller enables RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 with 2 GB cache
  • 12 x 8 TB 7.2K SATA drives fill all 3.5 inch bays for dense storage
  • Quad-port network card adds 2 x 1 GbE and 2 x 10 Gb SFP+ connectivity

Dell PowerEdge R740xd 2U 12-Bay Server

This Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server built for storage-dense workloads. It ships with dual Intel Xeon Gold 6134 processors, 128GB of DDR4 ECC memory and twelve 8TB 3.5-inch SATA hard drives. The platform targets software-defined storage, virtual desktop infrastructure and service-provider environments.

Suits buyers who need high capacity in a compact

Organisations that require twelve 3.5-inch drive bays, hardware RAID across SAS and SATA drives, and dual 10GbE SFP+ ports in a 2U form factor will find this configuration aligned. Buyers who need GPU acceleration, all-flash storage tiers or a single-processor footprint should evaluate other platforms.

Dual Xeon Gold 6134 with 3.2 GHz base clock

Two eight-core Xeon Gold 6134 CPUs run at 3.2 GHz with 3.7 GHz turbo, delivering sixteen threads per socket. This processor choice defines the compute ceiling for virtualization density and storage controller throughput in this chassis.

How it compares

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

Price $3,974.99
Pricier than about 72% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 128 GB
Typical for this category: the median of 15,103 items is 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 count8-Core Processor
Processor socketLGA 3647
ChipsetIntel C620
Processor speed3.2 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM128 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

Questions about this item

Should I choose the 12x 8TB SATA drives or a smaller number of larger drives for this R740xd?

The server ships with twelve 8 TB 7.2 K SATA drives filling every 3.5" bay; reducing the count would leave empty bays and lower total capacity.

What does the 3.2 GHz base clock on the two Xeon Gold 6134 CPUs mean for real workloads?

Each processor runs at 3.2 GHz with eight cores and can boost to 3.7 GHz, giving 16 cores total for parallel tasks such as virtualisation or storage processing.

How does the PERC H730P controller limit the SATA drive performance in practice?

The H730P provides 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA connectivity with 2 GB cache and battery backup, so the 6 Gb/s SATA drives are not bottlenecked by the controller.

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