DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12 Bay 3.5" 2U Server 2x Xeon Gold 6134 3.2GHz 8 Core 512GB DDR4 H730P

Storage-dense 2U platform

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server built around twelve 3.5-inch drive bays and dual Intel Xeon Gold 6134 processors. Each CPU runs at 3.2 GHz with eight cores, giving sixteen cores total. The system ships with 512 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across sixteen 32 GB modules. A PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache handles RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise complete the package.

Buyers needing high local capacity in a compact

This server suits organisations that want dense 3.5-inch storage combined with two-socket compute for software-defined storage, virtual desktop infrastructure or service-provider workloads. The quad-port network daughter card provides two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ connections. It is not suited for deployments that require more than two processors or more than twelve front-access drive bays. Buyers who need installed drives should look elsewhere.

Twelve 3.5-inch SAS/SATA bays

The chassis provides twelve hot-swap trays that accept both SAS and SATA hard drives, but no drives are installed. Maximum memory capacity reaches 3 TB across twenty-four DDR4 slots, leaving eight slots free for future expansion. The H730P controller supports pass-through mode for direct drive access. This bay count and drive-type support are the key constraints when planning storage layout.