DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6150 2.7GHz 18C 512GB DDR4 26x 4TB SATA H330 2x 1100W

High-density 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rackmount server built for data-intensive workloads that demand high capacity in a compact form factor. It ships with dual Intel Xeon Gold 6150 processors, each running at 2.7 GHz with 3.7 GHz turbo across 18 cores. The system includes 512 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory across 16 slots and a Dell PERC H330 storage controller managing 26 installed 4 TB 7.2K SATA drives. Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies provide redundant hot-swap power.

Suited for archive and software-defined storage

This configuration targets organisations running backup repositories, media archives or software-defined storage clusters that prioritise raw capacity and redundancy. The 26-bay 3.5-inch chassis and dual 10/25 Gb SFP28 networking support high-throughput ingest and replication. Buyers who need all-flash performance, GPU-accelerated compute or a smaller physical footprint should evaluate different platforms.

26-bay 3.5-inch SATA capacity

The defining specification is the 26-bay 3.5-inch chassis populated with 4 TB 7.2K SATA drives, delivering over 100 TB of raw storage in 2U. This density determines whether the server fits a cold-data, backup or archive strategy versus workloads requiring lower latency or higher IOPS per terabyte.