DELL PowerEdge R740 2U rack server 2x Silver 4210R 10C 2.4GHz 128GB DDR4 4x 1.2TB SAS H730P

Dual 10-core Silver 4210R rack server

The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Silver 4210R processors, each delivering ten cores at 2.4 GHz. It ships with 128 GB of DDR4 memory arranged as eight 16 GB PC4-2666 modules. Four 1.2 TB 10K SAS drives are pre-installed behind an H730P RAID controller, and the chassis supports up to eight 2.5-inch drive bays for expansion.

Suited for virtualisation hosts and database nodes

This configuration fits organisations that need dense compute and redundant 1100 W power in a two-socket platform with integrated 10 GbE and 1 GbE networking. Buyers who require more than eight PCIe Gen 3 slots or who need GPU-accelerated workloads should evaluate alternative platforms. The absence of an optical drive and the fixed 2U height may also limit some edge deployments.

H730P RAID controller with four SAS drives

The storage subsystem centres on the H730P controller managing four 1.2 TB 10K SAS drives, providing hardware RAID for mixed read-write workloads. With four additional 2.5-inch bays available, capacity can be scaled without leaving the chassis. Remote administration is handled by iDRAC9 Enterprise, included for out-of-band management.