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Silver 3U rack server front with eight 2.5-inch drive bays and bezel

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R940 3U Rack Server 4x Xeon Gold 5120 2.2GHz 14 Core 128GB DDR4 8x 600GB SAS H730P

SKU CH-CEQV-KKBYE

Four-socket 3U rack server with four 14-core Xeon Gold 5120 CPUs, 128GB DDR4 ECC, H730P RAID controller and eight 600GB SAS drives

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM128 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C620
  • Processor core count14-Core Processor
  • Four 14-core Xeon Gold 5120 CPUs run at 2.2 GHz base
  • 128 GB DDR4 registered ECC memory fills 8 of 48 slots
  • PERC H730P 2 GB controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
  • Eight 600 GB 10 K SAS drives provide fast bulk storage
  • Dual 1600 W platinum PSUs plus iDRAC9 Enterprise ensure uptime

Dell PowerEdge R940 3U Server

This Dell PowerEdge R940 is a 3U rack server equipped with four Intel Xeon Gold 5120 processors running at 2.2 GHz with 14 cores each. It includes 128 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 48 slots and a PERC H730P controller managing eight 600 GB 10K SAS drives. Redundant 1600 W power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management complete the package.

Suits and gaps

Organisations running memory-intensive databases, virtualisation clusters or analytics workloads that benefit from four-socket scaling and hardware RAID will find this configuration ready to deploy. Buyers who need more than eight drive bays, solid-state storage or a different memory capacity should evaluate alternative platforms.

Deciding specification

The four-socket LGA 3647 design with Intel C620 chipset supports up to 6 TB of DDR4 across 48 DIMM slots, so the maximum memory ceiling determines whether this chassis can grow with your workload.

How it compares

Measured against everything we stock in Rack & Tower Servers, at today’s prices. Recalculated every night.

Price $2,202.99
Pricier than about 55% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 128 GB
Typical for this category: the median of 15,103 items is 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 RAM128 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

What throughput does the 12Gb/s SAS controller cap at in practice?

The PERC H730P controller runs at 12Gb/s SAS and SATA, supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and pass-through with a 2GB battery-backed cache.

What clearance and rails does the 3U chassis need to mount?

The server occupies 3U of rack height and ships with Dell Ready Rails for standard four-post rack mounting; a front bezel is also included.

How are the four Xeon Gold 5120 processors installed, and what step is often missed?

All four sockets are populated from the factory with LGA 3647 CPUs; the step people forget is verifying that each processor’s heat-sink retention clips are fully latched before powering on.

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