DELL PowerEdge R740xd rack server 2U 2x Xeon Gold 6130 2.1GHz 16-core 768GB DDR4 24-bay 2.5" H730P

Dense storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack system built around two Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors, each with 16 cores at 2.1 GHz. It ships with 768 GB of DDR4 ECC memory across 24 slots and a PERC H730P controller driving 24 hot-swap 2.5-inch SAS or SATA bays. Redundant 1100 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise management complete the package.

Software-defined storage and virtualisation teams

This configuration suits organisations that need high drive density and dual-socket compute in a compact chassis for scale-out storage, VDI or hyper-converged workloads. Buyers who require fewer drive bays, single-socket economics or GPU-accelerated compute should evaluate other chassis.

24-bay 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane

The defining specification is the front-loaded 24-bay 2.5-inch backplane that accepts SAS and SATA drives behind a single PERC H730P controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. If the deployment needs a different drive count, form factor or controller feature set, this server will not match the requirement.