DELL PowerEdge R740 2x Gold 6132 14C 512GB 6x 960GB SATA SSD H730P

2U rack server with dual 14-core CPUs

This Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Gold 6132 processors, each running at 2.6GHz with 14 cores. It ships with 512GB of DDR4 memory across sixteen 32GB modules and six 960GB SATA SSDs managed by an H730P RAID controller. The system includes an Intel X550 network daughter card providing two 10Gb and two 1Gb RJ45 ports.

Suits virtualisation hosts needing dense memory

Buyers who need more than eight 2.5-inch drive bays should look elsewhere. Organisations requiring an internal optical drive will not find one fitted. Workloads that depend on PCIe Gen 4 expansion slots are not supported by this platform.

Deciding spec: 512GB DDR4 in sixteen slots

The installed 512GB DDR4 memory fills all sixteen DIMM slots with 32GB PC4-2400 modules, leaving no room for further memory expansion without replacing existing modules. This capacity ceiling determines whether the server can host the planned virtual machine density or in-memory database workload.