DELL PowerEdge R940 3U 8-Bay 4x Xeon Gold 6134 3.2GHz 768GB DDR4 2x 400GB SSD

Dell PowerEdge R940 3U Server

This Dell PowerEdge R940 is a 3U rack server equipped with four Intel Xeon Gold 6134 processors running at 3.2 GHz with eight cores each. The system ships with 768 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory installed across 24 slots. It includes a PERC H730P storage controller and two 400 GB SATA solid-state drives. Dual 1600 W redundant power supplies, iDRAC9 Enterprise, and ready rails complete the package for mission-critical workloads.

Suited for dense compute and memory-heavy tasks

The four-socket design and large memory footprint suit virtualisation hosts, in-memory databases, and high-performance computing clusters that need maximum throughput in a 3U form factor. Organisations requiring more than four processors or a tower chassis should look elsewhere, as the platform maxes out at four CPUs and rack-mount only. Buyers needing more than eight 2.5-inch drive bays or different network connectivity should evaluate alternative platforms.

Four Xeon Gold 6134 CPUs define the ceiling

The installed processor count of four Xeon Gold 6134 units at 3.2 GHz sets the hard limit for socket-based scaling on this chassis. With all 48 memory slots populated to 768 GB using 32 GB modules, further expansion requires higher-capacity DDR4 DIMMs. The PERC H730P controller and SATA SSD complement determine the baseline storage performance and RAID capability.