DELL PowerEdge T440 5U rack server 2x Xeon Silver 4110 2.1GHz 64GB DDR4 4x 960GB SATA SSD HBA330 2x 750W PSU

Dell PowerEdge T440 5U server

The Dell PowerEdge T440 is a 5U rack server configured with two Intel Xeon Silver 4110 processors running at 2.1 GHz with a 3.0 GHz turbo frequency. It includes 64 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory across four modules and a PERC HBA330 storage controller. Four 960 GB SATA SSDs are installed in the 16-bay 2.5-inch chassis, and dual 750 W platinum power supplies provide redundancy.

Suited workloads and constraints

This server suits virtualization hosts, database instances, file storage and backup targets that need redundant power and hot-swap drive bays. The HBA330 controller passes drives through without hardware RAID, so administrators who require RAID levels such as RAID 5 or RAID 6 should plan to add a PERC RAID card. Buyers needing GPU compute or more than two processor sockets should evaluate other platforms.

Deciding specification

The installed PERC HBA330 is a non-RAID host bus adapter; it presents each SATA or SAS drive directly to the operating system. If the deployment depends on hardware RAID for data protection, this unit will need a separate PERC RAID controller. If software RAID or direct drive access meets the design, the existing controller is sufficient.