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Silver 2U rack server chassis with twelve 3.5 inch drive bays and front bezel removed

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R540 12-bay 2U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 6130 2.1GHz 16GB 12x 8TB H730P

SKU CH-JJVD-JRN7H

A 2U rack server with dual 16-core Xeon Gold 6130 processors, 16 GB DDR4 ECC memory, a PERC H730P RAID controller and twelve 8 TB 7.2K SATA drives

  • Dual Xeon Gold 6130 processors reach 3.7 GHz turbo for demanding workloads
  • 16 GB DDR4-2666 ECC memory protects data integrity in critical applications
  • PERC H730P controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 for flexible storage protection
  • Twelve 8 TB 7.2K SATA drives provide high-capacity 3.5-inch storage
  • Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Express enable resilient remote management

PowerEdge R540 12-bay 2U server

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack server configured with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays. Two Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors run at 2.1 GHz with a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency and provide sixteen cores each. Sixteen gigabytes of DDR4-2666 ECC registered memory is installed. The PERC H730P controller manages twelve 8 TB 7.2K SATA drives with RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 support. Dual gigabit Ethernet ports and iDRAC9 Express remote management are integrated. Two 750 W platinum power supplies deliver redundancy. Front bezel and ready rails are not included.

Suits virtualization and storage-heavy workloads

This server suits organisations that need high-capacity internal storage in a compact 2U form factor. The twelve-bay chassis supports large SAS or SATA arrays for databases, software-defined storage or backup repositories. Dual Xeon Scalable processors provide strong multi-threaded performance for virtualisation hosts. Buyers who require more than sixteen gigabytes of memory for dense virtual-machine consolidation should look elsewhere. Buyers who need GPU acceleration or additional PCIe expansion beyond the standard configuration should look elsewhere.

PERC H730P RAID controller with 2 GB cache

The PERC H730P storage controller is the component that determines whether this system matches a specific storage requirement. It provides a 2 GB battery-backed cache and supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. This enables the twelve 8 TB drives to be configured for capacity, redundancy or performance as the workload demands. Verify that the controller's SAS and SATA 12 Gb/s interface matches the drive protocol required for the deployment.

Highlights

  • Dual Xeon Gold 6130 processors reach 3.7 GHz turbo for demanding workloads
  • 16 GB DDR4-2666 ECC memory protects data integrity in critical applications
  • PERC H730P controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 for flexible storage protection
  • Twelve 8 TB 7.2K SATA drives provide high-capacity 3.5-inch storage
  • Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Express enable resilient remote management

Specifications

No published specifications for this item yet.

Questions about this item

Will the PERC H730P controller battery need replacement and when?

The PERC H730P includes a battery to preserve RAID cache during power loss; Dell recommends checking battery health via iDRAC9 Express and replacing the module when the controller reports degraded status, typically after several years of continuous operation.

Which component reaches its limit first when the server runs sustained database workloads?

The 16GB DDR4-2666 ECC memory and 12x 8TB 7.2K SATA drives will saturate before the dual Xeon Gold 6130 processors at 2.1GHz base and 3.7GHz turbo, making memory capacity and drive throughput the first bottlenecks.

How loud and hot does the R540 get with both 750W platinum PSUs loaded all day?

Dual 750W platinum supplies run efficiently at typical loads; the 2U chassis uses temperature-controlled fans that increase speed under sustained CPU and drive activity, so noise and heat rise with workload but stay within Dell's thermal design for rack environments.

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