DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 2U rack server 2x Xeon Platinum 8160 24-core 64GB DDR4 26x 4TB SATA

Dual Xeon Platinum 8160 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rackmount server built around two Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 processors, each running at 2.1 GHz with a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency and 24 cores. It ships with 64 GB of DDR4-2666 ECC registered memory installed across four DIMM slots, leaving twelve slots free for expansion up to 1 TB. The platform targets data-intensive workloads such as software-defined storage, backup repositories and large-scale archives.

26-bay 3.5-inch SATA storage with H330 controller

The chassis provides twenty-six front-accessible 3.5-inch drive bays populated with 4 TB 7.2K SATA hard drives, delivering over 100 TB of raw capacity managed by a Dell PERC H330 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA controller. Two hot-swap 1100 W platinum-efficiency power supplies supply redundant power without consuming PCIe slots. Networking includes an integrated dual-port 1 GbE LOM and a Broadcom 57414 dual-port 10/25 Gb SFP28 OCP 2.0 mezzanine card, leaving standard PCIe slots available for additional controllers or accelerators.

64 GB DDR4 expandable to 1 TB memory headroom

The current 64 GB configuration suits moderate virtualisation or database caching, while the sixteen total DIMM slots and 1 TB ceiling allow substantial growth for memory-heavy analytics. Twenty-six spinning drives excel at sequential throughput for backup and media workloads but lack the random IOPS of flash tiers, so workloads demanding sub-millisecond latency will need supplemental SSD caching or all-flash arrays not included here. iDRAC 9 Enterprise enables full remote lifecycle management.