DELL PowerEdge R740 2U 8 Bay 2x Xeon Gold 5118 2.3GHz 12 Core 512GB DDR4 H730P 8x 300GB SAS iDRAC9 2x 750W

Dual-socket Xeon 2U server

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors, each running at 2.3 GHz with 12 cores. It ships with 512 GB of DDR4 2400 MHz registered ECC memory across 16 modules. The platform targets organisations that need dense compute and memory capacity in a standard rack footprint.

Upgrade from single-socket or older 2U systems

The dual-processor design doubles thread count compared to single-socket alternatives, making the jump worthwhile for virtualisation hosts, database nodes and high-throughput workloads that scale across 24 total cores. The PERC H730P controller adds hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 with a 2 GB cache, replacing software RAID or entry-level controllers that lack battery-backed write caching.

SAS 12 Gb/s storage and 10 GbE networking limits

Eight 2.5-inch 300 GB 10K SAS drives connect through the H730P at 12 Gb/s, capping raw throughput at the drive and controller interface rather than the PCIe bus. The Intel X520/I350 daughter card provides two 10 Gb SFP+ and two 1 GbE ports, so total network bandwidth is bounded by those physical links and the available PCIe lanes from the C620 chipset.