Dell R740 Servers vs. Servers of HPE, Lenovo, Huawei, Inspur and Others
As a popular series of Dell servers, the PowerEdge R740 servers provide high-performance and good quality for customers. However, we couldn’t ignore there are other same level servers in the market, especially the HPE.
To help customers select the true servers for their business, we provide this comparison, Dell R740 Servers vs. Servers of HPE, Lenovo, Huawei, Inspur and others. Hope them helpful.
Table 1. Dell R740 vs. Dell R740xd vs. HPE DL380 Gen10
| Server model | Dell PowerEdge R740 | Dell PowerEdge R740xd | HPE ProLiant DL380 G10 | |
| Dell Advantage Overview | 1. Support NVDIMM / Quick Sync / 750W Titanium power supply / Micro-B iDrac / 25GbE NDC 2. Powerful management function, with life cycle management 3. Consistent security features of 14th generation server, Root Trust; | 1. Support NVDIMM / Quick Sync / 750W Titanium power supply / Micro-B iDrac / 25GbE NDC 2. Powerful management function, with life cycle management 3. Consistent security features of 14th generation server, Root Trust; | R740 (xd) supports higher CPU, 8G Raid cache, supports up to 6 single-width GPUs, R740xd supports more hard drives | |
| Dell Disadvantage Overview | NVMe is not supported | No 3.5” HDD + NVMe | Supports more 3.5” disks compared to R740 | |
| CPU | Model | (2) Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors (1st and 2nd Generation) Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum | (2) Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors (1st and 2nd Generation) Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum | 1-2 Intel Xeon processors 8100/6100/5100/4100/3100 series |
| CPU model | Platinum 8180M (205W) | Platinum 8180M (205W) | 8080 / 8010M | |
| Chipset | Intel C621 | Intel C621 | Intel C621 | |
| RAM | Model | 24 128GB / 2667MHz / LRDIMMs starting April 2019 support 2933MHz RDIMMs | 24 128GB / 2667MHz / LRDIMMs starting April 2019 support 2933MHz RDIMMs | 24 128GB / 2667MHz / LRDIMM 32GB / 2667MHZ / RDIMM |
| Total capacity | 3TB | 3TB | 3.0TB | |
| Persistent memory | 12 NVDIMMs, up to 192GB | 12 NVDIMMs, up to 192GB | 12 16GB NVDIMMs, up to 192GB | |
| Storage controller | Model | 6Gbps SATA controller: onbord SW RAID S140 12Gbps RAID controller: RAID Controller H730P, 12Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, 2GB DDR3 NV SDRAM, PCIe, support SAS / SATA / SSD; RAID Controller H740P, 12Gb / s SAS , 6Gb / s SATA, 8GB DDR4-2133 NV DRAM, PCIe, support SAS / SATA / SSD; RAID Controller H330, 12Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, support SAS / SATA / SSD, no cache, PCIe internal controller : HBA330 12Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, No Cache, No RAID, Pass through only external PERC (RAID): RAID Controller H840 RAID Controller H840, 2Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, 8GB NV, PCIe, support SAS / SATA / SSD, 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 external HBA (non-RAID): 12 Gbps SAS HBA No Cache, No RAID, Pass through only | 6Gbps SATA controller: onbord SW RAID S140 12Gbps RAID controller: RAID Controller H730P, 12Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, 2GB DDR3 NV SDRAM, PCIe, support SAS / SATA / SSD; RAID Controller H740P, 12Gb / s SAS , 6Gb / s SATA, 8GB DDR4-2133 NV DRAM, PCIe, support SAS / SATA / SSD; RAID Controller H330, 12Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, support SAS / SATA / SSD, no cache, PCIe internal controller : HBA330 12Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, No Cache, No RAID, Pass through only external PERC (RAID): RAID Controller H840 RAID Controller H840, 2Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, 8GB NV, PCIe, support SAS / SATA / SSD, 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 external HBA (non-RAID): 12 Gbps SAS HBA No Cache, No RAID, Pass through only | 1 S100i 1 E208i-a / E208e-p 1 P408i-a / P408e-p 1 P816i-a |
| Cache size / maximum | 8GB | 8GB | 4GB | |
| Cache protection type | / | / | / | |
| Battery or capacitor | Battery | Battery | Battery | |
