DELL PowerEdge R540 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Silver 4114 2.2GHz 10-Core 32GB DDR4 8x 8TB SAS H730P

Dual Xeon Silver 4114 Server

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon Silver 4114 processors, each running at 2.20 GHz with 10 cores. It ships with 32 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across four modules and includes a PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache. This configuration targets virtualization hosts, database servers, and file-storage workloads that need balanced compute and capacity.

Sustained multi-core throughput

Under continuous load both CPUs can reach a 3.0 GHz turbo frequency across their 10 cores while the H730P controller manages RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, or 60 arrays on the eight 8 TB 7.2K SAS drives. Dual 750 W 80+ Platinum power supplies provide redundant hot-swap power, and iDRAC9 Enterprise enables remote monitoring and firmware updates without interrupting service.

SAS 12 Gb/s storage ceiling

The PERC H730P connects to the backplane at 12 Gb/s per lane, limiting each 3.5-inch drive to that interface speed. With 16 DIMM slots the memory ceiling is 1 TB, but only DDR4 modules are supported. Network connectivity is restricted to two 1 GbE RJ45 ports on the integrated daughter card, so high-throughput clustering will require an additional adapter.