DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 6142 2.6GHz 16-core 128GB DDR4 24x 2.4TB SAS H730P

Dense 2U Storage Server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rackmount system built for storage-heavy workloads. It ships with two Intel Xeon Gold 6142 processors, each running sixteen cores at 2.60 GHz with a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. The chassis holds twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays populated by 2.4 TB 10K SAS disks, delivering high capacity in a compact footprint. Dual 1100 watt platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise provide redundant power and remote management out of the box.

Fits Virtualisation and SDS.

This configuration suits software-defined storage clusters, virtual desktop infrastructure and service-provider platforms that need many spindles and dual-socket compute in two rack units. The PERC H730P controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 with a 2 GB cache. Buyers who require solid-state-only media, more than twenty-four drive bays, or dedicated accelerator cards should evaluate other platforms. The four-port X520/I350 daughter card supplies two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links for flexible networking.

Twenty-Four Bay 2.5-Inch SAS Chassis Decides Fit

The defining constraint is the twenty-four-bay 2.5-inch SAS backplane paired with the H730P RAID controller. That combination fixes the maximum drive count, the physical drive form factor and the supported RAID levels for this unit. Memory scales to 3 TB across twenty-four DDR4 slots, and both CPU sockets are already occupied by the sixteen-core Gold 6142 chips. Verify that your rack depth accepts the included sliding rails and that the SAS interface matches your storage topology before ordering.