We take cryptocurrency — so the coins you hold can buy real hardware.Pay in crypto, spend it on real hardware. Free insured shipping worldwide over $399. Plain, unbranded boxes, sent from Germany.Free insured shipping over $399. Your rate is locked for 30 minutes once checkout opens.Rate locked 30 minutes. Every item sealed, serial-checked and covered by a 24-month warranty.Sealed, 24-month warranty.

Saved items Sign in
Silver 2U rack server, eight 2.5 inch drive bays, front bezel and rails included

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740 2x Silver 4210R 10C 256GB 8x 2.4TB SAS H730P

SKU CH-X81S-XYQTC

2U rack server with dual 10-core Intel Silver 4210R CPUs, 256 GB DDR4, eight 2.4 TB SAS drives on an H730P controller and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management

  • TypeRack
  • Rack Height2U
  • CPU TypeIntel
  • Installed Memory Size256GB
  • Hard Drive (Installed)8x 2TB 7.2K NL SAS
  • Storage ControllerH740P
  • Dual Silver 4210R 10-core processors handle multi-threaded workloads
  • 256GB DDR4 memory across 16 modules supports large datasets
  • Eight 2.4TB 10K SAS drives provide high-capacity fast storage
  • H730P RAID controller manages redundancy and performance
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise enables full remote server management

Dell PowerEdge R740 2U Server

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Silver 4210R processors, each providing ten cores for parallel workloads. It ships with 256GB of DDR4 memory and eight 2.4TB 10K SAS drives managed by an H730P RAID controller. This configuration suits virtualisation hosts, database nodes or dense compute clusters that need internal storage capacity and redundant 1100W power supplies.

Installation and Common Issues

The chassis includes sliding rails and a front bezel, allowing a single technician to mount the 2U unit in a standard rack without special tools. Drive bays accept 2.5-inch SAS devices and the H730P controller presents volumes to the OS once the RAID array is initialised through the iDRAC9 Enterprise interface. A frequent oversight is forgetting to configure the NDC Intel X550 10Gb and 1Gb ports in the BIOS before deploying the operating system, which leaves network links inactive.

Sustained Load Behaviour

Under continuous demand the dual 10-core CPUs maintain their 2.4GHz base frequency while the 1100W redundant power supplies share the load to avoid thermal spikes. The eight 10K SAS drives deliver consistent throughput for write-heavy databases because the H730P cache is backed by a super-capacitor module. Workloads that require more than eight drive bays or PCIe Gen 4 bandwidth will hit the platform limits of this generation.

Highlights

  • Dual Silver 4210R 10-core processors handle multi-threaded workloads
  • 256GB DDR4 memory across 16 modules supports large datasets
  • Eight 2.4TB 10K SAS drives provide high-capacity fast storage
  • H730P RAID controller manages redundancy and performance
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise enables full remote server management

Specifications

BrandDELL
ModelR740
TypeRack
Rack Height2U
CPU TypeIntel
Installed Memory Size256GB
Hard Drive (Installed)8x 2TB 7.2K NL SAS
Storage ControllerH740P
Max HDD Capacity8x 2.5" Drive Bays
Remote ManagementiDRAC9 Enterprise

Questions about this item

How can I verify the dual Silver 4210R CPUs and 256GB DDR4 are recognised after first boot?

Open the iDRAC9 Enterprise interface or enter the system BIOS; both will show two Intel Silver 4210R 10-core processors running at 2.4GHz with 13.75M cache each and 16 DIMM slots populated with 16GB PC4-2666 modules totalling 256GB.

Which items ship with the R740 and which must I source separately?

The server arrives with chassis, bezel, sliding rails, two 1100W redundant PSUs, H730P RAID controller, eight 2.4TB 10K SAS drives, Intel X550 NDC providing two 10Gb RJ45 and two 1Gb RJ45 ports, and power cords. No optical drive is included; any additional PCIe cards, OS licences or extra memory must be purchased separately.

Which drive capacity and speed suit a write-heavy database on the H730P?

The configured eight 2.4TB 10K SAS drives deliver higher IOPS than 7.2K alternatives and fill all eight 2.5-inch bays, giving maximum spindle performance for write-intensive workloads on the H730P controller.

Also in this aisle

People compared these

Same shelf, same checkout — eight coins and a 30-minute rate lock.