DELL PowerEdge R640 1U Rack Server 2x Xeon Silver 4110 2.1GHz 8-Core 512GB DDR4 8x 300GB SAS H730P

Dense dual-socket 1U server

The Dell PowerEdge R640 is a 1U rackmount server built for dense scale-out data centre deployments. It ships with two Intel Xeon Silver 4110 processors, each running at 2.1 GHz with 8 cores and a 3.0 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 512 GB of DDR4 2400 MHz registered ECC memory across 16 modules. A PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache manages eight 300 GB 10K SAS drives in the front 2.5-inch bays.

Suited for virtualization and database clusters

This configuration targets environments that need high core counts, large memory capacity and redundant power in a single rack unit. The quad-port network daughter card provides two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ connections for flexible fabric integration. iDRAC 9 Enterprise enables full remote management without an operating system. Buyers who need solid-state storage tiers, GPU compute sleds or more than two sockets should evaluate alternative platforms.

PERC H730P RAID flexibility

The installed PERC H730P controller supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode, backed by a battery-protected 2 GB cache. This single component determines the data protection schemes and performance profiles available to the eight SAS drives. The controller’s 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA interface also governs future drive upgrade paths within the 24-slot memory and 8-bay chassis limits.