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Silver 3U rack server with front bezel, eight 2.5-inch drive bays and redundant power supplies

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R940 3U Rack Server 4x Xeon 5120 2.2GHz 14C 64GB DDR4 8x 600GB SAS H730P

SKU CH-SVBA-Z8909

A 3U rack server with four 14-core Xeon processors at 2.2 GHz, 64 GB DDR4, eight 600 GB SAS drives on an H730P controller, dual 10 Gb SFP+ ports and iDRAC9 Enterprise management

  • TypeRack
  • Rack Height3U
  • Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
  • CPU TypeIntel Xeon
  • CPU Speed2.20 GHz
  • CPU SocketLGA 3647
  • Four-socket Xeon Gold 5120 CPUs provide 14 cores each for parallel workloads
  • 64 GB DDR4 registered ECC memory supports error-corrected operations
  • PERC H730P controller enables RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 with 2 GB cache
  • Eight 600 GB 10K SAS drives supply high-speed storage capacity
  • Dual 1600 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise ensure uptime and remote management

Dell PowerEdge R940 3U Server

This Dell PowerEdge R940 is a 3U rack server equipped with four Intel Xeon Gold 5120 processors running at 2.2 GHz with 14 cores each. It includes 64 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 48 available slots and a PERC H730P storage controller managing eight 600 GB 10K SAS drives.

Suits compute-heavy workloads needing four-socket

Buyers who need more than 64 GB of memory or more than eight drive bays should look elsewhere. The system is limited to four processors and 48 DIMM slots, and the 2.5-inch bay count is fixed at eight.

Four-socket Xeon Gold 5120 configuration

The decisive specification is the four-socket Intel Xeon Gold 5120 configuration with 14 cores per processor at 2.2 GHz. This defines the threading capacity and memory-channel layout that determines whether the server matches the workload.

Highlights

  • Four-socket Xeon Gold 5120 CPUs provide 14 cores each for parallel workloads
  • 64 GB DDR4 registered ECC memory supports error-corrected operations
  • PERC H730P controller enables RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 with 2 GB cache
  • Eight 600 GB 10K SAS drives supply high-speed storage capacity
  • Dual 1600 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise ensure uptime and remote management

Specifications

BrandDELL
SeriesPowerEdge R940
ModelR940
TypeRack
Rack Height3U
Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
CPU TypeIntel Xeon
CPU Speed2.20 GHz
CPU SocketLGA 3647
Number of CPU Cores14-Core Processor
# of Processors Installed4
MAX Processors4
ChipsetIntel C620
Installed Memory Size64GB
Memory TypeDDR4
Max Memory Capacity6TB
Number of Memory Slots48
Storage ControllerDell Perc H730P 2GB Controller
HDD InterfaceSAS
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 SlotsUp to 13 PCIe Gen 3 Slots, 3x PCIe x8, and 10 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots
Management PortRJ 45
Operating SystemNo
Features8 x 2.5" SATA/SAS Hot-Plug Drive Bays

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Questions about this item

How do I install the Dell PERC H730P controller and the 8x 600GB SAS drives in the 3U chassis, and what step is often missed?

Slide the controller into the dedicated internal slot, connect the SAS cables to the backplane, insert all eight 2.5-inch drives into the front bays, then use the iDRAC9 Enterprise interface to initialise the virtual disks — skipping the array creation step leaves the drives invisible to the OS.

Which components in this R940 will need replacement first during long-term operation?

The eight 600GB 10K SAS drives and the H730P controller battery are the primary wear items; the 1600W platinum power supplies and system fans are hot-swap redundant, so they can be swapped without downtime when alerts appear.

What limit appears first when all four Xeon Gold 5120 processors run sustained workloads in this 3U server?

The 3U form factor constrains airflow, so thermal headroom becomes the bottleneck before the 6TB memory ceiling or the 12Gb/s SAS bandwidth is reached.

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