DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 2U rack server 2x Xeon 8260 2.4GHz 32GB DDR4 26x 4TB SATA H730P

Storage density defined

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rack server built around twenty-six 3.5-inch drive bays. Two Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 processors deliver forty-eight cores at 2.4 GHz with 3.9 GHz turbo. Thirty-two gigabytes of DDR4-2933 ECC memory and a PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache manage the installed twenty-six 4 TB 7.2K SATA drives. Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise complete the platform.

Ideal for capacity-first workloads

This server suits teams running software-defined storage, backup repositories, big-data analytics or media archives where raw terabytes per rack unit matter most. The twenty-six-bay chassis and dual 10/25 GbE SFP28 mezzanine card support high-throughput ingest. Buyers who need GPU-accelerated compute, all-flash performance or a higher core count per socket should evaluate alternative platforms.

Twenty-six 3.5-inch bays decide fit

The single specification that determines suitability is the twenty-six-bay 3.5-inch chassis paired with the H730P RAID controller. If your workload requires that exact drive count in 2U, this configuration matches; if you need fewer bays, 2.5-inch density, or a different controller feature set, look elsewhere.