DELL PowerEdge R640 1U Rack Server 2x Xeon Silver 4116 2.1GHz 12-Core 512GB DDR4 8x 1.2TB SAS H730P

Dense 1U dual-socket server

The Dell PowerEdge R640 is a 1U rack server built for dense scale-out data centre workloads. It ships with two Intel Xeon Silver 4116 processors, each running at 2.1 GHz with 12 cores. The system includes 512 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 16 modules. Eight 1.2 TB 10K SAS drives and a PERC H730P controller provide high-throughput local storage.

Suited for virtualisation and database clusters

This configuration suits organisations running virtualised workloads, database clusters or high-performance computing tasks that benefit from 24 total cores and large memory capacity. The quad-port 1GbE and 10Gb SFP+ network card supports demanding east-west traffic. Buyers who require GPU acceleration, more than two processors or a different drive interface should evaluate other platforms.

512 GB DDR4 across 24 DIMM slots

The single specification that decides fit is the 512 GB DDR4 memory population using 16 of the 24 available slots. This leaves eight slots open for future expansion up to the 3 TB maximum. Confirm that your application stack and operating system support this memory capacity and the LGA 3647 socket before deployment.