DELL PowerEdge R540 2U 2x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 12C 256GB DDR4 HBA330 8x 3.5" iDRAC9 2x 750W

2U dual-socket Xeon server

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors, each running at 2.3 GHz with twelve cores. It ships with 256 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across eight 32 GB modules and a PERC HBA330 storage controller. Eight 3.5-inch SAS/SATA drive trays are included without drives, alongside iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management and dual redundant 750 W platinum power supplies.

Suited for virtualisation and database workloads

This configuration suits organisations that need dual-socket compute density and large memory capacity in a 2U form factor for virtualisation, database hosting or file services. Buyers who require GPU acceleration, single-socket economics, or a different drive bay count should evaluate alternative platforms.

256 GB DDR4 across 16 slots

The installed 256 GB of DDR4 memory occupies eight of the sixteen available slots and reaches a maximum supported capacity of 384 GB. This headroom determines whether the server can absorb future memory growth without replacing existing modules.