Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 2U rack server 2× Gold 6142 16C 256GB 8× 2TB 7.2K NL H740P

Dual-socket 2U rack server for compute density

The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 packs two Intel Gold 6142 processors, each with 16 cores, into a 2U chassis with 256 GB of DDR4 memory. Eight 2 TB 7.2 K NL SAS drives sit behind an H740P controller, while iDRAC9 Enterprise handles remote management. This configuration targets virtualisation hosts, database nodes and dense compute clusters that need high core counts in a standard rack footprint.

Suits workloads that scale across many threads.

Organisations running multi-threaded applications, large memory footprints or consolidated virtual machines will use the 32 total cores and 256 GB capacity. Buyers who need fewer cores, less memory or a smaller chassis should evaluate other platforms. The eight 2.5-inch drive bays limit raw capacity compared with larger-bay servers, so deployments requiring more disks per unit must look elsewhere.

Two Gold 6142 CPUs deliver 32 cores at 2.6 GHz

Each processor runs at 2.6 GHz with 19.25 MB cache, giving 32 threads of execution for parallel workloads. The 2666 MT/s DDR4 memory matches the CPU memory-controller specification. This core count and clock speed are the primary figures that determine whether the server meets a given performance target.