DELL PowerEdge R640 1U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 12-core 64GB DDR4 8x 400GB SSD H730P

Dual-socket 1U rack server

The PowerEdge R640 is a 1U rackmount server fitted with two Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors, each running at 2.3 GHz with 12 cores. It includes 64 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across four 16 GB modules and a PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache. Eight 400 GB SATA SSDs occupy the 2.5-inch drive bays, and dual 750 W platinum power supplies provide redundancy.

Suited for dense scale-out workloads

This configuration targets environments that need high compute density in a single rack unit, such as virtualisation clusters, database nodes, or high-performance computing farms. The quad-port network daughter card adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links, while iDRAC 9 Enterprise enables full remote management. Buyers who require more than 24 DIMM slots, additional PCIe expansion, or a different drive interface should look elsewhere.

Eight 400 GB SATA SSDs define capacity

The storage subsystem is fixed at eight 400 GB SATA solid-state drives managed by the H730P RAID controller, which supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through. This capacity and interface combination determines whether the server can hold the working dataset or whether a larger or differently connected array is needed.