| Main technical characteristics | Controller chip: H730P (LSISAS 3108), H740P (LSISAS 3508), H330 (LSI SAS3008) RAID support: H730P (0/1/5/6/10/50/60), H740P (0/1/5/6 / 10/50/60), H330 (0/1/5/10/50), S140 (0/1/5/10) | Controller chip: H730P (LSISAS 3108), H740P (LSISAS 3508), H330 (LSI SAS3008) RAID support: H730P (0/1/5/6/10/50/60), H740P (0/1/5/6 / 10/50/60), H330 (0/1/5/10/50), S140 (0/1/5/10) | 12Gb SAS, up to 240 | |
| SD card | Number of SD cards | 2 | 2 | 1 (optional 2) |
| SD card capacity | 64GB | 64GB | 8GB dual MicroSD card kit or 32GB single MicroSD card kit | |
| SD cards can form RAID levels | 1 | 1 | N/A | |
| M.2 | M.2 quantity | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| M. 2 single chip capacity | 240GB | 240GB | 1.92TB | |
| M.2 RAID levels | 1 | 1 | RAID 1 | |
| Network card | Daughter card (NDC card type) | Four 1GE interfaces, or two 10GE plus two 1GE interfaces, or four 10GE interfaces, or two 25GE interfaces | Four 1GE interfaces, or two 10GE plus two 1GE interfaces, or four 10GE interfaces, or two 25GE interfaces | Default 4x1Gb (FlexibleLOM) optional 2x10Gb / 4x10Gb / 2x25Gb |
| PCIe (occupies a standard slot) | Yes | Yes | No (embedded, not occupying slots) | |
| GPU | GPU Max Supported Blocks | 3 full-width 300W or 6 single-width 150W | 3 full-width 300W or 6 single-width 150W | 3 full widths or 5 single widths |
| GPU model | Nvidia Tesla V100 / P100, K80, K40, Grid M60, M10, P4, Quadro P4000. | Nvidia Tesla V100 / P100, K80, K40, Grid M60, M10, P4, Quadro P4000. | Nvidia Tesla P4 / P40 / P100 / V100 / M60 Quadro P2000 / P4000 / P6000 AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | |
| FPGA | FPGA Maximum Supported Blocks | N/A | N/A | / |
| FPGA model | POST RTS | POST RTS | / | |
| Hard drive backplane | Type (including the maximum number of supported hard disks) | Supports up to 16 x 2.5” hard drives a. 16 x 2.5″ SAS / SATA b. 8 x 2.5” SAS / SATA supports up to 8 x 3.5″ hard drives a. 8 x 2.5” SAS / SATA does not support rear or internal hard drives | Supports up to 32 x 2.5” hard drives a. 24×2.5″ front + 4×2.5” internal (3.5″ bay) + 4×2.5” rear b. 24×2.5″ front + 4×2.5” rear b 24×2.5” front c. 24×2.5″, including 12xNVMe support up to 18x 3.5” hard drive supports up to 24x 2.5” NVMe disks | Up to 24 + 6×2.5” , up to 12 + 4 + 3×3.5″ and 2×2.5” ; up to 20 front NVMe |
| Whether to support hard disk hot swap | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Hard disk configuration | Model and quantity | SAS / SATA / SSD; 16 * 2.5“ / 8 * 3.5 ” | SAS / SATA / SSD / NVMe; 32 * 2.5“ / 18 * 3.5 ” / 24 * NVMe | SATA / SAS HDD / SSD |
| Hot-swappable power supplies | Nominal power of single power supply (W) | Titanium 750W, Platinum 495W, 750W, 1100W, 1600W and 2000W 240V HVDC 750W | Titanium 750W, Platinum 495W, 750W, 1100W, 1600W and 2000W 240V HVDC 750W | HPE universal slot redundant power module 550W / 800W / 1600W, up to 96% energy efficiency conversion rate |
| Quantity | 2 | 2 | 1-2 | |
| Dual power mode | Redundancy | Redundancy | Redundancy | |
| Input method | 220V AC / 48VDC / 380HVDC / 240HVDC | 220V AC / 48VDC / 380HVDC / 240HVDC | 240VAC / 48VDC / 380VDC | |
| PCI-E (I/O) | Quantity | Up to 8 Gen3 slots (4 x 16) | Up to 8 Gen3 slots (4 x 16) | Up to 8 standard PCI-E 3.0 slots, 1 array card proprietary slot, 1 FlexLOM network card slot |
| USB port | Quantity | 5 | 5 | Standard 5 USB 3.0 (front 1, rear 1, internal 2), 2 additional USB ports can be added through Universal Media Bay (standard in 8×3.5” case) |
Table 2. Dell R740 vs.H3C R4900 vs. Lenovo SR650
| Server model | Dell PowerEdge R740 | H3C UniServer R4900 G3 | Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 | |
| Dell Advantage Overview | 1. Support NVDIMM / Quick Sync / 750W Titanium power supply / Micro-B iDrac / 25GbE NDC 2. Powerful management function, with life cycle management 3. Consistent security features of 14th generation server, Root Trust; | R740 (xd) supports NV DIMM / Quick Sync / 750W Titanium power supply / Mirco-B iDrac / 25GbE NDC / larger capacity memory 8G Raid cache / 6 single wide GPU R740XD supports up to 32 hard drives | R740Xd supports more hard disks, supports 8GB cache RAID card, supports built-in redundant SD modules, supports NVDIMM R740Xd supports more GPUs; R740Xd supports more PCIE slots; supports Quick Sync wireless management | |
