DELL PowerEdge R740 2U rack server 2x Gold 6132 14C 32GB 6x 960GB SAS SSD H730P

2U Rack Server with Dual 14-Core CPUs

The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Gold 6132 processors, each running at 2.6 GHz with 14 cores and 19.25 MB cache. It ships with 32 GB of DDR4 memory configured as two 16 GB PC4-2666 modules. Six 960 GB SAS SSDs are installed and managed by an H730P RAID controller. The system includes an Intel X550 network daughter card providing two 10 Gb RJ45 and two 1 Gb RJ45 ports, redundant 1100 W power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management.

Suits Virtualisation and Database Workloads

This configuration suits environments that need high core counts and fast SAS storage for virtualisation clusters, database instances or compute-intensive applications. The eight 2.5-inch drive bays leave two empty slots for future capacity expansion. Up to eight PCIe Gen 3 slots are available for additional network or accelerator cards. Organisations requiring an optical drive, larger memory footprints from day one, or storage protocols other than SAS should evaluate other platforms.

H730P RAID Controller with 6 x 960 GB SAS SSDs

The integrated H730P controller manages the six installed 960 GB SAS SSDs and supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. It provides hardware-accelerated parity calculation and cache-backed write performance for the SAS drives. Buyers planning to use different drive types or a software-defined storage layer should verify compatibility with this controller before purchase.