DELL PowerEdge R940 3U rack server 4x Xeon Gold 6130 2.1GHz 16-core 64GB DDR4 8x 800GB SSD

Four-socket Xeon Gold 6130 server

The Dell PowerEdge R940 is a 3U rack server built for organisations that run memory-intensive workloads across four Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors. Each CPU delivers 16 cores at 2.1 GHz with a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. The system ships with 64 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory installed across four 16 GB modules. It targets database, virtualisation and analytics teams that need dense compute in a standard rack footprint.

64 GB DDR4 with 48 slots and 8×800 GB SSDs

Installed memory occupies only four of the 48 DDR4 slots, leaving headroom to scale toward the 6 TB maximum supported by the Intel C620 chipset. The PERC H730P controller manages eight 800 GB SATA SSDs in a 2.5-inch hot-swap backplane, offering RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through modes. Storage capacity suits mixed read-write datasets, while the 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA interface caps sequential throughput for the most demanding all-flash arrays.

Redundant 1600 W platinum supplies

Dual hot-swap 1600 W platinum power supplies share load and maintain uptime if one unit fails. The iDRAC9 Enterprise controller provides out-of-band remote management, firmware updates and console access over a dedicated network port. Quad-port networking combines two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links on a daughter card. Acoustic output and thermal headroom in a populated rack depend on inlet temperature and workload intensity.