| Dell Disadvantage Overview | NVMe is not supported | The R4900 supports up to 40 2.5” disks and supports 10 PCIe slots. The R740 does not support NVMe | / | |
| CPU | Model | (2) Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors (1st and 2nd Generation) Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum | (2) Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor Family, 4/8/12/16/18/20/22/24/26/28 cores, maximum support power 205W | Intel Xeon Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum processors |
| CPU model | Platinum 8180M (205W) | Platinum 8180M | Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 28C | |
| Chipset | Intel C621 | Intel C621 | Intel C624 | |
| RAM | Model | 24 128GB / 2667MHz / LRDIMMs starting April 2019 support 2933MHz RDIMMs | 24 DDR4 memory modules, supporting a maximum speed of 2666MT / s, supporting RDIMM or LRDIMM | 24 DDR4 DIMM slots, up to 2666MT / s |
| Total capacity | 3TB | 1.5TB | 3TB | |
| Persistent memory | 12 NVDIMMs, up to 192GB | No | No | |
| Storage controller | Model | 6Gbps SATA controller: onbord SW RAID S140 12Gbps RAID controller: RAID Controller H730P, 12Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, 2GB DDR3 NV SDRAM, PCIe, support SAS / SATA / SSD; RAID Controller H740P, 12Gb / s SAS , 6Gb / s SATA, 8GB DDR4-2133 NV DRAM, PCIe, support SAS / SATA / SSD; RAID Controller H330, 12Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, support SAS / SATA / SSD, no cache, PCIe internal controller : HBA330 12Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, No Cache, No RAID, Pass through only external PERC (RAID): RAID Controller H840 RAID Controller H840, 2Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, 8GB NV, PCIe, support SAS / SATA / SSD, 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 external HBA (non-RAID): 12 Gbps SAS HBA No Cache, No RAID, Pass through only | Standard 9-port onboard array controller RSTe, support SATA RAID 0/1/10/5 optional 8-port HBA card based on the dedicated slot of the array card, support SATA / SAS RAID 0/1/10 optional array-based card 8-port array card with proprietary slot, support RAID0 / 1/10/5/6/50/60 / 1E / Simple Volume Optional 8-port HBA and smart array card option based on standard PCI-E 3.0 slot | 8/16 / 24-port 12Gbps array card option 12Gbps RAID controller: ThinkSystem RAID 530-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i 1GB Cache PCIe 12Gb Adapter ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter ThinkSystem RAID 930-16i 4GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter ThinkSystem RAID 930-24i 4GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter 12Gbps non-RAID HBA card: NVMe PCIe interfaces (non-RAID) |
| Cache size / maximum | 8GB | 2G | None, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB | |
| Cahce protection type | / | flash | None (530-8i, 730-8i), Flash backup (930-8i, 930-16i, 930-24i) | |
| Battery or capacitor | Battery | Capacitor | Capacitor | |
| Main technical characteristics | Controller chip: H730P (LSISAS 3108), H740P (LSISAS 3508), H330 (LSI SAS3008) RAID support: H730P (0/1/5/6/10/50/60), H740P (0/1/5/6 / 10/50/60), H330 (0/1/5/10/50), S140 (0/1/5/10) | Supports up to 2GB DDR3-1, 866 MHz, 72-bit wide bus, 14.9 GB / s IO performance | Controller chip: SAS3408 (530-8i), SAS3108 (730-8i), SAS3508 (930-8i, 930-24i), SAS3516 (930-16i), SAS3408 (430-8i), SAS3416 (430-16i) the RAID Support: 530-8i (0 \ 1 \ 10 \ 5 \ 50), 730-8i (0 \ 1 \ 10 \ 5 \ 50), 930-8i (0 \ 1 \ 10 \ 5 \ 50 \ 6 \ 60) , 930-16i (0 \ 1 \ 10 \ 5 \ 50 \ 6 \ 60), 930-24i (0 \ 1 \ 10 \ 5 \ 50 \ 6 \ 60) | |
| SD card | Number of SD cards | 2 | 2 | Does not support SD |
| SD card capacity | 64GB | 32GB Dual MicroSD Card Kit | N/A | |
| SD cards can form RAID levels | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
| M.2 | M.2 quantity | 2 | 2 | 1 or 2 |
| M. 2 single chip capacity | 240GB | 256G | ThinkSystem M.2 CV1 32GB ThinkSystem M.2 CV3 128GB | |
| M.2 RAID levels | 1 | N/A | RAID0, RAID1 | |
