DELL PowerEdge R940 3U Rack Server 4x Xeon Gold 6148 2.4GHz 20-Core 256GB DDR4 8x 800GB SSD H730P

Four-Socket 3U Rack Server

The Dell PowerEdge R940 is a 3U rack-mounted server system built for compute-intensive workloads. It carries four Intel Xeon Gold 6148 processors, each running at 2.4 GHz with 20 cores and a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. The system ships with 256 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across eight 32 GB modules. A PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache manages the eight installed 800 GB SATA SSDs.

Suited For Dense Multi-Threaded Tasks

This configuration fits environments that need high core counts and large memory capacity in a compact rack footprint. The four-socket design and 48 DIMM slots support up to 6 TB of DDR4 for in-memory databases or virtualization clusters. Buyers who require more than eight 2.5-inch drive bays or a different drive interface should look elsewhere. The fixed four-processor maximum also means no future CPU expansion beyond the installed Gold 6148 chips.

PERC H730P RAID Controller Decides Fit

The storage subsystem centres on the Dell PERC H730P 2 GB controller, which provides 12 Gb/s SAS and SATA connectivity with battery-backed cache. It supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode for the eight 800 GB SATA SSDs. If the application demands a different RAID feature set, a non-RAID HBA or a controller with a higher cache tier, this server will not meet that requirement.