DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U 24 Bay 2.5" 2x Xeon Gold 6134 3.2GHz 8 Core 64GB DDR4 24x 400GB SSD H730P

Dense 2U Storage Server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd packs twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays into a 2U rack chassis, making it a high-density platform for storage-heavy workloads. Two Intel Xeon Gold 6134 processors run at 3.2 GHz with eight cores each, while 64 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory is installed across four slots. A PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache manages the twenty-four 400 GB SATA SSDs, and dual 1100 W platinum power supplies provide redundancy.

Fits Software-Defined Storage Builders

This server suits teams deploying software-defined storage, virtual desktop infrastructure or service-provider workloads that need many drive slots in minimal rack space. The quad-port X520/I350 network daughter card adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links, and iDRAC9 Enterprise handles remote management. Buyers who need GPU acceleration, more than two sockets or fibre-channel connectivity should look at a different platform.

24-Bay 2.5-Inch Chassis Decides Fit

The defining specification is the twenty-four 2.5-inch hot-swap bays fed by a single 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID controller. If the application requires that exact bay count in a 2U form factor, this chassis matches; if fewer bays or 3.5-inch drives are needed, another model is appropriate.