| Network card | Daughter card (NDC card type) | Four 1GE interfaces, or two 10GE plus two 1GE interfaces, or four 10GE interfaces, or two 25GE interfaces | One onboard 1Gbps HDM management network port supports expansion of 4xGE electrical ports, 2x10GE electrical ports, and 2x10GE optical ports through mLOM, mLOM supports NCSI function, and supports standard PCI-E 3.0 network adapter options | No onboard, 1 LOM slot, LOM cards (Intel X722, not compatible with 10 / 100MB speed) ThinkSystem 1Gb 2-port RJ45 LOM ThinkSystem 1Gb 4-port RJ45 LOM ThinkSystem 10Gb 2-port Base-T LOM ThinkSystem 10Gb 2- port SFP + LOM ThinkSystem 10Gb 4-port Base-T LOM ThinkSystem 10Gb 4-port SFP + LOM |
| PCIe (occupies a standard slot) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| GPU | GPU Max Supported Blocks | 3 full-width 300W or 6 single-width 150W | Up to 3 double-wide GPUs | Up to 2 double widths |
| GPU model | Nvidia Tesla V100 / P100, K80, K40, Grid M60, M10, P4, Quadro P4000. | M4000, K80, M60, M4 | NVIDIA Tesla M60 GPU, PCIe (Passive) NVIDIA Tesla P100 16GB PCIe Passive GPU | |
| FPGA | FPGA Maximum Supported Blocks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| FPGA model | POST RTS | N/A | N/A | |
| Hard drive backplane | Type (including the maximum number of supported hard disks) | Supports up to 16 x 2.5” hard drives a. 16 x 2.5″ SAS / SATA b. 8 x 2.5” SAS / SATA supports up to 8 x 3.5″ hard drives a. 8 x 2.5” SAS / SATA does not support rear or internal hard drives | Supports SAS / SATA HDD / SSD hard disks; up to 12×3.5” on the front, 4×3.5″ on the inside, and 4×3.5” on the rear plus 4×2.5″ on the front, up to 25×2.5” on the front, and 8×2 on the inside. 5 “, rear expansion 3×3.5” plus 4×2.5” * supports front / built-in NVMe hard drives, supports up to 24 front NVMe hard drives, supports 256GB SATA M.2 option | 16 2.5-inch SAS / SATA hot-swap hard drives a. 8 2.5” SAS / SATA + 8 2.5″ SAS / SATA b. 4 2.5” SAS / SATA & 4 2.5″ AnyBay + 8 2.5” SAS / SATA c. 4 x 2.5” SAS / SATA & 4 x 2.5″ AnyBay + 4 x 2.5” SAS / SATA & 4 x 2.5″ AnyBay 24 x 2.5” SAS / SATA hot-swap hard drives a. 8 x 2.5″ SAS / SATA + 8 2.5” SAS / SATA + 8 2.5″ SAS / SATA b. 4 2.5” SAS / SATA & 4 2.5″ AnyBay + 8 2.5” SAS / SATA + 8 2.5″ SAS / SATA 8 3.5 inch SAS / SATA hard disk hot plug 14 3.5 inches SAS / SATA hot plug hard a. 12 th 3.5” SAS / SATA (front) + 2 3.5″ SAS / SATA (REAR) B.. 8 th 3.5” SAS / SATA & 4x 3.5” AnyBay (front) + 2 3.5″ SAS / SATA (rear) |
| Whether to support hard disk hot swap | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Hard disk configuration | Model and quantity | SAS / SATA / SSD; 16 * 2.5“ / 8 * 3.5 ” | Up to 31 hard drives, supporting SAS / SATA HDD / SSD hard drives; up to 12×3.5” in the front, 4×3.5″ in the internal extension, 4×3.5” in the rear and 4×2.5″ in the front, up to 25×2.5” in the front , Internal expansion 8×2.5” , rear expansion 3×3.5″ plus 4×2.5” * support front / built-in NVMe hard drive, support up to 24 front NVMe hard drives support 256GB SATA M.2 option | 2.5 inch 12Gbps SAS hard drive: 3.5 inch 12Gbps SAS hard drive: 2.5 inch 12Gbps NL-SAS hard drive: 3.5 inch 12Gbps NL-SAS hard drive: 3.5 inch 6Gbps SATA hard drive: 2.5 inch 6Gbps SATA hard drive: 2.5 inch SSD hard drive: NVMe PCIe interface: U .2 PX04PMB 800GB, U.2 PX04PMB 1.6TB, U.2 PX04PMB 960GB, U.2 PX04PMB 1.92TB, U.2 PM963 1.92TB, U.2 PM963 3.84TB |
| Case | Dimensions (cm) | 86.5mm (height) * 482mm (width) * 751.34mm (depth) (including safety panel) 28.6kg | 87.5mm (height) x 445.5mm (width) x 748mm (depth) (without security panel) 87.5mm (height) x 445.5mm (width) x 769mm (depth) (without security panel) | 2U height Height: 87 mm (3.4 in) |
| Ventilation method | Air-cooled | Forward wind | Front and rear ventilation | |
| Hot-swappable power supplies | Nominal power of single power supply (W) | Titanium 750W, Platinum 495W, 750W, 1100W, 1600W and 2000W 240V HVDC 750W | Optional up to two 550W / 800W / 1200W efficient redundant power supplies, 80Plus certification, up to 96% energy efficiency conversion rate (supported in the first half of 2018) Supports up to 6 N + 1 redundant hot-swappable fans | 550W / 750W / 1100W / 1600W, optional Platinum, Titanium power supply ThinkSystem 550W (230V / 115V) Platinum Hot-Swap Power Supply ThinkSystem 750W (230 / 115V) Platinum Hot-Swap Power Supply ThinkSystem 750W (230V) Titanium Hot-Swap Power Supply ThinkSystem 1100W (230V / 115V) Platinum Hot-Swap Power Supply ThinkSystem 1600W (230V) Platinum Hot-Swap Power Supply |
