DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 6148 2.4GHz 20-core 256GB DDR4 24x 400GB SSD

Storage-dense 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server built around twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays. Two Intel Xeon Gold 6148 processors run at 2.4 GHz with twenty cores each, supported by 256 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory. A PERC H730P controller manages the twenty-four installed 400 GB SATA SSDs. Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management complete the platform.

Suited for capacity-focused workloads

This configuration fits software-defined storage clusters, virtual desktop infrastructure hosts and service-provider environments that prioritise local drive count over expansion slots. The twelve Gb/s SAS/SATA backplane and quad-port 1 GbE plus dual 10 GbE SFP+ networking handle high-throughput storage traffic. Buyers needing PCIe add-in cards such as GPUs or additional NICs should look elsewhere because the dense drive layout limits available slots.

Twenty-four bay 2.5-inch chassis

The defining specification is the twenty-four bay 2.5-inch front panel that holds the 400 GB SATA SSDs. This capacity ceiling determines whether the server matches a storage-heavy deployment or if a different form factor is required.