DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U rack server 2× Xeon Gold 6134 3.2GHz 256GB DDR4 24× 1.2TB SAS H730P

2U dual-socket storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server built for storage-dense workloads. It ships with two Intel Xeon Gold 6134 processors at 3.2 GHz and 256 GB of DDR4 ECC memory across eight 32 GB modules. Twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays hold 1.2 TB 10K SAS drives for high-capacity arrays. The PERC H730P controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 with a 2 GB cache and battery backup.

Redundant platinum power and cooling

Dual 1100 W platinum-efficiency power supplies provide full redundancy and hot-swap capability. The 2U chassis uses managed airflow to keep both CPUs and the 24-drive bay cool during normal operation. iDRAC 9 Enterprise gives remote power, thermal and hardware monitoring without needing a local console. Quad-port networking with two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links handles management and data traffic on separate interfaces.

Sustained throughput for software-defined storage

Under continuous load the H730P controller maintains consistent IOPS across the 24-drive SAS backplane without thermal throttling. The Xeon Gold 6134 CPUs sustain 3.2 GHz base clocks with 3.7 GHz turbo available for burst phases. Registered ECC DDR4 at 2666 MHz feeds both sockets evenly, avoiding NUMA penalties during long-running virtualisation or database tasks. Redundant power and hot-swap drives let the platform stay online while components are replaced.