DELL PowerEdge R740 2U rack server 2× Xeon Gold 6142 2.6 GHz 16-core 512 GB DDR4 2× 400 GB SSD H730P

Dual-socket Xeon Gold 6142 server

This 2U rack server ships with two Intel Xeon Gold 6142 processors, each running at 2.6 GHz with 16 cores and a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. The 512 GB DDR4 ECC memory fills 16 of the 24 available slots, leaving room for expansion up to 3 TB. It targets virtualization hosts, database nodes and rendering farms that need high core counts and registered memory reliability.

Sustained throughput from PERC H730P

The Dell PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache manages RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across the eight 2.5-inch bays. Two enterprise SATA SSDs provide low-latency boot and cache tiers while the 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA backplane keeps queues full under continuous mixed read-write streams. Redundant 750 W platinum power supplies maintain delivery without throttling during prolonged peak loads.

Tool-less rails and iDRAC 9 Enterprise simplify

Ready Rails let technicians slide the chassis into a standard rack without tools, and the front bezel snaps on afterwards. iDRAC 9 Enterprise gives full remote console, power control and firmware update over the network, so the server can be commissioned without a crash cart. The quad-port daughter card adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links; cabling those SFP+ ports is the most common oversight during first installation.