DELL PowerEdge R640 8x 2.5" 2× Xeon Gold 6154 3.0GHz 128GB DDR4 8× 1TB SATA SSD rack server

Compact 1U rack server for virtualization

The Dell PowerEdge R640 fits in a single rack unit and ships with dual Xeon Gold 6154 processors running at 3.0 GHz. Together they provide 36 cores and 128 GB of DDR4 memory, a combination built for dense virtualization, database and application hosting workloads. Eight 2.5-inch drive bays come populated with new 1 TB SATA SSDs. An integrated H730P controller handles RAID setup and ongoing storage management.

Suited for dense compute, not GPU or massive memory

This configuration targets teams running many virtual machines or containerised services on a modest power and space budget. Buyers who need GPU acceleration for AI training, rendering or VDI should look elsewhere because the system relies on integrated graphics only. Organisations planning to scale beyond 128 GB of RAM will hit the two-processor limit and must choose a larger chassis. The eight-bay layout also caps local storage at eight drives.

H730P controller and eight SSDs simplify deployment

The bundled H730P RAID controller lets administrators create and manage arrays without extra hardware, reducing initial configuration time. Eight factory-new 1 TB SATA SSDs arrive installed, so the array can be initialised and handed to the hypervisor or operating system immediately. No operating system is included, giving IT staff a clean slate for their preferred hypervisor or bare-metal deployment.