The Dell PowerEdge R240 2-Bay 3.5" Cabled is the most cost-minimized configuration in Dell's 14th gen rack server lineup: two cabled (non-hot-swap) LFF drive bays, a single-socket Intel Xeon E-2100 or E-2200 processor, four DDR4 UDIMM slots, and a 250W Bronze or 450W Platinum single PSU in a compact 1U chassis. Every unit is professionally refurbished, and this is the lowest entry-price configuration of any Dell PowerEdge rack server in our catalog. We position this as the right call for genuinely lightweight roles where the buyer needs an enterprise-grade rack server (iDRAC9, ECC memory, PERC RAID, Dell PowerEdge supply chain) but does not need hot-swap drive serviceability and does not need more than two local drives.

Important upfront: the R240 has been superseded by the R250 (15th gen, Xeon E-2300, DDR4 3200) and the R260 (16th gen, Xeon E-2400, DDR5 4400, short-depth 17" chassis). For any new production deployment with a 3+ year horizon, the R250 or R260 is the right answer. The R240 2-Bay Cabled is the correct call for genuinely cost-constrained deployments, short planned lifecycles, expanding existing R240 infrastructure, or builds where the lowest acquisition cost dominates all other considerations.

To configure a build, call 1-800-778-1545 or use the quote form on this page. Volume pricing applies at 5 units and above. Every R240 ships after a 12+ hour burn-in covering every PCIe slot, every memory channel, and every drive bay. Standard 180-day warranty included; 1-Year, 2-Year, and 3-Year Premium warranty options available separately.

When 2 Cabled Bays Is the Right Choice

Three things distinguish the R240 2-Bay 3.5" Cabled from the R240 4-Bay 3.5" Hot-Swap companion in this family, and the buying decision turns on these three:

1. Drive backplane is cabled, not hot-swap. The two LFF bays use a direct-cabled backplane to the PERC or onboard SATA controller. Drives are not hot-pluggable. A failed drive requires powering down the server, opening the chassis, swapping the drive, and bringing the system back up. This is a real serviceability constraint: any production-uptime requirement that includes "drive replacement without scheduled downtime" rules out the 2-Bay Cabled. For deployments where a scheduled maintenance window for drive replacement is workable (overnight, weekend, or quarterly window), the cabled backplane is fully production-grade and the lower entry cost is a meaningful saving.
2. Two LFF bays only, RAID 1 territory. Two drives give RAID 1 (mirror, 1 usable / 1 redundant) as the practical configuration. RAID 0 (stripe, no redundancy) is available but rarely the right call for production. There is no expansion path within the chassis: if your storage need grows beyond 2 drives during the server's lifecycle, the 2-Bay Cabled cannot accommodate it without a chassis upgrade to the 4-Bay Hot-Swap or stepping up to a larger platform. For workloads with predictable bounded storage (OS plus application data only, with primary data on network storage), this is acceptable; for workloads with any growth trajectory, the 4-Bay Hot-Swap is the safer call.
3. Lowest entry price in the catalog. The 2-Bay Cabled is the most cost-minimized Dell PowerEdge rack configuration we stock. The price delta versus the 4-Bay Hot-Swap is meaningful at single-unit quantities and grows in absolute dollars at volume, but the gap closes at higher CPU and memory configurations where the chassis-and-backplane component becomes a smaller fraction of the total system cost.

The honest framing: the 2-Bay Cabled is the right call when the budget gap matters and the deployment role is genuinely served by 2 cabled drives. For most production-adjacent roles - any deployment with uptime expectations, any role that might need a third or fourth drive during its lifecycle, any deployment where someone other than the original installer might need to service a failed drive - the R240 4-Bay Hot-Swap or the R340 4-Bay 3.5" at a small premium is the better-balanced choice. We will say this directly at quote time.

Storage - Two Cabled 3.5" LFF Bays

Two 3.5" cabled LFF SAS or SATA drive bays. Practical RAID configuration is RAID 1 (mirror) with one drive usable and one mirrored. Maximum raw capacity at two drives is approximately 40 TB using 20 TB nearline-SAS drives; RAID 1 usable is then 20 TB. Most of the 2-Bay builds we ship use drives in the 2 TB to 8 TB per-drive range where the price-per-TB curve and the workload-fit profile line up; 20 TB drives in a 2-bay cabled chassis are an unusual combination because the chassis is not really sized for storage-dense roles.

