DELL PowerEdge R540 2U 8x3.5" 2x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 12C 32GB DDR4 HBA330

2U Rack Server with Dual Xeon Gold 5118

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rackmount server system powered by two Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors. Each CPU provides 12 cores running at 2.3 GHz with a 3.2 GHz turbo frequency. The system ships with 32 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across four modules and includes a PERC HBA330 storage controller for SAS and SATA drives. It is built for virtualization, database hosting and file serving in business environments.

Suits virtualization and storage-heavy workloads

This configuration fits IT teams that need dual-socket compute density and eight 3.5-inch drive bays for large-capacity SAS or SATA storage. The HBA330 controller operates in pass-through mode, so administrators who require hardware RAID acceleration with cache protection should look at a different controller option. Buyers needing GPU-dense compute or a 1U form factor will not find those attributes in this 2U chassis.

Eight 3.5-inch SAS/SATA drive bays with HBA330

The defining specification is the front-accessible bay count paired with the PERC HBA330 pass-through controller. Eight trays accept 3.5-inch SAS or SATA hard drives or SSDs, delivering raw device access for software-defined storage or JBOD configurations. Memory capacity can scale to 1 TB across 16 DDR4 slots, and dual 750 W platinum power supplies provide redundancy.