Uncompromising performance and density for data center productivity and scale
The PowerEdge R640 is the ideal dual-socket platform for dense scale-out data center computing and storage. Benefit from the flexibilty of 2.5” or 3.5” drives, the performance of NVMe and embedded intelligence to ensure optimized application performance in a secure platform. With embedded diagnostics and SupportAssist, the R640 delivers maximum uptime in a worry-free environment.
Ideal workloads:
- Dense software-defined storage
- Service providers: application tier
- Dense private cloud
- Virtualization
- HPC
Drive transformation with the Dell EMC PowerEdge portfolio
Data center evolution starts with modern platforms that easily scale and are optimized for application performance. The PowerEdge R640 is built upon a scalable system architecture and provides the choice and flexibility to easily meet performance demands.
- Simplify deployment and easily scale from 3 to 1000+ nodes for software-defined storage with Dell EMC Ready Node for ScaleIO.
- Maximize storage performance with up to 8 NVMe drives.
- Scale compute resources with Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, delivering a 27% increase in processing cores and 50% increase in bandwidth over previous generation of Xeon processors*.
Automate productivity with intelligent, embedded management
Dell EMC automation and intelligent management mean you spend less time on routine maintenance so you can focus on bigger priorities.
- Help maximize uptime with proactive diagnostics and automated remediation that increase productivity up to 90%*.
- Leverage existing management consoles with easy integrations for VMware® vSphere®, Microsoft® System Center and Nagios®.
- Improve productivity with agent-free Dell EMC iDRAC9 for automated, efficient management.
- Simplify deployment with OpenManage next-generation console and server profiles to fully configure and prep servers in rapid, scalable fashion.
Fortify your data center with comprehensive protection
Dell EMC provides a comprehensive, cyber-resilient architecture with security embedded into every server to protect your data.
- Protect server configuration and firmware from malicious changes with new Configuration Lock-down.
- Use system erase of local storage to help ensure data privacy when you repurpose or retire servers.
- Automate updates that check file dependencies and proper update sequence, before deploying them independently from the OS/hypervisor.
- Take control of your firmware consoles with embedded authentication that is designed to allow only properly designed updates to run.
Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 Review
"If you are looking for a highly customizable, rock solid, 1U server platform, the Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 is a great bet." — ServeTheHome
Dell EMC PowerEdge R640: IT Pro Product Of The Year Awards, 'Best 1U Server' Winner
"Not only does it have full support for Intel's Xeon Scalable processors, it's also got some mightily impressive storage options." — IT PRO
2017 CRN Annual Report Card: Industry Standard Servers Winner
"Dell EMC’s win included an especially strong product innovation performance, support and partnership." — CRN®
Dell EMC PowerEdge R640: 'Editor’s Choice' Award
"A versatile, low-profile Xeon Scalable rack server with a big heart." — IT PRO
| Processor | |
| Processor(s) | 1) 4.0 GHz Intel® Xeon® Silver 4215 (8 Cores, 16 Threads (HT), 11Mb Cache,Up to 4.0 GHz, 130W) 1) 4.0 GHz Intel® Xeon® Silver 4215 (8 Cores, 16 Threads (HT), 11Mb Cache,Up to 4.0 GHz, 130W) Memory 64GB (4 x 16GB RDIMM 3200MT/s, Dual Rank) Front Array: 1) 480GB SSD SATA Read Intensive 6Gbps 512 2.5in Hot-plug AG Drive, 1 DWPD 2) 480GB SSD SATA Read Intensive 6Gbps 512 2.5in Hot-plug AG Drive, 1 DWPD 1) 1.2TB Hard Drive SAS 12Gbps 10k 512n 2.5in Hot-Plug 2) 1.2TB Hard Drive SAS 12Gbps 10k 512n 2.5in Hot-Plug 3) 1.2TB Hard Drive SAS 12Gbps 10k 512n 2.5in Hot-Plug 4) 1.2TB Hard Drive SAS 12Gbps 10k 512n 2.5in Hot-Plug 5) 1.2TB Hard Drive SAS 12Gbps 10k 512n 2.5in Hot-Plug 6) 1.2TB Hard Drive SAS 12Gbps 10k 512n 2.5in Hot-Plug RAID CONTROLLER Dell Perc H750 8GB NV Cache PCI-E (RAID Level: RAID 0 1 5 6 10 50 60) IDSDM and Combo Card Reader Redundant SD Cards Enabled Chassis with up to 2.5in x10 Hard Drives with 3PCIe Slots, 2CPU only (Supports NVME Drives) PowerEdge Express Flash PCIe SSD Ready Config NVME Cable Network 1) Broadcom 5720 QP 1Gb Network Daughter Card 2) Broadcom 57412 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+, OCP NIC 3.0 3) Broadcom 5720 Quad Port 1GbE BASE-T Adapter, OCP NIC 3.0 Info iDRAC9, Express Trusted Platform Module 2.0 V3 Riser Config 2 750W Dual Hot-plug Redundant Power Supply (1+1) C13 to C14, PDU Style, 10 AMP, 6.5 Feet (2m), Power Cord |
| Chassis | |
| Chassis | Rack 1U DELL 3 YEARS NEXT BUSINESS DAY ON SITE WARRANTY |
| Product Type | |
| Product Type | DELL Factory Remanufactured |
| Other Information | |
| Standard Specs And Options | STANDARD SPECS & OPTIONS: Processor Up to two Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, up to 28 cores per processor Operating System Canonical® Ubuntu® LTS Citrix® XenServer® Microsoft Windows Server® with Hyper-V Red Hat® Enterprise Linux SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server VMware® ESXi Chassis Optional LCD or Security bezel Dimensions Form factor: Rack (1U) Chassis depth: 705.05 mm Drive Bays Front drive bays: Up to 10 x 2.5” with up to 8 NVMe, SAS/SATA/SSD/NVMe, max 58TB Up to 4 x 3.5” SAS/SATA, max 48TB Rear drive bays: Up to 2 x 2.5” SAS/SATA/SSD/NVMe, max 12TB Memory* 24 DDR4 DIMM slots, Supports RDIMM /LRDIMM, speeds up to 2666, 3TB max Up to 12 NVDIMM, 192 GB Max Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only Ports Network daughter card options: 4 x 1GE or 2 x 10GE + 2 x 1GE or 4 x 10GE or 2 x 25GE Front ports: Video, 1 x USB 2.0, available USB 3.0, dedicated IDRAC Direct USB Rear ports: Video, serial, 2 x USB 3.0, dedicated iDRAC network port Video card: VGA, NVIDIA NVS310 available as PCIe card Up to 3 x Gen3 slots, all x16 Power Titanium 750W, Platinum 495W, 750W, 1100W, and 1600W 48VDC 1100W, 380HVDC 1100W, 240HVDC 750W Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy option Up to 8 hot plugs fans with full redundancy Data Protection TPM 1.2/2.0 optional Cryptographically signed firmware Secure Boot System Lockdown Secure erase Storage Controllers Internal controllers: PERC H330, H730p, H740p, Software RAID (SWRAID) S140 Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem: HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 120GB, 240 GB External PERC (RAID): H840 12Gbps SAS HBAs (non-RAID): External- 12Gbps SAS HBA (non-RAID) Internal- HBA330 (non-RAID) |