DELL PowerEdge R740 rack server 2x Silver 4210R 10C 256GB 8x 480GB SSD H730P

2U Rack Server with Dual Silver 4210R

This Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rackmount server equipped with two Intel Silver 4210R processors, each running at 2.4GHz with 10 cores. It comes populated with 256GB of DDR4 memory across 16 modules and eight 480GB SATA SSDs managed by an H730P RAID controller. The system includes an Intel X550 network daughter card providing two 10Gb and two 1Gb RJ45 ports.

Suited for Virtualisation Hosts Not GPU Workloads

The dual 10-core CPUs and large memory capacity make this server a fit for virtualisation clusters, database nodes or application hosting where core count and RAM matter. The eight 2.5-inch drive bays are fully occupied by the installed SSDs, so there is no internal room for additional spindle drives or larger capacity sets without external storage. The PCIe Gen 3 slots support add-in cards but the platform does not accommodate double-width GPU accelerators.

H730P RAID Controller Decides Storage Layout

The included H730P controller manages the eight 480GB SATA SSDs and determines which RAID levels are available for the boot and data volumes. It connects to the 2.5-inch backplane inside the 2U chassis and provides battery-backed write cache for data protection. Buyers should verify that the controller firmware and drive firmware meet their compliance requirements before deployment.