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

Mission-critical 4-socket 3U server

The Dell PowerEdge R940 is a 3U rackmount server system equipped with four Intel Xeon Gold 6148 processors, each running at 2.40 GHz with 20 cores and a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. It ships with 256 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across 48 slots and supports up to 6 TB total capacity. The platform includes a Dell PERC H730P 2 GB SAS controller, eight 2.4 TB 10K SAS drives, quad-port networking with 2x 1 GbE and 2x 10 Gb SFP+, iDRAC9 Enterprise, and dual 1600 W redundant power supplies.

Suited for dense database

This configuration targets organisations that need maximum core density and memory bandwidth in a 3U footprint for in-memory databases, large-scale virtualisation or real-time analytics. The four-socket design and 48 DIMM slots provide headroom for growth. Buyers who need more than four processors, GPU acceleration, a tower form factor or a different drive interface should evaluate alternative platforms.

PERC H730P controller with eight 2.4 TB SAS drives

The storage subsystem centres on the Dell PERC H730P 2 GB 12 Gb/s controller, which supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and pass-through modes with battery-backed cache. Eight 2.5-inch 2.4 TB 10K SAS hard drives are installed in the 8-bay chassis, delivering high-throughput rotational storage for transaction-heavy applications.