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Silver 2U rack server with twelve 3.5 inch drive bays and front bezel

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U 12x3.5" 2x Xeon Gold 6134 128GB DDR4 12x8TB H730P

SKU CH-SCM7-EBHZV

A 2U rack server with dual 3.2 GHz 8-core Xeon Gold processors, 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory, twelve 8 TB SATA drives on an H730P RAID controller.

  • TypeRack
  • Rack Height2U
  • Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
  • CPU TypeIntel Xeon
  • CPU Speed3.20 GHz
  • CPU SocketLGA 3647
  • Dual Xeon Gold 6134 CPUs provide 16 cores at 3.2 GHz base clock
  • 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory across 8 modules supports virtualization workloads
  • PERC H730P controller enables RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 with 2 GB cache
  • 12 x 8 TB 7.2K SATA drives fill all 3.5 inch bays for dense storage
  • Quad-port network card adds 2 x 1 GbE and 2 x 10 Gb SFP+ connectivity

Dell PowerEdge R740xd 2U 12-Bay Server

This Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server built for storage-dense workloads. It ships with dual Intel Xeon Gold 6134 processors, 128GB of DDR4 ECC memory and twelve 8TB 3.5-inch SATA hard drives. The platform targets software-defined storage, virtual desktop infrastructure and service-provider environments.

Suits buyers who need high capacity in a compact

Organisations that require twelve 3.5-inch drive bays, hardware RAID across SAS and SATA drives, and dual 10GbE SFP+ ports in a 2U form factor will find this configuration aligned. Buyers who need GPU acceleration, all-flash storage tiers or a single-processor footprint should evaluate other platforms.

Dual Xeon Gold 6134 with 3.2 GHz base clock

Two eight-core Xeon Gold 6134 CPUs run at 3.2 GHz with 3.7 GHz turbo, delivering sixteen threads per socket. This processor choice defines the compute ceiling for virtualization density and storage controller throughput in this chassis.

Highlights

  • Dual Xeon Gold 6134 CPUs provide 16 cores at 3.2 GHz base clock
  • 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory across 8 modules supports virtualization workloads
  • PERC H730P controller enables RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 with 2 GB cache
  • 12 x 8 TB 7.2K SATA drives fill all 3.5 inch bays for dense storage
  • Quad-port network card adds 2 x 1 GbE and 2 x 10 Gb SFP+ connectivity

Specifications

BrandDELL
SeriesPowerEdge R740xd
ModelPowerEdge R740xd
TypeRack
Rack Height2U
Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
CPU TypeIntel Xeon
CPU Speed3.20 GHz
CPU SocketLGA 3647
Number of CPU Cores8-Core Processor
# of Processors Installed2
MAX Processors2
ChipsetIntel C620
Installed Memory Size128GB
Memory TypeDDR4
Max Memory Capacity3TB
Number of Memory Slots24
Storage ControllerDell Perc H730P 2GB Controller
HDD InterfaceSATA
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
Features12 x 3.5" SATA/SAS Hot-Plug Drive Bays

Questions about this item

Should I choose the 12x 8TB SATA drives or a smaller number of larger drives for this R740xd?

The server ships with twelve 8 TB 7.2 K SATA drives filling every 3.5" bay; reducing the count would leave empty bays and lower total capacity.

What does the 3.2 GHz base clock on the two Xeon Gold 6134 CPUs mean for real workloads?

Each processor runs at 3.2 GHz with eight cores and can boost to 3.7 GHz, giving 16 cores total for parallel tasks such as virtualisation or storage processing.

How does the PERC H730P controller limit the SATA drive performance in practice?

The H730P provides 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA connectivity with 2 GB cache and battery backup, so the 6 Gb/s SATA drives are not bottlenecked by the controller.

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