DELL PowerEdge R740xd 24SFF 2x Xeon Silver 6130 1536GB DDR4 No Drive

2U rack server with 24-bay SAS storage

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack-mount server built around two Intel Xeon Silver 6130 processors running at 2.1 GHz. It arrives with 1.5 TB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller supporting up to twenty-four 2.5-inch SAS drives. Remote management is handled by iDRAC9 Enterprise and dual 1100 W power supplies provide redundancy.

Suited for storage-dense workloads not for GPU

This configuration suits organisations that need high drive-count local storage for databases, virtualisation hosts or software-defined storage clusters. The sixteen total cores and large memory capacity handle heavy multi-threaded workloads efficiently. Buyers who require dedicated GPU acceleration should evaluate other platforms because only integrated graphics are present.

Twenty-four 2.5-inch SAS bays define the storage

The single specification that decides fit is the chassis capacity of twenty-four 2.5-inch SAS drive bays backed by the PERC H730P controller. If the deployment needs more than twenty-four hot-plug drives or a different drive interface this server cannot meet that requirement.