Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 2U 26-Bay 2x Xeon Gold 6154 32GB 26x 8TB

High-density 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 packs 26 front-accessible 3.5-inch drive bays into a 2U rackmount chassis. Two Intel Xeon Gold 6154 processors deliver 36 cores at 3.0 GHz with 3.7 GHz turbo, while 32 GB of DDR4 ECC memory and a PERC H730P controller manage the installed 26 x 8 TB 7.2K SATA drives. Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise complete the platform.

Suits dense capacity workloads

This configuration targets software-defined storage, backup repositories, big-data analytics and media archives that prioritise raw SATA capacity in minimal rack space. Buyers who need faster flash throughput, GPU compute density or a smaller rack profile should evaluate other platforms.

26-bay 3.5-inch SATA capacity

The single specification that decides fit is the 26-bay 3.5-inch SATA layout backed by the H730P RAID controller. If the deployment requires that exact drive count and form factor, this server matches; if the workload demands fewer bays, different drive interfaces or another rack height, a different chassis is required.