DELL PowerEdge R940 3U rack server 4× Xeon Gold 6130 2.1 GHz 16-core 64GB DDR4 H730P 8× 2.5" trays

Four-socket 3U server for mission-critical workloads

The Dell PowerEdge R940 is a 3U rack server built around four Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors running at 2.1 GHz with 16 cores each. It ships with 64 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across 48 available slots. A PERC H730P storage controller with 2 GB cache supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Dual 1600 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise are included.

Suits dense database and virtualisation clusters.

This platform targets organisations that need maximum core count and memory capacity in a 3U footprint for in-memory databases, virtualisation hosts or ERP systems. The quad-socket design scales to 6 TB of DDR4. Buyers who need GPU acceleration, single-thread frequency above 3.7 GHz turbo, or a smaller 1U or 2U form factor should evaluate other chassis.

48 DIMM slots and 6 TB max memory define capacity

With 48 DDR4 slots populated by only 64 GB today, the system offers extensive headroom for memory-intensive applications. The LGA 3647 sockets are already fully occupied by four processors, so CPU upgrades are not possible without replacing the installed Gold 6130 chips. Memory expansion is the primary scaling path.