DELL PowerEdge R430 1U rack server E5-2630v3 2.4GHz 24GB DDR4 3x 600GB SAS H330

Compact 1U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R430 is a 1U rack server built around a single Intel Xeon E5-2630v3 eight-core processor running at 2.4GHz. It ships with 24GB of DDR4 memory across twelve DIMM slots and three 600GB 15K SAS drives managed by a PERC H330 RAID controller supporting levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60. A redundant 550W power supply, DVD-ROM drive and four 1GbE ports complete the baseline configuration for dense data-centre deployment.

Suited for virtualisation hosts

This configuration suits teams needing a compact chassis with hot-plug SAS bays, hardware RAID and out-of-band management via iDRAC8 Express. Organisations requiring more than two PCIe 3.0 expansion slots, GPU compute capacity or installed solid-state drives should evaluate alternative platforms. The single-socket layout also limits maximum memory to the installed 24GB in this unit.

Single-socket memory ceiling

The installed processor supports a maximum of 24GB DDR4 across the twelve available slots, so the system cannot be expanded beyond the shipped capacity without a second CPU. Buyers planning larger memory footprints must add a second compatible Xeon to unlock the full 384GB platform limit.