DELL PowerEdge R740 2U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 6148 2.4GHz 20-core 256GB DDR4 8x 300GB SAS H730P

Dual-socket Xeon 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server built around two Intel Xeon Gold 6148 processors running at 2.4 GHz with 20 cores each. It ships with 256 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across eight 32 GB modules. The system includes a PERC H730P RAID controller with 2 GB cache, eight 300 GB 10K SAS drives, quad-port networking with two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ ports, iDRAC9 Enterprise, dual 750 W platinum power supplies, rails and bezel.

Virtualisation hosts needing dense CPU and memory

This configuration suits virtualisation clusters, database nodes or compute-heavy workloads that benefit from 40 total cores and large memory capacity in a 2U form factor. The eight 2.5-inch drive bays populated with 300 GB SAS drives provide high-IOPS local storage under hardware RAID. Buyers who need more drive bays, larger individual drive capacity, GPU accelerator slots or single-thread frequencies above 3.7 GHz should evaluate other platforms.

PERC H730P hardware RAID with 2 GB cache

The storage subsystem centres on the Dell PERC H730P controller with 2 GB battery-backed cache supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and pass-through. This controller manages the eight installed 300 GB 12 Gb/s SAS drives and any additional SAS or SATA devices. The single specification that decides fit is whether the workload requires this specific hardware RAID feature set and 12 Gb/s SAS connectivity.