DELL PowerEdge R640 4x3.5" 1x Xeon Silver 4208 2.1GHz 256GB DDR4 No Drive

Dell PowerEdge R640 4-bay server

The Dell PowerEdge R640 is a 1U rack-mount server built for dense compute workloads. It ships with one Intel Xeon Silver 4208 processor running at 2.1 GHz and 256 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory across sixteen slots. The chassis provides four 3.5-inch drive bays backed by a PERC H740P RAID controller. Remote management is handled by iDRAC9 with an Enterprise licence.

Suits single-socket density needs.

This configuration suits environments that need maximum memory per socket in a compact form factor. Virtualisation hosts, database nodes and high-performance computing clusters benefit from the 256 GB DDR4 capacity and 10 GbE connectivity. Buyers who require a second processor from day one, or who need more than four drive bays, should evaluate larger chassis options.

PERC H740P RAID controller defines storage

The installed PERC H740P controller manages the four SATA drive bays and provides hardware RAID acceleration with on-board cache. It determines which RAID levels are available and whether the array can survive a drive failure without performance loss. Confirm that the controller feature set matches your redundancy and throughput requirements before deployment.