Dell PowerEdge R740xd 2U 24 Bay 2x Xeon Gold 6148 2.4GHz 20 Core 512GB DDR4 24x 800GB SSD H730P

Storage-dense 2U server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server built around twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays and two Intel Xeon Gold 6148 processors. Each CPU runs at 2.4 GHz with twenty cores and a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. The system ships with 512 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across sixteen modules. A PERC H730P 2 GB controller manages the twenty-four installed 800 GB SATA SSDs. Redundant 1100 W platinum power supplies, iDRAC9 Enterprise, quad-port networking and rails complete the package.

Suited for storage-centric workloads

This configuration fits software-defined storage clusters, virtual desktop infrastructure hosts and service-provider platforms that need high drive counts in a compact chassis. The dual-socket design and large memory capacity also support database and virtualisation tasks that benefit from local SSD capacity. Organisations requiring GPU compute, larger per-drive capacities or single-thread speeds beyond the stated turbo should evaluate alternative platforms.

Twenty-four bay 2.5-inch chassis

The defining specification is the twenty-four 2.5-inch hot-swap bays populated with 800 GB SATA SSDs behind a PERC H730P RAID controller. This density determines whether the server matches a workload that prioritises internal storage volume over expansion slots or specialised accelerators.