DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 2U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz 20C 64GB DDR4 HBA330 26x 8TB SATA 2x 1100W PSU

Dense 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rack server built for capacity-heavy workloads. Two Intel Xeon Gold 6230 processors deliver 20 cores each at 2.1 GHz with a 3.9 GHz turbo. Sixty-four gigabytes of DDR4 ECC memory and a PERC HBA330 controller drive twenty-six 8 TB 7.2K SATA drives. Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise complete the platform.

Suited for archive and backup targets

This configuration fits organisations that need a single chassis with 26 front-accessible 3.5-inch bays for sequential throughput workloads such as media repositories, backup targets or software-defined storage clusters. It is not for buyers who need more than two processor sockets, more than 1 TB of memory, or a controller with hardware RAID acceleration.

26-bay 3.5-inch SATA capacity

The defining specification is the twenty-six 3.5-inch drive bays populated with 8 TB SATA drives behind an HBA330 controller. That density and interface combination determines whether the chassis matches the storage topology and throughput profile the deployment requires.