Dell Poweredge R740 OEMR XL R740 16 Bay
A Dell Power House Server Review
Ever Wanted to virtualize your whole business on one server?
You can with the Dell Poweredge R740. This special OEM edition is the OEMR XL version designed specifically for business users.
What we like about this unit :
- 16 Bays – This allows for up to 128 Terabytes of storage giving you plenty of room for your VMs.
- Intel Xeon Scalable Generation 2 Processor Support – Allowing you to use 28 Core Platinum CPUs giving you 112 threads for your VMs or CTs
- 24 DDR4 Slots – Allowing up to 7.68TB of memory storage and speeds up to 2933MT/s, say hello to plenty of RAM for your virtual machines or containers.
- 4 (four) 1GBe Ethernet Ports, for plenty of virtual switch configuration options.
What software we suggest:
- Proxmox Virtual Environment
- Similar to VMWares ESXi but has a free version or a reasonable cost for supported updates.
- Can create virtual switches and networks.
- Several Disk management options.
- Supports Containers and Virtual Machines