DELL PowerEdge R430 1U Rack Server E5-2603v3 1.6GHz 16GB DDR4 3x 1TB SATA H730

Dell PowerEdge R430 1U Server

The Dell PowerEdge R430 is a 1U rack server built for density-focused deployments. It arrives with a single Intel Xeon E5-2603v3 six-core processor running at 1.6 GHz and 16 GB of DDR4 memory. Three 1 TB 7.2K SATA drives sit behind a PERC H730 RAID controller supporting levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. A redundant 550 W power supply and four 1 GbE ports complete the baseline configuration.

Suits single-socket entry workloads

This configuration suits environments running light virtualisation, file serving or web hosting on a single processor. The chassis provides eight 2.5-inch hot-plug bays and twelve DDR4 DIMM slots, allowing storage and memory growth within the same 1U footprint. Buyers needing two processors from day one, more than 16 GB of installed memory, or storage interfaces beyond SATA and SAS should evaluate larger platforms because the R430 maxes at two CPUs and the supplied controller handles only SATA and SAS interfaces.

PERC H730 RAID controller with 1 GB cache

The installed PERC H730 controller delivers 12 Gbps SAS connectivity and 1 GB of non-volatile cache, enabling the supported RAID levels across the three supplied 1 TB drives or future additions. It manages the eight hot-plug bays through a single PCIe 3.0 slot, leaving one additional PCIe 3.0 slot free for networking or HBA expansion. This controller choice determines the storage performance ceiling and data-protection options for the entire system.