Dell PowerEdge R740 8-Bay | 2x Intel Gold 5118 | 24 CPU Cores | 64GB RAM | 2x 1TB SATA SSDs | HBA330

The Dell PowerEdge R740 8-Bay Server delivers exceptional performance, scalability, and reliability for demanding enterprise environments. Powered by 2× Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processors (24 total cores) and equipped with 64GB of DDR4 memory, this configuration is engineered for virtualization, cloud applications, storage servers, database hosting, and high-throughput workloads.

With 2× 1TB SATA SSDs, you get fast, reliable storage suited for OS installations, applications, or VM environments. The HBA330 controller ensures maximum flexibility for software-defined storage platforms like TrueNAS, UnRAID, Proxmox, or VMware environments that require passthrough capability.

Whether you're expanding your data center, upgrading existing infrastructure, or building a high-efficiency home lab, the Dell R740 offers outstanding value, compute power, and long-term stability.

Key Features 

• Model: Dell PowerEdge R740 8-Bay 2.5"

• Processors: 2× Intel Xeon Gold 5118 (24 Cores / 48 Threads)

• Memory: 64GB DDR4 (Expandable to 3TB)

• Storage: 2× 1TB SATA SSDs installed

• RAID/Storage Controller: Dell HBA330 (ideal for TrueNAS, Proxmox, UnRAID, ZFS)

• Drive Bays: 8× 2.5" SAS/SATA bays (hot-swap)

• Networking: 4× 1GbE onboard

• Expansion: Supports GPUs, NVMe, and multiple PCIe add-on cards

• Power Supplies: Dual redundant hot-plug PSUs

• Management: iDRAC9 Enterprise-ready (remote management)

• Operating System Compatibility: VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox, TrueNAS, Linux, Windows Server

Why Buy This R740?

• Perfect balance of compute + storage for enterprise workloads

• Great for virtualization farms, containers, lab environments, and hyperconverged setups

• Upgrade-friendly: memory, drives, NICs, GPUs

• Runs cool and efficiently with proven PowerEdge reliability

• HBA330 provides ZFS-friendly passthrough for modern storage platforms

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