DELL PowerEdge R940 3U Rack Server 4x Xeon Platinum 8160 24-Core 2.1GHz 512GB DDR4 8x 300GB SAS H730P

Mission-Critical 4-Socket Server

The Dell PowerEdge R940 is a 3U rack server built for mission-critical workloads. It ships with four Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 processors, each delivering 24 cores at 2.1 GHz with a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 512 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across 16 modules. This configuration targets enterprises running large databases or virtualisation clusters.

Hot-Swap Bays and Redundant Power

Eight 2.5-inch drive bays support hot-swap SAS and SATA drives through a Dell PERC H730P 2 GB controller with battery-backed cache. The controller enables RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through modes. Two 1600 W platinum-efficiency power supplies provide full redundancy. A quad-port network daughter card adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ connections, while iDRAC 9 Enterprise handles remote management.

Maximum Four Processors Installed

The Intel C620 chipset supports up to four sockets and 48 DDR4 slots for a 6 TB memory ceiling. This unit already occupies every processor socket with the 24-core Platinum 8160, so no further CPU expansion is possible. Buyers needing more than 512 GB of RAM can still populate the remaining 32 memory slots. Organisations requiring GPU acceleration or additional PCIe cards should verify slot availability before purchase.