DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U 12 Bay 3.5" 2x Xeon Silver 4116 2.1GHz 12 Core 64GB DDR4 12x 8TB H730P

Storage-dense 2U server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server built around twelve 3.5-inch drive bays and two Intel Xeon Silver 4116 processors running at 2.10 GHz with a 3.0 GHz turbo. It ships with 64 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across four 16 GB modules and a PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Twelve 8 TB 7.2K SATA drives, dual 750 W platinum power supplies, iDRAC9 Enterprise, quad-port networking and rails are included.

Suits capacity-first workloads

This configuration fits software-defined storage clusters, backup targets and virtual desktop infrastructure where raw capacity and dual-socket compute matter more than all-flash latency. Buyers who need more than two processor sockets, faster drive interfaces than SATA or a smaller chassis should evaluate alternative platforms.

Twelve 3.5-inch SATA bays decide fit

The defining constraint is the twelve 3.5-inch SATA drive bays backed by the H730P controller; they set the maximum spindle count and the RAID options available. If the deployment requires a different bay count, 2.5-inch form factor or a controller without battery-backed cache, this server will not match the requirement.