DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6142 2.6GHz 16C 64GB DDR4 24x 1.2TB SAS H730P

Dense 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd packs twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays into a two-socket 2U chassis. Dual Xeon Gold 6142 processors provide thirty-two cores at 2.6 GHz with 3.7 GHz turbo, while 64 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller handle large working sets. Quad-port networking adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links, and iDRAC 9 Enterprise gives full remote control.

Suits storage-heavy workloads

This configuration targets software-defined storage clusters, virtual desktop infrastructure hosts and service-provider platforms that need high spindle count and hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 or 60. Redundant 1100 W platinum supplies and hot-swap bays support continuous operation. Buyers who need all-flash performance, GPU acceleration or single-thread speeds beyond the stated turbo should evaluate other platforms.

24-bay 2.5-inch SAS capacity

The deciding specification is the twenty-four 1.2 TB 10 K SAS drives served by the H730P 2 GB controller. That combination fixes raw capacity, IOPS profile and RAID options for the deployment. If the project demands a different drive count, form factor or interface, this exact chassis will not match the requirement.