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Dell EMC offers a wide range of enterprise products and solutions, including servers, storage, networking, software, and services. These enterprise products and solutions are designed for reliability and scalability. They are engineered to handle the most demanding business applications and workloads, such as enterprise resource planning, database, BI, high-performance computing, and collaboration.
The PowerEdge R740 server is designed to run complex workloads in mid-sized and large enterprises, all in a 2U footprint. The R740 2-socket server:
Table 1 lists the technical specifications of the PowerEdge R740.
Table 1. PowerEdge R740 technical specifications
Component |
Specifications |
Form factor |
2U |
Processor |
Intel Xeon Scalable processor family with up to 28 cores per processor |
Processor sockets |
2 |
Chipset |
Intel C620 series |
Memory |
Up to 3 TB (24 DIMM slots): 8/16/32/64/128 GB DDR4 with up to 2,666 MT/s |
I/O slots |
Riser options with up to 8 PCIe Gen 3 slots; maximum of 4 x 16 slots |
Storage controllers |
|
Network interface |
4 x 1 GB, 4 x 10 GB, 2 x 10 GB + 2 x 1 GB, or 2 x 25 GB Network Daughter Card |
Dell EMC storage is designed to meet the storage needs of organizations of all sizes, from large global data centers to local small businesses. Designed and optimized for Flash storage, it is ideal for large-scale systems, high-end workload performance, and distributed enterprise environments. It supports multiple SSD tiers to optimize write-intensive and read-intensive SSDs as well as hard disk drives (HDDs).
Dell EMC storage supports the following features:
This Ready Bundle solution features Dell EMC Unity 400 Hybrid Flash as the storage option. Table 2 lists the technical specifications of Unity 400 Hybrid Flash storage.
Table 2. Unity 400 Hybrid Flash technical specifications
Component |
Specifications |
Controllers per array |
2 (active/active) |
Operating system |
Unity OE v4.2.1.9535982 |
Maximum drives supported |
250 per array |
Maximum raw capacity |
3.9 PB per array |
Storage media |
|
Array enclosures |
2 versions:
|
Drive enclosures |
Support for:
|
RAID options |
1/0, 5, 6 |
Embedded SAS I/O ports per array |
4 x 4 lane 12 Gb/s SAS ports for back-end connectivity |
Embedded CNA ports per array |
4 ports: 8/16 Gb FC, 10 Gb IP/iSCSI, or 1 Gb RJ45 |
Embedded 10GBASE-T ports per array |
4 |
Maximum FC ports per array |
20 |
Maximum SAN hosts |
1,024 |
Maximum LUN size |
256 TB |
Dell EMC Networking S4048-ON 10/40 GbE is a top-of-rack, high-density 1U switch with 48 10 GbE uplinks. It offers ultra-low latency and line-rate performance that is optimized for data centers.