DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz 20 Core 32GB DDR4 26x 4TB SATA HBA330

2U rack server with 26-bay SATA storage

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rackmount server built around dual Intel Xeon Gold 6230 processors running at 2.1 GHz with 20 cores each. It ships with 32 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory across 16 slots and a Dell PERC HBA330 controller managing 26 installed 4 TB 7.2K SATA hard drives. Redundant 1100 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise remote management are included.

Suits high-capacity archive and backup workloads

This configuration targets environments that need dense 3.5-inch drive capacity in a 2U form factor, such as software-defined storage clusters, media archives or large backup repositories. The dual 20-core CPUs and 10/25 Gb SFP28 networking support parallel data streams. Buyers who require more than 32 GB of memory, GPU compute or a smaller rack footprint should evaluate alternative platforms.

26-bay 3.5-inch SATA drive capacity

The defining specification is the 26-bay front-loading chassis populated with 4 TB 7.2K SATA drives, delivering over 100 TB of raw storage in 2U. The HBA330 controller provides 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA connectivity without RAID overhead, making the platform a direct fit for object stores or scale-out file systems that manage redundancy in software.