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Silver 2U rack server chassis with 26 front 3.5-inch drive bays

DELL

Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Platinum 8160 2.1GHz 24C 128GB DDR4 26x 4TB HDD H730P

SKU CH-DS6T-5Q6JY

2U rack server with dual 24-core Xeon Platinum 8160 CPUs, 128GB DDR4, 26× 4TB SATA drives and H730P RAID controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM128 GB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • Processor core count24 Core-Processors
  • Operating systemNo
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Dual Xeon Platinum 8160 CPUs provide 24 cores each at 2.1 GHz base
  • 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory installed across 16 slots for data integrity
  • Dell PERC H730P controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 with battery backup
  • 26 front-accessible 3.5-inch 4 TB 7.2K SATA drives deliver high capacity
  • Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise enable resilient management

High-density 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rackmount server built for data-intensive workloads that demand maximum storage capacity in a compact footprint. It targets organisations running software-defined storage, big data analytics, backup repositories or media archives where drive density and compute power must coexist.

Thermals noise and power

Dual 1100 Watt platinum-efficiency power supplies provide redundant hot-swap power for continuous operation under heavy drive and CPU loads. The 2U chassis houses twenty-six 3.5-inch drives and dual 24-core processors, so airflow is engineered for sustained throughput rather than silent running.

26-bay 3.5-inch drive capacity

The defining specification is the twenty-six 3.5-inch drive bays populated with 4TB 7.2K SATA disks, delivering over one hundred terabytes of raw storage in a single 2U node. Buyers who need fewer bays or smaller form-factor drives should evaluate alternative platforms.

How it compares

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

Price $5,357.99
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 24 Core-Processors
Higher than about 90% 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 count24 Core-Processors
Processor socketLGA 3647
Processor speed2.1 GHz (3.7 GHz Turbo)
Processor detailsPlatinum 8160
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 H730P 2 GB Controller
Drive interfaceSATA
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
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 4TB 3.5" drives into the 2U front bays?

Slide each 3.5" drive into the hot-swap carrier until the latch clicks, then insert the carrier into the 26 front bays; the step people miss is forgetting to fully seat the latch, which leaves the drive disconnected from the backplane.

Which components will need replacement first under continuous operation?

The 26x 4TB 7.2K SATA drives and the 2x 1100W power supplies are the primary field-replaceable units; the PERC H730P battery will also require replacement when its charge capacity degrades.

What thermal or power limit appears first during sustained heavy I/O?

The 2x 1100W platinum power supplies set the overall power envelope, and the 7.2K SATA drive throughput ceiling of 6Gb/s SAS/SATA becomes the storage bottleneck before CPU thermal limits are reached.

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