The Power Edge R640 is the ideal dual-socket! 1U platform for dense scale-out data center computing. The R640 combines density, performance & scalability to optimize application performance & data center density. Power Edge R640 Ideal balance of density & scalability Get scalable computing & storage in a 1U, 2-socket platform with an ideal mix of performance, cost & density for most data centers. Deliver cloud computing, real-time analytics, processing for your mission-critical business, & big data insights. Improve data center efficiency & reliability to handle any workload. Media 1:31 Uncompromising performance & density for data center productivity & scale The Power Edge R640 is the ideal dual-socket platform for dense scale-out data center computing & storage. Benefit from the flexibilty of 2.5” or 3.5” drives, the performance of NVMe & embedded intelligence to ensure optimized application performance in a secure platform. With embedded diagnostics & Support Assist, 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 Power Edge portfolio Data center evolution starts with modern platforms that easily scale & are optimized for application performance. The Power Edge R640 is built upon a scalable system architecture & provides the choice & flexibility to easily meet performance demands. Simplify deployment & easily scale from 3 to 1000+ nodes for software-defined storage with Dell EMC Ready Node for Scale IO. Maximize storage performance with up to 8 NVMe drives. Scale compute resources with Intel Xeon Scalable processors, delivering a 27% increase in processing cores & 50% increase in bandwidth over previous generation of Xeon processors. Automate productivity with intelligent, embedded management Dell EMC automation & intelligent management mean you spend less time on routine maintenance so you can focus on bigger priorities. Help maximize uptime with proactive diagnostics & automated remediation that increase productivity up to 90%. Leverage existing management consoles with easy integrations for VMware v Sphere, Microsoft System Center & Nagios. Improve productivity with agent-free Dell EMC i DRAC9 for automated, efficient management. Simplify deployment with Open Manage next-generation console & server profiles to fully configure & 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 & 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 & 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. Intel Ultrabook, Celeron, Celeron Inside, Core Inside, Intel, Intel Logo, Intel Atom, Intel Atom Inside, Intel Core, Intel Inside, Intel Inside Logo, Intel v Pro, Itanium, Itanium Inside, Pentium, Pentium Inside, v Pro Inside, Xeon, Xeon Phi, & Xeon Inside are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.