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Silver 2U rack server with front bezel, eight 2.5-inch drive bays and redundant power supplies

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740 2U 8-Bay 2x Xeon 8160 768GB DDR4 H730P 8x 300GB SAS

SKU CH-3NX3-B0AGG

Two-socket 2U rack server with 24-core processors, 768 GB DDR4, hardware RAID controller and eight 300 GB SAS drives

  • TypeRack
  • Rack Height2U
  • Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
  • CPU TypeIntel Xeon
  • CPU Speed2.10 GHz
  • CPU SocketLGA 3647
  • Dual 24-core Xeon 8160 CPUs run at 2.1 GHz base with 3.7 GHz turbo
  • 768 GB DDR4 ECC memory fitted across 24 slots for large datasets
  • PERC H730P RAID controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
  • Eight 300 GB 10K SAS drives provide fast local storage
  • Quad-port network card adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links

Dual-socket Xeon server for compute density

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server built around two Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 processors, each delivering 24 cores at 2.10 GHz with a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. With 768 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory installed across 24 slots, the platform targets virtualisation clusters, database workloads and high-performance computing tasks that demand high core counts and large memory capacity.

Redundant 750 W platinum supplies and hot-swap bays

Dual 750 watt platinum-efficiency power supplies provide N+1 redundancy and hot-swap replacement without downtime. Eight 2.5-inch drive bays accept SAS or SATA media and are served by the PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache, supporting RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. The iDRAC 9 Enterprise module enables remote power, console and firmware management over a dedicated network interface.

Sustained throughput with 12 Gb/s SAS and 10 GbE

The H730P controller operates at 12 Gb/s across all eight bays, maintaining consistent bandwidth for mixed read-write patterns during extended jobs. An Intel X520/I350 daughter card adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ ports for storage replication or cluster interconnect traffic. The 2U chassis airflow design and redundant fans keep inlet temperatures stable under continuous multi-threaded load.

Highlights

  • Dual 24-core Xeon 8160 CPUs run at 2.1 GHz base with 3.7 GHz turbo
  • 768 GB DDR4 ECC memory fitted across 24 slots for large datasets
  • PERC H730P RAID controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
  • Eight 300 GB 10K SAS drives provide fast local storage
  • Quad-port network card adds two 1 GbE and two 10 Gb SFP+ links

Specifications

BrandDELL
SeriesPowerEdge R740
ModelR740
TypeRack
Rack Height2U
Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
CPU TypeIntel Xeon
CPU Speed2.10 GHz
CPU SocketLGA 3647
Number of CPU Cores24-Core Processor
# of Processors Installed2
MAX Processors2
ChipsetIntel C620
Installed Memory Size768GB
Memory TypeDDR4
Max Memory Capacity3TB
Number of Memory Slots24
Storage ControllerDell Perc H730P 2GB Controller
HDD InterfaceSAS
SSD (Installed)No
Raid LevelRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
GPU TypeMatrox G200
Video Memory8MB
Ethernet ControllerDell Intel X520/I350 Quad Port 2x 1GbE 2x 10Gb SFP+ Network Daughter Card
LAN Ports4 x Ports
Expansion SlotsRiser options with up to 8 PCIe Gen 3 slots, maximum of 4 x 16 slots
Management PortRJ 45
Operating SystemNo
Features8 x 2.5" SATA/SAS Hot-Plug Drive Bays

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Questions about this item

How are the 300GB 10K SAS drives installed in the 8-bay 2.5" front chassis, and what step is often missed?

Slide each drive into a bay until the lever clicks, then configure the PERC H730P RAID array in the controller BIOS before the OS sees any volume.

Which components will need replacement first under continuous operation?

The 10K SAS hard drives and the PERC H730P battery-backed cache are the primary wear items; the 750W redundant power supplies are hot-swappable if a unit fails.

What thermal or power limit appears first when both Xeon 8160 CPUs run at 3.7GHz turbo across all 24 cores?

The dual 750W platinum power supplies set the ceiling; sustained all-core turbo on both sockets can exceed their combined output before the cooling reaches its maximum.

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