DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U rack server 2x Xeon Silver 4110 2.1GHz 768GB DDR4 12x 6TB HDD H730P

Storage-dense 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U two-socket rack server built for storage-heavy workloads. It ships with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays populated by 6 TB 7.2K SATA drives and a PERC H730P controller that supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Dual Xeon Silver 4110 processors and 768 GB of DDR4 ECC memory provide the compute base for software-defined storage or virtual desktop infrastructure.

Suits capacity-first deployments, not flash speed

This configuration fits buyers who need high raw capacity in a compact 2U form factor and want integrated remote management through iDRAC9 Enterprise. The twelve SATA spindles deliver dense, cost-effective storage for archives, backups or bulk data lakes. It is not for workloads that demand the low latency of solid-state media or the throughput of a direct-attached flash array.

Twelve 6 TB SATA drives on a hardware RAID

The single specification that decides fit is the twelve 6 TB 7.2K SATA drives behind a hardware PERC H730P with battery-backed cache. That combination fixes usable capacity, spindle speed and RAID overhead in one choice; if the application needs a different drive count, a faster interface or a larger cache tier, a different chassis or controller must be selected.