| Quantity | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dual power mode | Redundancy | Redundancy | N + N | |
| Input method | 220V AC / 48VDC / 380HVDC / 240HVDC | Up to two redundant hot-swap 550 W, 750 W, or 1100 W (100-240 V), or 1600 W (200-240 V) High Efficiency Platinum AC power supplies, or 750 W (200-240 V) High Efficiency Titanium AC power supplies. | ||
| PCI-E (I/O) | Quantity | Up to 8 Gen3 slots (4 x 16) | Up to 10 available PCIe 3.0 slots (8 standard slots, 1 array card dedicated slot, 1 mLOM network card dedicated slot) | Supports up to 7 PCIE 3.0 slots (including 1 dedicated RAID adapter PCIE) LOM card slot Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x16 or PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length (PCIe x16 slot is double-wide) Slot 2 : PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length (not present if the slot 1 is PCIe x16 or slot 3 is ML2 x16) Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x8, or ML2 x8, or ML2 x16; full-height, half- length Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x8; low profile (vertical slot on system planar) Slot 5: PCIe 3.0 x16; full-height, half-length Slot 6: PCIe 3.0 x16; full-height, half-length Slot 7: PCIe 3.0 x8 (dedicated to an internal storage controller) |
| USB port | Quantity | 5 | Up to 6 USB 3.0 (1 standard on the front, optional 1, rear 2, internal 2); | Total 4 USB ports Front panel: 1x USB 2.0 port with XClarity Controller access, 1x USB 3.0 port Rear panel: 2x USB 3.0 ports |
Table 3. Dell R740 vs. Huawei RH2288H vs. Inspur NF5280
| Server model | Dell PowerEdge R740 | Huawei RH2288H v5 | Inspur NF5280 M5 | |
| Dell Advantage Overview | 1. Support NVDIMM / Quick Sync / 750W Titanium power supply / Micro-B iDrac / 25GbE NDC 2. Powerful management function, with life cycle management 3. Consistent security features of 14th generation server, Root Trust; | Security features; more choices on SDS boot media; network daughter card supports 25Gb; H740P can be configured with up to 8GB cache capacity; DELL supports dual SD cards; Quick Sync 2 intelligent management panel; supports NVDIMM, supports more GPU; supports more power options | Security features; support for more GPU cards; more choices in SDS boot media; network daughter card supports 25Gb; (Inspur NF5280M5 supports 1 OCP network card and 4 GPU cards) | |
| Dell disadvantage Overview | NVMe is not supported | RAID card does not support super capacitors | / | |
| CPU | Model | (2) Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors (1st and 2nd Generation) Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum | Supports 1 to 2 Intel® Xeon® 3100, 4100, 5100, 6100, 8100 series scalable processors | Intel Skylake 3/4/5/6/8 |
| High-level CPU model | Platinum 8180M (205W) | 8180 (28c / 2.5GHz) | NA | |
| Chipset | Intel C621 | Lewisburg LBG-2 (Intel C622) | NA | |
| RAM | Model | 24 128GB / 2667MHz / LRDIMMs starting April 2019 support 2933MHz RDIMMs | 24 DDR4 DIMM slots, up to 2666MT / s. | 24 memory slots, supporting up to DDR4-2666 memory |
| Total capacity | 3TB | RDIMM supports up to 1.5TB, LRDIMM supports up to 3TB | Single 128G support up to 3TB | |
| Persistent memory | 12 NVDIMMs, up to 192GB | No | / | |
| Storage controller | Model | 6Gbps SATA controller: onbord SW RAID S140 12Gbps RAID controller: RAID Controller H730P, 12Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, 2GB DDR3 NV SDRAM, PCIe, support SAS / SATA / SSD; RAID Controller H740P, 12Gb / s SAS , 6Gb / s SATA, 8GB DDR4-2133 NV DRAM, PCIe, support SAS / SATA / SSD; RAID Controller H330, 12Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, support SAS / SATA / SSD, no cache, PCIe internal controller : HBA330 12Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, No Cache, No RAID, Pass through only external PERC (RAID): RAID Controller H840 RAID Controller H840, 2Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, 8GB NV, PCIe, support SAS / SATA / SSD, 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 external HBA (non-RAID): 12 Gbps SAS HBA No Cache, No RAID, Pass through only | Supports 8-port 12Gbps pass-through cards and array cards: SR130-M (LSI SAS3008) does not support RAID, supports IT work mode, and supports iBMC out-of-band management. | NA |
