DELL PowerEdge R740xd 24SFF 2x Xeon Silver 4114 1536GB DDR4 No Drive rack server

Dell PowerEdge R740xd 24-bay server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server equipped with twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays and dual Intel Xeon Silver 4114 processors running at 2.2GHz. It ships with 1.5TB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller. The unit includes dual 1100W power supplies and an iDRAC9 Enterprise licence for remote management.

Suits high-capacity storage clusters.

This configuration suits deployments that need dense local storage in a 2U form factor, such as software-defined storage nodes or backup targets. The twenty-four SAS bays and large memory footprint support heavy database or virtualisation workloads. Buyers who require dedicated GPU acceleration or PCIe add-in cards beyond the storage controller should evaluate alternative platforms.

24 SFF bays define the storage ceiling

The single specification that decides fit is the twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bay count, which sets the maximum number of SAS drives the chassis can hold. With no drives installed, you must populate the bays to reach usable capacity. The PERC H730P controller manages RAID across all populated slots.