DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U rack server 2× Xeon Silver 4116 2.1GHz 128GB DDR4 24× 2.4TB SAS

Dense 2U storage server

The PowerEdge R740xd packs twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays and dual Xeon Silver 4116 processors into a 2U rack form factor. Each CPU contributes twelve cores at 2.1 GHz, totalling twenty-four cores and forty-eight threads for parallel workloads. A PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache manages the installed SAS drives across multiple RAID levels.

Suits capacity-first workloads.

This configuration targets software-defined storage, backup targets and virtual desktop infrastructure where high spindle count matters. Buyers who need an all-flash array or a GPU-dense node for compute-intensive tasks should look elsewhere. The chassis prioritises drive bays over accelerator slots or 3.5-inch bay support.

24 × 2.4 TB SAS drives pre-installed

The server ships with twenty-four enterprise 10 K SAS hard drives, each 2.4 TB, delivering a single-volume raw footprint that fills every front bay. No solid-state drives are included, so the storage tier is entirely rotational. Expanding beyond these bays requires external enclosures or a different platform.