DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Silver 4208 128GB DDR4 rack server

PowerEdge R740xd 12-bay storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack-mount server built around twelve 3.5-inch drive bays and dual Intel Xeon Silver 4208 processors running at 2.1GHz. It ships with 128GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller, ready for high-capacity storage workloads. Remote management is handled by iDRAC9 with an Enterprise licence, and dual 1100W power supplies provide redundancy.

Suited for dense archival and backup workloads

This configuration fits organisations that need maximum 3.5-inch drive density in a compact 2U form factor for cold data, backup targets or software-defined storage clusters. The twelve-bay chassis and hardware RAID controller simplify large-volume array management. Buyers who require 2.5-inch drive density, GPU compute acceleration, or a single-processor footprint should evaluate other platforms.

Twelve 3.5-inch bays define the storage ceiling

The chassis supports up to twelve 3.5-inch SATA drives, so total raw capacity scales directly with the number and size of drives you populate. No drives are included, so the usable capacity and RAID level are entirely determined by your drive selection and the PERC H730P configuration.