DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz 20C 64GB DDR4 26x 4TB SATA HBA330

High-density 2U rack server with 26 bays

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rackmount server built for storage-heavy workloads. Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6230 processors deliver 40 cores at 2.1 GHz with 3.9 GHz turbo. Sixty-four gigabytes of DDR4 ECC memory and a PERC HBA330 controller support twenty-six installed 4 TB 7.2K SATA drives. Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies provide redundant hot-swap power.

Suited for backup archives

This platform suits organisations that need maximum 3.5-inch drive density in a 2U form factor for backup repositories, media archives or big-data analytics. The HBA330 controller operates in JBOD or pass-through mode without hardware RAID acceleration. Buyers who require hardware RAID, faster flash tiers or a lower drive count should evaluate other platforms.

Twenty-six 3.5-inch SATA bays define capacity

The single specification that decides fit is the twenty-six bay 3.5-inch SATA backplane populated with 4 TB enterprise drives. This density fixes raw capacity at roughly one hundred terabytes and determines power, cooling and rack-space requirements. No other drive form factor or interface is supported in the front bays.