DELL PowerEdge T440 5U rack server 2x Xeon Silver 4210 2.2GHz 10-core 64GB DDR4 H730P

Server identity

The Dell PowerEdge T440 is a 5U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon Silver 4210 processors running at 2.2 GHz with a 3.2 GHz turbo frequency. Each CPU provides ten cores, giving twenty cores total, and the system includes 64 GB of DDR4-2400 ECC registered memory across four modules. A PERC H730P 2 GB controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 plus pass-through mode, while dual 750 W platinum power supplies deliver redundant hot-swap power. Dual 1 GbE ports and iDRAC 9 Express provide baseline connectivity and remote management.

Fit and limits

This configuration suits organisations deploying virtualisation platforms such as VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, or Proxmox VE, as well as database workloads, file services, backup targets, and software-defined storage clusters. The sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap bays and PCIe expansion slots allow storage and networking growth. Buyers who need GPU acceleration, higher single-thread performance, or fibre-channel connectivity out of the box should evaluate other platforms, because this unit ships without GPUs, faster CPUs, or FC adapters.

Capacity and headroom

Memory can scale from the installed 64 GB to a maximum of 1 TB using the sixteen DDR4 slots, giving ample headroom for large virtual-machine densities or in-memory databases. The H730P controller manages up to sixteen SAS or SATA drives in multiple RAID arrays, so storage capacity grows with drive selection. Compute is fixed at two sockets, so the twenty-core ceiling is reached when both Silver 4210 processors are fully utilised; workloads demanding more threads will require a different server.