DELL PowerEdge R940 3U rack server 4× Xeon Gold 6130 2.1 GHz 16-core 768 GB DDR4 8× 300 GB HDDs

Dell PowerEdge R940 3U Rack Server

The Dell PowerEdge R940 is a 3U rack-mount server system built for compute-intensive workloads. It ships with four Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors, each running at 2.1 GHz with 16 cores and a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 768 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across 24 modules. A Dell PERC H730P 2 GB storage controller manages eight 300 GB 10K SAS hard drives.

Suited for multi-socket database

This configuration suits organisations running large databases, in-memory analytics or dense virtualisation clusters that benefit from four sockets and high core counts. The 48 DIMM slots allow memory expansion up to 6 TB for future growth. Buyers who need solid-state storage, GPU acceleration or a different processor generation should evaluate other platforms. The included quad-port network daughter card provides two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ connections.

Four-socket Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processor

The defining specification is the four-socket Intel Xeon Gold 6130 configuration delivering 64 total cores at 2.1 GHz base frequency. This processor choice determines the LGA 3647 socket requirement and the Intel C620 chipset platform. The system supports a maximum of four processors, so no further CPU expansion is possible beyond the factory-installed count.