| Cache size / maximum | 8GB | 0 / 4GB | NA | |
| Cahce protection type | / | capacitance | NA | |
| Battery or capacitor | Battery | Capacitor | NA | |
| Main technical characteristics | Controller chip: H730P (LSISAS 3108), H740P (LSISAS 3508), H330 (LSI SAS3008) RAID support: H730P (0/1/5/6/10/50/60), H740P (0/1/5/6 / 10/50/60), H330 (0/1/5/10/50), S140 (0/1/5/10) | Support RAID 0/1/00/5/6/10/50/60, hard disk hot backup, read and write cache, data power-down protection, CacheCade, disk inspection, automatic SMART scan, hard disk energy saving, hard disk roaming, etc. | Configurable storage controller with cache, support for power failure protection module | |
| SD card | Number of SD cards | 2 | Does not support SD cards | NA |
| SD card capacity | 64GB | N/A | NA | |
| SD cards can form RAID levels | 1 | N/A | NA | |
| M.2 | M.2 quantity | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| M. 2 single chip capacity | 240GB | N/A | NA | |
| M.2 RAID levels | 1 | N/A | NA | |
| Network card | Daughter card (NDC card type) | Four 1GE interfaces, or two 10GE plus two 1GE interfaces, or four 10GE interfaces, or two 25GE interfaces | 2 Gigabit and 2 Gigabit interfaces on board; 2 Gigabit / 4 Gigabit / 2 Gigabit / 1 or two 56G FDR IB interfaces can be selected through LOM slot 2 ports of SM211-2 * GE Intel i350 chip 1Gb Base-T | Support 1 OCP network card slot |
| PCIe (occupies a standard slot) | Yes | Intel I350 4-port 1Gb Base-T network card Intel I350 2-port 1Gb Base-T network card Intel X540 2-port 10Gb Base-T network card Intel X710 2-port 10Gb SFP + network card Intel X710 4-port 10Gb SFP + network card single or dual port Emulex / Qlogic 16Gb / 8Gb FC HBA card | Supports up to 10 standard PCIE expansions, including 8 full height + 2 half height and half length | |
| GPU | GPU Max Supported Blocks | 3 full-width 300W or 6 single-width 150W | Supports up to 2 double-width GPUs | 4 pieces |
| GPU model | Nvidia Tesla V100 / P100, K80, K40, Grid M60, M10, P4, Quadro P4000. | nVidia Tesla M60 nVidia Tesla M10 nVidia Tesla P4 nVidia Tesla P40 nVidia Tesla P100 | NA | |
| FPGA | FPGA Maximum Supported Blocks | N/A | / | NA |
| FPGA model | POST RTS | / | NA | |
| Hard drive backplane | Type (including the maximum number of supported hard disks) | Supports up to 16 x 2.5″ hard drives a. 16 x 2.5″ SAS / SATA b. 8 x 2.5” SAS / SATA supports up to 8 x 3.5″ hard drives a. 8 x 2.5” SAS / SATA does not support rear or internal hard drives | 8 * 2.5-inch hard disk configuration — 1 * RAID control card 16 * 3.5-inch EXP hard disk configuration (front 12 + back 4) — 1 * RAID control card 24 * 2.5-inch straight hard disk configuration — 3 * RAID control Card (Each 8 hard drives requires a RAID card) 27 * 2.5-inch EXP hard drive configuration — the first 25 and the next 2 — 1 * RAID control card can be configured with 8 2.5-inch SAS / SATA / SSD hard drives can be configured 12/16/20 3.5-inch SAS / SATA hard disks can be configured 4/8/12/24/28 NVMe SSD disks can be configured with 31 2.5-inch SAS / SATA / SSD hard disks | 28 2.5-inch / 20 3.5-inch fronts: Supports up to 24 front 2.5-inch hard drives, or 12 3.5-inch hard drives Support 24 NVMe SSD full flash configurations. |
| Whether to support hard disk hot swap | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Hard disk configuration | Model and quantity | SAS / SATA / SSD; 16 * 2.5“ / 8 * 3.5 ” | 300GB / 600GB / 900GB / 1.2TB 10K to SAS 300GB / 600GB 15K to SAS 2TB / 3TB / 4TB 7.2K to NL-SAS 1TB / 3TB / 4TB 7.2K to SATA 1.2TB / 1.6TB / 1.92TB / 240GB / 3.84TB / 480GB / 800GB / 960GB SSD supports NVMe 1.2TB / 2TB / 3.2TB / 1.6TB / 800GB SSD | Front: Supports up to 24 front 2.5-inch hard drives, or 12 3.5-inch hard drives. Support 24 NVMe SSD full flash configurations. Built-in: Supports up to 4 3.5-inch hard drives and 2 M.2 SSDs Rear: Supports up to 4 3.5-inch hard drives and 4 2.5-inch hard drives |
