DELL PowerEdge R740 2U rack server 2× Xeon Gold 6130 2.1 GHz 16-core 512 GB DDR4 8× 800 GB SSD H730P

Dual-socket Xeon server for virtualised workloads

This 2U rack system ships with two Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors, each delivering 16 cores at 2.1 GHz with a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. The 512 GB DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory fills 16 of the 24 available slots, leaving room for further expansion. It targets organisations that need dense compute and memory capacity for virtualisation, database or high-performance computing clusters.

Eight-bay storage and quad-port networking in 2U

The front panel accepts eight 2.5-inch SATA drives; all bays are populated with 800 GB enterprise SSDs behind a Dell PERC H730P 2 GB controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and pass-through. A quad-port network daughter card adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ connections, while iDRAC 9 Enterprise provides dedicated remote management. Redundant 750 W platinum power supplies and ready rails complete the package for immediate rack integration.

Sustained throughput with redundant power

Dual 750 W platinum supplies maintain operation during a single-unit failure, and the H730P battery-backed cache protects in-flight writes during unexpected power loss. The 16-core CPUs and 512 GB DDR4 sustain heavy multi-threaded loads without thermal throttling in a properly cooled rack. The eight SSDs deliver consistent read/write bandwidth for mixed OLTP and analytics workloads, while the 10 Gb SFP+ ports keep storage and migration traffic off the 1 GbE management plane.