Product Description
Dell PowerEdge R740XD Server
Looking for a powerful and scalable enterprise server for your business, virtualization environment or data center?
The Dell PowerEdge R740XD Server is a high-density 2U rack server built for organizations that need strong processing performance combined with extensive storage capacity. It supports up to two Intel Xeon Scalable processors, 24 DDR4 DIMM slots and a wide range of SAS, SATA and NVMe storage configurations.
Whether you are building a virtualization cluster, database server, private cloud, storage platform or enterprise application environment, the Dell R740XD offers the flexibility needed for demanding IT workloads.
Why Choose the Dell PowerEdge R740XD?
The R740XD is particularly suited to workloads where storage capacity, I/O flexibility and compute performance are important.
Key advantages include:
- Dual-socket Intel Xeon Scalable processor support
- Up to 28 cores per processor
- 24 DDR4 DIMM slots
- Up to 3TB DDR4 memory with supported configurations
- Extensive SAS, SATA and NVMe storage options
- Dell PERC RAID controller options
- PCIe Gen 3 expansion
- Dell iDRAC9 remote management
- Hot-plug redundant power supply options
- Enterprise-grade rack-mounted 2U design
- Suitable for virtualization, databases, storage and business applications
Dell documentation confirms that the R740XD supports up to two 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, up to 24 DDR4 DIMM slots and up to 3TB of DDR4 memory.
Dell PowerEdge R740XD Specifications
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Model | Dell PowerEdge R740XD |
| Form Factor | 2U Rack Server |
| Processor | Up to 2 × Intel Xeon Scalable processors |
| Maximum Cores | Up to 28 cores per processor |
| Memory Slots | 24 × DDR4 DIMM |
| Maximum Memory | Up to 3TB DDR4 |
| Storage | SAS / SATA / SSD / NVMe depending on chassis configuration |
| RAID | Dell PERC controller options |
| Management | Dell iDRAC9 |
| Expansion | PCIe Gen 3 |
| Networking | Multiple Ethernet configuration options |
| Use Cases | Virtualization, databases, storage, backup, applications and data centers |
| Form Factor | 2U rack-mounted |
The exact drive capacity and bay configuration depend on the particular R740XD chassis and installed hardware. Dell documentation lists configurations supporting up to 24 × 2.5-inch drives or up to 12 × 3.5-inch drives, with additional mid- and rear-bay options on supported configurations.
Powerful Dual-Processor Architecture
The Dell PowerEdge R740XD supports up to two Intel Xeon Scalable processors, providing the processing resources required for demanding enterprise applications.
With configurations of up to 28 cores per processor, the server can provide substantial CPU capacity for virtualization, database workloads, application hosting and server consolidation.
High Memory Capacity
Memory-intensive applications can benefit from the R740XD’s 24 DDR4 DIMM slots.
Supported configurations can provide up to 3TB of DDR4 memory, making the platform suitable for virtual machines, databases, analytics and other applications that require substantial memory resources.
Flexible Storage Options
Storage flexibility is one of the major advantages of the Dell R740XD Server.
Depending on the chassis configuration, the platform supports combinations of:
- SAS hard drives
- SATA hard drives
- SAS SSDs
- SATA SSDs
- NVMe SSDs
- Multiple front-drive configurations
- Mid-bay and rear-bay storage options
- Dell PERC RAID controllers
This makes the R740XD a strong option for storage-heavy applications, virtualization environments, backup systems and enterprise databases.
RAID and Data Protection
The R740XD supports multiple Dell PERC storage controller options, allowing businesses to configure RAID according to their performance, redundancy and storage requirements.
Available controller configurations can vary according to the specific server configuration.
Dell iDRAC9 Remote Management
The integrated Dell iDRAC9 management platform helps IT administrators monitor and manage the server remotely.
This can simplify server administration, hardware monitoring, troubleshooting and lifecycle management in business and data center environments.
Ideal for Virtualization
The Dell PowerEdge R740XD is well suited for virtualization environments such as:
- VMware ESXi
- Microsoft Hyper-V
- Windows Server
- Linux virtualization environments
- Private cloud deployments
- Virtual machine hosting
- Server consolidation
Dell lists VMware ESXi, Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Ubuntu Server LTS and other operating systems/hypervisors among supported platforms, subject to the applicable configuration and support matrix.
Suitable for Business and Data Center Workloads
The Dell PowerEdge R740XD Server can be used for:
- Virtualization
- Database servers
- File and storage servers
- Backup infrastructure
- Private cloud
- Enterprise applications
- Web applications
- Business applications
- Server consolidation
- Data center deployments
- Development and testing environments
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