| Case | Dimensions (cm) | 86.5mm (height) * 482mm (width) * 751.34mm (depth) (including safety panel) 28.6kg | 3.5-inch hard disk case: 86.1mm × 447mm × 748mm (3.39in. × 17.60in. × 29.45in.) 2.5-inch hard disk case: 86.1mm × 447mm × 708mm (3.39in. × 17.60in. × 27.87in.) | NA |
| Ventilation method | Air-cooled | Wind after wind | NA | |
| Hot-swappable power supplies | Nominal power of single power supply (W) | Titanium 750W, Platinum 495W, 750W, 1100W, 1600W and 2000W 240V HVDC 750W | 500W / 900W / 1200W / 1500W, titanium / platinum power supply | Single / dual power 550W / 800W / 1300W / 1600W and above 1 + 1 redundant power supply, can support high-voltage DC and titanium power supply |
| Quantity | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dual power mode | Redundancy | 1 + 1 Redundancy | Redundancy | |
| input method | 220V AC / 48VDC / 380HVDC / 240HVDC | 110V / 220V AC or 240V / 380V DC or -48v–60v DC power supply | Support HVDC | |
| PCI-E (I / O) | Quantity | Up to 8 Gen3 slots (4 x 16) | Up to 9 PCIe expansion slots IO module 1 and IO module 2 support the following PCIe specifications: support 2 full-height full-length PCIe3.0 x16 standard cards (signals are PCIe3.0 x8) and 1 full-height half-length PCIe3 .0 x16 standard card (signal is PCIe3.0 x8). Supports one full-height full-length PCIe3.0 x16 standard card and one full-height half-length PCIe3.0 x16 standard card (the signal is PCIe3.0 x8). IO module 3 supports the following specifications: 1 full-height half-length PCIe3.0 x16 standard card (signal is PCIe3.0 x8) and 1 full-height half-length PCIe3.0 x8 standard card. Supports one full-height half-length PCIe3.0 x16 standard card. The PCIe expansion slot supports Huawei’s independent development of PCIe SSD memory cards, which can greatly improve I / O performance in application areas such as search, cache, and download. | Supports up to 10 standard PCIe slots |
| USB port | Quantity | 5 | Front panel provides 2 USB 2.0 ports, 1 USB 3.0 port Rear panel provides 2 USB 3.0 ports Built-in 1 USB 3.0 port | 2 rear USB 3.0 ports, 2 built-in USB 3.0 ports, 2 front USB ports |
Table 4. Dell R740 vs. Inspur SA5212M5 vs. Sugon Tiankuo I620-G30
| Server model | Dell PowerEdge R740 | Inspur SA5212M5 | Sugon Tiankuo I620-G30 | |
| Dell Advantage Overview | 1. Support NVDIMM / Quick Sync / 750W Titanium power supply / Micro-B iDrac / 25GbE NDC 2. Powerful management function, with life cycle management 3. Consistent security features of 14th generation server, Root Trust; | Support high TDP CPU (higher than 165W); Inspur does not support Omni Path, does not support CPU + FPGA, does not support QAT, does not support IDSDM | NVDIMM, more hard drive support, support 24x NVMe | |
| Dell disadvantage Overview | NVMe is not supported | 8 PCIe slots (9 Inspur) | No 25GbE NDC / LOM | |
| CPU | Model | (2) Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors (1st and 2nd Generation) Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum | Intel® Xeon® processor purley series with a maximum TDP of 165W | Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor |
| High-level CPU model | Platinum 8180M (205W) | / | N/A | |
| Chipset | Intel C621 | / | / | |
| RAM | Model | 24 128GB / 2667MHz / LRDIMMs starting April 2019 support 2933MHz RDIMMs | 24 DIMM DDR4, support RDIMM / LRDIMM, maximum memory working frequency 2666MHz | 24 memory slots, up to 3T |
| Total capacity | 3TB | / | RDIMM LRDIMM NVDIMMM NVDIMM-N | |
| Persistent memory | 12 NVDIMMs, up to 192GB | Which supports 12 AEP memory modules (requires Cascade CPU) | Stand by | |
| Storage controller | Model | 6Gbps SATA controller: onbord SW RAID S140 12Gbps RAID controller: RAID Controller H730P, 12Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, 2GB DDR3 NV SDRAM, PCIe, support SAS / SATA / SSD; RAID Controller H740P, 12Gb / s SAS , 6Gb / s SATA, 8GB DDR4-2133 NV DRAM, PCIe, support SAS / SATA / SSD; RAID Controller H330, 12Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, support SAS / SATA / SSD, no cache, PCIe internal controller : HBA330 12Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, No Cache, No RAID, Pass through only external PERC (RAID): RAID Controller H840 RAID Controller H840, 2Gb / s SAS, 6Gb / s SATA, 8GB NV, PCIe, support SAS / SATA / SSD, 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 external HBA (non-RAID): 12 Gbps SAS HBA No Cache, No RAID, Pass through only | / | Integrated 12-port SATA hard disk controller; can be flexibly configured with SAS cards, support RAID0 / 1/10 SAS RAID cards, support RAID 0/1/5/6/50/60, support cache super capacitor protection, provide RAID state migration, RAID configuration Memory and other functions |
