DELL PowerEdge R740xd 24SFF 2x Xeon Gold 6246R 256GB DDR4 No Drive

24-Bay Rack Server for Dense Storage

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd fits 24 front-accessible 2.5-inch drive bays in a 2U rack chassis. Two Intel Xeon Gold 6246R processors run at 3.4 GHz with 16 cores each and 35.75MB cache per chip. The system ships with 256GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller. Drives are not included so you can populate the chassis with the SATA capacity you need.

Suited for storage-heavy workloads, not GPU compute

This configuration targets databases, virtualisation hosts and software-defined storage clusters that benefit from high drive count and dual-socket throughput. The integrated graphics and lack of PCIe accelerator support make it a poor fit for machine-learning training, rendering farms or any workload that demands discrete GPU horsepower. Buyers who need more than 3TB of RAM or more than two sockets should look at a larger platform.

Dual 1100W supplies sustain full CPU and drive load

Both processors maintain their 3.4 GHz base clock under continuous multi-threaded load because the twin 1100W power supplies deliver ample headroom for 24 spinning drives and 256GB of memory. The iDRAC9 Enterprise licence provides remote power cycling and sensor monitoring so administrators can verify thermal stability without visiting the rack. Fan speeds ramp predictably and the chassis stays within Dell’s validated thermal envelope during extended burn-in tests.