DELL PowerEdge R740 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6134 3.2GHz 8-Core 128GB DDR4 8x 600GB SAS H730P

Dual-Socket 2U Rack Server

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack-mounted server system built for data-centre workloads. It ships with two Intel Xeon Gold 6134 processors running at 3.2 GHz with eight cores each, 128 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across eight 16 GB modules, and a PERC H730P RAID controller with 2 GB cache. Eight 600 GB 10 K SAS drives populate the 2.5-inch bays, while a quad-port network daughter card provides two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ connections. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise complete the package.

Suited For And Not Suited For

This server suits organisations that need a dense, two-socket platform with hardware RAID across eight SAS spindles and out-of-band management via iDRAC 9 Enterprise. The 24 DIMM slots and 3 TB maximum memory capacity allow significant future expansion. It is not suited for buyers who require solid-state storage out of the box, need more than two processor sockets, or want a tower or pedestal form factor instead of a rack-mount chassis.

Storage Controller Decides Fit

The PERC H730P controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode, making it the single specification that determines whether the storage architecture matches the deployment plan. If the workload demands a different RAID feature set or a non-RAID HBA mode, this unit will not meet the requirement.