DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U 24-Bay 2.5" rack server 2× Xeon Gold 6134 3.2GHz 8C 128GB DDR4 H730P 24× 600GB SAS

24-bay 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack-mounted server system built for storage-dense workloads. It ships with two Intel Xeon Gold 6134 processors running at 3.2 GHz with eight cores each and 128 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory. A PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache manages twenty-four 600 GB 10K SAS drives in the front bays. Redundant 1100 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management are included.

Ideal for storage-heavy roles

This configuration suits organisations deploying software-defined storage, virtual desktop infrastructure or service-provider platforms that need high drive counts in a compact rack footprint. The quad-port network daughter card provides two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ connections for flexible fabric integration. Buyers who require solid-state media, GPU acceleration or a lower drive count should consider other platforms because the chassis is populated exclusively with spinning SAS drives and has no GPU provisioning.

PERC H730P RAID controller

The Dell PERC H730P 2 GB 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA controller with battery-backed cache determines the storage capabilities of this server. It supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 as well as pass-through mode for software-defined storage stacks. All twenty-four drive bays connect through this single controller, so its feature set and firmware version define the achievable redundancy, performance and management options for the entire array.