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Silver 2U rack server front with twenty-six 3.5 inch drive bays

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 2U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 6154 3.0GHz 18C 128GB DDR4 26x 4TB H330

SKU CH-JA4G-SHB2P

2U rack server with dual 18-core Xeon Gold 6154 CPUs, 128GB DDR4, 26×4TB SATA drives and H330 controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM128 GB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • Processor core count18 Core-Processors
  • Operating systemNo
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Dual Xeon Gold 6154 CPUs deliver 36 cores at 3.0 GHz base clock
  • 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory across 8 modules supports data integrity
  • 26 installed 4 TB SATA drives provide high-density local storage
  • H330 controller manages SAS and SATA arrays in a 2U rack form
  • Dual 1100 W platinum PSUs with iDRAC 9 Enterprise enable remote management

Built for data-heavy workloads

This 2U rack server pairs two Intel Xeon Gold 6154 processors running at 3.0GHz with 18 cores each. 128GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory feeds 26 front-access 3.5-inch bays holding 4TB 7.2K SATA drives behind a PERC H330 controller. The platform targets software-defined storage, backup repositories and media archives that demand high capacity in a compact footprint. Dual 1100W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise management complete the enterprise-grade foundation.

Dual platinum supplies and dense airflow

Redundant 1100W hot-swap power supplies share the load while the 2U chassis routes air across 26 spinning drives and two 18-core CPUs. The H330 controller manages SATA traffic without a dedicated cache, keeping the storage path simple. Front-bezel omission means unrestricted intake, letting the system fans balance drive cooling against CPU thermals during typical mixed read-write patterns.

Sustained throughput over burst speed

Under continuous write-heavy duties such as backup ingest or media archive fills, the 7.2K spindle array delivers steady sequential bandwidth while the dual 10/25Gb SFP28 mezzanine card offloads network traffic from the 1GbE LOM. The 18-core Xeons maintain 3.0GHz base clocks without thermal throttling, and DDR4-2666 ECC memory sustains data integrity across long rebuild or parity-calculation windows.

How it compares

Measured against everything we stock in Rack & Tower Servers, at today’s prices. Recalculated every night.

Price $5,422.99
Pricier than about 78% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 128 GB
Typical for this category: the median of 15,103 items is 128 GB.
Processor core count 18 Core-Processors
Higher than about 70% of the 7,955 comparable items (median 16).

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge
Model nameR740xd2
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor core count18 Core-Processors
Processor socketLGA 3647
Processor speed3.0 GHz (3.7 GHz Turbo)
Processor detailsGold 6154
Installed CPUs2
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM128 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity1 TB
Memory slot count16
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Installed storage26 × 4 TB 7.2K SATA
Disk controllerDell Perc H330 Controller
Drive interfaceSATA
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/10/50
Connectivity
Network controller1x Integrated Dual Port 1GbE LOM and 1x Dell EMC Broadcom 57414 Dual Port 10/25Gb SFP28 OCP 2.0 Mezzanine Card
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Management interfaceRJ 45
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height2U
Software
Operating systemNo
More details
Management controlleriDRAC9 Enterprise

Questions about this item

How do I install the 26x 3.5" SATA drives into the 2U chassis, and what step is often missed?

Slide each drive into the front bays until the carrier locks; the step often missed is confirming the PERC H330 detects all 26 drives in the BIOS before configuring RAID.

What maintenance will the 2x 1100W Platinum PSUs and 7.2K drives need later?

The hot-swap power supplies can be replaced one at a time without downtime; drives should be monitored via iDRAC 9 for SMART errors and swapped when reallocated sectors appear.

What limit appears first when the 2x Gold 6154 CPUs run sustained 3.7GHz turbo loads?

The 1100W power budget and 2U thermal envelope will throttle the 18-core processors before memory or storage bandwidth becomes the bottleneck.

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