DELL PowerEdge R540 2U 2x Xeon 6130 2.1GHz 16C 64GB DDR4 H740P 8x3.5" iDRAC9 Ent 2x750W Bezel Rails

Dell PowerEdge R540 dual-socket rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors, each running at 2.1 GHz with 16 cores and a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. It comes with 64 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across four modules and includes a Dell PERC H740P storage controller with 8 GB cache. The chassis provides eight 3.5-inch SAS/SATA drive trays and dual 750 W redundant power supplies with iDRAC9 Enterprise and rails.

Virtualisation and database hosts needing

This server suits teams running virtualisation clusters, database workloads or file services that benefit from dual-socket compute and eight 3.5-inch trays. Buyers who need 2.5-inch drive density, GPU acceleration slots or a single-socket platform should look elsewhere because the R540 is limited to large-form-factor bays and a fixed dual-CPU configuration.

PERC H740P RAID controller with 8 GB cache

The installed Dell PERC H740P controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode with a battery-backed 8 GB cache. This specification determines whether the storage performance and data-protection features meet the workload requirements before purchase.