DELL PowerEdge R740 2U rack server 2x Silver 4210R 10C 2.4GHz 256GB DDR4 4x 120GB SATA SSD H730P

Dual 10-core 2.4GHz Silver 4210R server

The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Silver 4210R processors, each delivering ten cores at 2.4GHz with 13.75M cache. It ships with 256GB of DDR4 memory arranged as sixteen 16GB PC4-2666 modules. Four 120GB SATA RI SSDs and an H730P RAID controller provide the initial storage foundation.

Suits virtualisation hosts needing many cores

This configuration fits workloads that benefit from twenty total cores and a large memory footprint, such as virtualisation clusters or database nodes. The eight 2.5-inch drive bays allow further expansion, while up to eight PCIe Gen 3 slots support additional network or accelerator cards. Buyers who require more than four drives from the outset or need optical media support should consider other platforms.

Eight 2.5-inch bays define storage ceiling

The chassis provides eight 2.5-inch drive bays, of which four are populated with 120GB SATA SSDs. The H730P controller manages RAID across these bays, so the remaining four empty slots set the practical limit for internal capacity growth without external enclosures.