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Silver 2U rack server with eight front drive bays, redundant power supplies and DVD drive

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R530 2U rack server E5-2630 V3 2.4GHz 24GB DDR4 2x 300GB 15K SAS H730

SKU CH-PGX0-ADWNP

2U rack server with a single Xeon E5-2630 V3, 24GB DDR4, dual 300GB 15K SAS drives, H730 RAID controller and redundant 750W power supplies

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM24 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Type of memoryDDR4

Installed Memory Size 24GB

HDD 2 x 300GB 15K

  • Eight-core Xeon at 2.4 GHz handles parallel workloads
  • 24 GB DDR4 across 12 DIMM slots supports memory-intensive tasks
  • Dual 300 GB 15 K SAS drives deliver fast sequential access
  • H730 controller with 1 GB cache enables RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
  • Dual 750 W redundant supplies maintain uptime during power events

PowerEdge R530 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R530 is a 2U rack server built around a single Intel Xeon E5-2630 V3 eight-core processor running at 2.4GHz. It ships with 24GB of DDR4 memory across twelve DIMM slots and includes two 300GB 15K SAS drives managed by a PERC H730 RAID controller. Dual 750W redundant power supplies and a DVD-ROM drive complete the base configuration for deployment in standard racks.

SAS interface and 12Gbps controller limits

The PERC H730 controller operates at 12Gbps and supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across SAS and SATA drives. Eight 3.5-inch hot-plug bays provide physical capacity for up to 80TB of storage, though the installed 6Gbps SAS drives run below the controller’s peak throughput. PCIe expansion offers three 3.0 slots and two 2.0 slots for additional I/O cards.

24GB DDR4 memory ceiling and storage headroom

The system arrives with 24GB of DDR4 installed and the processor limits total memory to 24GB across the twelve slots, leaving no headroom for RAM upgrades without a CPU change. Two 300GB 15K drives deliver fast sequential access for operating system and application volumes, while six empty bays allow capacity growth up to the 80TB SAS/SATA maximum supported by the backplane and controller.

How it compares

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Price $611.99
Cheaper than about 90% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 24 GB
Lower than about 85% 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
ProcessorIntel Xeon
ChipsetIntel C610
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM24 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity24 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

Should I add a second E5-2630 V3 2.4GHz processor or max out the 24GB DDR4 first?

The system ships with one eight-core 2.4GHz Xeon and 24GB DDR4 across 12 slots; a second identical CPU doubles cores to 16 physical and 32 threads while keeping memory bandwidth per core, so choose based on whether your workload needs more parallel threads or more memory capacity.

What does the 15K 300GB SAS drive speed mean for database IOPS in this R530?

Each 300GB 15K 6Gbps SAS drive delivers high random IOPS; paired behind the H730 1GB 12Gbps RAID controller in RAID 1 you get read performance close to double a single drive with full redundancy for database workloads.

Does the H730 12Gbps RAID controller limit the 6Gbps SAS drives or the PCIe 3.0 slots?

The H730 runs at 12Gbps per port while the installed drives are 6Gbps SAS, so the controller does not bottleneck them; the three PCIe 3.0 and two PCIe 2.0 slots provide ample bandwidth for additional controllers or NICs.

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