DELL PowerEdge R740 2U 2x Gold 6132 14C 512GB 8x 800GB SAS SSD H730P

Dell PowerEdge R740 2U dual Gold 6132 server

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Gold 6132 processors, each offering 14 cores at 2.6GHz. It ships with 512GB of DDR4 memory arranged as 16 modules of 32GB. Eight 800GB SAS SSDs provide storage through an H730P RAID controller. Remote management is handled by iDRAC9 Enterprise.

Who this suits and who should look elsewhere

This server suits organisations running virtualised workloads, databases or high-performance computing that need many cores and large memory in a compact rack form. The eight 2.5-inch drive bays are filled, so buyers who need more internal storage capacity must choose a different chassis. The PCIe Gen 3 slots support up to eight add-in cards, but workloads requiring newer bus generations are not supported.

Deciding specification: 512GB DDR4 in 16 DIMMs

The installed memory totals 512GB across 16 DIMM slots populated with 32GB PC4-2400 modules. This density determines how many virtual machines or how large a dataset can reside in RAM. If the target application demands more memory than the chassis can hold, this configuration will not meet the requirement.