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Silver 2U rack server with eight 3.5 inch drive bays and redundant power supplies

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R530 2U rack server 2x E5-2603 v3 1.6GHz 16GB DDR4 2x 600GB SAS H730

SKU CH-MVA4-JKWW8

2U rack server with dual six-core Xeon processors, 16GB DDR4, two 600GB 15K SAS drives and an H730 RAID controller

  • ProcessorDual Intel Xeon
  • Installed RAM16 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Type of memoryDDR4

Installed Memory Size 16GB

HDD 2 x 600GB

  • Dual Xeon E5-2603 v3 six-core CPUs deliver balanced compute for virtualisation
  • 16 GB DDR4 memory across twelve DIMM slots supports multitasking workloads
  • Two 600 GB 15 K SAS drives provide high-speed storage capacity
  • PERC H730 1 GB 12 Gbps RAID controller enables RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
  • Dual 750 W redundant hot-swap power supplies ensure continuous uptime

2U Rack Server with Dual Xeon Processors

The Dell PowerEdge R530 is a 2U rack server built around two Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 six-core CPUs running at 1.6 GHz. It ships with 16 GB of DDR4 memory across twelve DIMM slots and includes a Perc H730 RAID controller with 1 GB cache. This configuration suits small-business virtualisation, file serving or database workloads that need redundant power and hot-plug drive bays.

Thermals and Power with Redundant 750 W Supplies

Dual 750 W hot-swap power supplies provide N+1 redundancy, so the system stays online if one unit fails. The 2U chassis uses internal airflow ducts to cool both processors and the eight 3.5-inch drive bays under typical loads. Acoustic output is managed by variable-speed fans that ramp only when inlet temperatures rise. Power draw scales with processor utilisation and the number of installed drives.

H730 RAID Controller and iDRAC8 Remote Management

The H730 controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across SAS or SATA drives, enabling flexible capacity and redundancy choices. Integrated iDRAC8 Express provides out-of-band hardware monitoring, virtual console and remote media without an operating system. Optional Enterprise licences add configuration scripting and 8 GB or 16 GB vFlash media for faster firmware updates. A DVD-ROM drive and power cable are included; rail kit, bezel, keyboard, mouse and video cable are not.

How it compares

Measured against everything we stock in Rack & Tower Servers, at today’s prices. Recalculated every night.

Price $664.99
Cheaper than about 89% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 16 GB
Lower than about 90% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Video RAM 8 MB
Typical for this category: the median of 8,309 items is 0.01 GB.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge
Model namePowerEdge R530
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorDual Intel Xeon
ChipsetIntel C610
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM16 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity16 GB
Memory slot count12
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H730 Controller
Drive interfaceSAS
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Maximum storage80 TB
Optical driveDVD ROM
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slotsSupport for up to 5 x PCIe: 3 x PCIe 3.0 and 2 x PCIe 2.0.
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height2U
Product weight60 lb (27.2 kg)
Software
Operating systemNo
More details
Management controlleriDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC8 Express (default), iDRAC8 Enterprise (upgrade) 8 GB vFlash media (upgrade), 16 GB vFlash media (upgrade)

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Questions about this item

How do I install the 600GB SAS drives into the 8-bay hot-plug chassis, and which step do people often skip?

Slide each 3.5-inch drive into a bay until the latch clicks, then use the PERC H730 BIOS utility to create the RAID array before installing an OS. The step most often missed is initializing the virtual disk in the controller BIOS.

What maintenance or replacement will the 750W redundant power supplies need later?

The hot-swap PSUs are rated for continuous operation; plan to replace a unit only if a fault LED lights or after several years of 24/7 duty. Keep a spare 750W module on hand for immediate swap without downtime.

What is the first limit reached under sustained load with the E5-2603 v3 CPUs and 16GB DDR4?

Memory capacity caps at 16 GB with the installed modules, so heavy virtualization or database workloads will hit the RAM ceiling before the dual 1.6 GHz processors saturate.

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