DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Platinum 8160 2.1GHz 24 Core 16GB DDR4 26x 4TB SATA H730P

High-density 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rackmount server built for storage-heavy workloads. It ships with two Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 processors, each running at 2.1 GHz with 24 cores and a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. Sixteen gigabytes of DDR4 ECC memory occupy two of the sixteen available slots, and a PERC H730P controller manages twenty-six 4 TB 7.2 K SATA drives in the front bays. Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies provide redundancy.

Ideal for capacity-focused deployments

This configuration suits organisations that need maximum raw capacity in a 2U form factor for software-defined storage, backup repositories or media archives. The installed memory of 16 GB across forty-eight total cores limits virtual-machine density and in-memory analytics, so buyers who need more RAM per core or faster flash tiers should evaluate alternative platforms. Networking includes a dual-port 1 GbE LOM and a Broadcom 57414 dual-port 10/25 Gb SFP28 OCP card for flexible uplink options.

Twenty-six 3.5-inch drive bays

The defining specification is the twenty-six 3.5-inch SATA bays populated with 4 TB enterprise drives, delivering over one hundred terabytes of raw capacity in a single 2U chassis. This density determines whether the server fits a capacity-first strategy or whether a compute-first platform with fewer bays and more memory channels would serve the workload better.