DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 rack server 2x Xeon Gold 6254 3.1GHz 18C 64GB DDR4 26x 4TB SATA HBA330 2x 1100W

Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 2U server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rack server built for storage-dense deployments. Two Intel Xeon Gold 6254 processors each run 18 cores at 3.1 GHz with 4.0 GHz turbo. The system ships with 64 GB of DDR4-2933 ECC registered memory across 16 slots. Twenty-six 3.5-inch 4 TB SATA drives connect through a PERC HBA330 controller. Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies provide redundancy.

Suits high-capacity storage and backup targets

This server fits teams that need maximum 3.5-inch drive count in 2U for software-defined storage, backup repositories or media archives. The HBA330 operates in pass-through mode so the OS manages the drives directly. Buyers who need hardware RAID acceleration should look at a PERC RAID model instead. Workloads that demand more than two sockets or more than 1 TB of RAM exceed this platform.

26 x 3.5-inch 4 TB SATA bays

The defining specification is the 26 front-accessible 3.5-inch bays populated with 7.2K SATA drives. This density decides whether the chassis meets your raw-capacity target in a single 2U space. If the project requires fewer bays, smaller drives or a different form factor, another platform will be a better fit.