DELL PowerEdge R740 2U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 6142 2.6GHz 16-core 128GB DDR4 2x 800GB SSD H730P

Dual-socket 2U server for accelerator workloads

The Dell PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server built around two Intel Xeon Gold 6142 processors, each with 16 cores running at 2.6 GHz and a 3.7 GHz turbo frequency. It ships with 128 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across 24 slots and a Dell PERC H730P 2 GB storage controller. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and an iDRAC 9 Enterprise module provide redundant power and out-of-band management.

Sustained throughput with hardware RAID and 10 GbE

Under continuous load the H730P controller manages RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across the two installed 800 GB SATA SSDs, keeping write latency predictable for database and virtualisation workloads. The Intel X520/I350 daughter card delivers two 10 Gb SFP+ ports alongside two 1 GbE links, so network throughput scales with compute rather than bottlenecking at the wire.

Replaces single-socket

Organisations moving from a single-processor 2U server or a dual-socket box without GPU/FPGA clearance gain the PCIe lane headroom and thermal envelope needed for accelerator cards. The jump is worth it when workloads demand both high core counts and add-in compute, but buyers who only need basic file serving or single-threaded applications will not use the extra capacity.