DELL PowerEdge R640 10B 36-Core Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6154 3.0GHz 128GB DDR4 10x 1TB SATA SSD

Dell PowerEdge R640 10-Bay Rack Server

This Dell PowerEdge R640 is a 1U rackmount server system designed for business workloads such as virtualization, databases, and application hosting. It ships new with dual Intel Xeon Gold 6154 processors running at 3.0GHz, providing a total of 36 cores and 128GB of DDR4 memory. The chassis supports ten 2.5-inch drive bays populated with 1TB SATA SSDs. Integrated graphics and dual-network controller support complete the platform.

Suits virtualisation hosts needing dense compute

Organisations running multiple virtual machines, file storage, or backup targets will find the 36-core configuration and 10TB of solid-state capacity well matched. Buyers who require GPU acceleration, fibre-channel connectivity, or a larger 2.5-inch bay count than ten should evaluate alternative chassis designs. The fixed two-processor maximum also means this unit cannot scale beyond the installed 36 cores.

Ten 2.5-inch bays define the storage limit

The R640 10B chassis provides exactly ten front-accessible 2.5-inch slots, all filled with 1TB SATA SSDs in this configuration. This bay count and form factor determine how many drives the server can hold without adding external enclosures or moving to a 24-bay or 8-bay variant. Expansion beyond these ten slots is not possible within this 1U rackmount frame.