DELL PowerEdge R530 2U rack server E5-2630 V3 2.4GHz 16GB DDR4 H730

Rack server for storage-heavy workloads

This 2U PowerEdge R530 arrives new with a single eight-core Xeon E5-2630 V3 at 2.4GHz and 16GB of DDR4 memory. The H730 RAID controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across up to eight hot-plug 3.5-inch drive bays. Dual 750W redundant power supplies and iDRAC8 remote management come standard.

Suits teams needing dense 3.5-inch capacity

Organisations that want up to 80TB of spinning-disk storage in a compact rack footprint will find the eight-bay chassis and 12Gbps controller a direct fit. Buyers who require more than two processors, more than 384GB of total memory, or more than five PCIe slots should evaluate larger platforms. The Matrox G200 graphics and single DVD-ROM are intended for management tasks only.

Single-socket CPU limits peak compute density

The board accepts a maximum of two processors yet only one Xeon E5-2630 V3 is installed, capping the system at eight physical cores and sixteen threads. Memory tops out at 384GB across twelve DDR4 DIMM slots running up to 2400MT/s, so the installed 16GB leaves ample headroom for expansion.