Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 - 1 System Overview; Introduction

System Overview
Introduction
Figure 1. PowerEdge R740/R740xd
The PowerEdge R740/R740xd is Dell EMC’s latest two socket, 2U rack servers designed to run complex workloads using highly scalable
memory, I/O capacity and network options. The R740/R740xd features the Intel Xeon processor scalable family, up to 24 DIMMs, PCI
Express (PCIe) 3.0 enabled expansion slots, and a choice of network interface technologies to cover NIC and rNDC.
The PowerEdge R740/R740xd is a general-purpose platform with highly expandable memory (up to 3TB) and impressive I/O capability to
match. The R740 is capable of handling demanding workloads and applications, such as data warehouses, E-commerce, databases, and
high-performance computing (HPC).
In addition to the R740’s capabilities, The R740xd adds extraordinary storage capacity options, making it well-suited for data intensive
applications that require greater storage, while not sacricing I/O performance.
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