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Silver rack-mount server chassis with four front 3.5-inch drive bays

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R640 4LFF Xeon Gold 6244 256GB DDR4

SKU CH-3G3C-TV8MF

A 1U rack server with four 3.5-inch drive bays, a 3.6 GHz Xeon Gold 6244 and 256 GB DDR4 ECC memory, PERC H740P RAID and 10 GbE networking, sold without drives

  • TypeRack
  • CPU TypeIntel Xeon
  • CPU Speed3.6 GHz
  • # of Processors Installed1
  • MAX Processors2
  • Installed Memory Size256GB
  • 1x Xeon Gold 6244 8-core 3.6 GHz processor
  • 256 GB DDR4 ECC registered memory in 16 GB modules
  • 4 × 3.5″ LFF drive bays with PERC H740P RAID controller
  • 10 GbE dual-port 562T network adapter installed
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management licence included

Server configuration

This Dell PowerEdge R640 arrives as a 1U rack server populated with one Xeon Gold 6244 processor running at 3.6 GHz and 256 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. The chassis provides four 3.5-inch large-form-factor drive bays wired to a Dell PERC H740P hardware RAID controller. Remote management is handled by iDRAC9 with an Enterprise licence, and dual 750 W power supplies are installed.

Suitable workloads

The single-socket design and 256 GB memory capacity suit virtualisation hosts, database nodes or application servers that fit within eight cores and do not require a second processor. Organisations needing more than 256 GB of RAM, dual-processor performance, or storage densities beyond four 3.5-inch bays should evaluate larger platforms.

Deciding specification

The installed memory ceiling of 256 GB across sixteen DIMM slots is the key limit; the platform can scale to 7.68 TB only when a second processor and additional modules are added.

Highlights

  • 1x Xeon Gold 6244 8-core 3.6 GHz processor
  • 256 GB DDR4 ECC registered memory in 16 GB modules
  • 4 × 3.5″ LFF drive bays with PERC H740P RAID controller
  • 10 GbE dual-port 562T network adapter installed
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management licence included

Specifications

BrandDELL
SeriesPowerEdge
ModelRack Mount
TypeRack
CPU TypeIntel Xeon
CPU Speed3.6 GHz
# of Processors Installed1
MAX Processors2
Installed Memory Size256GB
Memory TypeDDR4
Max Memory Capacity7.68TB
Hard Drive (Installed)4,00
Storage ControllerDell PERC H740P Controller
HDD InterfaceSATA
GPU TypeIntegrated Graphics
Remote ManagementiDRAC9 - Enterprise License
Dimensions36 x 24 x 10 in
Weight40

Questions about this item

How do I install the 3.5 inch drives into the 4LFF chassis and which step is often missed?

Slide each drive into one of the four front bays until the latch clicks, then verify the PERC H740P RAID Controller detects every drive in the BIOS before loading the OS.

What maintenance or replacement will the 256GB DDR4 memory need later?

The sixteen 16GB DDR4 ECC Registered modules are rated for continuous server duty; plan to replace any stick that logs correctable errors in the iDRAC9 event log.

What limit appears first when the single Xeon Gold 6244 runs at 3.6 GHz under sustained load?

The dual 750W power supplies set the thermal ceiling; the CPU will throttle once the combined draw approaches the 750W per supply rating.

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