DELL PowerEdge R640 1U rack server 2x Xeon 8160 24C 2.1GHz 256GB DDR4 H730P 8x 2.5" trays

Dual-socket 1U platform for dense compute

The PowerEdge R640 fits two Xeon Platinum 8160 processors and 256GB of DDR4 2666MHz registered ECC memory into a single rack unit. Twenty-four cores per socket at 2.10GHz base frequency deliver high thread count for virtualisation clusters, HPC nodes or database tiers that demand maximum density.

Sustained load behaviour with redundant power

Dual 750W platinum hot-swap supplies keep both CPUs fed during continuous multi-threaded workloads without throttling. The PERC H730P 2GB controller manages up to eight 2.5-inch SAS or SATA drives across RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 while its battery-backed cache protects in-flight writes during unexpected power events.

Replaces older dual-socket 1U boxes when core

Organisations consolidating multiple single-socket hosts onto fewer nodes gain rack space and licensing efficiency. The jump is worthwhile when workloads scale beyond 24 threads per socket or require the 3TB memory ceiling and quad-port 1GbE plus 10Gb SFP+ networking that this chassis provides.