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The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd is a two-socket rack server built on 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors that fits into just 2U of rack space. With extra drive slots for storage scalability, the PowerEdge R740xd supports up to 24 NVMe drives, 32 2.5” drives—or 18 3.5” drives—as well as Intel Optane™ PMem. The PowerEdge R740xd supports demanding workloads including HPC, software-defined storage, and Big Data. To learn more about the advantages that the Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd offers, visit https://www.dell.com/en-us/ work/shop/povw/poweredge-r740xd.