DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz 20 Core 16GB DDR4 26x 8TB HDD H330 2x 1100W PSU

High-density 2U server with 26 drive bays

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 packs twenty-six 3.5-inch bays into a two-rack-unit chassis, delivering over two hundred terabytes of raw capacity. Dual Xeon Gold 6230 processors provide forty cores at a base frequency of 2.1GHz. Sixteen gigabytes of DDR4-2666 ECC memory and a PERC H330 controller complete the baseline configuration for storage-centric deployments.

Sustained throughput on twelve-gigabit SAS

The H330 controller connects every installed drive through a twelve-gigabit SAS backplane that also carries six-gigabit SATA traffic. Under continuous sequential workloads the mechanical 7.2K platters and the controller cache dictate steady-state bandwidth rather than burst figures. Dual 1100-watt platinum supplies maintain power delivery during prolonged rebuilds or parity calculations without throttling.

Twenty-six bay limit and dual-processor ceiling

The chassis cannot accept additional drives beyond the twenty-six front bays, and the LGA 3647 sockets are already populated with the maximum of two processors. Memory expansion stops at one terabyte across sixteen slots, so growth requires higher-density modules rather than extra DIMM positions. Network upgrades are confined to the OCP 2.0 mezzanine slot and standard PCIe risers.