DELL PowerEdge R640 10B 2x Xeon Gold 6148 2.40GHz 128GB DDR4 10x 1TB SATA rack server

Dense Virtualisation Server

The Dell PowerEdge R640 10B packs two Xeon Gold 6148 processors running at 2.40GHz into a 1U rackmount chassis. Forty cores and 128GB of DDR4 memory provide the raw compute and memory bandwidth needed for virtualisation clusters, database nodes or application hosting. Ten 2.5-inch bays filled with 1TB SATA SSDs give immediate capacity for operating systems, virtual machines and business data. The integrated X540/I350 network controllers handle standard traffic without extra cards.

Fit for Consolidation Not GPU Work

IT teams collapsing multiple physical boxes onto fewer hosts will find the core count, memory ceiling of 3TB and ten drive bays well matched to that task. Buyers who need discrete accelerator cards, additional PCIe expansion beyond the integrated networking, or storage protocols other than SATA should evaluate alternative platforms. The fixed two-socket maximum also means the system cannot scale beyond the installed 40 cores.

Ten Bay SATA Storage Foundation

The defining specification is the ten 2.5-inch bays populated with 1TB SATA SSDs. This layout sets the total raw capacity at 10TB and locks the storage interface to SATA, determining whether the server can meet your performance and protocol requirements before any other factor is considered.