DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6154 3.0GHz 18C 16GB DDR4 26x 8TB SATA H330 2x 1100W PSU

26-bay 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rack server built for high-density storage workloads. It ships with twenty-six 3.5-inch drive bays populated by 8TB 7.2K SATA drives and a PERC H330 storage controller. Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6154 processors provide 36 total cores at 3.0GHz with 3.7GHz turbo. The system includes 16GB of DDR4-2666 ECC memory and redundant 1100W platinum power supplies.

Suited for archive and backup targets.

This configuration suits organisations deploying software-defined storage, backup repositories or media archives where raw capacity and drive count matter most. The 16GB memory footprint limits virtualisation density and database caching, so buyers needing large working sets or heavy VM consolidation should look at configurations with more installed RAM. The H330 controller supports RAID but lacks cache protection, which may not meet strict write-durability requirements.

LGA 3647 dual-socket platform maxed at two

The server uses two LGA 3647 sockets and both are occupied by the installed Xeon Gold 6154 CPUs. No additional processors can be added because the platform maximum of two is already reached. Sixteen DDR4 slots are present with only two populated, leaving fourteen slots open for memory expansion up to the 1TB platform limit.