DELL MX740C Rack Server 2x Gold 6134 3.2GHz 8C 512GB 4x 480GB SATA SSD H730P MX

Half-width blade server for dense compute

The Dell PowerEdge MX740C is a half-width blade server built for high-density racks. It carries two Intel Gold 6134 processors at 3.2GHz with eight cores each and 512GB of DDR4 memory across sixteen 32GB modules. Four 480GB SATA SSDs are installed on an H730P MX RAID controller, leaving two 2.5-inch bays open for expansion.

Storage interface and I/O limits

The SATA SSDs operate at the interface’s native throughput ceiling, so sequential performance will not exceed that boundary. The H730P MX controller manages RAID across the six available 2.5-inch bays. Network I/O is provided by a single MX XXV710 dual-port mezzanine card supporting 10 and 25Gb SFP28 links, while the chassis fabric bays for general-purpose and storage switching are not populated.

Build quality and daily implications

The blade form factor requires a compatible PowerEdge MX chassis for power, cooling and fabric connectivity. The installed mezzanine card occupies the NDC slot, so additional network adapters would need available fabric modules. Remote management runs through iDRAC9 Express for out-of-band monitoring and firmware updates. No optical drive is present, so OS installation relies on virtual media or network boot.