Economy
12 × 3.5" bays
12 × 3.5" front drive bays (10 for data, 2 for the system) · 2 × 1GbE · 2 × 750W power
BarebonesUS$550
Default buildUS$850
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Brand-new · 2U rack server
Dell PowerEdge R540
The economy choice: the same storage and business workloads at a lower price, with less room to expand.
- 2U rack
- 2 × Intel Xeon Scalable sockets
- 16 memory slots, up to 512GB
- CPUs up to 125W
Ask about this R540
Economy
14 bays: 12 front, 2 rear
12 × 3.5" front + 2 × 3.5" rear drive bays (12 for data) · 2 × 1GbE · 2 × 750W power
BarebonesUS$560
Default buildUS$870
Default build = the parts listed below, no data drives. Prices in US dollars for brand-new servers, excluding shipping and taxes. Shipping to your country is quoted on WhatsApp.
Ready-to-quote R540 configurations
Complete servers with drives, priced and ready to order. We change any part on request.
- 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 6230 (20 cores each)
- 32GB memory (2 × 16GB)
- 3 × 4TB drives, RAID 5, about 8TB usable, survives one drive failure
- 2 × 1GbE network · 2 × 750W redundant power
A small office's first server: shared files and one or two small applications.
PriceUS$1,270
Ask about this- 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 6230 (20 cores each)
- 64GB memory (4 × 16GB)
- 12 × 16TB drives, RAID 6, about 160TB usable, survives two drive failures
- 2 × 1GbE network · 2 × 750W redundant power
The R540 with the most bays, filled with 12 × 16TB.
PriceUS$7,600
Ask about thisDefault build includes
- 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 6230 (20 cores each)
- 32GB memory (2 × 16GB)
- 2 × 600GB 10K SAS for the operating system, RAID 1
- PERC H730P RAID controller
- Everything in the barebones
No data drives: add the drives your storage needs.
Barebones includes
12 × 3.5" bays
- Chassis with 12 × 3.5" front drive bays
- Motherboard, fans and PERC H730P RAID controller
- 2 × 1GbE network ports
- 2 × 750W redundant power supplies
- iDRAC Enterprise remote management and rack rails
14 bays: 12 front, 2 rear
- Chassis with 12 × 3.5" front + 2 × 3.5" rear drive bays
- Motherboard, fans and PERC H730P RAID controller
- 2 × 1GbE network ports
- 2 × 750W redundant power supplies
- iDRAC Enterprise remote management and rack rails
Add your own CPUs, memory and drives, or ask us to fit them.
Popular upgrades
- More memory: 16GB or 32GB modules, up to 512GB
- Data drives: 4TB, 8TB, 12TB or 16TB enterprise drives
- Enterprise SSDs (960GB or 1.92TB) for systems and databases
- 10GbE network card
- 8-core Gold 5217 CPUs when the database is licensed per core
Tell us the workload and we will suggest the parts and price.
Why buy R540 from Dell B2C
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Brand-new, 12-month warranty
Every server we ship is brand-new and covered for 12 months.
Tested before shipment
We build to the configuration you confirm and send you the testing video before shipment.
Software and support
On request we install the operating system and software, and support deployment.
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Ask Dell B2C about PowerEdge R540.
Send the configuration or workload you have in mind, and we will quote on WhatsApp. sales@dellbtc.com