RAID 0 (stripe, no redundancy) doubles the usable capacity to roughly 40 TB but loses all drive-failure protection; we generally do not configure RAID 0 for any production role because a single drive failure means total data loss, and the secondary-market drive population on the R240 is mature enough that occasional drive failures should be planned for. JBOD (no RAID) with each drive presented to the OS separately is sometimes the right call for ZFS or software-defined storage roles where the host operating system handles redundancy; this is supported via the HBA330 controller.

Boot drive options are where the 2-Bay configuration shows its constraint most clearly. The BOSS-S1 module (Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem; dual mirrored M.2 SATA SSDs on a cold-swap PCIe card, hardware RAID 1) is the recommended boot device for any production build because it isolates the operating system from the data drives. On a 2-bay chassis, BOSS-S1 is even more load-bearing than on the 4-bay variant: giving up one of two front bays to boot is a 50% capacity hit, where on a 4-bay it is 25% and on a 16-bay platform it is 6%. The right answer on a 2-Bay R240 build is almost always BOSS-S1 for boot plus both front bays in RAID 1 for data, not boot-from-RAID on the front drives. The alternative is a single onboard SATA M.2 (no hardware mirror; OS recovery is a restore-from-backup event) which is acceptable for cost-minimized builds where the OS reinstall is a documented runbook and the application config lives in version control.

The R240 does not support NVMe drives at any chassis configuration. The platform's PCIe lane budget cannot accommodate an NVMe backplane, and the 2-Bay Cabled chassis has no flex-bay or NVMe-capable variant. If your workload requires NVMe, the R440 10-Bay 2.5" with the four-bay NVMe hybrid backplane is the next platform up, or the R250 / R260 successors in current production.

Storage Controllers

The R240 supports a reduced PERC controller lineup versus the dual-socket 14th gen platforms; the H740P and the H730 family that appear on R640 / R740 are not in scope on this chassis. Confirm exact controller part number at quote time. At the 2-bay configuration the controller choice is narrower than on the 4-bay because RAID 5 / 6 are not available (those layouts need 3+ drives), so the controller decision reduces to RAID 1 capability plus boot support.

• PERC H330 (12 Gb/s SAS, no cache): our default recommendation for the 2-Bay Cabled. Supports RAID 1 and RAID 0; no battery-backed write cache, which is acceptable at this configuration because RAID 1 has no parity-write penalty (a write to a RAID 1 mirror is just two parallel writes, not the read-modify-write cycle that makes RAID 5 / 6 want a cache). The H330 covers the practical RAID layouts available at 2 bays at the lowest controller cost.
• PERC H730P (12 Gb/s SAS, 2 GB cache, battery-backed): available for builds that want battery-backed write cache for marginal performance gain on cached writes, or for builds where the customer expects to upgrade to a 4-bay chassis later and wants the controller to carry forward. On a 2-bay RAID 1 build the practical performance delta versus the H330 is small because the cache is most useful on parity layouts; we quote H730P here when the customer specifically asks for it or when the workload has bursty write patterns where the cache absorbs short spikes.
• HBA330 (12 Gb/s SAS pass-through HBA): the right call for software-defined storage roles where the host handles redundancy: TrueNAS / FreeNAS, ZFS pools on Proxmox or Solaris derivatives, Ceph storage nodes (though a 2-Bay R240 is rarely the right scale for Ceph), or any role where each drive is presented to the OS separately. On a 2-bay chassis with two drives this is most often a ZFS mirror or a single-disk-plus-spare configuration on a Linux or BSD host.
• PERC S140 (software RAID via chipset): we generally avoid it for production. CPU overhead is real on a single-socket Xeon E platform where every core matters, recovery tooling is weaker, and boot-time support is OS-version-dependent in ways that make field troubleshooting harder. Acceptable for development hosts and lab gear; not our quote-time default.

Confirm controller SKU at quote time; secondary-market R240 units often arrive with a controller already installed from prior deployment, and our configurator validates compatibility with the requested drives and bay count before the unit goes into burn-in.

