DELL PowerEdge R530 2U Rack Server E5-2603 V3 1.6Ghz 8GB 2x 2TB SAS H730

PowerEdge R530 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R530 is a 2U rack server built around a single Intel Xeon E5-2603 V3 six-core processor running at 1.6 GHz. It ships with 8 GB of DDR4 memory across twelve DIMM slots and includes a Dell PERC H730 RAID controller with 1 GB cache. Two 2 TB 7.2 K SAS drives occupy two of the eight hot-plug 3.5-inch bays, and dual 750 W redundant power supplies provide resilience for continuous operation.

Suited for capacity-focused workloads.

This server suits environments that prioritise storage density and redundancy over raw compute throughput, such as file serving, backup repositories or entry-level virtualisation clusters. The single six-core CPU and 8 GB base memory limit performance for heavily threaded applications or large virtual-machine densities. Buyers who need more processing threads, larger initial memory footprints or GPU acceleration should look at alternative configurations.

Eight 3.5-inch hot-plug bays with H730 RAID

The defining specification is the eight-bay 3.5-inch hot-plug chassis paired with the H730 controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. This combination determines how many drives you can add and which redundancy levels are available. The installed 2 TB SAS drives provide a starting point, but the bay count and controller feature set decide whether the platform can scale to the 80 TB maximum raw capacity your workload requires.