DELL PowerEdge R640 1U 2x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 128GB DDR4 8x 600GB SAS H730P

Dual-socket 1U server for dense scale-out

The Dell PowerEdge R640 is a 1U rackmount server built around two Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors running at 2.3 GHz with twelve cores each. It ships with 128 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across eight 16 GB modules. The PERC H730P controller manages eight 600 GB 10K SAS drives in the front 2.5-inch bays. Redundant 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise remote management are included.

Suits virtualization hosts and database nodes

This configuration fits environments that need dual-socket compute density in a single rack unit with hardware RAID and high-speed SAS storage. Buyers who require GPU acceleration, all-flash arrays, or single-thread frequencies above the 3.2 GHz turbo should look at other platforms. The 24 DIMM slots support up to 3 TB of DDR4 for future growth, but the 1U chassis limits PCIe expansion to low-profile cards.

Storage controller decides RAID flexibility

The PERC H730P with 2 GB cache enables RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode, determining how the eight SAS drives can be protected and presented to the operating system.