DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 6142 2.6GHz 16-core 128GB DDR4 24x 600GB SAS H730P

Storage-dense 2U platform

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd fits twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays into a two-socket rack chassis. Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6142 processors provide thirty-two cores at 2.6 GHz with 3.7 GHz turbo. One hundred twenty-eight gigabytes of DDR4 registered ECC memory occupy eight of twenty-four slots. The PERC H730P controller manages SAS and SATA arrays with two gigabytes of cache.

Sustained throughput under load

Redundant 1100 watt platinum power supplies feed both CPUs and the full drive complement without throttling. The H730P battery-backed cache preserves write performance during extended RAID rebuilds or heavy database commits. Quad-port networking with two 10 Gb SFP+ links keeps storage traffic off the management plane. iDRAC 9 Enterprise monitors thermals and power draw remotely.

Rail mounting and drive preparation

Ready Rails slide the 2U chassis into standard square-hole racks without tools. Twenty-four enterprise SAS drives arrive pre-installed in hot-swap carriers; verify each carrier locks flush before powering on. The front bezel snaps on after cabling. Memory expansion requires matching registered ECC DDR4 modules in the sixteen empty slots. Network daughter card occupies a dedicated low-profile slot.