DELL PowerEdge T440 5U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 12-core 32GB DDR4 HBA330 8x 2.5" trays 2x 750W PSU

Purpose-built server

This 5U Dell PowerEdge T440 arrives with two Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors, each running at 2.3 GHz with a 3.2 GHz turbo across 12 cores. Thirty-two gigabytes of DDR4-2400 ECC registered memory is installed across four modules. The PERC HBA330 controller provides 12 Gb/s SAS and SATA connectivity for up to sixteen 2.5-inch drive bays, though only eight trays are populated.

Check your infrastructure

Verify that your rack or floor space accommodates a 5U tower form factor and that you have rails or a shelf rated for the chassis weight. Confirm the PDU or wall circuit can deliver two 750-watt platinum supplies with redundant hot-swap capability. Ensure your network patch panel has two free gigabit ports for the integrated dual-port adapter. Plan operating-system licences for the 24 total cores and memory expansion up to 1 TB across sixteen slots.

Thermals and power

Dual 750-watt platinum power supplies share the load, so each unit runs well below its rating during typical virtualization or database workloads. Redundant hot-swap design allows a failed supply to be replaced without shutting down the system. Fan speeds scale with CPU and drive-bay utilisation, keeping the 5U chassis within thermal limits under sustained 24-core compute tasks. Acoustic output is typical for a rack-mount server in a cooled data-centre aisle.