DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 2U rack server 26x 8TB 2x Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz 20C 16GB DDR4 H730P

Storage density and compute power

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rack server built for data-intensive workloads that demand high capacity in a compact form factor. It ships with two Intel Xeon Gold 6230 processors running at 2.1 GHz with a 3.9 GHz turbo frequency and 20 cores each. Sixteen gigabytes of DDR4 memory and a PERC H730P storage controller support the twenty-six installed 8 TB 7.2K SATA drives.

Suited for archive and backup.

This configuration suits organisations running software-defined storage, backup repositories or media archives where raw capacity and drive count matter most. The dual 1100 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise management simplify deployment in dense racks. Buyers who need larger memory footprints for virtualisation clusters or in-memory databases should look at platforms with more DIMM slots and higher installed RAM.

Twenty-six drive bays define the storage ceiling

The single specification that decides fit is the twenty-six 3.5-inch bays populated with 8 TB SATA drives, delivering a fixed raw capacity that cannot be expanded internally. The PERC H730P controller provides RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through, while the OCP 2.0 mezzanine card adds dual 10/25 Gb SFP28 connectivity for high-throughput fabrics.