Processors

The R240 takes a single Intel Xeon E processor on socket LGA 1151. Two CPU generations are drop-in compatible:

• Intel Xeon E-2100 series (Coffee Lake, 14 nm, 2018): 4-core or 6-core options at 71W or 80W TDP. Workhorse SKUs include the E-2124 (4C/4T, 3.3 GHz base / 4.3 GHz turbo, 71W, no Hyper-Threading, the most cost-minimized Xeon option), the E-2134 (4C/8T, 3.5 GHz, 71W), the E-2146G (6C/12T, 3.5 GHz, 80W), and the E-2186G (6C/12T, 3.8 GHz, 95W, the top-bin E-2100 part).
• Intel Xeon E-2200 series (Coffee Lake Refresh, 14 nm, 2019): 4-core to 8-core options at 71W to 95W TDP. Workhorse SKUs include the E-2224 (4C/4T, 3.4 GHz / 4.6 GHz turbo, 71W, no HT), the E-2236 (6C/12T, 3.4 GHz, 80W), and the top-of-platform E-2288G (8C/16T, 3.7 GHz / 5.0 GHz turbo, 95W).

The platform also accepts Intel Pentium Gold, Core i3, and Celeron parts at Dell's option for the most cost-minimized configurations. We do not configure consumer parts for production work: the support story for them through Dell's PowerEdge channel is weaker and they sit below the Xeon E feature line. Note also that on the R240, integrated graphics are disabled regardless of CPU; video is handled by the Matrox G200 in the iDRAC9. For any production R240 we configure a Xeon E exclusively.

SKU recommendation specific to the 2-Bay Cabled configuration: this chassis is rarely the right home for the top-bin E-2288G. The 2-bay configuration is fundamentally a cost-minimized build, and pairing the most expensive CPU on the platform with the most stripped-down chassis is an awkward fit on the BOM. Our most common 2-Bay quotes use the E-2124, E-2134, or E-2224 (the 71W parts) for genuinely lightweight roles, or the E-2236 (6C/12T, 80W) when the workload benefits from more cores. If you find yourself wanting an E-2288G, step to the 4-Bay Hot-Swap or the R340 where the chassis is sized to match the silicon spend.

PSU mismatch trap: on this chassis specifically, the configuration error we see is a 95W E-2288G paired with the 250W Bronze cabled PSU. The 250W does not have enough headroom for the top-bin CPU under sustained load, especially with both drive bays populated with 7200-RPM nearline-SAS drives that have meaningful spin-up and continuous draw. If the build wants an E-2186G or E-2288G, we quote the 450W Platinum PSU; otherwise the 250W Bronze is appropriate for the 71W and 80W parts.

Memory

Memory topology is four DDR4 UDIMM slots in a two-channel configuration, two DIMMs per channel. Maximum officially supported speed is 2666 MT/s; with the BIOS 2.5.1 update the platform accepts 3200 MT/s UDIMMs but clocks them down to 2666 MT/s in operation. Dell's official memory ceiling is 64 GB using four 16 GB UDIMMs. For any build targeting the memory ceiling we validate the specific UDIMM SKU during burn-in.

UDIMM only - no RDIMM, no LRDIMM, no NVDIMM-N, no Optane PMem. The Xeon E platform uses unbuffered ECC modules exclusively; the higher-density RDIMM and persistent-memory options that appear on the R440 and above do not work in this slot. If a customer attempts to install RDIMM, the system will not POST. Confirm UDIMM at quote time; if the workload needs more than 64 GB or wants persistent memory, the R440 with RDIMM and the R740xd with Optane PMem are the platforms to step to.

Population rules: install in matched pairs (channel A pair, channel B pair) for dual-channel operation. A single DIMM works but runs single-channel and gives up half the memory bandwidth; we never ship single-DIMM configurations. On 2-Bay Cabled builds the practical memory targets are smaller than on the 4-Bay because the workloads we quote into this configuration are lighter: 16 GB or 32 GB is typical for DNS / DHCP / print server roles, 32 GB or 64 GB for small file server or AD replica roles. A 64 GB full-population on a 2-Bay configuration is the ceiling and usually signals that a workload outgrowing it should be looking at a chassis with more drive headroom.

Networking and PCIe Expansion

I/O is two PCIe Gen3 expansion slots from the single CPU. Slot 1 is a low-profile half-length slot at x4 electrical in an x8 physical connector, suitable for low-profile add-in cards: 10 GbE NICs, supplementary HBAs, and similar. Slot 2 is x16 physical / x8 electrical, accepting either low-profile or full-height half-length cards depending on the riser configuration shipped with the unit; this is where the H330 typically sits on 2-Bay Cabled builds (the H330 is the most common controller on this chassis, in contrast to the H730P-dominant 4-Bay configurations).

