DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 2U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 6154 18C 3.0GHz 64GB 26x 8TB SAS HBA330 2x 1100W

Storage density and compute balance

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rack server built around two Intel Xeon Gold 6154 processors, each running 18 cores at 3.0GHz with a 3.7GHz turbo. Sixty-four gigabytes of DDR4 ECC registered memory and twenty-six 8TB 7.2K SAS drives fill the front bays, all managed by a PERC HBA330 controller. Dual 1100W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise complete the platform.

Suits dense storage workloads.

This server targets teams that need maximum 3.5-inch drive count in a 2U form factor for software-defined storage, backup repositories or media archives. The HBA330 operates in JBOD mode, so builders who require hardware RAID acceleration should look elsewhere. Organisations needing more than 64GB of memory or additional CPU sockets beyond the two installed will need a different chassis.

Twenty-six 3.5-inch SAS bays define the capacity

The chassis provides exactly 26 front-accessible 3.5-inch slots, all populated with 8TB 7.2K SAS drives in this configuration. The PERC HBA330 presents them as raw devices to the operating system. Total raw capacity is therefore fixed by the bay count and the installed drive size; expanding beyond 26 drives requires another server.