DELL PowerEdge R540 12-bay 3.5" rack server 2x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 64GB DDR4 H730P 12x 4TB HDD 2x 750W

Purpose-built 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack server designed for virtualization, software-defined storage, database applications and business-critical workloads in expanding data center environments. It ships with dual Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors running at 2.3 GHz with 3.2 GHz turbo across 24 total cores. The system includes 64 GB of DDR4-2400 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60.

Suited for storage-dense virtualization.

This configuration fits organizations that need high raw capacity and hardware RAID in a compact 2U form factor for virtualized workloads, SDS clusters or database servers. The 12-bay 3.5-inch chassis populated with 7.2K SATA drives favors capacity over latency. Buyers who need all-flash performance, GPU acceleration or front bezel and ready rails included should evaluate other platforms.

12-bay 3.5-inch chassis with 12 × 4 TB drives

The defining specification is the 12-bay 3.5-inch drive chassis fully populated with twelve 4 TB 7.2K SATA 6 Gb/s enterprise hard drives. This determines the maximum raw capacity and the drive form factor the server can accept. The PERC H730P controller manages these drives through SAS/SATA connectivity with battery-backed cache for data protection.