DELL PowerEdge R940 3U Rack Server 4x Xeon Gold 6130 2.1GHz 16-Core 256GB DDR4 H730P

Mission-critical compute density

The Dell PowerEdge R940 packs four Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors, each with 16 cores at 2.1 GHz and a 3.7 GHz turbo, into a 3U rack chassis. It ships with 256 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across eight 32 GB modules. The system targets organisations running large databases, virtualisation clusters or in-memory analytics that need maximum core count in minimal rack space.

Scale-up replacement for dual-socket limits

When a two-socket server hits its processor or memory ceiling, this four-socket design adds headroom without a cluster rewrite. The Intel C620 chipset supports the full complement of four CPUs and up to 6 TB of DDR4 across 48 slots. The jump is worth it when licensing, latency or data-locality favour a single large node over multiple smaller ones.

Memory and storage headroom

Eight 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drive bays connect to a PERC H730P 2 GB controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and pass-through. The 256 GB installed memory handles substantial working sets, while the 48 DIMM slots allow growth to 6 TB for the largest in-memory workloads. Networks attach through a quad-port daughter card with two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links.