There is no rNDC (rack Network Daughter Card) mezzanine slot on the R240. Networking is two 1 GbE LOM ports on the motherboard (Broadcom BCM5720 on most units; exact NIC controller varies by motherboard revision and we confirm at quote time). The 1 GbE LOM is sufficient for the workload profile that fits this chassis: branch-office, small-business primary server, edge application host, lightweight network services. For workloads that benefit from 10 GbE, we add a dual-port PCIe NIC in slot 1, but this is less common on 2-Bay builds than on 4-Bay because the storage-density profile that drives 10 GbE upgrades (backup target with multiple concurrent streams, virtualization host serving NFS to multiple clients) is generally not the right fit for the 2-Bay chassis.

Two-slot PCIe budget is a constraint on this chassis the same way it is on the 4-Bay variant; on 2-Bay builds it is rarely a binding constraint because the typical configuration is one controller (slot 2) and one optional NIC (slot 1), which fits comfortably. If the BOM tries to add a third card - dual NIC plus supplementary HBA, or a crypto module plus the standard controller plus a NIC - we flag this at quote time and either drop a card or step the customer to the R440 which has three PCIe slots plus rNDC.

GPU Support

The R240 does not support GPUs at any configuration regardless of which chassis variant. The 2-Bay Cabled inherits this constraint from the platform; the smaller PSU options (250W Bronze and 450W Platinum) do not have enough headroom for a GPU even at the lowest end of the compute-card range, and the 1U thermal envelope on the small R240 chassis does not provide reliable cooling for a passively-cooled compute card. The platform was not engineered for GPU workloads.

If your workload needs GPU compute, the R740 in the 14th gen lineup is the GPU platform; R750xa in the 15th gen successors for current production. The R240 is the wrong chassis for any GPU role regardless of bay configuration.

Management - iDRAC9

Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 with Lifecycle Controller. Same firmware family as the rest of the 14th gen lineup; the R240 ships with iDRAC9 Basic by default and iDRAC9 Express / Enterprise are available as license upgrades.

• iDRAC9 Basic: hardware health monitoring (CPU temperature, fan speeds, PSU status, drive health via the PERC), boot device selection, basic IPMI access. No virtual console redirection, no virtual media, no SSO group sign-in. Workable for datacenter rack deployments where a crash cart provides physical-console access when needed.
• iDRAC9 Express: adds virtual console redirection and virtual media. This is the minimum we recommend for any branch-office or remote-site deployment because virtual console is the single most useful management feature when something breaks at a location with no on-site IT - the admin can watch the POST, change BIOS settings, and mount installation media without physically being at the server. On a 2-Bay Cabled deployment specifically, Express is even more valuable because the cabled drive backplane means any drive event already requires planned downtime, and you want the management layer to be working at remote-hands speed when that planned event happens.
• iDRAC9 Enterprise: adds vFlash partitions, SSO group sign-in, advanced power monitoring, System Lockdown mode, and OpenManage Enterprise integration features. For deployments where the R240 is one of many managed servers and OpenManage is the operations console, Enterprise pays for itself in admin time saved.

Lifecycle Controller is the embedded firmware-update and OS-deployment tool on every iDRAC9 tier. For branch-office deployments where the local site has no IT staff, Lifecycle Controller plus iDRAC9 Express is the management combination that makes the R240 2-Bay Cabled actually serviceable remotely - firmware updates, driver pack management, and bare-metal OS reinstall can all be done from the iDRAC web interface without sending a technician to the site.

Power and Cooling

The R240 does not offer dual hot-plug redundant PSUs at any configuration; both the 250W Bronze and the 450W Platinum are single cabled internal units. This is a platform constraint, not a 2-Bay constraint; the 4-Bay Hot-Swap variant has the same single-PSU-only ceiling. For host-level PSU redundancy, step up to the R340 (redundant hot-plug option) or the R440 (redundant PSU standard).

Cooling is three or four non-redundant, non-hot-swap fans, identical to the 4-Bay companion. Chassis depth is approximately 596 mm, which fits standard 1000 mm racks but not the shallowest IT-closet enclosures. For shallow-rack requirements, the R260 short-depth 17" chassis in current Dell production is the right answer.

