DELL PowerEdge R740 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6130 2.1GHz 16-Core 64GB DDR4 8x 600GB SAS H730P

Dual-Socket Xeon Server for Virtualised Workloads

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors, each running at 2.10 GHz with 16 cores. Sixty-four gigabytes of DDR4 registered ECC memory is installed across four modules. The system targets organisations that need dense compute for virtualisation, databases or high-performance applications.

Tool-Free Rails and Hot-Swap Components

Ready Rails allow the chassis to be mounted in a standard rack without tools. Both 750-watt platinum power supplies and the eight 2.5-inch drive bays support hot-swap replacement, so failed units can be changed while the server stays online. The PERC H730P controller battery must be monitored; a depleted unit disables write-back cache and reduces storage throughput until replaced.

Twelve-Gigabit SAS Backplane and Memory Ceiling

The storage backplane operates at 12 Gb/s SAS, limiting attached drives to that interface speed even if faster media are used later. Twenty-four DIMM slots accept DDR4 registered ECC modules up to a 3 TB aggregate capacity, so expansion beyond the factory 64 GB requires compatible registered memory; unbuffered or non-ECC sticks will not function.