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The Dell PowerEdge 840 is a basic 1-socket tower server and is at the bottom of Dell's PowerEdge tower server series, coming in under the PowerEdge 1900. It is recommended by Dell as an affordable, fully-featured server for small to medium-sized businesses, remote offices, and retail locations and is designed to handle file/print sharing, email, POS, and shared internet. The standard specifications of the PowerEdge 840 include a 2.40Ghz Intel Quad Core Xeon processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, and a 160GB SATA hard drive. It also has an onboard SATA controller, onboard Gigabit network adapter, DVD-ROM drive, and an integrated ATI ES1000 graphics card with 16MB of internal SDRAM.
MSRP $2,824.00
Release date January, 2006
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Most of the specifications of the server can be upgraded or downgraded based on the buyer's needs. The PowerEdge 840 can house up to 6 hard drives and is compatible with SAS drives which are faster and more reliable than SATA drives, allowing the system to potentially hold a total of 4TB of storage with SAS and SATA drives. The server offers a variety of ports including a total of 4 USB ports and operates on either Windows Server 2008, Windows Business Server 2003 R2, or Red Hat Linux Enterprise. It has a starting price of $2824 and is covered by a 3 year limited warranty.
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- Quad Core Intel® Xeon® X3220, 2x4M Cache, 2.40GHz,1066MHz FSB
- 1GB (2x512) DDR2 RAM, upgradeable up to 8GB
- Chassis with Non-Hot Swap Drives for PE840
- Onboard SATA, 1 Drive connected to Onboard SATA Controller
- 160GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in Cabled Hard Drive
- Compatible with up to 4TB (4 x 1TB each) Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) hard drives
- Onboard Single Gigabit Network Adapter
- Electronic Documentation and OpenManage DVD Kit
- DVD-ROM Drive
- Front Ports: 2 x USB 2.0
- Rear Ports: 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x serial, 1 x video, 1x RJ45, 2x PS2
- Integrated ATI ES1000 controller graphics card with 16MB of SDRAM
- Windows Server®2008, Standard Edition
- Dimensions: 17.28"H x 7.80"W x 19.68"D
- 3 year limited warranty and support
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