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Silver 2U rack server, twelve 3.5-inch drive bays, front bezel and rails included

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U rack server 2x Xeon Silver 4116 2.1GHz 12-core 512GB DDR4 12x 8TB HDD H730P

SKU CH-Y6WD-6D6G3

Two-socket 2U rack server with 24 cores, 512GB DDR4 ECC memory, PERC H730P RAID controller and twelve 8TB SATA drives

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM512 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C620
  • Processor core count12-Core Processor
  • Dual Xeon Silver 4116 CPUs provide 24 cores at 2.1 GHz base with 3.0 GHz turbo
  • 512 GB DDR4 2400 MHz registered ECC memory fills 16 of 24 slots for large datasets
  • PERC H730P 2 GB controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 with battery-backed cache
  • Twelve 8 TB 7.2K SATA drives in 3.5" hot-swap bays give dense storage capacity
  • X520/I350 quad-port card adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links for flexible networking

Storage-dense 2U rack server

The PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rackmount system built for workloads that demand large local capacity. Dual Xeon Silver 4116 processors provide 24 total cores at 2.1 GHz with 3.0 GHz turbo. 512 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 16 modules supports virtualisation and database tasks. Twelve 3.5-inch drive bays are populated with 8 TB enterprise hard drives.

Twelve-bay SATA and SAS limit

The PERC H730P controller manages up to twelve SATA or SAS drives through a 12 Gb/s interface with 2 GB cache and battery backup. RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through are supported. The 3.5-inch form factor excludes 2.5-inch SSDs without adapters. Network connectivity uses a quad-port daughter card with two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ ports.

512 GB DDR4 registered ECC ceiling

Installed memory occupies 16 of 24 slots, leaving room to reach the 3 TB maximum with larger DDR4 modules. Buyers who need more than 512 GB today must add registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs. The platform does not support unbuffered or non-ECC memory. The dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise complete the baseline configuration.

How it compares

Measured against everything we stock in Rack & Tower Servers, at today’s prices. Recalculated every night.

Price $4,633.99
Pricier than about 75% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 512 GB
Higher than about 80% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Video RAM 8 MB
Typical for this category: the median of 8,309 items is 0.01 GB.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge R740xd
Model namePowerEdge R740xd
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor core count12-Core Processor
Processor socketLGA 3647
ChipsetIntel C620
Processor speed2.1 GHz
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM512 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity3 TB
Memory slot count24
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H730P 2 GB Controller
Drive interfaceSATA
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Connectivity
Network controllerDell Intel X520/I350 Quad Port 2x 1GbE 2x 10Gb SFP+ Network Daughter Card
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slotsRiser options with up to 8 PCIe Gen 3 slots, maximum of 4 × 16 slots
Management interfaceRJ 45
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height2U
Software
Operating systemNo

Questions about this item

Should I pick the 12 x 8 TB SATA hard-drive configuration or a different drive count for this R740xd?

The server ships with twelve 3.5-inch 8 TB 7.2 K SATA drives filling every front bay; reducing the count would leave empty bays and lower total capacity.

What does the 2.1 GHz base clock on the dual Xeon Silver 4116 CPUs mean for real-world throughput?

Each processor runs at 2.1 GHz base with 3.0 GHz turbo across twelve cores, giving twenty-four cores total for parallel workloads such as virtualization or software-defined storage.

How does the PERC H730P controller and 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA interface limit drive performance?

The H730P connects the twelve SATA drives at up to 12 Gb/s per port and supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60, so the SATA 6 Gb/s drives are the practical speed ceiling.

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