DELL PowerEdge R440 1U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 128GB DDR4 8x 1.8TB SAS HBA330 2x 550W PSU

Compact 1U rack server for dense deployments

The Dell PowerEdge R440 is a 1U rackmount server built for space-efficient data centre deployment. It ships with two Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors running at 2.3 GHz with a 3.2 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 128 GB of DDR4-2400 ECC registered memory across eight 16 GB modules. A PERC HBA330 controller manages eight 1.8 TB 10K SAS drives in 2.5 inch bays. Dual 550 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Express remote management complete the configuration.

Suited for virtualisation and storage workloads

This server fits organisations running virtualisation, application hosting, database workloads or cloud infrastructure where rack density matters. The eight 2.5 inch drive bays and 12Gb/s SAS controller support high-capacity spinning media for storage-heavy tasks. Buyers needing GPU acceleration, additional PCIe expansion slots beyond the base configuration, or larger memory capacity per socket should evaluate alternative platforms. The fixed 1U chassis also limits internal drive count to eight bays.

Eight 1.8 TB SAS drives on HBA330 controller

The storage subsystem centres on eight enterprise 1.8 TB 10K SAS hard drives connected through the Dell PERC HBA330 12Gb/s SAS/SATA controller. This combination delivers the raw capacity and throughput profile that determines whether the server matches a given storage workload. The HBA330 operates in non-RAID mode, presenting drives directly to the operating system for software-defined storage or hypervisor management.