Physical Specs & Platform Notes

• Form factor: 1U rack, single-socket. Chassis depth is approximately 596 mm (23.5 inches) for the 3.5" configuration, identical to the 4-Bay Hot-Swap variant. Width is standard 19" rack-mount. Chassis weight is marginally lower than the 4-Bay because the cabled backplane and 2-bay carriage are lighter than the 4-bay hot-swap assembly, but not enough to change rack-loading calculations.
• PCIe expansion: two PCIe Gen3 slots from CPU1. Slot 1 is x4 electrical in an x8 physical low-profile half-length connector. Slot 2 is x8 electrical / x16 physical, low-profile or full-height half-length depending on riser configuration. No rNDC slot; networking is on-motherboard LOM. On 2-Bay builds the PCIe budget is rarely the binding constraint because the typical card count is one or two.
• Parts availability: mature. R240 has been in the channel since 2018 and the secondary-market parts ecosystem is strong. Cabled drive backplanes and 250W cabled PSUs are common parts on the 2-Bay variant specifically; both are well-stocked through Wholesale Servers inventory and broker channels. Dell ProSupport on R240 is approaching end of extended support; third-party maintenance is the standard production support path for this platform in 2026.
• Accessories we recommend: ReadyRails static rails (confirm exact rail SKU at quote time based on the customer's rack make and depth), the optional security bezel for front-panel access control (an LCD diagnostic bezel is also available but rarely justified on a cost-minimized 2-Bay build; confirm bezel part number at quote time if requested), and the BOSS-S1 module for boot device isolation. A cable management arm is less critical on a 2-Bay deployment than on storage-dense chassis because the cable run is lighter, but still recommended for any rack-mounted deployment where rear-of-rack cable strain matters.
• Platform notes: CPU is socketed and serviceable but not hot-pluggable. UDIMM-only memory; RDIMM and LRDIMM do not POST. No NVMe support at any backplane configuration. No GPU support. Integrated CPU graphics are disabled; video runs through the Matrox G200 in iDRAC9. BOSS-S1 is cold-swap. TPM 1.2 / 2.0 module supported as an option; confirm TPM SKU at quote time if compliance frameworks (NIST, CMMC, FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI DSS) require it. The cabled drive backplane on this variant is a chassis-specific assembly; if a future upgrade to hot-swap is anticipated, that path involves backplane plus drive carrier plus chassis-front-panel replacement and is usually not cost-effective compared to ordering the 4-Bay Hot-Swap variant from the start.

Our Assessment

Where it excels: the R240 2-Bay Cabled is the right configuration for genuinely lightweight rack deployments where the budget gap from the 4-Bay Hot-Swap is the dominant constraint and the workload is bounded to two drives in RAID 1. Typical right-fit roles: DNS / DHCP / print servers in a branch office, Active Directory replicas at remote sites where the primary domain controllers live elsewhere, edge application hosts where primary data lives on network storage (the local drives carry OS and config only), small Linux services running as appliances (Postfix relay, internal monitoring collector, log aggregator forwarding to a central SIEM), and fleet expansion of existing R240 2-Bay deployments where operational tooling is already validated. The cabled backplane is acceptable for these roles because drive failures can be handled in a planned maintenance window without operational impact.

Where to look instead: for any role with hot-swap drive serviceability requirements, step up to the R240 4-Bay 3.5" Hot-Swap companion - it is the same platform with the appropriate backplane for production-uptime expectations. For storage growth beyond 2 drives during the server's lifecycle, step to the 4-Bay Hot-Swap or the R340 4-Bay 3.5". For RAID 5, 6, or 10, step to the 4-Bay Hot-Swap (those layouts need 3+ drives). For host-level PSU redundancy, step to the R340 or R440 10-Bay 2.5". For NVMe, GPU, or more than 64 GB memory, step to the R440 or higher. For new production deployment with a 3+ year horizon, the R250 2-Bay Cabled in current Dell production is the right answer; we will quote it alongside for the side-by-side.

Bottom line: the R240 2-Bay Cabled is the lowest-price configuration in our Dell rack catalog and earns its place when the deployment is genuinely matched to its design ceilings. The typical customer is a small business buying a primary server for a single-site deployment with bounded storage and a tolerance for scheduled maintenance windows, a managed service provider standardizing on the lowest-cost-per-host platform for client appliance deployments, or an enterprise IT team expanding an existing R240 fleet at the same configuration tier. The decision usually comes down to R240 2-Bay versus R240 4-Bay versus R250 2-Bay; the 2-Bay R240 wins on price, the 4-Bay R240 wins on serviceability with the same platform, and the R250 wins on long-term horizon with current production status. We will quote whichever pair the customer wants to compare.

