DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U rack server 2x Xeon Silver 4110 2.1GHz 512GB DDR4 2x 400GB SSD

Storage-dense 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a two-socket 2U rack server built for storage-heavy workloads. It ships with dual Intel Xeon Silver 4110 2.1 GHz 8-core processors and 512 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 16 DIMM slots. A PERC H730P 2 GB controller manages up to twenty-four 2.5-inch SATA/SAS drive bays, and two 400 GB SATA SSDs are installed. Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies, iDRAC9 Enterprise, quad-port networking with two 10 Gb SFP+ links, rails and a front bezel complete the package.

Ideal for software-defined storage

This configuration suits teams deploying software-defined storage, virtual desktop infrastructure or dense virtualisation clusters where internal drive count matters. The 24-bay chassis and hardware RAID controller support RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 plus pass-through mode. Buyers needing more than two processor sockets, GPU-accelerated compute, or a smaller 1U footprint should consider other form factors.

24-bay 2.5-inch SATA/SAS capacity

The defining specification is the twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays behind a single 2U rack height, served by a 12 Gb/s PERC H730P controller with battery-backed cache. This density determines whether the server can hold the local storage your workload requires without adding external enclosures.