DELL PowerEdge R740 8LFF Xeon Platinum 8160 2.1GHz 24C 64GB DDR4

Server for dense 3.5-inch storage

The Dell PowerEdge R740 chassis holds up to eight 3.5-inch drives and ships with a single Xeon Platinum 8160 processor running at 2.1 GHz with 24 cores and 33 MB cache. Sixty-four gigabytes of DDR4 ECC registered memory are installed, and a PERC H730P RAID controller manages the SATA backplane. Dual 750 W power supplies and an iDRAC9 Enterprise licence provide redundant power and full remote management.

Buyers needing a second CPU or more than 64 GB RAM

This configuration uses only one of the two available processor sockets and 64 GB of the 3 TB maximum memory. Organisations that require higher core counts, larger memory footprints or additional 10 GbE ports beyond the installed 562T adapter should consider a different build. The eight-bay 3.5-inch chassis does not support 2.5-inch drive counts or GPU accelerators.

Single Xeon Platinum 8160 with 24 cores

The installed processor delivers 24 cores at 2.1 GHz with 33 MB cache, defining the compute ceiling for this unit. A second identical CPU can be added later to double thread count, but the server ships with only one.