Honest Limitations

• Cabled drive backplane, no hot-swap. Drive replacement requires powering down the server and opening the chassis. Not appropriate for any role with hot-swap drive serviceability requirements. The 4-Bay Hot-Swap on the same R240 chassis is the appropriate variant if hot-swap matters.
• Two LFF bays maximum. No drive expansion within the chassis. RAID 1 is the practical configuration; RAID 0 is available but rarely the right call. For 4 LFF bays, the R240 4-Bay Hot-Swap is the same-platform step-up; for 8 SFF, the R340 8-Bay 2.5" is the same-generation tier-up; for more drives still, the R440 / R540 are the dual-socket platforms.
• Single PSU only. No redundant PSU option at any configuration on this chassis. For host-level power redundancy, step up to R340 or R440.
• No NVMe support. Platform constraint, applies to both R240 variants. R440 10-Bay 2.5" or R250 / R260 in current production for NVMe requirements.
• No GPU support. Platform constraint. R740 in 14th gen, R750xa in 15th gen successors.
• UDIMM ECC only, no RDIMM, 64 GB ceiling. Four 16 GB UDIMMs is the official maximum. For RDIMM and beyond, step to R440 (1 TB max) or R740xd (1.5 TB max with Optane PMem).
• Two PCIe Gen3 slots only. Same as 4-Bay variant; rarely binding on 2-Bay builds but worth knowing.
• iDRAC9 Basic by default. Enterprise license is extra. For remote-site deployments we strongly recommend at least Express; for OpenManage Enterprise integration, Enterprise.
• Legacy generation (2018-2019 platform). R240 is no longer in current Dell production. Parts available through refurbished and broker channels; for 5+ year horizons the R250 / R260 successors are the safer long-term call.

Workload Fit

Where to Look Instead

• R240 4-Bay 3.5" Hot-Swap - the companion configuration in the R240 family and the main R240 page. Same single-socket Xeon E platform, same memory and I/O envelope, same iDRAC9 management. Adds hot-plug drive bays and 4-bay RAID flexibility (RAID 5, 6, 10) for a small price premium. The right call for any production role with uptime expectations or storage growth expectations.
• R340 4-Bay 3.5" - same generation, same Xeon E platform, same DDR4 UDIMM architecture. Adds redundant hot-plug PSU as an option, full hot-swap drives throughout, and a slightly larger PSU envelope. The right call when host-level PSU redundancy matters at the Xeon E tier.
• R340 8-Bay 2.5" - 8 SFF hot-swap bays, same generation, same Xeon E platform. The right call when the workload wants SFF density or more bays at the Xeon E tier.
• R440 10-Bay 2.5" - the step up to the Xeon Scalable tier. Dual-socket, 16 DIMM slots with RDIMM up to 1 TB, three PCIe slots plus rNDC, NVMe-capable on the hybrid backplane variant, redundant PSU standard. The right call when the R240 / R340 design ceilings bind.
• R540 12-Bay 3.5" - the 2U LFF storage value-tier at the Xeon Scalable level. The right call for backup targets, archival storage, and storage-dense roles well beyond what a 2-bay chassis can hold.
• R250 2-Bay Cabled - the current-production direct successor at the same cost-minimized configuration. 15th gen, Xeon E-2300, DDR4 3200. Same single-socket Xeon E philosophy, same 2-bay cabled profile, current Dell production status with PowerEdge warranty support. The right call for new deployment with a 3+ year operational horizon.
• R230 2-Bay 3.5" Cabled - the prior-generation step-down. 12th gen, Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6, DDR4 at 2400 MT/s, iDRAC8. The budget-context floor below the R240 at the same 2-bay cabled profile. Right call only when an even lower acquisition cost outweighs the older management generation and slower memory; for most buyers the R240 2-Bay is the better value at a small premium.

Ready to Configure?

Tell us your workload profile, your memory requirement, your drive size, your PSU preference (250W Bronze or 450W Platinum), your iDRAC tier (Basic, Express, or Enterprise), and your quantity. We respond within 24 hours with a configured quote. If your deployment can absorb a small price premium, we will quote the R240 4-Bay Hot-Swap alongside for comparison; for most buyers the hot-swap serviceability and the additional two drive bays are worth the budget delta. If your deployment has a 3+ year horizon, we will quote the R250 2-Bay Cabled in current Dell production for the side-by-side.

Every Wholesale Servers Dell PowerEdge R240 ships after a 12+ hour burn-in test covering every PCIe slot, every memory channel, and every drive bay. Standard 180-day warranty included; 1-Year, 2-Year, and 3-Year Premium warranty options available separately. Volume pricing applies at 5 units and above. Call 1-800-778-1545 or use the quote form on this page to start the configuration conversation.