DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 2U 26 Bay 3.5" 2x Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz 20 Core 128GB DDR4 H730P 26x 8TB SATA 1100W

High-Density 2U Storage Server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rack server built for data-intensive workloads that demand maximum internal capacity. It holds twenty-six 3.5-inch drives in a single chassis, making it suitable for backup repositories, media archives and software-defined storage clusters. Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6230 processors deliver twenty cores each at 2.1 GHz with a 3.9 GHz turbo frequency. One hundred twenty-eight gigabytes of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache complete the core configuration.

Suited for Capacity-First Deployments

This platform fits organisations that need dense, redundant SATA storage managed by hardware RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. It also provides dual-port 1 GbE LOM plus a 10/25 Gb SFP28 OCP 2.0 mezzanine card for flexible network connectivity, and iDRAC 9 Enterprise for full remote management. Buyers who need a smaller rack footprint, fewer drive bays or a different drive interface should evaluate other platforms. The front bezel and ready rails are not included.

Twenty-Six Bay 3.5-Inch Chassis

The defining specification is the twenty-six bay 3.5-inch drive cage that fills the 2U enclosure. It allows twenty-six 8 TB 7.2 K SATA drives to be installed directly, delivering over two hundred terabytes of raw capacity without external enclosures. Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies provide redundant hot-swap power for the fully populated system.