DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon 5118 1.5TB DDR4 rack server

Dell PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF Server

This Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server built for storage density. It ships with two Intel Xeon 5118 processors running at 2.3GHz and 1.5TB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. The chassis supports up to twelve 3.5-inch SATA drive bays, though drives are not included. A PERC H730P RAID controller and dual 1100W power supplies are installed.

Suited for high-capacity storage workloads

This configuration suits organisations building on-premise backup targets, software-defined storage nodes or media archives that need many drive slots in a compact rack footprint. The installed 1.5TB of memory also supports virtualisation clusters with high consolidation ratios. Buyers who want a general-purpose compute node with fewer drive bays or a smaller memory footprint should look at a different chassis.

The twelve 3.5-inch drive bay chassis

The defining specification is the twelve 3.5-inch drive bay chassis. It determines the maximum raw storage capacity and the physical space the server occupies in the rack. If the deployment requires more than twelve bays or a 2.5-inch form factor for higher spindle count, this server will not fit the requirement.