DELL PowerEdge R540 2U 8 Bay 3.5" 2x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 12 Core 32GB DDR4

Dell PowerEdge R540 2U server

This 2U rack server ships with two Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors at 2.30 GHz, each offering 12 cores. It includes 32 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across four slots and a PERC H330 controller for SATA or SAS drives. Eight 3.5-inch hot-swap bays, dual 1 GbE ports, iDRAC9 Enterprise and redundant 750 W power supplies complete the platform.

Suits virtualisation and database hosts.

The dual 12-core CPUs and 1 TB maximum memory suit virtualisation clusters, database servers and file serving. The chassis has no GPU-ready PCIe power or cooling, so render farms or AI training should look elsewhere. Buyers needing pre-installed drives or an operating system must source them separately.

Eight 3.5-inch SAS/SATA bays with PERC H330 RAID

Storage capacity hinges on the eight 3.5-inch trays and the H330 controller that supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and 50. No drives are included, so the buyer selects capacity and drive type to match the workload.