| Cache size / maximum | 8GB | / | N/A | |
| Cahce protection type | / | / | / | |
| Battery or capacitor | Battery | / | Capacitor | |
| Main technical characteristics | Controller chip: H730P (LSISAS 3108), H740P (LSISAS 3508), H330 (LSI SAS3008) RAID support: H730P (0/1/5/6/10/50/60), H740P (0/1/5/6 / 10/50/60), H330 (0/1/5/10/50), S140 (0/1/5/10) | / | / | |
| SD card | Number of SD cards | 2 | / | 2 |
| SD card capacity | 64GB | / | / | |
| SD cards can form RAID levels | 1 | / | / | |
| M.2 | M.2 quantity | 2 | 2 SATA M.2 SSDs | 2 |
| M. 2 single chip capacity | 240GB | / | / | |
| M.2 RAID levels | 1 | / | / | |
| Network card | Daughter card (NDC card type) | Four 1GE interfaces, or two 10GE plus two 1GE interfaces, or four 10GE interfaces, or two 25GE interfaces | Optional external plug-in OCP-C dual 10 Gigabit optical network card, 40 Gigabit optical network card, dual 10 Gigabit electrical port network card, four Gigabit electrical port network card 25G dual port network card | Optional integration of 2/4 1GE interfaces, or 2 10GE (optical or electrical) |
| PCIe (occupies a standard slot) | Yes | / | Yes | |
| GPU | GPU Max Supported Blocks | 3 full-width 300W or 6 single-width 150W | 4 pieces | 0 |
| GPU model | Nvidia Tesla V100 / P100, K80, K40, Grid M60, M10, P4, Quadro P4000. | / | / | |
| FPGA | FPGA Maximum Supported Blocks | N/A | / | N/A |
| FPGA model | POST RTS | / | N/A | |
| Hard drive backplane | Type (including the maximum number of supported hard disks) | Supports up to 16 x 2.5″ hard drives a. 16 x 2.5″ SAS / SATA b. 8 x 2.5” SAS / SATA supports up to 8 x 3.5″ hard drives a. 8 x 2.5” SAS / SATA does not support rear or internal hard drives | Supports up to 3.5 * 12 + 3.5” * 4 + 2.5 * 4, including 8 front NVMe, up to 32 2.5” (24 + 4 + 4), including 6 front NVMe 4GPU models with 4 GPUs supporting 8 hard drives | 8-bay models: up to 8 LFFLFF / SFF / SFF / SFF, which can support 8 U.2 SSDs12-bay models: up to 12 LFF12 LFF12 LFF12 LFF12 LFF / SFF / SFF / SFF, of which, Among them, it can support 8 U.2 SSDs. 24 disk models: up to 24 SFF 25 disk models: up to 25 SFF All models support optional hard disk mixing and optional 2 or 4 LFF / SFF |
| Whether to support hard disk hot swap | Yes | / | Yes | |
| Hard disk configuration | Model and quantity | SAS / SATA / SSD; 16 * 2.5“ / 8 * 3.5 ” | / | SAS / SATA / NVMe; 29 * 2.5” / 8 * 3.5 ” |
| Case | Dimensions (cm) | 86.5mm (height) * 482mm (width) * 751.34mm (depth) (including safety panel) 28.6kg | / | 87.8mm (height) x 448 mm (width) x 794.4mm (depth) 87.8mm (height) x 482 (including box ears) mm (width) x 801.2 (including thumb screws) mm (depth) |
| Ventilation method | Air-cooled | / | Air-cooled | |
| Hot-swappable power supplies | Nominal power of single power supply (W) | Titanium 750W, Platinum 495W, 750W, 1100W, 1600W and 2000W 240V HVDC 750W | Platinum redundant dual power, can support Active-Standby, high voltage DC and other functions, can support single and dual power; support PMbus, Ruineng Smart Power power management technology | Platinum standard as standard, support titanium grade optional 550W or 1200W CRPS CRPSCRPS high-efficiency platinum power supply, can be increased to 1 + 1 redundancy |
| Quantity | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dual power mode | Redundancy | / | Redundancy | |
| input method | 220V AC / 48VDC / 380HVDC / 240HVDC | / | N/A | |
| PCI-E (I / O) | Quantity | Up to 8 Gen3 slots (4 x 16) | Supports up to 9 PCIE, one of which is dedicated slot for OCP network card | Supports up to 10 PCIe 3.0 slots |
| USB port | Quantity | 5 | / | N/A |
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