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Silver 2U rack server front with twenty-six 3.5-inch drive bays visible

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 rack server 2x Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz 20C 32GB DDR4 26x 4TB SATA H330 2x 1100W

SKU CH-6V1T-6Z35T

2U rack server with dual 20-core Xeon Gold 6230 CPUs, 32GB DDR4, 26x 4TB SATA drives and H330 controller

  • TypeRack
  • Rack Height2U
  • Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
  • CPU TypeIntel Xeon
  • CPU Speed2.1GHz (3.9GHz Turbo)
  • CPU SocketLGA 3647
  • Dual Xeon Gold 6230 CPUs deliver 40 cores at 2.1 GHz base speed
  • 32 GB DDR4 ECC memory supports data integrity with 16 DIMM slots available
  • 26 enterprise 4 TB SATA drives installed behind a PERC H330 controller
  • Dual-port 10/25 Gb SFP28 mezzanine card plus 1 GbE LOM for flexible networking
  • iDRAC 9 Enterprise enables remote management with redundant 1100 W platinum power supplies

Dense 2U storage server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rack server built for capacity-heavy workloads. Two Intel Xeon Gold 6230 processors deliver 20 cores each at 2.1 GHz with 3.9 GHz turbo. Thirty-two gigabytes of DDR4 ECC memory and a PERC H330 controller support twenty-six 4 TB 7.2K SATA drives. Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Enterprise provide redundancy and remote management.

Buyers needing maximum drive bays in 2U

This platform suits teams running software-defined storage, backup repositories or media archives that demand high spindle count. It is not suited for buyers who need GPU compute density or all-flash performance. The two-socket limit and 32 GB base memory may restrict virtualisation density without additional modules. Sixteen DIMM slots allow expansion up to 1 TB.

Twenty-six 3.5-inch SATA bays

The defining specification is the front-loading 26-bay chassis that holds 3.5-inch SATA drives. This density decides whether the server fits a cold-storage or backup strategy. The H330 controller manages the array without a cache module. Network connectivity includes dual 1 GbE LOM and a dual-port 10/25 GbE SFP28 OCP 2.0 mezzanine card.

Highlights

  • Dual Xeon Gold 6230 CPUs deliver 40 cores at 2.1 GHz base speed
  • 32 GB DDR4 ECC memory supports data integrity with 16 DIMM slots available
  • 26 enterprise 4 TB SATA drives installed behind a PERC H330 controller
  • Dual-port 10/25 Gb SFP28 mezzanine card plus 1 GbE LOM for flexible networking
  • iDRAC 9 Enterprise enables remote management with redundant 1100 W platinum power supplies

Specifications

BrandDELL
SeriesPowerEdge
ModelR740xd2
TypeRack
Rack Height2U
Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
CPU TypeIntel Xeon
CPU Speed2.1GHz (3.9GHz Turbo)
CPU SocketLGA 3647
Number of CPU Cores20 Core-Processors
CPU FeaturesGold 6230
# of Processors Installed2
MAX Processors2
Installed Memory Size32GB
Memory TypeDDR4
Max Memory Capacity1TB
Number of Memory Slots16
Hard Drive (Installed)26 x 4TB 7.2K SATA
Storage ControllerDell Perc H330 Controller
HDD InterfaceSATA
SSD (Installed)No
Raid LevelRAID 0/1/5/10/50
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

Should I pick the 26-bay 4 TB SATA configuration or a smaller drive count for this R740xd2?

The 26-bay layout fills every 3.5-inch slot with 4 TB 7.2K SATA drives, giving maximum raw capacity in a 2U chassis; choose a smaller count only if you need fewer drives for a specific RAID layout or budget.

What does the Xeon Gold 6230 2.1 GHz 20-core rating deliver in this server?

Two Gold 6230 CPUs provide 40 cores total at 2.1 GHz base with 3.9 GHz turbo, suited for multi-threaded storage and analytics workloads in the R740xd2.

How does the PERC H330 controller and SATA interface limit drive performance?

The H330 supports 12 Gb/s SAS and 6 Gb/s SATA; with 7.2K SATA drives the practical throughput is capped by the drive media, not the controller.

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