DELL PowerEdge R740 8LFF 2x Xeon Gold 6148 384GB DDR4 No Drive rack server

PowerEdge R740 8-bay rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server populated with two Xeon Gold 6148 processors running at 2.4 GHz and 384 GB of DDR4 memory. Eight 3.5-inch drive bays connect through a PERC H730P RAID controller using the SATA interface. Integrated graphics and an iDRAC9 Enterprise licence provide remote management out of the box.

Suits dense storage workloads; not for GPU compute

This configuration suits workloads that prioritise internal capacity and dual-socket throughput, such as virtualisation hosts, database nodes or backup targets. Buyers who need GPU acceleration should look at a different platform because only integrated graphics are present. The 800-watt redundant supplies and 10 GbE networking support sustained operation in a standard rack.

Eight 3.5-inch bays define capacity

The single specification that decides fit is the eight 3.5-inch drive bays served by the PERC H730P controller. No drives are installed, so the buyer must supply SATA media to use the storage space. Maximum memory reaches 3 TB across the remaining DIMM slots for future expansion.