DELL PowerEdge R740xd 24SFF 2x Xeon Silver 4214 2.2GHz 384GB DDR4 No Drive

High-density 24-bay rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd 24SFF is a 2U rack-mount server built around twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays and dual Intel Xeon Silver 4214 processors. It ships with 384 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller. The platform is aimed at organisations that need dense local storage and dual-socket compute in a single chassis.

Suits storage-heavy workloads.

This configuration fits databases, virtualisation clusters and backup targets that benefit from high drive counts and hardware RAID. Buyers who require GPU acceleration or more than two processors should evaluate alternative platforms. The integrated graphics and lack of installed drives mean the system must be populated with storage before production use.

24 x 2.5-inch SATA bays with PERC H730P

The defining specification is the twenty-four SATA drive bays paired with the PERC H730P controller, which determines how many drives can be addressed and what RAID levels are available. Matching the backplane count and controller capability to the planned storage layout is the single decision that confirms whether this server meets the requirement.