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Silver 3U rack server with front bezel, eight 2.5-inch drive bays and redundant power supplies

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R940 3U rack server 4× Xeon Gold 5120 2.2GHz 14-core 64GB DDR4 8× 2.4TB SAS H730P

SKU CH-7NC3-XDJJR

Four-socket rack server with four 14-core Xeon Gold 5120 processors, 64 GB DDR4, eight 2.4 TB SAS drives and H730P RAID controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM64 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C620
  • Processor core count14-Core Processor
  • Four-socket Xeon Gold 5120 CPUs provide 14 cores each for demanding workloads
  • 64 GB DDR4 registered ECC memory installed with 48 slots for expansion
  • PERC H730P 2 GB controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
  • Eight 2.4 TB 10 K SAS drives deliver high-capacity storage
  • Dual 1600 W platinum power supplies with iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management

PowerEdge R940 3U four-socket server

The Dell PowerEdge R940 is a 3U rack-mount server populated with four Intel Xeon Gold 5120 processors, each running at 2.2 GHz with 14 cores. It ships with 64 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 48 slots and a PERC H730P RAID controller with 2 GB cache. Eight 2.4 TB 10K SAS drives fill the 2.5-inch bays, while dual 1600 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise provide redundancy and remote management.

Suited for dense virtualisation

This configuration fits environments that need high core counts and large memory capacity in a compact 3U form factor. The four-socket design supports up to 6 TB of DDR4 for memory-intensive applications. Organisations requiring GPU compute, all-flash arrays or higher single-thread frequencies should evaluate alternative platforms.

48 DDR4 slots define maximum memory

The server provides 48 DIMM slots populated with 64 GB today and scalable to the platform limit of 6 TB. This slot count is the primary factor when planning memory upgrades or licence modelling for virtualisation density.

How it compares

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Price $3,856.99
Pricier than about 71% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 64 GB
Lower than about 70% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Video RAM 8 MB
Typical for this category: the median of 8,309 items is 0.01 GB.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge R940
Model nameR940
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor core count14-Core Processor
Processor socketLGA 3647
ChipsetIntel C620
Processor speed2.2 GHz
Installed CPUs4
Max supported CPUs4
Memory
Installed RAM64 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity6 TB
Memory slot count48
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H730P 2 GB Controller
Drive interfaceSAS
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Connectivity
Network controllerDell Intel X520/I350 Quad Port 2x 1GbE 2x 10Gb SFP+ Network Daughter Card
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slotsUp to 13 PCIe Gen 3 Slots, 3x PCIe x8, and 10 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots
Management interfaceRJ 45
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height3U
Software
Operating systemNo

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Questions about this item

How much power do the dual 1600 Watt platinum supplies draw when the four Xeon Gold 5120 processors run at full load all day?

Each supply is rated at 1600 watts platinum efficiency, and the four 14-core Xeon Gold 5120 CPUs have a base speed of 2.2 GHz with a 3.2 GHz turbo, so sustained full-load draw will approach the combined capacity of the redundant pair.

Which cables and drive trays must I already have to install the eight 2.4 TB SAS drives into the 2.5-inch bays?

The eight 2.4 TB 10K SAS drives ship installed in the eight 2.5-inch hot-swap bays, so no extra trays or cables are required for the factory configuration.

Will the PERC H730P controller recognise older 6 Gb/s SAS drives if I keep some legacy spindles in the array?

The H730P supports 12 Gb/s SAS and SATA with RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60, and it is backward compatible with 6 Gb/s SAS drives, so legacy spindles will be detected and can join the same virtual disks.

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