Dell PowerEdge R640 Rack Server Gen10 Server
The Dell PowerEdge R640 Rack Server is a general-purpose platform expandable up to 7.68TB of memory, up to twelve 2.5 inch drives, and flexible I/O options. The Dell PowerEdge R640 Rack Server can handle demanding workloads such as virtualization, dense private cloud, High-Performance Computing (HPC), and software-defined storage.
The Dell PowerEdge R640 Rack Server is the ideal dual-socket! 1U platform for dense scale-out data center computing. The Dell PowerEdge R640 Rack Server combines density, performance and scalability to optimize application performance and data center density.
Features
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Uncompromising performance and density for data center productivity and scale
Ideal workloads:
- Dense software-defined storage
- Service providers: application tier
- Dense private cloud
- Virtualization
- HPC
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Drive transformation with the Dell EMC PowerEdge portfolio
- Simplify deployment and easily scale from 3 to 1000+ nodes for software-defined storage with Dell EMC Ready Nodes.
- Maximize performance with up to 10 NVMe drives and 24 DIMMs, 12 of which can be DCPMMs or NVDIMMs
- Scale compute resources with 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, and tailor performance based on your unique workload requirements.
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Automate productivity with intelligent, embedded management
- Help maximize uptime and reduce the IT effort to resolve issues by up to 72%* with ProSupport Plus and SupportAssist.
- 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.
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Fortify your data center with comprehensive protection
- Protect server configuration and firmware from malicious changes with new Configuration Lock-down.
- Use system erases 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 offers complete end-to-end services
Front View
1. | Left control panel | 2. | Optical drive (optional) |
3. | USB port (optional) | 4. | VGA port |
5. | Right control panel | 6. | Hard drive slots |
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Dell PowerEdge R640 Rack Server Rear View
1. | PCIe expansion card slot(s) | 2. | Hard drive slots |
3. | Power supply unit (2) | 4. | NIC port (4) |
5. | USB 3.0 port | 6. | VGA port |
7. | Serial port | 8. | iDRAC9 Enterprise port |
9. | CMA power port | 10. | System identification button |