DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U 24-Bay 2.5" 2x Xeon Gold 6142 2.6GHz 16-Core 512GB DDR4 24x 2.4TB SAS H730P

PowerEdge R740xd 2U 24-Bay Server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server built for storage-dense workloads. It ships with two Intel Xeon Gold 6142 processors, each running at 2.6 GHz with 16 cores and a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 512 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across 16 modules. A PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache manages the internal drive array.

Suits software-defined storage

This platform targets environments that need high capacity in a compact rack footprint. The 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis supports SAS and SATA drives through the H730P controller with RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and pass-through modes. Quad-port networking provides two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ connections. Buyers who require solid-state media, GPU-accelerated compute or more than two processor sockets should evaluate alternative platforms because this configuration uses spinning SAS drives and maxes out at two CPUs.

24-bay 2.5-inch SAS drive capacity decides fit

The defining specification is the 24-bay 2.5-inch SAS backplane paired with the H730P controller. It determines how many drives can be installed and which RAID levels are available. With 24 enterprise 2.4 TB 10K SAS drives already populated, the array delivers raw capacity for storage-heavy applications. Confirm that your workload matches this drive count and SAS interface before purchasing.