DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Gold 6138 768GB DDR4 No Drive Rack Server

12-Bay 3.5-Inch Chassis Server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack-mount server built around a twelve-bay 3.5-inch chassis. Two Intel Xeon Gold 6138 processors running at 2.0 GHz deliver forty cores in total. The system ships with 768 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller. No drives are installed, so the buyer adds the required SATA storage.

High-Capacity Local Storage Builds

This configuration suits organisations that need dense 3.5-inch drive capacity in a standard rack footprint. The twelve bays and hardware RAID controller support large RAID arrays for backup, archive or media workloads. Buyers who require 2.5-inch drive density, GPU compute acceleration or a smaller 1U form factor should evaluate other platforms.

Twelve 3.5-Inch Drive Bays

The single specification that determines fit is the twelve-bay 3.5-inch chassis. It dictates the maximum number of large-form-factor SATA drives the server can hold and the physical space available for storage expansion. Confirm that the rack depth and power budget match the 36-inch depth and dual 1100 W supplies before ordering.