DELL PowerEdge R540 2U 2x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 12C 64GB DDR4 H740P 8x 3.5" iDRAC9 2x 750W

Dual Xeon Gold 5118 server

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors running at 2.30 GHz with a 3.2 GHz turbo frequency. Each CPU has 12 cores and the system includes 64 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across 16 slots. It ships with a PERC H740P storage controller and redundant 750 W power supplies.

Virtualisation and database workloads

This configuration suits organisations running virtualised environments, database instances or file and application services that need dual-socket compute and hardware RAID. Buyers who require installed drives, GPU acceleration or a 1U form factor should look at alternative platforms.

Eight 3.5-inch drive bays

The chassis provides eight hot-swap 3.5-inch SAS/SATA trays without drives, so storage capacity depends entirely on the disks you add. Maximum memory reaches 384 GB across the 16 DIMM slots when fully populated.