DELL PowerEdge R740 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 12-Core 64GB DDR4 H730P 8x 1.2TB SAS

Dual-socket 2U rack server for virtualisation

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack-mounted server system fitted with two Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors, each running at 2.30 GHz with 12 cores. It includes 64 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across four 16 GB modules and a PERC H730P storage controller with 2 GB cache. Eight 1.2 TB 10K SAS drives populate the front bays. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise remote management come standard.

Suited for dense compute clusters and database tiers

This configuration serves environments that need high core counts, redundant power and hardware RAID across multiple spindles. The quad-port network daughter card provides two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links for mixed traffic. Buyers who require solid-state primary storage, GPU accelerator slots or a single-socket footprint should evaluate alternative platforms.

Twelve cores per processor at 2.30 GHz base clock

Each Xeon Gold 5118 delivers 12 cores with a 3.2 GHz turbo frequency, giving 24 total threads per socket. The LGA 3647 package and Intel C620 chipset support up to 3 TB of DDR4 across 24 DIMM slots. This core density and memory ceiling determine whether the R740 matches the workload.