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Silver 2U rack server chassis with 26 front 3.5-inch drive bays

DELL

Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Platinum 8160 2.1GHz 24C 128GB DDR4 26x 4TB HDD H730P

SKU CH-DS6T-5Q6JY

2U rack server with dual 24-core Xeon Platinum 8160 CPUs, 128GB DDR4, 26× 4TB SATA drives and H730P RAID controller

  • TypeRack
  • Rack Height2U
  • Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
  • CPU TypeIntel Xeon
  • CPU Speed2.1GHz (3.7GHz Turbo)
  • CPU SocketLGA 3647
  • Dual Xeon Platinum 8160 CPUs provide 24 cores each at 2.1 GHz base
  • 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory installed across 16 slots for data integrity
  • Dell PERC H730P controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 with battery backup
  • 26 front-accessible 3.5-inch 4 TB 7.2K SATA drives deliver high capacity
  • Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise enable resilient management

High-density 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rackmount server built for data-intensive workloads that demand maximum storage capacity in a compact footprint. It targets organisations running software-defined storage, big data analytics, backup repositories or media archives where drive density and compute power must coexist.

Thermals noise and power

Dual 1100 Watt platinum-efficiency power supplies provide redundant hot-swap power for continuous operation under heavy drive and CPU loads. The 2U chassis houses twenty-six 3.5-inch drives and dual 24-core processors, so airflow is engineered for sustained throughput rather than silent running.

26-bay 3.5-inch drive capacity

The defining specification is the twenty-six 3.5-inch drive bays populated with 4TB 7.2K SATA disks, delivering over one hundred terabytes of raw storage in a single 2U node. Buyers who need fewer bays or smaller form-factor drives should evaluate alternative platforms.

Highlights

  • Dual Xeon Platinum 8160 CPUs provide 24 cores each at 2.1 GHz base
  • 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory installed across 16 slots for data integrity
  • Dell PERC H730P controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 with battery backup
  • 26 front-accessible 3.5-inch 4 TB 7.2K SATA drives deliver high capacity
  • Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise enable resilient management

Specifications

BrandDELL
SeriesPowerEdge
ModelR740xd2
TypeRack
Rack Height2U
Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
CPU TypeIntel Xeon
CPU Speed2.1GHz (3.7GHz Turbo)
CPU SocketLGA 3647
Number of CPU Cores24 Core-Processors
CPU FeaturesPlatinum 8160
# of Processors Installed2
MAX Processors2
Installed Memory Size128GB
Memory TypeDDR4
Max Memory Capacity1TB
Number of Memory Slots16
Hard Drive (Installed)26 x 4TB 7.2K SATA
Storage ControllerDell Perc H730P 2GB Controller
HDD InterfaceSATA
SSD (Installed)No
Raid LevelRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Ethernet Controller1x Integrated Dual Port 1GbE LOM and 1x Dell EMC Broadcom 57414 Dual Port 10/25Gb SFP28 OCP 2.0 Mezzanine Card
Remote ManagementiDRAC9 Enterprise
LAN Ports4 x Ports
Management PortRJ 45
Operating SystemNo
Features0

Questions about this item

How do I install the 26x 4TB 3.5" drives into the 2U front bays?

Slide each 3.5" drive into the hot-swap carrier until the latch clicks, then insert the carrier into the 26 front bays; the step people miss is forgetting to fully seat the latch, which leaves the drive disconnected from the backplane.

Which components will need replacement first under continuous operation?

The 26x 4TB 7.2K SATA drives and the 2x 1100W power supplies are the primary field-replaceable units; the PERC H730P battery will also require replacement when its charge capacity degrades.

What thermal or power limit appears first during sustained heavy I/O?

The 2x 1100W platinum power supplies set the overall power envelope, and the 7.2K SATA drive throughput ceiling of 6Gb/s SAS/SATA becomes the storage bottleneck before CPU thermal limits are reached.

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