DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6154 18C 3.0GHz 64GB DDR4 26x 4TB SATA H330 2x 1100W

Dense 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 packs 26 front-accessible 3.5-inch bays into a 2U rack form factor. Two Xeon Gold 6154 processors deliver 36 total cores at 3.0 GHz with 3.7 GHz turbo for multi-threaded throughput. Sixty-four gigabytes of DDR4-2666 ECC registered memory occupy four of sixteen slots, leaving room for expansion to 1 TB. The PERC H330 controller manages 26 enterprise SATA drives spinning at 7.2K rpm.

Dual 1100 W platinum supplies

Redundant hot-swap 1100 W platinum power supplies share the load, keeping each unit in an efficient operating band during normal operation. The 2U chassis directs front-to-rear airflow across the drive tray and CPU heatsinks without exotic cooling. Acoustic output stays within typical data-centre limits for a 2U density platform. Power draw scales with drive count and CPU utilisation rather than spiking on idle.

Sustained throughput under load

Under continuous write-heavy workloads the 26-drive array presents a wide sequential bandwidth window while the H330 maintains RAID parity calculations. Both Xeons hold elevated frequencies within the 3.7 GHz turbo envelope as long as thermal headroom allows. The 10/25 GbE mezzanine card and dual 1 GbE LOM keep network pipes full during extended replication or backup jobs. Memory bandwidth remains stable across all 16 DIMM slots when fully populated.