DELL PowerEdge R940 3U 4x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 12C 256GB DDR4 H730P X520/I350 iDRAC9 2x 1600W Bezel Rails

Four-socket Xeon Gold server

The Dell PowerEdge R940 is a 3U rack server built for heavy enterprise workloads. It ships with four Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors, each running at 2.30 GHz with 12 cores. The system includes 256 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across eight 32 GB modules. Dual 1600 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise remote management complete the package.

Suits virtualisation and database clusters

This configuration targets organisations that run large virtual machine farms, in-memory databases or high-transaction ERP systems. The quad-socket design and 48 DIMM slots support up to 6 TB of memory for scale-up scenarios. Buyers who need GPU acceleration, single-threaded performance above 3.2 GHz turbo or a chassis smaller than 3U should evaluate other platforms.

48 DDR4 DIMM slots define maximum memory

The server provides 48 memory slots populated with eight 32 GB DDR4 2400 MHz modules today. Expansion is limited by this slot count and the 6 TB architectural ceiling. Confirm that your memory roadmap fits within these constraints before purchase.