DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6130 2.1GHz 16-Core 128GB DDR4 H730P 12x 3.5" Trays

Dell PowerEdge R740xd 2U Server

This 2U rack server ships with two Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors running at 2.1 GHz with 16 cores each. It includes 128 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across eight modules. The PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. Twelve 3.5-inch SAS/SATA drive trays are fitted, and redundant 750 W platinum power supplies, iDRAC 9 Enterprise, quad-port networking and rails are included.

Suits dense storage workloads

The platform fits software-defined storage, virtual desktop infrastructure and service-provider deployments that need internal capacity in a 2U form factor. Twelve hot-swap trays give room for large SATA or SAS hard-drive arrays behind the front bezel. Buyers who need more than two sockets or more than 24 DIMM slots should look at a different chassis. The maximum installed CPU count is two and the memory ceiling is 3 TB.

H730P RAID controller decides fit

The Dell PERC H730P 2 GB 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA controller is the single component that determines whether this server matches your storage topology. It handles RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 as well as pass-through for direct-attached disks. If your deployment requires a different RAID feature set or a controller with a different cache size, this unit will not meet the requirement.