DELL PowerEdge R940 3U Rack Server 4x Xeon Gold 5120 2.2GHz 14-Core 512GB DDR4 8x 300GB SAS H730P

Four-socket Xeon Gold server

The Dell PowerEdge R940 is a 3U rack server built around four Intel Xeon Gold 5120 processors running at 2.20 GHz with 14 cores each. It ships with 512 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 16 DIMM slots and a PERC H730P storage controller with battery-backed cache. Eight 300 GB 10K SAS drives and dual 1600 W redundant power supplies complete the configuration.

Virtualisation hosts needing dense CPU and memory

This system suits environments that demand high core counts and large memory capacity in a compact rack footprint, such as database clusters, in-memory analytics or virtualisation farms. The four-processor maximum is already populated, so buyers who need room to grow beyond four sockets should look elsewhere. Organisations requiring solid-state storage out of the box will also need a different starting point.

512 GB DDR4 registered ECC memory installed

The server arrives with 512 GB of DDR4 2400 MHz registered ECC memory fitted, using 16 of the 48 available DIMM slots. This single figure determines whether the platform meets immediate workload sizing or if additional modules must be procured before deployment. Memory type and speed are fixed to DDR4; no other generation is compatible.